, 1879-05-19

~. theusetFcs. lhear wives, end their starving
little ones; und
1 WHEREAS. ne ought By this time to be fully
satisfied that no legislation in interest be
expected from the sangs Of lawyers. thieves. and
other railroad. bank. ana insurance Representa-
tlvee Who fill the hals Of several Legislatures,
ana VINO. IN numberless instances. have parsed
laws making enforced idleness u crime, and who
seek 10 I'LL our jafts and workhouaes with Gods
creatures. who have broken no law except that laid
down BY their masters: Thou shalt work or starve;
II thou canst not find work. thou shalt staFsc any M
way. II thou art hungry, and desire food. DO not
search for it away from you: permanent place OF
abo:e; for, should yon do this, you would be
trump and In our sensitive. aRistocrntic souls. VIC
Lesotrfd. Thut we heartily lndorse tho resolu-
tons of the ST. Louis Trades Assembly, and Wlll
do onr utmoet 10 agitate the eight-hour question,
which will accrue from its general adoption.
Resored, Tint we will join heartily with al! "a
after the Fourth OF July next, the main agitation
and battle OF all .sorkingmen will be Tor teduc"
tlon Of the hours Of lubor.
MORGAN UNFoLDs HIMSELF.
Mr. T. J. Morgan was the next speaker. The
meeting was called, he said, not only to discuss
labor, but also to congratulate California work
ingmen on their recent victory in the adoption OF
the new Constitution. For the Information OF
bis bearers, he read several OF the planks in the
new Instrument, those which made it uncotn-
Portable for the Chinese, the banks, and the rail-
roads eliciting special applause. Speaking Of
the new provision relating 20 the responsibility
OF bunk stockholders, he lkened it unto TINT
in force In Scotland, by means Of which the
creditors of the Glasgow Bank were enabled to
thai broken institution. There was no such pro-
vision here, the speaker said, where
all tile honey that was in the Beehive had
melted [laughterl, the money Of the State Saw
ihgs had been taken to Eurooe hy Spencer,
" and the assets OF the German Savings had been
sent up the spout By Greeuebaum. [App1ause.l
ABut In California, under the new Constitution,
bank depostors had the security they had SO
long needed. Another provision in the new
instrument was the, one which declared that all
fictitious increase of stock or Indebtedness
should be void. This gave him text, und he
went on to show how the Vanderbilts, the Scotts,
aud the Goulds had built themselves up at the
expense Of tht people. He also read good
deal III the way OF statistics to show how cor
porations had watered their stock, and hailed
The adoption of this new Constitution as forever
shutting down on anything like that--at least
in California. The railroads, he went on,
were directly under State control:
and free passes were gone up,-provided
never rode on free pass any way. It vas only
the rich, and the politicians, who we're abund-
antly able to pay their way, that ever rode ou
free passes. and it was quite time that this
fraud was stopped: [Applaqse- The railroads
running its Legislature, and SO on, but their
iay OF power was past Then there were pro-
visions restricting the hours Of labor on public
works to eight hours day, and prohibiting the
letting BY contract Of convict labor. lApplause.]
He gave Kearney and his co-workers credit 1or
having accomplished the most important
changes that had eyer taken place up to date, in
the interests OF the people, und especially the
working classes. tApplause.] But these reforms
were remedial, not curative. The klght-dour
law w8s good in principle, but to make it
JUST TO wonK1EGMEN EVERYWHERE
It must be made national, and to do that 1t was
necessary TO procure an amendment to the Con-
s,itution. 70 secure that it was necessary to
get q two-thirds vote, and, in the speakers
opinion. the prospect OF getting that was de-
cidedly dim. He knew, from experience the
worked under the, old, he knew how 1t pre-
vented workineman from studying questions
concerning workingmen's interests, reading the
papers. or in any way informing himself about
what was going on. ~
thought the gentleman wandered, aud called
him to order. Morgan was about to quit,
when the audience told him to 60 on. He did
SO, rciterating his position that eight hours was
q good thing put tnat II eon,dnt 1 os maoo TO
Iii. GoIdwater, rising from his seat in the
audience, upheld Morgan, and declared that that
gentleman could prove the soundness Of his
position In IN argument with anybody Oh the
0I1ET SlQE 1u} uA1. tf1ppaA1eN't
-Patsons,- from the platform, ,.1aid be. had
understood Morgan to say that only rlle rich and
the politicians could have the privilege of the
eight-bour system.
Morgan. rising, observed that be had said no
such thing, He was an efght-hour man out and
out. but he wanted the eight-hour system in
force all over the world, for the reason that it
was not just to enforce It III certain localities.
[Applause.]
Old man Barr came next, and few minutes
halt +f1o-n -nr1Efo
into the street. He wanted the eiqht-hour syE-
ten, and denounced machinery as the curse Of
the working classes But be admitted tllat it
was impossible to prevent the intelligent Ameri-
can mechanic from inventing labor-saving ma
chinery. He wanted every worknsman to de-
clare that after tile Fourth Of July not one Of
them would do another stroke Of work after
eight hours Of labor had been performed, and he
advised general strike with this object in view.
Amid frantic applause Mr.. Barr advised his
the capitalists 10 detail, first the eght-hour sys-
tenn and then other reforms. He wanted them
to give up
DEMOCRACY, REPuB11oAN1ss1, AND SOCIALISM.
Morgan" Go to Globe HAIL"
This reference to certain Convention IN
which Mr. Barr participated created, great ex-
element, which was intensified when Morgan
declared that they wanted Tradcs-unioD men
for speakers, and nobody else. A person in
the audience said that If the Trades Council
could not lurnlSn speakers tue people W0ulu.
The Chair said all workingn1eu were invited
to the meeting, and all OF them could speak.
lie then read the following:.
WHEREAS, It Ia now clearly understood by work
inrmeu tuat the interests OF labor and capital are
in no wise Identical, aa is manifested by the impo-
stion and oppression continually put upon the
former oy the latter; and
WHEREAS, The toilers OF the world have too
long been OF the number who. having eyes. see
uot and. hnying ears. hear not, the things which
80 nearly concern their own temporal salvation,
but have allowed themselves to be bamhooz:cd by
politicians and newspapers, their efforts for reform
ui6dlrectcd, and, without proper organization,
t,ave encountered nothing but defeat at the hands
WHEREAS, It is c1ear to our minds that In all
sections Of this country the interests Of the indus
tr1ous classes OF the rural districts identical
with those of the cities. both being now rapidly
placed Ut the mercy OF railroad, banking fnsur-
ance. aud other swindling and thieying corposa-
lions; and
WHEREAS, Our hearts are made glad and our
hopes raised by the news recently received that the
country workers Of the Golden State, combining
yitn their brethren of the cities, have succeeded
ia wrestling California from the grasp OF the land
;hnrks and corporation thieves who hare tor SO
ong q time fastened, leech-ike, upon hex soil;
Ind |
WHEREAS, The interests OF the workinemen OF
California are our interests. and their victory
,ictory; therefore. be It
Hes0Iced That we congratulate the honest, ear
,cst courageous. and lov1ng people Of CAL
fornta upon their maaful hgnt and their glorious