The Republican journal., 1878-12-12
Mr.. Murch's Idea of His Duties

Mr.. Murch's Idea of His Duties.
The Washington dispatches state that
Mr.. T. H. Murch, representative elect
from the Fifth Maine district, has recent
ly been in Washington making speeches
to so-called workingmen's assemblies A
despatch from that city, under date Of the
third, gives the following synopsis Of his
remarks upon one of these occasions
At the meeting OF the Workingmens Assembly
last night, Hon T. II Murch. Representative, elect
from the Fifth District of Maine. present by iuyi-
tatlon, was introduced by the chairman and stated
! that he had been member of similar organiza-
ton III his State for two years having been awak-
ened to the great necessity for proper organlza-
tlon OF the bone and Snew to contend successfully
Tor Their rights against capital which is always or
/ canned III ITS own interests. Two years ago lIe
led OIL IN an organization Of the granite cutters III
1 the extreme eastern section Of his State and IL
! mad greWn to an organization that had made it'll
power felt They had established a newspaper
with large circulation well sustained hy when
| they disseminate their principles and defend their
/ nights. At the recent national convention Of tir
trades unions m Boston they were represented ana
| had formed general amalgamatiou Of the trades
! unions, and had united the common cause This
! import ant movement was the only proper one to
success, as III union there IS strength and his Ideas
were that the city of Washington should bc com
mon centre tor their future operations, where they
could influence such legislation as is needed more
than at any other place He PROPOSED in NIX s..,
N 'onsfess, t" vnd.gate the cause ofm5orng men
workingmen everywhere 10 who's. interests hr
rgipSr~ 70 sF' hS atIen',"n ne F"IS de
and how labor j. organized therr, and said t Would
taned by Them whicb M eG I hnr. VI !" N ,'
ah"F ana tair and reasonable compensation or i'll
the District Of Columbia II Xix ctiarts I'll .,i
!ahl curing ms term ne WonId take great pleasure
issued from the Treasury Department. laborcrs an
nnr ar "As were Io[teo 20 iapof Ten hours
but illegal, and he believed the Untcd States is u-
dollars Which h@ nronn n,.v'S ,b n15 aS1'> "
for extra work.
The appearance Of MIR. Murch in the
the least. premature. An his term of SER
vice will not commence for Il fin wear
from this time. 4 sense Of propriety
even in moderate degree. would have
kept Mr.. Mnrch from this too flee and
forward ventilation ul crude IDEAS. This
kind of talk sayors altogether too much
of the crazy rawlings of Dennis kearncv. on
the mob leader Cohcn and incln,s to the
belief that the Progressive Age was night
when, at the time Of his nomination, il
spoke Of Mr.. Murch as the head centre
and lonenter Of all the trouble cNperi
enced rs the wolkmen Of the granite iS-
| lands Mr. March appears IL have 4 lcly
narrow idea Of his duties as i representa-
tive in Congress, ana Of tile purposes fol-
which he is to he there. 1t Is right that
he shall have proper regard for the m
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