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The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-01
Foreign Labor matters.

PARIS, Feb. 22.-The strike of the coal
miners at Avzin has assumed large proper
tons. Seven thousand miners are out.
The coal masters at Anzein have agreed to
advance the wages Of the striking miners.
Three thousand unemployed working peo-
pie held meeting to-day. Cyavot, recently
condemned to death for causing the fatal
explosion at the Lyons theater restaurant in
1882, was elected honorary president. The
assemblage proceeded in a body to the pre-.
lecture to hold a conference with the prefect
but the latter was absent. They afterward
sent fifteen delegates to the prefect, who re-
ceived five of them. He informed them that
he was unable to remedy the labor crisis, but
would do his utmost for the men. Order
was preserved by the gendarmes.
LONDON, Feb. 22.-The inquiry of the
royal commission upon the housing of the
poor is limited to England. The commission
Is composed of the prince of Wales, Carni-
val Manning, Earl Brownlow, Baron Car
rington and several members of parliament
The only workmen's representative is Henry
Broadhurst, member of parliament for Stoke
on-Trent. 81,
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 22.-Sixteen per-
sons, including the authoress Kinniskaja,
have been banished since the beginning of
January. The prefect Of the district of
Lischin has been arrested on the charge Of
Socialism. Many students have been ar
rested in Kasan, owing to the publication of
a pamphlet was hostile to the government.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-01
A STORM BREWING.
concluded from First Page, |

if to preserve the Union it is necessary
to preserve slavery, slavery will be pre-
served" Then he issued q proclamation
that liberated slaves where they could
not be reached for such purposes, and
held them in servitude where they
could.
In the armed conflict, however, slavery
went to pieces, and now. we go about and
congratulate ourselves over holy war
began and ended for the emancipation of
four millions of down-trodden slaves.
How the devil must laugh at our self
qualification, and our canned fruit from
his tree of knowledge. TDoNN P1ATr.
CHEEK, Ohio, February, 1884.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-01

Says the Boyeotter: at is fashionable
for alleged prophets to see great damage
in combinations of workingmen and in
Socialism. But the real danger which
menaces our free institutions and which,
history teaches, has always menaced
our free institutions, is the growth in
power and influence of what Mr.. Roose-
welt called "the wealthy criminel classes"
the broadcloth mob.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-01

and 3s : day. aad the 100 wonea and
dis 80 conh 70 u50.
Thus, altogethsr, It will BE- seen that
the wages for female and child labor is
less than one-half and one-third, respec-
lively, and the advice * the trades nm
ions to the working women and girls to
combine for their own good seems to be
: timely one.- Chicago Daily News.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-01

Buy the new pamphlet, Evolution or
Revolution" price Is cents; for sale at this
office. This is the clearest treatment of the
Socialistic platform which has ever bssn
printed.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-01

[oFFICIAL.
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:
The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-01

In every Just government the law
ought above all to defend public and in
dividual liberty against the authority of
those that govern. Every institution
that does not suppose the people good
and the magistrate cerruptibls, is Yicieus.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-01

The right Of private property can
justly be based upon no principle 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., 1884-03-01

Society, can deny to those who do not
consent to this system of society any
share of the benefits produced by the
cooperation of those who do consent.
It is but just that those who will not CO.
operate should receive none of the ben
efits of cooperation. w.. .
The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-01

The right of peacably assembling; Of
manifesting opinion, whether through
the press or by any other means of the
free exercise of religion; of bearing
arms; of security of person against un-
reasonable search or seizure, and of COM
plete liberty of thought and speech, to-
gether with the right of association, are
such necessary consequences of the prin-
ciples of mans liberty, that the necessity
of declaring them presupposes either the
presence Of or the resent remembrance
of despotlsm.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-01

So long as members of society shall
fulfill their portion of the social contract
they have right to demand of society
that it provide to them the means neces-
sary to provide for their subsistence. So
ciety is bound also to insure the means
of existence to those who are incapable
Of labor.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-01

Every individual is entitled to an
equal proportionate share of all the accu-
mulated wealth created by past genera
tions, and that wealth should be held by
society as the natural heritage in com
mon of all mankind. -..f ..t \
The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-01

Debt, profit, interest, rent and the COM
petitiye system of industry are hereby
formally declared proved instruments of
degradation and tyaranny, and cancers
upon the social body. So also are the
present methods of Furnishing crime
rather than preventing it; the present
monetary system; the present method of
suffrage; the present method of educa-
ton; and the present systems of juris-
prudence, church and military. .
The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-01

Absolute Justice is the right of every
beng. The law is the free and SOL
emn expression of the public will, and
it must be equal for all. Society ought
to favor with all its power the progress
of public reason, and place instruction
and recreation within the reach of every
citizen. The people is the sovereign.
Government is its work and its property ;
the public functionaries are its agents
and officers, and the people justly should
have the power when it pleases to revoke
its manufactures or recall its servants
The law can forbid only what is hurtful
to the people and can prescribe only
what is useful. Every law which violates
or infringes the imprescriptible right of
man is void. r..
The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-01

Suppress the right of increase claimed
by the proprietor over anything which
he has stamped as his own property
while maintaining possession, and by
this simple change law, government,
economy and institutions will be revolu-
tionized and evil be driven from the face
of the earth - 80 -.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-05-22
Fisk and Hatch.

A. S. Hatch of the firm of Fisk g.
Hatch is the one whom Uncle Rufus
calls "the good HATCH to distinguish
him from himself '.The good Hatchs
belongs to the Burlington (Vt) family,
being the son of country doctor of
| the old style. He served his appren-
ticeship at banking in New Haven, and
went thence to Jersey City, where he
made the acquaintance of his partner,
Harvey Fisk. They started their firm
in 1862, got into government business
and have done we'll, although they had
to suspend and ask for an extension in
1873. Mr.. Hatch was elected president
of the stock exchange last year after
close contest and to the surprise of
the regulars; the election was Just a
year before his failure. The firm have
issued several useful little manuals
for investors, which are edited bv Ed
ward Fisk, son of the senior partner.
Mr.. Fisk is a member of DR.. John
Halls church, Mr.. Hatch of DR.. Tay-
lor's. Hatch is active in city mission
AIRY work, having done much to sustain
the reform mission of Jerry McAuley.
Michael Dunn's home for cOnvicts. and
the Howard mission, where he has a
large Bible-class of working girls. Mr..
Hatch has a large family and sons in
business in separate firms in Wall
street. ..-...--.
The failure of Fisk & Hatch is not
very satisfactorily explained. C. p.
Huntington, who is familiar with the
affairs of the firm, claims that they
were refused loans on government
bonds by banks. The firm had cleared
of the obligations accepted upon its
resumption of business in 1873. butt
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-05-22
An independent warning.

The New York independents have
given their last note of warming before
the national convention in IL circular
addressed to the delegates. they wise
~ disclaim any attempt ut dictation,
but present few points for considera-
ton, earnestly hoping to toe able to
contribute our labors to the desired
success of the republican party"
After noticing the fact that New
York will in all probability be the
pivotal state, the circular says the re-
publican machine has become uncom-
monty obnoxious and any candidate,
who has been engaged in fractional
fights, - however commendable his
qualities in other respects might be
would lose thousands of republican
and independent votes, putting the
state III the utmost jeopardy. This is
doubtless hit at Arthur.
The other three shafts are aimed at
Blaine. One demands absolute sound
ness on the financial questions, the
second AYERS that a candidate likely to
launch the government into fantastic
or adventurous policy calculated TO
destroy our peaceable relations with
foreign powers would lose much of the
support from business men and the
last says nothing could Ice more disas-
trOus than the nomination of candi-
date, however popular, with an un-
clean or justly assailed record as to his
integrity.
Then follows a paragraph urging the
nomination of a man of Judgment, Eek
perience and ability. Though no name
is brought ont, it is plain that Ed
munds is the man in view. Each point
is well made and, as the change of Il
single republican vote in each school
district in the state of New York would
give the democrats rousiug majority,
the delegates will do well to take heed.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-05-22

The Republican national committee
thus far has received only two notices
of contests at Chicago.
Senator Jones of Nevada says that
Blaine's greatest strength at Chicago
will be on the FIST ballot.
Congressman Horr of Michigan pre-
diets that General Butler will be the
democratic presidential candidate.
The Grant & Ward indebtedness
has gotten up to the enormous figures
of $I4, sol ,53l. The assets are as yet
an unknown quantity.
Roscoe COnkling has Joined the lead
ing democratic club of New York.
Does this mean Conkling and Butler
They would make a fine pair of leaders
to head the democratic party.
In announcing a pair in the United
States senate Tuesday Senator Vest
said that it was the first time during
twenty-nine years of service in con-
gress that Senator Morrill, of Vermont
had been absent from his pest.
When senator like General Haw-
ley denOunces the shooting of natives
of the south because they insist on
voting rs they choose, the democratic
organ shouts ''BloOdy shirt" Sensible
people will not be disturbed by this
cry.
r. b. Reals, supporter of Matthews,
who was assassinated at the polls in
Copiah county, and an important wit
ness before the senate investigating
committee, was shot and cut to death
not long ago by Bob and Hans Penn
at Hazlehurst, Miss. Talk about polit-
zeal freedom i'll the South
We ara always glad to note the
growing prosperity and popularity of
IA country editor and it is with undis-
gnised pleasure that we give place to
the following encouraging item from
the White River Junction Landmark
Mrs. Clater has given us a tom kit
ten
This is the time when the political
student, wearied of turmoil and strife,
gratefully turns for rest and peace to
the editorial column of the Bradford
Opinion, where he finds a profound
thought tersely expressed, thus: "B.
II. Pillsbury and Stevens & Clark are
improving the exterior of their stores
with paint this week"
The state press association, with "a
few old ministers attached, will visit
Saratoga July fourth. The state press
association, as now conducted, is IA
humbug.-[B Burlington Clipper.
The Clipper man don't belong. 1t
can't be a case of sour grapes
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-05-22
A BarbarOus State.

Only last week we printed para
graph commencing the bravery of
Judge Reid of Kentucky in refusing
to lower himself to the code of that
semi barbarOus state which demands
that one insulted or maltreated shall
take his shot gun and go hunting for
his enemy and either kill him or get
killed. Judge Reid was cowhided by
a lawyer named Corneilson i'll April
because of his action III a case in which
CorneilsoD was counsel. Last week
Judge Reid committed snicide. He
was condemned by the Kentucky pub
lie because he did not get a shotgun
and hunt CorneilsOn it is said that his
wife was greatly troubled by the
charges of cowardice and would give
him no peace. The thing seemed GER
tain to defeat him in his canvass for il
place on the appellate bench--aDd he
finally used the pistol on himself--a
victim of a barbaric popular opinion.
One account says that he left note
reading simply: Mad Mad For
give me, dear wife, and love to the
boy The Campbellite church, to
which both men belonged, had IA few
days before expelled Corneilson, and
there IS u threatening feud between
the chnrrh people and the residents of
the mountains around. In fact, the
whole state of Kentucky seems to be
in an nproar about the matter aud we
should think the better part would he
to see such barharism countenanced
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-05-22
''BOunCed."

The Newport Express says that if
the charges against Treasurer Dubois
are true he should be bounced" By
this we understand our esteemed con
temporary To mean that he should not
be reelected. And having this under
standing We must beg to differ with
Newport concerning the true modern
meaning Of the word bounce If
somebody else is chosen in place of Mr..
DuBois, the latter would not lie
"bounced" bH any means. The people
would simply have exercised the right
they have to choose between men.
The present incumbent should go into
the race with no better footing than
any other candidate aud his defeat
should be considered no more of a dis
honor than the defeat of the other
man. Nobody has a life lease Of an
elective Office and if Westinghouse ex--
ample were followed, nobody would
want one. 80
We are therefore obliged TO conclude
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-05-22

was probably embarrassed by the de-
cline in the same stocks,-namely.
Central Pacific and Chesapeake and
Ohio. The sub-treasury had applica-
tons for the redemption of only SlO7.-
600 in government bonds under the
last call of Mr.. Folger Russell Sage
says: "Fisk & Hatch have never re-
covered from the false mistake they
made when they paid 100 cents on the
dollar after 10" The worst feature of
the Fisk & Hatch failure is the drag
giDg down of the Newark savings
bank, which was just getting upon its
feet from its failure of six years ago.
The old depositors had been paid 95
per cent and new deposits amounting
to over sc, 900, 900 were in hand. Fisk
& Hatch were loaned 81 100000 with
ont making actual deposit of the gov
eminent bonds as collateral, and seri-
Gus loss may result to the depositors.
This is not careful Misunderstanding
field Republican.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-05-22

that our contemporary by the lake is
not well up in street terms, for the true
meaning of "bounce" is totally differ
ent from what it apprehended. To il
lustrate: If in course of its peregrina.
tons the Express should drop into the
Montpelier Argus office and soon after
find itself half way across the muddy
street trying te use its nose for u
plough, that would be "bOunce." 1t
would probably take the whole Argus
force to do it, but that would not
materially affect the significance of the
word.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-05-22
Public Opinion.
THE RIGHT TEMPERATURES.

NE hIGhI TEMPERATURE
The Boston Herald has this to say
about the Edmunds temperature 'sThe
wOrshippeI of Mr.. Tilden is concerned
about the temperature of Mr.. Edmunds'
blood. 1t is warm enough and plentiful
enough to sustain him through presi
dental canvass and eight years in the
White House, and cold enough to en-
able him to freeze out rogues and
sycOphants."
HOW THE DEMOCRATS MAY WIN.
Cleveland l regard as a strong man.
He is popular, and l am told by so
good an authority as George William
Curtis that he is above reproof as a
man and an official. He is the most
available man just at present, l think,
for the democrats to nominate. If the
republicans nominate Blaine, and the
democrats Cleveland, look out for a
surprise, for Cleveland would be safe
and good man for the independents
and republicans to vote fof.-f Editor
Haskell of the Boston Herald.
A PANIC THEN AND a PANIC NOW.
The common people family realize
at such times as last week the meaning
of panic in the old times of state
banks before the war,-and it is well
occasionally for them to reflect on the
benefits derived from the change, es-
pecially as "anti-mOnOpOly" demagOgs
like to make it appear that the people
are greatly damaged. Most of our
business men can remember when
every financial disaster made it neces
sary to scrutinize every bank bill off
cred in trade, and to keep the run of
the discount to be made from the issues
of each bank or section. The eastern
man travelling in the west would get
loaded up with western money and
have to go to a broker and change it
into gold at a loss of from 30 to 80 per
cent before he could buy ticket home.
Debts between different localities were
at skies and sevens the debtor class,
of course, had to submit to the loss
from the poorer currency. The disap-
pearance of this state of things has
reduced the meaning of panic to the
great majority of the people to il simple
staring at sensational bulletins
springfield Republican.
HOW TO ELECT REPUBLICAN.
If it be desirable, as we believe, to
retain republican control of the gov
eminent, that result can be accom-
plished beyond question only by the
nomination of candidate who would
be willingly supported by all voters,
who, under any circumstances, would
vote for a republican, Harper's Week
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-05-22

supposition that the last name has
been put on the slate.
The Reformer mentions II. c. Belden
and H. c. Ide as possible congressional
dark horses with John B. Mead, ". p.
Dillingham; and ''half dozen Wind
ham county fellows" in the back
ground.
A man writing from town called
Berkshire dominates for governor an
other man - also from Berkshire -
named l.. c. Leavens.
We are very sorry that the profound
Waterman is not pleased with the
Cdiedonian's ticket and would respect
fully request that it produce better
one.
Washington cOunty's favorite con-
gressional dark horse is w. p. Dilling-
ham the Woodstock Standards
gauge is correct.
The Reformer thinks Auditor Powell
has done very well for republican
and "there is no reason fer P. K.
Gleed's nomination except that he
wants it,
If Secretary Nichols wishes to retain
his position why shouldn't he We
do not see any use in anybody's get
ting mad about it or trying to crowd
him West Randolph Herald.
Nor we. 1t is "a matter, of course,
wholly within his own discretion to
determine
The democratic party even thus
early i'll the campaign is almost dead
from too much tariff Bellows Falls
Times.
And the republican from too much can
didate.
One reason given for Gov. Barstow's
refusal to stand for reelection is that
the salary is so small he couldn't afford
it. And now the Newport Express and
one or two other papers demand that
it he increased to $1,000, which certainly
doesn't seem unreasonable. The chief
| executive should receive as much pay
as the secretary of state.
+. N. Gleed, who Is SAID to be work
ing for Auditor Powell's place, is al
re ldy alternate delegate to Chicago.
The Springfield Republican says :
:. NJ. Dorr of Rutland was named as
acknowledgement OF Vermont by the
st. Johnsbury Cdledonjdn two or three
weeks ago, and several other papers
have commented favOrably on the sug-
gestion. But Ormsbee of Brandon has
the thing .'tiXed -
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-05-22
Items of the Financial Crash.


The Newark Savings Bank, which
failed four years ago and resumed,
closed it doors again Friday. The
second failure is due to the suspension
of Fisk & Hatch, who owed the bank
a million dollars.
The decline in listed stocks and Sc
curities since 1881 is estimated at ST.
500, 100000, and everybody looks tor
the farmer to raise good crops, get
ready sales, good prices, and help the
country out.
The price of Western Union tele-
graph stock has been as follows May,
1879, 1923 ; May, 1884, 49b.
John c. Emo, president of the Sec
Oud National bank of New York, who
has been specializing heavily in Wall
street, admitted Monday that he had
ruined that institution. The defalca-
ton, said to be over S4,000,000, has
been made up by his father, amos X.
Emo, and the bank is now continuing
its business.
The day before the failure of Grant
& Ward, the Wall street brokers, Gen.
Grant went to Vanderbilt and asked
for loan of $I50,00O in order to tide
over an apprehended difficulty the next
day. He gave his own check on Grant
q Ward to pay for the loan, but the
check was not paid. Gen. Grant and
Mrs. Grant at once made over to Van
derbilt all of their personal property
and real estate to idemnify him for the
loan, but the latter, very much to his
credit, sent back the papers, with ex-
pressions of sympathy, saying to Gen.
Grant that he need not trouble himself
about the matter and could repay the
loan whenever he got able. Then he
set sail for Europe, probably a happier
man than if he had received his $780,
000