The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-08-08

scssiOn-The working Wen Suggest
some New Ideas for the Relief OF
the 4 abOFiu9 ClaAse1.

The Labor Congress Continue Their
scsstom-The working Wen Suggest
Some New Ideas for the Relief of
the LaborinE CIasses.
NEW YORK, August 3.--The Congress
sional Committee On the labor question
contii. Jed its session to-day. The Working
Mems representatives were on hand again,
and they laid the blame of the depression
in business to National and State legisla.
,ion-the granting OF lands to railroads and
large interest on bonds. They advanced
the homestead law and throw the public
lands open to settlement, and assist men to
settle thereon W. A. Casey, who said he
wa bricklayer and an editor, declared
that IN his opinion the public school sys-
TEN was bad. The government, he
claimed, should establish schools; the sys-
TEN was bad. The government, he claimed,
should establish schools where mechanical
IL AIDES and arts would be taught. He
DENOUNCED THE CONTRACT SYSTEM
under National, State and city governments
and, as a consequence, the work was OF the
worst possible construction, and it gave an
opportunity to grind the laboring class and
employ Chinese and others against whom
American laborers could not compete, be-
cause the latter cannot live as the former
do. lie thought it bad policy for any
government to encourage swarms OF foreign
ers TO drive out native laborers. Casey
appealed TO the committee TO impress on
their fellow-Congressmen the necessity OF
some legislation, this winter, which will
bring relief 10 the working class. Knowing
the
TEMPER AND NEEDS
of the wofkingmen, he felt certain that il
Congress did not sep in at an early day
with ameliorating legislation, this winter
could not pass without trouble-withOut a
repetition of the labor riots of last summer
4 good movement would be the institution
of 4 comprehensive system of internal i'm
provements and the initiation Of the curren-
cy to carry on these improvements. Hesaid
he would have strong
| CENTRAL GOVERNMENT,
which would issue its notes TO assist it:
people, and looked upon by the people 4:
the real government ofthe country-strong
popular and protecting. He would have
seamen work on shore, ard sent away to
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not fight the imitation gu. stion at the polls
lie didn't believe the labor classes willing
to starve Tor eight or ten years TO proven
panic.
J. WARD,
who said he WAS the organizer of the Social
istic Labor Party in BrookIyn. advocated 4;
grand cooperative Christian society. il
which everything was 10 be equal and il
common.
Geo. W. Maddox, oil the Congress OF Hu
mainly, wanted the Government to issu,
fourteen billions OF dollars or so TO New
York, 10 oniid docks and so io'th, AM
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}. OSBORNE WARD,
the oroanizsr in Hrooklvn # tho Social.
I.abor Party. advocated a GRAND co-oner,
tive Christian society. embracing ali m
people of the United states with the Gov
eminent as the pu,I,us. in this societ
.varvthipy was In h. canal and i, commor