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The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-08

THE News has discovered that certain
localities of the city, inhabited by the Chi
nese, are nuisances, and corrupt the
health and morals of the community.
The News is enterprising. THE EN-
QUIRER called attention to the Celestial
stencil" six months ago. I am glad,
however, to see the News doing its duty
in this particular at last. The few
landlords who have reaped the harvest
from the tolerated nuisance of "China
row." have fattened long enough at the
expense of public health and decency,
and it is time now to wipe out the pesti-
lence, even if the torch has to be ap-
piled. When the preservers of the city's
peace and health get done skylarking
around the country. on dead-head trans
portation, it might be we'll to direct their
attention to this matter, with instruc-
tions to do their duty as the peoples
servants, and sweep out the filth.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-08

In an editorial on the meeting of
the mine owners, held in this city the
other day, the Republican said, There
is one certain way out of the difficulty |;
that is to reduce the wages of the miners
and of laborers employed in the smelt-
ers. But the operators do not want to
do this; they are determined that it
shall be the last resort. They are to- be
commended for this" believe in honor
where honor is due, but l fail to see that
the mine-owners are entitled to any
special praise in this case. If they for a
moment thought they could get away
with it, they would order reduction of
so per cent in the workmen's wages that
moment. 1 speak of employers in a
general way; of course there are iso-
lated exceptions, But the general run
of mine-owners and smelters work &C
cording to the rule-which is, to grind
the laborer down to the lowest possible
notch at which he can and will work,
let the profits be what they may and
when they can get no lower, and profits
are diminished below their extravagant
minimum, the work stops. A little star
yatlon reduces the laborers' already cur
tailed price, the market booms and the
work is resumed. What's the use in
irving to make. believe that the wealthy
proprietor cares whether his slaves live
wen or starve2 Might as well try to
stuff down me the assertion that the
mines and smelters of the state are run
at q loss to their owners, simply to pro-
vide labor and bread for the poor. 1t
ia not the nature of the beast. The sys-
The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-08

b be added etsn 81 he noGt sealous In
ysstieatos; bdt Dr. Dc = Astyr held his
audiencs close BY his candid treatment
Of the question. the stattlina figures given
and the deep earnestness Of his words
and manner. There is no doubt in the
world but that the greatest curse hu-
manity was ever afflicted with, is that Of
intemperance. When I listen to the
plain statement of facts made By such
men as DR.. De La Matyr, and which my
own experience verify, I wonder that
the people do not stamp tho curse Of
drink out of existence, Good men and
women have devoted their whole lives
to holy war on the evil, and yet drunk
enness, and its attendant misery and
wretchedness have increased in the
world. What is the trouble2 Why is it
that fact SO palpable as the one that
death and devastation lurk in strong
drink stares US all in the face and yet no
check is made in the headlong ruin into
which it drags the best and brayest of
earth? There is something wrong. So
ciety lacks the essentials for the poses
sion of which it was constituted, when it
is powerIess to save its members from
their own destruction. Do the temper
ance lecturers ever remember that
ninety-nine out of one hundred drunk
ards are the poor, robbed toilers of the
land; the rich contribute. few to the
swelled ranks Of the drunkards. Another
thought: Do the good people who are
striving to rescue the fallen know that
the saloons have always fires and lunches
for the idle and disheartened working
man, While the well-dressed, well-fed
Christian(2) has seldom kind word for
them? Whisky drinking is the bane
of the workingman. 1t retards his pro-
gress; holds him down in the slough OF
ignorance and degradation. 1t was be-
queathed to him by tyranny and injustice
and endowed by class and selfshness.
Either the leyeling up which viii come
through the peaceable advent of Social
istic doctrines shall cure the world of the
horrible curse of drunkenness or revo-
luton will wash it out, with Others, in
the blood of the race.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-08

ten = I'll wrong. AZ long = : few
sharks arc allowed to eobble up Gods
gifts to his children, 80 long win greed
grasp and hold onto the bread Of the
poor. Don't jump out With that old
absurdity, that the poor can prospect the
mountains and find the mines, as well
as the rich. It's the workers who un-
earth all the worlds wealth but they
are not those who enjoy it. The world
and AL it contains belongs to all Of Gods
children alike, and to them it must be
delivered by those who have stolen it
lin peace, or it will be taken in blood.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-08

AS expected. ever since his capture,
O'Donnell has been sentenced to death
for killing Carey. Upon what grounds
the most sanguine founded a hope that
his trial would result Stherwise / am at
a loss to discover. He killed Carey. No
one denied that. In the eyes of the
law there was no extenuating circum-
stances in, the affair. O'Donnell himself
certainly knew that his life would be
taken in punishment for his deed. He
was willing that it should be so. 1T is
not necessary now to enter an argument
upon the advisability of the methods
employed by him in avenging the brave
men who met their deaths, through the
treachery of the informer. His course
had its commendable as well as objec-
tionable features. If he erred in judg-
ment, he alone will pay the penalty of
the error; his impetuosity has not re-
coiled upon any but his own head. There
were no grounds for the hope some
seemed to have that O'Donnell would be
acquitted by an English court and an
English jury. l never for a moment
thought the verdict would be less than
it is. The evidence that he killed Carey
was irrefutable. and verdict of acquit-
tai would have been plain admission
that the government feared to ad minister
the law in the case. Anvone who knows
the history of the English governments
treatment of the Irish question would
not for moment entertain the thought
that it would show fear of the revolu-
tionary element of Ireland. Such a
course on the part of the government
would not only pc unprecedented, but
feolhardy. The government would
rather execute its law and take the
chances of secret revenge by the In
vincibles than to make a public admis-
sion that it was intimidated or terrorized
by its secret foes. O'Donnell will hang,
and it becomes the solemn duty of the
revolutionists in Ireland to avenge his
death. May they doit effectually. Some
of the money which has been wasted in
attempting to build up a hopeless de-
fense at his trial could be we'll utilized in
equipping his avengers, yet a few dollars
expended for dynamite can do wonders,
That kind of a defense" is less expensive
than one of legal character, and besides,
it argues more to the point.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-08

TRAMPs are beginning to throng the,
eastern highways and besiege the towns
and cities of the Mississippi valley.
Business failures are rapidly increasing
and large manufactures are daily shut
ting down. There is want and suffering
ahead for thousands of the country's un-
fortunates. In land of boasted advance
ment and prosperity a people tramp the
public thoroughfares without where to
lay their heads. A few revel in luxury
while many face starvation. Is there
hope for justice or mercy this side the
revolution? Itseems not. g.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-08

Two men are brought into court. Why
are they there2 They are vagrants.
Why are theyNvagrants? Because the
man for whom they have worked has
defrauded them of their wages, and they
have been in our city attempting to OBJ.
tain their earnings by process of law.
They are out. of money; consequently
they are vagrants. Do you like the pic
ture? Yet it is true to nature, and was
painted in Denver one day last week.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-08

The president his issued his address to
congress. !. Those who have had the
nerve to wade through it, have pro-
nounced it the regulation thing-a mass
of nothings. All it contains is rehash
of the reports of the different depart
ments. 1t would seem to the merciful
man that good time to pull presidents,
would be Just before they began writing
q rppccape
The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-08
The Fair.

Arrangements for the fair of the St..
Elizabeth's church are progressing
nicely. Great preparations are being
made by those having the matter in
charge, and everything betokens good
time and glorious success. The fair
begins, in West Denver Turner hall, Dec
26, and continues until January l, closing
with a grand ball on New Years night,
Keep this in your mind and make ar
rangements to be present. / +
The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-08

SOME of my acquaintances in the
militia tell me they will not bear arms
against their fellow-workmen. Better
lay down the guns and doff the uniforms
now, boys You will find it easier than
twill be after you are called out" If
You like bright uniforms, put on the red
shirt and cap of the revolutionist.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-08
our Agent.,

Our Agents.
The following named gentlemen are agents
for THE ENQuIRER In their respective lo-
calities, and are authorized to receive sub
scriptions and give receipts.
Edward Kyle, williamsburg.
Daniel Bel, Rockvale.
David John, Coal Creek.
W. s. Jones, Oro, Lake county.
George Wallascer, 110H West Chestnut
LeAdvflle.
+. Z. Mcbride, Laporte, Larimer county.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-08

The Trades Assembly building scheme
is going on swimingly. That is good. 1t
may not be long before workingmen will
have to own the building that they meet
in, or not meet al, all. Labor organiza-
tions don't suit the>tooth of the average
owner of large buildings.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-08
DECLARATION
Of the Rights Of Man-:Worthy o.
Every Proletarian's Careful
, Perusal,
[oFFICIAL.l

Is OFFICIAL. 81
HEADQUARTERS DIVISION EXECUTIVE
Rocky MOUNTAIN DIVISION, INTER
NATIONAL WoRKMEN's ASSOCIATION.
Denver, Colorado.
The following Declaration of the
Rights of Man" is ordered published, to
the people:
N PREAMBLE.
We hold these truths to be self-evident
to all people who have the welfare of
humanity at heart: That all men and
women are born free and with equal
rights. That they were endowed, by
such birth, by their Creator, and as nee
essary incidents of their existence, with
certain inalenable rights, rights ofwhich
even they themselves cannot divest
themselves; and that among these rights
are the right to life and the means of
living, liberty and the conditions essen
tial to liberty, and the right to the pur.
suitof happiness. That especially emu
merating the subordinate rights flowing
naturally and reasonably from the estab-
lishment of these truths and the princi-
pies necessary for their perpetuity, we
do publish and declare:s
/. FT
That the just end OF all political asso-
citation and the only permissible reason
for their existence at all, is the mainte-
nance ofthe natural and imprescriptible
rights Of man and the development Of
all his faculties.
IL.
Whatever rights belong to one man
belong to all men equally, whatever diff
ference there may be in their physical,
mental, or moral force. Equality Of
rights is established by nature. Society,
10 far from invading it, ought justly to
The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-08

READ Judge Tilford's address. There
are others besides the "cranks" in the
the laborers' ranks who speak of the
peoples wrongs. and foretell a terrible
struggle if Justice be not done.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-08

Ny advice to every man who feels his
wrongs and knows his rights is to ally
himself with the International Work
mems Association. In unity is strength;
and thorough understanding is con-
duciYe to success. -. ~
The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-08

Lookout for new features in the adver-
tisement of ]. s. Dreyfuss, the working
mems clothier, next week. Heis going
to say something of Interest to every
man who buys clothing. t
The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-08

Tm LABOR EsouIRER is published every
Safurdsy. ii viii Sc devoted to the discus
sion Of all subjects which tend to educate,
elcvsao and advance the laborfng classes.
Politically It will support only the friends
Of hbor.
subscription rates, $soo in advance.
All communications must be addressed to
The hABoR EHQUIRER, 1858 Larimer Street,
Denver Colorado.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-08

LAST Sunday morning DIR. De La Matyr
delivered q sound address on the subject
of intemperance. This subject has been
worn thresdbsrs, and there is little now
The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-08

JorN the International Workingmen's
Association, and put yourself in poses-
sion of information which can only be
gained in those ranks.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-08

Ruv the new pamphlet, "EFolution or
Revolution, ), price 15 cents; for sale at this
off,ca This ia the clearest treatment Of the
Socialistic platform which has ever peeA
printed.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-08

The publisher Of this paper Is not resp0n-
sible for the opinions OF contributors. The
columns win always be open for the discus
sion Of all sides Of the labor questions OF the
day. Contributions always welcome.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-08

Bur the new pamphlet, Evolution or
Revolution" For sale at this Office;
price, 15.cents.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-08

EVERYTHING is serene at the Tribune
Office. The board of directors have re-
solved.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-08

Buy the new pamphlet, Evolution or
Revolution" For sale at this Office;
price, 15 cents.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-08

Buy the new pamphlet, Evolution or
Revolution For sale at this Office;
price, Is cents. !.
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lsls.el Osse1 - Tke Trssss Assembly.
uWo Win renew the times Of truth and JUS
Oondensin9 IA . fair, free commonwealth
! not nah equality, but equal rights. !"

1ntsred 4 the Denver postonioe as second
elas mat1er.
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dividual liberty against the authority Of
those that govern. Every institution
that does not suppose the people good
and the magistrate corruptible, is vicious.
No part of the people can exercise the
power of the whole people; but the wish
it expresses ought to be respected as q
wish of part of the people which is to
concur in forming the general will.
Every act against the imprescriptible
rights of man by whomsoever exercised,
even in the name of the law itself and
within the forms it prescribes -every
such act is arbitrary and void. The very
respect due to law forbids submission to
it, and if the attempt be made to execute
such act by violence or by artifce, it is
not only permitted but enjoined upon
every individual to repel such assaults,
even by force. Resistance to oppression
is a necessary consequence. Of the other
rights of man. There is oppression
against the social body whenever one
alone of its members is oppressed.
There is oppression against every mem
Der Of it when the social body is op-
pressed. When the government violates
the rights of the people, insurrection is
for the people and for every portion of
the people the most sacred Of rights and
the most Indispensable Of duties When
the social contract fails to protect citi-
zen he resumes his natural right to de-
fend personally all his rights. In either
Of the two preceding cases, to subject to
legal forms the resistance to oppression
is the last refinement to tyranny, and is
both infamous and void.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-08

The right of private property can
justly be based upon noprinciple except
that having been produced by the per-
son in possession of it, or upon the pos
SCISSOR having rendered for it the full
equivalent to the one who did produce
it. This rule can have no exceptions
save those created by the unanimous
consent of all members Of society.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-08

So long as members Of society shall
fulfill their portion of the social contract
they have a right to demand of society
that it provide to them. the means neces-
Nsary to provide for their subsistence. So
ciety is bound also to insure, the means
of existence to those who are incapable
Of labor, -....
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-09

TALLIEs. The manner in which the
accounts are kept, the mode in which the
money is voted by Parliament, the system
under which the accounts are checked
and audited, are all of much interest.
The old exchequer tallies, for instance,
form one Of the most curious illustrations
of the survival OF old forms and customs.
The tally was willow stick, about five
feet long, and roughly squared, each side
measuring about an inch. On one side
the amount was indicated by notches; a
notch one and half inches wide stood
for 81, 900; one inch, fl0); three.eighths
Of an inch, tl0; half OF such notch, fl;
three.t nths OF an inch, shilling; still
smaller one penny. and hall penny by
small round hole. A single cut OF o
notch stood for half the amount. The
stick was then split in half through the
notches, and one-half of it was given tC
the person making the payment, thu
other being kept by the Government
A large number Of old tallies were de
posted in the vaults under the old Hous'
OF Commons. and the fire by which it wa
destroyed is said to have been mainly
due to them. The use OF these TALES wa
not actually abandoned until the yea
lS24.--[Sir John Lubbock, in The Nine
teenth Century.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-09
The CAMPBELL PROCESS.

The San Francisco Post calls the at.
tention of mining men to very impor-
tant discovery for successfully treating
so-called chase" and "rebellious ores
containing gold or silver, and known as
the Campbell process. 1t says: This
process bids fair to not only create stir
in the mining world, largely revolution
izing this important interest but to add
millions OF dollars to our circulating me-
dunn. Heretofore, gold and silver ores.
carrying in excess the bases of arsenic,
anthony, zinc, lead, tellurium, sulphur
and iron under certain conditions. have
baffled the skill of our most intelligent
and practical mill men. These ores
could only be treated on small scale in
the labratory of the metallurgist. The
successful and practical workings Of the
Campbell process of a great variety of re-
bellious ores from different parts of the
country, that have been recently sent for
treatment, has been daily watched and
thoroughly Investigated by such men as
Captain Samuel I. Curtis, of Comstock
fame, Mr.. James Nee, one Of our best
known and most practical millwrights,
smelters and mill men on the coast, J. II.
Crossman, thorough and practical
miner, Professor Peck, as well as several
other well-known experts and mining
men. These gentlemen have, after a
careful examination and inspection of the
workings. come to the conclusion that
this process will be generally adopted at
no distant day by both smelters and mill
men for all ores of this class for the fol,
lowing reasons:
l. They can be worked much cheaper
than by any known process, giving much
better results.
2, The ores, regardless OF assay values,
can be worked to within five per cent. of
a fire assay, often giving better result.
3 The process serves as concen.
TRAITOR, whereby the lead bullion can be
enriched from low grade ores, by return
ing, to any desired value, at but little in
creased cost, thereby making great
saving in transportation and refinery
charges.
A. Ores low in lead and rich or poor
in silver values, that are too lean in lead
to be smelted and carry too much to be
treated by roasting and milling, can be
by this process economically treated and
their full values of precious metals oh.
taingd, as well as large portion Of the
lead in the ere, which, by milling, would
be lost.
A representative of the Post, who Wis.
tied the works where the process is in
successful operation, says: 1t is esti-
mated that the cost for roasting ores with
petroleum for fuel is only IS cents per
ton, while by the most improved fur
naces now in use the cost is from 81 to
81 per ton. The actual cost lor treating
l6t tons of ore that was worked twenty
four hours previous to our visit, including
all expenses from the rockbreaker to the
bullion product, was 1854 per ton"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-09
An IMroRrASr QuEsr1oN.-A Judg

An IMPORTANT QUESTION. "A Judge in
st. Louis has discharged master of a
public school who was prosecuted for
whipping a boy after milder punishment
had been of no avail The Court found
in order to preserve discipline, the teacher
must determine the necessity. the nature
and extent of punishment, his acts, like
those of parent, being subject to judi.
cial review. The Judge also said: "Four
years experience in the administration oil
criminal law convinces me that the boys
who become criminals are the boys who
don't get whipped; and when it is re.
membered that large percentage of the
holder crimes known to the law is com
mitted by youths ranging in age from IA
to 20 years, the question arises, Is il
better to whip first or imprison after
ward?"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-09

The Beaver River is reported to be Is
inches higher now than at any CORE
spending period for many years past,
which fact, says the Beaver Utonian,
augers well for the success of the present
seasons farming operations in that
county.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-09

The newest, and therefore the very
sweetest, thing in weddings is reported
from Louisville, Ky, In June daugh
ter Of General Buckner, who is to marry
Mr.. Be!knap Of that city, will have what
is called "rainbow wedding" as the
bridesmaids in couples will wear tn,
prismatic colors, each pair having dit
ferent pale hue of India silk,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-09

Member of the new club: Professor,
| have called to ask you to give us q
motto for our new club. We want some
thing suggestive in Latin" Something
suggestive in Latin? Well, yes, know
of very good one-iust the thing:
'Delirium tremensn"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-09
The Philadelphia Press says that

The Philadelphia Press says that
everybody in Uniontown ostracises
Dukes, and he walks about the streets
with his eyes cast on the ground and his
hat pulled over his heavy brows. 1t is
said that the only man who hefriends
him, outside of his immediate family, il
Billy Mccormick, town bruiser and a
chronic fighter, who rather likes the
excitement OF the thing
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-09

"My son" said an American father,
"how could you marry an Irish girl %
"Why, father, I'm not able to keep two
women. If | married Yankee girl I'd
have to hire an Irish girl to take care of
her."
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-09
Notice Of Dissolution.

uNHE copARTNERsHiP HERETuFoRE tx,
listing between the undersigned, August
ppstrisn "a vAszA, carrying ,on the
county, Nevada, has this day been dissolved
hy mutual consent, and August Depilo VIII
hereafter carry on tbs busiusss of the late
hrm, pay all obligations and receive All paneys
due them.
AUGUST DELPIsO,
le2lm b VAn2A,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-09

Grasshoppers and crickets are abundant
in many Of the valleys in Siskiyou county.
The Indians utilize them for food, catch
ing them by driving swarms into hole
in the ground, and then throw in heated
stones, covering over with soil, like o
clam bake, thus gaining good square
meal. TO put up crickets for winter they
are soused into water, afterwards dried
in the sun, and then ground into -four
very easily.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-09

Father" Hawley, father Of Senator
Hawley Of Hartford, was taken to the
Hartford Insane Retreat a few days ago
For some time he has shown unmistak.
able evidence Of insanity, and 1t was
deemed best for the safety Of his family
and friends to put him under greater
restraint.