The Labor enquirer., 1882-12-23
LABOR NOTES.

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Beecher says it would not surprise him
very much to see Ben Butler carry of the
pres idential prize in 1884.
! A oulet strike for an advance in wages took
place last week at the Miners foundry, San
Francisco, by the molders. 1t was success
full. We congratulate.
The north Chicago rolling MILL at South
Chicago, closed Tuesday, owing to inability
to get coke for the furnaces. The propretors
say they will probably resume early in Jan
uary..
A Dublin dispatch says; At Loughrea
Tuesday a number Of lsborers paraded the
streets, demanding work or food and deelar
ing they were starving. They surrounded
the residence of Rshap Duggan, who dis
tributed money to them. Great distress pre-
walls in town.
Mr.. Strait, of Minnesota, from the commit
tee on public lands, Tuesday reported bill
to repeal the laws allowing praemption o.
public lands. 1t was referred
A bill was introduced in the house Tuesday
by Joyce, OF Vermont, aud in the senate by
Logan, which requires every telegrsphlc and
cable company to receive and forward bus
-iness of any other company, whether 1t re-
lates to the business Of the company offering
it or otherwise 1t also makes it misde
meauor for any other than the persons trans
mittng to send and examine the same.
Colonel ]. Hendrix McLane, who was the
greenback labor candidate for governor o.
South Carolina, and who was indorsed by the
republicans, intends to contest the election OF
Thompson, his opponent. Mr.. McLane says
he was defeated by fraud and force.
The cause of labor is the cause Of truth
and righteousness. It's bnlwark Of safety il
the purity of the ballot box. It's only hope
of ultimate triumph lies in the principle Of
self government. This principle was the first
triumph OF labor over monarchy and aristoc
racy, and it was reached through centuries OF
blood and conflict. Now that labor possesses
the ballo:, it should guard this sacred right
with jealous care.
We have no quarrel with the Progressive
Age, as some of its supporters seem to think
Truth was not started in opposition to nor in
order to kill off that excellent advocate o1
labor's cause. We wish it the greatest degree
of success in its good work aud many years OIL
prosperity. There is plenty of work for both
the Age and Truth in fighting our common
enemy, and Truth has no time to spare to
fight friend, nor has it any tomfool news,
paper jealousy.-Chicago Truth.
The house Tuesday went into committe Of
the whole, Mr.. Cslkins, of Indiana, in the
chair, on the postoffice appropriation bill, the
pending amendment being that offered by
Mr.. Robeson of New Jersey, providing that
railroad companies which have received bond
subsidies in addition to graats of public lands
shall receive as compensation for carrying
mails so per cent of the amount now allowed
them by law for that service. Mr.. Robeson
explained that his amendment was intended
as an amendment to the charter of those rail
roads, and declaring the legislative intention
that it did not only reduce it 80 per cent, and
when that reduction was made those roads
would still have more compensation than
any other railroads in the country. This
legislation was necessary IN order that the
question whether congress has or has not con.
troll over this matter, should be brought fairly
to the test of judicial decision, and settled
for the present and future.