The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-03-27
THE WORKENGMEN.
lass Meeting Last Night.

meeting was called TO order by Mr.. E.
Hoffman, who announced the following
organization: John 5 Taylor, President;
l.. Klrc lner, j. j. McNulty, II. jig, j.
Grob, E. B. Seeley, w. kempke, Alex.
Drummer, G. B. Martin, j. W Bennett,
A. Songer, II. COrk, j. R0ltes, X. /. Rice,
J'Hood, j. DugaD, j. Kruzna, w. Bar
ron, j. Allen, Vice Presidents; N. Kel-
lleman, 5. Alexander, y. Keller, Sec.e-
taries.
President Taylor then introduced Mr..
John Flanagan, the w orkingmen's ca
dldate for Judge OF the Police Court.
MI. Flanagan was atLentVely listened
to and made deep impression upon Ii IS
hearers. After reading the Working
mems Platform he spont some lime in
discussing its different causes.
The resolution that the party holds 1t
the duty of the city TO find wUl k Tor the
people by system OF public improve.
ments, was passed, with the comment
that ''.he city has no mOney-ips all in
Kentucky, in the Southern Railroad,
which, by the way, is an elephant"
The speaker concluded with expressing
the hope that, as the raid OF john Brown
into Virginia was the death knell OF
slavery, So would the Workingmen's
party, as represented on this occasion,
of the Republican ana me Democratic
parties.
j. .Brucker, editor Of the Milwaukee
Socialist, addressed the meeting in GEL
man, alter which Peter IL. Clark came
forward, and said that as Il Republican
ne had advocated the, emancipation OF
The colored man. Now he felt it to be
his duty to advocate the emancipation
OF the labOrer. This he believed 10 be
one of the greatest reforms that ever in.
telested tne heart Of mankind. We
nave abolished cHattel slavery. Now we
nave the still greater task OF releasing
the workman from tue capitalist. If the
laborers OF the human race are
10 work and to die as in the
past, without the possibility of rt-
manity to drop out Of existence ut this
moment. 1t is useless to say that thare
is no opposition between capital and La
Dor, or between capitalists and laborers.
Ii that be The case, what mas caused the
opposition of Bismarck to the Social
Democrats OF Germany; why the asso-
Citations i'll England OF labor against
capital, OF capital and labor, or why the
long story OF Earrings out and lockings
out which have occurred in every man.
GIacLurIGg towniA Britain? Ii the pres
ent relations OF capital and labor are
peaceaOle, why the contests between
the landlords and the cotlagers of Ire
land, Or why nave the plan, ers OF the
South combined in associations to pre-
vent the rise OF the freedmani
capital and labor are at open
warfare. Tne misery which is con-
ceded i'll our own city and otner cities
is not less indicative Of the opposition
between cal ital and labor. Those who
must work ior pIttance, which hardly
keeps body amt soul together, are TO be
counted by thousands, while there are
as many others VINO nave nothing to an.
tlcipate except poverty and starvation
wuen they can no longer work. Tue
margin by which the mechanic and the
laborer escapes pauperism is daily
growing less. Society is even now di-
viding into three classes, the enor-
mously wealthy, the wages-sIaves and
the paupers, who lack tue mental,
moral and physical force TO main
tain themselves in any manner.
Gov. Young, in his recent inaugural,
congratulated the State that pro luce
had been dear and labor cuelp; but
surely Gov. Young had not thought Of
the meaning OF such words. Products
costly and labor cheap meant cOarser
lood, coarSer, more meager clothing, for
the laborer than he had before. 1t meant
tenements more dismal, more crowded,
more foul, and tuller OF disease than in
better days. 1t meant lower depth OF
misery, degradation, and ignorance than
The laboring classes had yet reached.
Out Of this dangerous condition there
were two escapes. One was for the la
borer to return to the slavery, or if he
was weary Of that to rebel and
plunge the nation in anarchy.
ln these ways the result would
be the same = deSp0lism. The
speaker made no threats against society.
He was sue the cry Of the oppressed
would be heard before the time for e ief
mad passed. But ii it were not heard
this much was sure, that the day was
gone by when such cry could be disrt-
garded. He believed that modern civil
iZation would discover a method TO Sc
cure reform in The relations Of capital
and labor BY peaceable means. Capital
must be The ruled, not the ruler.
1t must learn that tue man, not tie
money, is the center of the social fabric
There will come Il day when govern.
me ut will take its place as the organz4 II
OF society, when capital ana labor Will
be fairly yoked together, neither having
any uuu ue advantage Vi Tue OClef. hdlI-
road corporations that pay diVidenus
when in bankruptcy, aud cheat The lab
orer out OF the wages he has earned;
coal monopolis that Cypress the popula-
ton OF the State, subOrn courts OF JUS
tice, and wiring out the wages of the half
ciad deniZtns OF the tenement in return
for scauty warmth-Will feel the iufiL-
euce of the government. When the so.
cial problem Is settled, taere will be lab-
Orers sufficient for tue labor, and all
will have enough to do.
Mr., Z. W. Haynes, of Newport, fol-
lowed with series OF resolutions, in
which he presented the rich and the
powerful, the politicians and the parties
Jt the present day, to the sympathy Of
,he audience. He concluded with IL
Tery earnest appeal in behalf Of the
icket OF the workingmen.
Mr. Chas. A. Thompson, the candidate
or Mayor, thought it was evident from
he meeting that the friends of The mov
nent were numerous enough to carry
.he ticket through ii they were faithful.
There was no money TO pay political
lacks, and if there was the speaker
would be opposed to paying it. Those
who desired liberty should be willing to
a Dor to attain it, and ii they obtained it
hey would know how they came by the
,riZe.
The meeting concluded with brief