The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-07-20


london While waiting for the report o
. committee on resolutions, Col. Ira :
haseitine made stirring speech OF thirty
minutes length. Auiong other things. be
SAID the republican and democratic par,ie,
traded between them bat still retained the
nsrd money ideas and reminded han, Of 9
story: An Illinois farmer had two sons
i named john and jan. RE also owned a
worthless j'ek'~s. One day, ON leaving
: home. he slid, John, get rid Of that lack.
ass To day. Sell, swap, or 30 something
with him before return d.. his return
: ne vas met b, John who i.yinIIy yelled.
T Father. have traded ID he j,cka.s for
so ani a watch Who dill YOU trade
~i'h 3? eri,d the deligh,e,! father. Broth
er Jin,' replied the son. GA. you fool
S'SS the Old man, the j,esass i, still in the
i.u,i!y'7
j. II. Jttreys, chairman OF COMMITTEES
u" resolutions. se-.d the SANE I'll. Camp
hell, Of J'sPcr, move. 10 adopt .hen a. a
whole.
cameron, of Henry county, opposed q
clause isvoring compulsory education. al
children between the age IL six and four
teen years. saying, III j. iisr tyr,nnv. rot
4" accord with our institutions, and he
moved ostrike n out.
Foiiett, Of 1t. Louis, seconded the mo-
ton.
Evans, = miner, endorsed the clause
saying, Il Wa compelled when child To
work from hvea. H. 20 eight y. m.. in a
Prohibit 1t. II i a crue! hardship. With
such law as the present one, the parent
may &c, more money. bat the child will
/ have less brains. Thous and of children
are stun,ed in growth, physical ard mental,
by the cursed system OF child labor Give
Us this plank.
George Sporer, of st. Louis, Germany
. favored the clause, saying, The working
of children, in mines and factories while
yoHns, made of girls prostitutes, aud of
boys criminals.
Whitening SAID, 100000 children per
year are killed nv being worked in
factories and mines.
Judge A. L. Giistrop SAID, the clsuse is
not necessity TO usn now.
DIR. Green, of Livingston county, favored
a mod tication.
McGuire Of st LoCis, IA sociaiis.ic
greenbacker) favored the clause, saving:
Missouri has a bad name ~ To education
se ere considered IN b vi ignorant peo-
pie. BY putting In this plank We place
our state in Il lire With Connection, New
York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
viii you still keep your school houses
eupty and your prisons and criminal in
stitutions full? Ii ia cheaper to prevent
than 10 punish crime. Children are wards
OF the state. IL j. The states duty to edu-
cate them, 80 they will no, be an ignorant
mass to be controlled by politicians and
trick-,ers. This Is a question of self pro.
lection, question Of public economy.
This resolution voices the thoughts of ev-
cry reformer and advanced thinker OF our
nation. You know not the spirit Of the
age ii you strike out tina; clause. This
working of children in mines and factories
dwaris them physically, mentally and
morally.
Foliett, Of 81. Louis, favored striking
out the clause saying that "a many chill
drsn were killed in schools "a in mires and
'~Ga3Ser1 ue,ng taken. that clause was
stricken out.
WardaD moved 10 table the entire re-
port. Lost.
London offered the following: Resolved
that We deprec .te the interference OF federal
courts to enforce the payment OF county
and township bonds"
Cameron, of Henry, opposed
Alexander, of Jackson, favored.
The re olutiop wac adopted.
Warcisn, Of Pettis, offered a resolution
condemnins the democrats for passing the
Tucker bill
Green, OF Livingston opposed it.
London and Powell favored it and it was
adopted.
tcsO'utipb~t dc otfV.iiVt, WcIC
adopted 81 a whole.
Kinman, OF Knox, offered the following
resolution:
R.sotred, That we pledge ourselves to
the hoepita able entertainment of our candi-
dates, and to pay their expenses from place
to place while canv assing.
Adopted.
The resolutions endorse the platform Of
the Chicago greenback convention. and ar
rsign and condemn the last legislature
Tor passing Law iepriving militiamen of
trial nv jury in time OF peace; refusing to
change she time Of assessment from
August to June; refusing To pass the
Knight resolutions; refus ng To reduce sala-
ries Of public officers; allowing interest Of
state funds to be appropriated by state
treasurer; failure to pass an anti -discrIm-
ination Law as to railroads.
The platform favors laws intended to
prevent the accumulation OF large 4anded
estates.
Condemns the ase OF coercive influence in
elections.
Fsvors ventilation OF mines, and law TO
protect miners az against employers.
Favors free schools, graduated income
tax and the prohibition Of the use Of prison
labor by private employers.
Condemns gerrym snderiug Of congress
sion,l districts, and fsvors all districts be-
ing mrde square terri,orialiy.
The convention then adjourned sine de.
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