National Republican., 1878-06-06
EIGHT HOURS 4 DAY.
CONTINUED from First Puge.l

| tglNlhllNN interference WIN Inc lhW rs u now
stands on the statutes Of the United States. further
than 10 provide for IT, enforcement by the Prcsi.
dent and his subordinate officials In charge OF the
navy yards and workshops Of the Government.
RtsOircd, That In view OF the fact that In every
state OF the Union, Territories and the District Of
| Columbia men and women are out of employment
| by thousands. II becomes the imperative duty OF
Congress before sdJouming ~ shape its legislation
Sast to provide liberal appropriations for the com.
| pIction Of the contemplated Improvements and
erection Of public buildngs a. that employment
may he created for the unemployed.
R,.2,oL Ih9t The Parsm9ni5q. policy which
grnce 20 the nation nnd not acceptable to the pco.
pie who favor liberal and judcious admini,tra.
uon oi the affairs Of the Government; that the re.
peal OF the eighthour law increase " the hours Of
labor reduction Of wages paid TO the employees Of
The navy yards and Government workshops, Is not
| lhc character OF political economy demanded by
| the people
The following were also read and adopted
| Whereas Hon. Benjamin Butler. Of Massachu.
| chu.etts. Hon nendrick u Wright, OF ponnsyl.
ynnll Hon Nathaniel +. banks. Of Massachusetts,;
| Hon Benjamin wilson, Of West Virginia; Hon. A.
n sargent, Of California, and Hon. John GoOdc. OF
NirSinia; have advocated in congress such meas.
| urc, As. II adopted would give employment to the
millions OF idle men and relieve the country from
It's suffering condition, thereby proving themselves
| good friends Of the wOtkingman Therefore be 1t
| R'tb'rrf That We recommend those gentlemen
| to the confidence and support Of the w0rkinsmen
Of their several Congressional districts.
MR. O F. MNErLL,
Of Boston, President Of tho International
Labor Union, was then introduced. After
| calling attention to the immense turnout, the
| speaker said that this was moving of men.
a part Of the grand uprising aud tidal wave.
which will sweep over the entire country. car.
| rying everything before 1t. Tho object Of the
meeting was to discuss one great problem, viz:
| the rights OF the working classes. Several
| years ago an eight.hour law was put upon
the statute books Of the United States. which
was the only act that labor had ever succeed.
ed In having engrafted upon the statutes.
| The law officer OF the Government has re-
| Gently decided that the law was imperative
General Grant had issued a proclamation de.
| clnring that the law was right and should be
enforced: All honor to him for taking such
| stand. II wOrkingnian demands that the
law passed for his benefit shall be enforced he
is called a Communist and incendiary The
| present Government sets at naught labors
only law. aud the Communism IL any. should
be fathcrcd by President Hayes and his Cab.
met They repudiate law and order and set
the precedent for Communists to follow.
| Several members OF the Senate Committee
on Education and Labor thought that partial
| ity would be shown by passing an eight.hou
| law. A petition was recently presented in the
| Senate. signed by seven men, who claimed TO
reside in Boston. in which it was stated that
the passage OF an eght-hour law would be an
| act oi oppression. Dilligent search had been
made for those seven signers, but they could
not be found The workman merely wanted
| what he earns nothing more. Forty years
| ago u workman could carry home his weeks
work on his shoulder. Now a horse and wagon
would be found necessary to carry weeks
work.
A man merely made his living thcn and the
present shows no change for the better Those
who work least get the most If car conductors
| were paid according to the timc they work oil
they would be wealthy. Wages were regulated
BY the cost Of living. A Chinaman worked
for six cents day. because he lived OH rice
and rats The reason that men cannot get
work now was because abor.saving machines
were used. The speaker said he was not op.
posed to more machinery being made. but hours
| should be less and wages more for manual
labor The present dull times were not eau scd
by over-production, but by undcr.consumption
RICHARD EMMONs ESQ.,,
the next speaker, said that If tho fact of the
mechanic wishing to educate his children in
the same manner as those of the rich was Com.
munism, there should be more of that com.
modify. Congress should be asked for what Is
right. and the workman should be satisfied
with nothing less. The labOring classes had
good friends in both Houses, prominent among
whom was Hon. D. + Butler. The working.
mems champions IN Congress were strong
enough to guarantee the passage OF the eight.
| hour law. The Secretary of the Navy will
then be made TO obey the orders of his supo.
riors. Unity Of effort was all that was re-.
quired to effect tho passage of the necessary
act. In conclusion the speaker dviscd his
hearers to be iirm and respectful 20 ask for
what was right and be satisfied with nothing
less.
THE WEST VINO.
At the west wing 4 + Cavs. esq. of the
| Typographical tIion. was the first speaker
He spoke mainly upon the prevailing topic
which was tho uiEht.hour law. and said that
he looSed upon the decision of tho
| supreme Court. and tho consequent
disregard Of the law as one OF the
most hagitiouS cases that ever came under hi.
observation. He held that the remedy for the
workingman lay in the union and the ballot.
hox Just so long as they adhered together
they were inviucitle
| Tho workingman that was furthest from
| them In political sentiment was nearer to them
socially than any politician. Are you willing
to form workingmen'5 party and cut loose
from all political factionsf All Of the egsla.
| tiOn Of tho country was in the interest Of cap.
itai. We are told that there is no antagonisln
between capital and labor. Is there an,agon.
ism between heaven and hcll'
What Is the magnificent banking system of
| the country hut system tn control the money
Of the eountry-to mako the rich richer aud
tho poor pOOrerr Are you willing that the
powers and functions Of tho Government
| should be perverted to such endst The Gov.
crnmGnt loaned to every banking Institution
30 per cent. Of its credit so that these corpora.
tions may bank upon IT, The S35O,OOO O0n Of
bank capital that was put In bonds In the
| Treasury, If put cut In mincsa and factories, Sc
| to develop the resources Of the country, would
Furnish employment for all.
Treasury Totes should be substituted for
bank notes and be made receivable for duties
As soon as this was done gold wOu.d drop
down TO par Congress was afraid to raise
grecnbacks TO par, because the money power
don't want it done. and they are rs afraid Of
the money power as the devil is Of holy water
II they wanted to bring back prosperity they
should join the National GrcGnback party
| Nr. +. l. Barker then read the resolutions
that were read aud adopted from the East
Wing
Dir, Rcyrod' then presented
Mr.. ALFRED THOMAS
who delivered an earnest speech He said that
while people were starving all over the cOun.
try they found Congress organizing iuvcstiga.
tiOns into matters already settled by the peO.
pie, thereby spending II ,OOO,OQO. more or less,
for no other purpose than TO manufacture po.
litical capital &c ride them into power The
working people of the country bad to foot the
bills. Some one in the crowd asked who rc.
dUCed the printers wages The speaker re.
pied thai it was the Printing Committee Of
the House, headed by one Vance. who has
beer gorTymandcrng over the country under