St. Paul daily globe., 1888-03-10
A PLATFORM BUILT.
The Independent Workingmen Are Com
ing to the Front.
SOME VERY UNIQUE PLANKS.
They Want the City to Control the
Rights Of the Street Railway
Company.

| party of st, Paul met in the senate
chamber at the capitol last evening,
with Representatives in attendance
from the first nine wards. r. B. Rice,
of the Fourth ward, was the presiding
officer. The committee appointed at
the last meeting presented a report
embodying the; platform of the party.
One of the planks demands that the
city council call on the legislature to
amend the city charter so as to
permit all city work to be done by days
labor; another demands that nine hours
| be made days work OH all city jobs,
and that American citizenship be the
first requirement for employment by the
city government. 1t also asks that the
street car system be purchased and
operated by the city. This platform
was discussed by sections and adopted
almost as prepared by the committee.
The chalrmen of the ward committees
made reports from their clubs,
showing that an active organization
had been established in nearly
out of the meeting III an artistic
manne. He attempted to make some
queries about previous meeting. with
the intention Of introducing a resolu-
tion pied ng. the. organization to be
absolutely Independent of all political
parties. This was choked off by the
chair ruling that only those with ere
dentials would be allowed to take a
hand in the meeting. Of course this
finished Mr. Constant. and reduced the
meeting to about twenty-five active
members.
THE CLUB DENOUNCED.
At meeting Of laboring men held at
the Shades on last Sunday, an inde-
pendent labor party was organized, and
platform adopted. This was the
party represented by Mr.. Con-
stant and his following at the
meeting held last evening. The Sun
day afternoon meeting had appointed
them committee to present the plat
form of their party and secure cooper
alton in the coming contest. After hear
ing the platform of the new party read,
Mr.COnStanS and others of the committee
decided not to push their platform, the
two being nearly the same. But in
order to secure some pledge that the
pendent party, one that would not
unite with the Republicans or Demo-
cratic parties, Mr.. Constant made sew
eral attempts to introduce the following
resolution:
Resolved, That it is the sense of the
delegates present that the Working
mems Independent party will at no
time affiliate with either the Republi-
can or Democratic, or any other party
not established. in the interests of
labor.
Mr.. Constans was not even granted
the floor, and the new party boldly
affirms that it will support the party
that does the most for them. This did
not suit large number of those pres
ent, who, after the adjournment of the
workingmen's .sO-called independent
party, held a meeting, attended by up
wards of fifty men, and passed the fol-
lowing resolutions;
Whereas, At a recent meeting OF per-
SONS held at the state capitol, who claim
to be members of so-called working
n'S,independent political clubs, the
said persons did in direct opposition to
the majority of workingmen present re-
fuse to explain their principles or give
wOrkingmen present an opportunity to
ascertain the said principles, and ia
Whereas, We have good reason to be-
lieve that the sold WOrkingmen'S 1nde-
pendent political clubs have been
formed solely for the purpose of affifi-
ating with either of the present corrupt
political parties, in direct opposition to
the known wishes of the majority of the
workingmen of this city; therefore
be it
Resolved, That we warn all working
men desirOus of bettering their political
condition to abstain entirely from all
membership in or assistance to
the said Workingmen'S Inde-
pendent Political clubs or organ
izations, whose refusal to state
their independence of all connection
at any future time with either of
the present. capitalistic parties, ell
titles them to the contempt of all
workingmen, whose political principles
are not for sale.
This was signed by Chris Gaefke,
Emile COnstans, Peter Max, II. A.
Leppla and A. NJ. Bickel, the COM
mittee.