Omaha daily bee., 1882-09-25
THE LABOR MOVEMENT.
Mass Meeting of WOrkingmen
at City Hall.
Preliminaries For the Coming
Campaign.


fursusnt TO call q meeting or Work
inpmen was held ut the council cham
CT. "
Der Saturday evening.
Mr.. William White was elected
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chairman ana W. III. mulcaney secre-
tary.
M,
Inc CHAIR stateo tne ooJeet OF the
meeting to be the election OF dele
gates to o county convention that
would nominate delepates for the
oonvont;on for Tho work ;ncman,.
go. ~" ' "oN"'
ucket' ~
MIR. Edward Walsh read the fol-
lowing platform, which he desired the
meeting TO adopt:
PREAMBLE AMI hSSohorloss'
BE IL resolved by the workingmen OF
Douglas county and the city OF Omaha in
mass meeting assembled, that,
WHEREAS, The democratic and republic
can parties" in their platforms recently
published and in their several conventions
! held recently, seem to ignore The fact that
there are other interests to foster and
encourage besides that OF office hunting
and holding; AMI,
WHEREAS, The ~manipulators OF the
party" machinery seem to be under the
impression that office" is the Inherent
right OF the professional classes lawyers,
doctors, editors, etc. and can discover no
evils that legislation remedies but railroads.
land sharks and surveying frauds, while
the important wants of the working people
are entirely overlooked; and,
WHEREAS, The parties" seem to be to-
tally blind to all evils and abuses not af-
fecting the upper classes" and by which
| the many are fast becoming the slaves OF
the few, while our state legislature has re-
peatedly passed unheeded or spurned h
petitions of workingmen, yielding in cow
ardly or corrupt submission to the dictates
of traders and jobbers, and the money
power generality; therefore be 1t
Resolved, That the workingmen of Doug
las county take such steps ~ will insure
them u fair representation in the state
legislature, to the end that legislation may
be had for the benefit of other interests
besides banks, railroads, quaok doctors,
prison and printing contractors, land
sharking and other steals by which tho
public are detrauded; and be 1t further
Resolved, That we support and vote for
no candidate who is not q working man or
recognized friend OF the labor cause.
PLATFORM.
Rcsoited, That we are in favor OF q just
and economical administration of state and
national government and the punishment
of official thieves with the utmost rigor Of
our laws.
We are in favor OF such protective tariff
on foreign manufactures rs will encourage
and develop the industries and resources OF
est competition in all branches with restric-
tion on none.
We declare ourselves In favor OF equal
taxation and reducing the legal rate OF in
terest On money 10y sefrsias,so sws,
tors being elected by a direct vote of the
people Of the state. to the end hat bri-
berry and corruption may be discontinued
in purchasing seats in the United States
senate. ~ ;u..n o,o... =.
We IL ,ha r,ah,s = sr rsnrsasntat;oU and
otherwise that 1he amepdmrnts to the con-
stitution of the United States provide for
We are in favor OF abolishing the sy,s-
tenn ny whlcn CONVEX iaooL - ofbugns IN
o%uantaSs 70 tha criminal or ths stats' an.
the working classes of the United States.
We are in favor OF such liquor laws as
protect the respeetanhlty Oh lhe trace, y,
prote .no m vs in tS,t nr AM pp,bs
business, oonsiderine them as dangerous to
the liberty of the people.
We are ia favor OF establishing eieht
ho9rs AZ q nays worR, that Worxlhshe
ann women may nase ' !, ..m ns,a J' ;ntai-
lipenee.
We are in favof of forcing the eight hour
law M passed by the general legislature in
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