The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-12

which makes II impossible for thousands o
men tn find paying work, and then Furnishes
| them for being out OF work. 1t la indtspen-
sably the duty Of Legislation to enact enct
laws that every person who ls willing and able
to work can find employment. II this ts ag-
compDlshad, then vagranta will disappear, II
not, then there Is no benefit to mankind In
social and politica, Organization, aud ieaisla
| ton violates ita first and paramount duties.
| Fourth No public work nor prison labor tf
be given out on contract. but to he rarrteH on
under the direct supervision of the proper a,l-
tharities. No middlemen IRE needed to skim
Off the cream from the public expense.
Fifth No lax or license whatever on labor
Legislation Ia justified In licensing selling ard
barterina. but to make the right to work de-
pendent on the payment OF license is despotF
| and destructive to the welfare OF the people
therefore, no license shall be exaeted from
any mechanic working at bis trade. or from
any person peddltng articles made or gath
| cred by them.
sixth Speedy enactment Of n law as pro-
vided for In article 255 Of the constitution for
the protection of citizens who obtain their
support by labor ON the wharvea and leveea
| of New Orleans In loading and discharglng
cargOea and other work connected with veg
sells In port, by preventing tho crews Of for
eign vessels from performing such labor. II
| Ia the sworn duty OF the members of the
Legislature 10 pass such law, yet tho ma
lority has voted otherwise. and We respect
| fully request your honorable body to make
| some provision by lawful enactment which
| will carry out the provisions and intent 81
| said article No. $50
Seventh Equal taxation Of all upeultvat
land with that in highest culture. Vast tracts
| OF real estate are lying waste and unoccupted,
having been purchased on speculation, to be-
come In future time mine Of wealth to the
owner without any expense on his part, rs by
improvements made by hls nelg hbors and by
increase of the population In the neghbor-
hood the value of the waste land likewise
Increases. thousands of men might be
willing to settle on and to Improve such
lands, but the ownership Of one individual,
who perhaps never saw them forbids tt. Such
owners OF waste land should he forced to pay
the same taxes "a II the land Was cultivated
and thus cease To shift tho burden Of taxation
on other shoulders. This would induce them
to cultivate the land or give employment to
others to do 80, aud In case OF non payment oi
taxes after two years tho lands would be for
feited to the State. and opportunity would be
given to Industrious men to settle on such
lands.
Eighth Election days shall be legal hol
days. All elective tickets shall be prin ted by
order Of the municipal or parish authorities,
and the tickets containing the names OF every
candidate for public office shall be sent to
every voter two days before election day, and
1t shall be a criminal olfense for any person
to demand q sight OF the ticket Of any voter.
In his message the Governor said: The
JIAHh W Npls ID tuH IuuINUbiUI WHil VI OuI III
atItutions.' This right exists Theoretically.
but not practically. Under our present system
of "eapitalstle' rule, where dozens. hun
dreds, aye. thousands of voters are dependent
for the daily subsistence Of themselves md
their families on the work given and the
wages paid by private persons OF corpora
ttons, the present mode OF election renders It
n farce or worse. n fraud. II the alternative
Ia put to a man either to vote against his will,
as is dictated to him, or to starve with his
IN Yni1v In most hO will phDnpQ tho
former Therefore It becomes Indispensable
for wise Legislation to make such enact
ments which will render 1t impossible for any
person to know how his employees voted
We, the undersigned committee being the
representatives Of the great labOriDg masses.
lay tho above measures before you, asking u
speedy action thereon. to the welfare of all
the people OF the State