Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-05
LABOR LUNATICS.

AnOtnef bat0n OF Inem appear BEFORE
the Congressional Committee-The Com
munistic Theory of Government Pre-
sented in Its Various Damphool Phases.
New YORK, Aug. 3.-Before the Con-
gressional committee on labor, workingmen
representatives were on the stand again, and
they laid the blame of depression i'll business
to national and State legislation, the grant
ing of lands to railroads and other corpora
tons, and the granting of large interest on
bonds. They advanced the idea that the
government should pass homestead law,
and throw public lands open to settlement,
and assist men to settle there.
w. A. A. Corsey, who sail he was brick
layer and editor, declared that in his opinion
the public school s stem was bad. The gov
eminent, he claimed, should establish schools
where mechanical trades and arts would lie
taught. He denounced the contract system UNI
der national, state and city government. Asa
consequence work was of the worst possible
construction, and it gave an opportunity to
men to grind down 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,
| and he thought it bad policy for any & .yern-
| ment to encourage swarms of foreigners to
drive out native laborers. Cors.y appealed
| to the committee to impress on their fellow
| Congressman the necessity of some legisla-
ton this winter which will bring relief to
the working classes. Knowing the temper
and needs of the workingmen he felt Ger
| tain that if Congress did not step
in at an early day with
ameliorating legislation, this winter
| 4 ,;tl,<> IL V,stI,o
a repetition Of the labor riots of last sum
mer. His remedy was q comprehensive
| system of internal improvements and infa
ton of the currency to carry on these I'M
provements. He said he would have q
strong central government which would
issue its notes to assist it's people, and be
eminent of the country, strong, popular and
protecting. He would have seamen work Oh
shore and sent away to the plains where
they are needed. He advocated the green
back system, but said let Congress give tn.
country homestead act with the right tt
settle on public lands and comprehensive
internal improvement act. The working
men would fight out the imitation question
at the polls. He did not believe the labor
ing classes willing to starve for eight o
ten years to prevent panic.
j. Osborn Ward, SAID he was an organize
Of the Socialistic Labor party in Brooklyn
he advocated q grand co operative Christian
society in which everything was to be equal
and in common.
Geo. w. Maddox, of the con
gress of humanity, wanted the govern
tnent to issue fourteen thousand million dol
lars or SO to New York to build docks, an
so forth. and comparatively similar sums t
,ther cities to be expended in public works
When these works would have made sui
icient returns, then let the government
paid back and the notes destroyed as car
celled bonds are.
j. Osborne, ward organizer of the Socia
ist Labor party, advocated a grand co-ope
rative Christian society, embracing all th
people of the United States, with the go,
eminent as the nucleus. In this societ
everything was 10 be equal and in common
Mr.. Ward kept the audience in the best {
humor by his peculiar answers to question
by the committee.
Mrs. Mira Hale. who announced herself
member of the congress of humanity OF ii
world, SAID the first step necessary to brin
\ back prosperity to the country was to graz
suffrage to women. Give women the ball,
and everything would be lovely and perfec
Robert Hume characterized as wrong tt
, present financial system, and said Law
should be amended to allow the issue of p,
per money to much larger volume than
present.
Jas. o Donnell, who announced that I
j, represented his sovereign self. sud tt
r nonsense of thu previous speake
: the past two days had paine
1 am. He wanted neither greenba
nor Communism, nor eight hours, but
lid want some satisfactory manner of arb
sration between master and man, restrie
ION of the right of patentees, and t
right to work wherever and whenever
could get it for as many hours as he chose.
6 Adjourned until Monday.