Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-05-26
Workingmen's Convention.

The delegates TO the Working
mems Convention met at Turnve.
rein Hall yesterday morning. The
permanent organization was as fol-
lows: President, Maj. ]. Kinley;
Secretary, Jesse Ell. Butler; Vice
President, j. II. Corrlgan.
The following were appointed a
Committee on Resolutions: Thomp.
son, Perry, Robinson, Finn and
Quinn. ..-
Committee on Credentials: Ma.
jor Kinley, Demorest and McGrath.
Committee on Permanent Or
ganization: w. w. Robinson, w.
Sullivan and Simon White.
Committee on Conference: s. M.
Perry, Fred Backs, Thomas Means,
p. j Quinn, Charles Castera, J. S.
Thompson, A, NJ. Caswell.
The Committee on Permanent
Organization reported the follow
ing officers: President, Isaac Kin.
ley, Vice President, NJ. ID. CORR.
gan; Secretary, J. II. Butler.
Adopted.
The Committee on Credentials re-.
ported the following delegates
present:
Central Club-R. Hughes, ]. IT.
Butler, w. A. J. Smith, VIM. Sui
Ivan, r. D. Pitt, w. w. Robinson,
s. M. Perry, John G.. Cuddy, J. S.
Thompson, Isaac Kinley, Z. J..
Quinn, John McMenomy.
First Ward Club: Simon White,
Andrew Taylor, M. d. Corrigan,
Michael Sweeney, VIM. Cotter.
Second Ward Club: w. McGrath,
G. A. Bunch, (proxy j. S. Thomp-
SOM II. Demorest, DR.. j. Luppo,
Thos. Means.
santa Monica Club: nj. d. Finn,
$. d. Suits, j. M. Huey, (proxy l..
L. Giraus,) A. NJ. Caswell.
Authenticated. Bachs.
French Club: E. ID. Conie, G. Ii.
Castera, 7. P. Danney.
Adjourned to meet at 80 p. NJ.
At 1870 p. NJ. the Convention was
called to order.
The Conference Committee re.
ported a plan agreed upon by the
Joint Committee-that each Con-
vention elect one delegate
and that the two then
unite and choose q third.
This plan was approved and
tue members of the Farmers Coun-
Gil were received and given seats.
THE JOINT CONVENTION.
The President Of the Working
mems Convention was elected Pres.
ident of the joint assemblage.
Mr.. S. A. Waldron, Vice-P resi-
dent of the WorkIngmen's Con.
vention, was elected first Vice
President, and the Secretary of the
Farmers Council was chosen AS
sistant Secretary.
Judge Thompson, from the Com
mite on Resolutions, submitted
majority report, which. after an
exciting discussion of an ironclad
oath, reported by the Kearney mi
nority, imposing death for desertion
of the principles of the Working.
mems party as laid down by Kear-
ney, and which was defeated,
were adopted by the Joint Convcn-
ton.
The Workingmen and Farmers
of Los Angeles county in joint
Convention assembled do make
and publish the following declara.
ton of principles and purposes:
We believe that the people are
the rightful source of ali political
power; that our system of govern :
ment was designed, and should be
so administered as to promote the
happiness and prosperity of the
people; that our officers and agents
should be the servants of the peo-
pie and not their masters to crush
them by unjust exactious of trib-
ute to enrich themselves and their
friends; that the public property
and treasure should be sacredly
held and guarded, to be used only
in promoting the just objects of
good government.
For years past we have patiently
submitted to wide spread aud the
most shameless abuses and corrup-
tons in all departments of the
public service, in the hope that
those abuses and corruptions would
be rebuked and good government
restored to the people, through the
action of one or the other of the
great political parties; that we
rested that hope on the repeated
and apparently solemn and earnest
promises of the leaders of those
parties; that, trusting in such
promises, we have from time TO
time contided the administration
of public affairs to them, only to
be as often betrayed, deceived and
cruelty wronged.
We cannot trust them to frame q
constitution for us. We mu t
have able men, pure men, WHO
have never Bonded the knee to the
Establishments of power and IN
whose garments there is no smell
of corruption, to make our funda-
mental law, so that it may be made
for the people and in the interests
of the people, and not to subserve
corporations and aggregate capital.
Our purpose is to elect men TO
the Constitutional convention who
will make a constitution which
will prevent so far as it is possible
to do so by Constitutional enact
ment, corruption in State and local
legislation, compel economy in all
departments of government, secure
laws in the interests of the people
and to protect them from the UNI
i. &c
porations and combined Capital.
Resolved, That it is the public
will that corporations shall be
bridled and compelled to submit to
just laws-that the sovereignty of
the State shall be declared and eff
fsctually made superior to the SOW