The New York herald., 1879-09-22
SOCIALISTIC LABOR PARTY.

MEETING OF THE LABOR UNION AND GREEN.
BACK ASSOCIATION AT HAMILTON PARK
The Labor Union and Greenback Association OF
the Twenty-second Assembly district held meet
ing. which called for three P. NJ. yesterday
in the pavilion Of Hamilton Park. Third avenue and
Sixty-ninth street. At four o'clock there forty
persons present. When the meeting adjourned. one
hour and half later, there were in attendance
thirty nine members of the Labor Union and Green
back Association, three ladies. two of whom were
among the speakers; eleven boys. seven girls, the
HERALD reporter and two dogs. bitter wind
whistled through the pavilion and the audience
shivered. President Patrick Langan barred his head
long enough say that twas time to call the
ing to order. and Secretary Uriah Mulford was put
in the chair Mr.. Muford made brief address.
He thought there division in the greenback
party. He willing to unite with nihilists.
Fenians socialists the devil himself for labor re-.
form and against John Kelly and those who ruled
at present. II tho workingmen united they could
oust the thieves and bummers who controlled New
York city. rf.ff N f-R fa9f q
Mrs Sarah E. somerby. NJ. D.. of Bond street.
spoke next. She is an attractive woman Of middle
age, and her sentences delivered with the pathos
pecul lar to Methodist revival exhorters. She said
she thought that the labor movement was instgated
by God in the cause oil humanity. They were NOS
fighting for losves and fishes but for personal rights.
Laboring men were striking out for themselves.
Eight years ago she inspired say the old
parties were corrupt. worn out, moss.eaten and
rusty The result was the greenback-labor party.
stronger. The loading metropolitan papers bad and
still might refuse to notice the party, but the time
perative necessity. workingmen's rights would
become an established fact-not by bloodshed It
was to be hoped but IL that Issue was forced the
calamity would be terrible. s5lt.s'f
The speaker gave way to Mrs. Mary Dana Shindler.
curis that were in fashion ty years ago.
She is called ''the sweet Texas poetess.
Whether the adjective applies to the lady to the
place OF her nativity - an open question:. She de-
nounced the banking system in vogue, talked lov-
ingy of the greenback. told how much her admira.
ton for the workngman excolled that for the arts
tocrat. and asked her hearers to gather and read
all newspapers and documents which advocated the
Then Mrs. DR.. somerby and Mrs. Shindler sang
song which tho .sweet Texas poetess" had written.
to the tune Of oAuld Lang Syne.p The poetsss led
off in contralto voice and the Doctor affected alto.
Max Maretzek would engage either for opera
troupe. The reader will judge OF Mrs. Shindler's
poetic gift by reading two verses anu the chorus OF
the song-
The greenbacs banner Ger our heads
shall shall wave from shore ,,, 20 shore;
The cause OF all tho poor .f u' l..0f
Thank God, the ballot box is ours
What need We ask for more.
The army OF tho poor
Chorus-The crime Of bcinr poor, my boys,
The crime or being poor; f.i
Tho crime Of being poor.
MAN WHO WANTS SHOOT. Ai.
Captain Conner, of Troy. was the next orator. II
came down." he said, Ito what chance there was
for greenback vote thus fall. ind Tammany men
IOr tIe BrecuDack VOte leulnany look.
for the greenDack vote; Custom House men looking
for the greeuback vote, and anttCustom House men
looking for the greenback vote. The countrymen
look to New York city to do something In this
paign; but l expect to lighter here than
there last fall. Tilden, Kelly, Beecher, Conkling
must take back seat. I've got country friend
who has invented machine which will prove
handy for such men. 1t slips around the
neck, and the rascal goes up whewi whizi Well
never got our rights until wc fight for them. I'm .
coward, and rather than tight; I'd rather eat
than do either; but If can't do any other good
can get behind stump and load gun for some one
else to shoot. was shown tho Seventh regiment
armory to-day. and told that the state paid nothing
toward the splendid quarters for these aristocratio
soldiers, but that the bill footed by private SUBJ
scribers. would these nabob subscribers open
their purses to relieve the laboring man? Not
much. IL an angel came from heaven to support
our cause the leading papers, the HERALD and
Itaes. would swear it was no angel We get no sup
port from the press" .
Secretary Muiford choked Captain Conner of
say that he knew no prominent newspaper In the
city that would favorab notice the association. al.
though the members were merely asking for their
rights. VIZ H
Mr.. John r. Finney said there were too many
leaders In the greenback party. The followers had
confidence in the leaders, the vote In New
York city would last fall have aggregated 10 1000.
DIR. 4. Il. Miller, editor of the National Journal
spoke briefly in favor OF paying the national debt
with greenbacks aud the meeting thereafter sd-
tourned.