Huntsville gazette., 1888-05-19
THE TWO LABOR PARTIES
FAIL TO JOIN HANDS IN THE QUEEN
CITY.

Each Nominate National Ticket and
Adopt Platforms According to Their
Ideas Of what IL tho Proper Caper-Pro-
ceedings of Other Conventions.
CINCINNATI, May 1s.-At the Wednesdays
session OF the United Labor party the prin-
| cipal business transacted was the adopt on
of the following platform:
7; 1--WE, the delegates of the United
Labor party Of the United States in
National convention assembled, hold that
| the corruption Of government and the inn
poverishment of the masses result from neg
lect Of the selfevident truths proclaimed by
the the founders Of this republic that all
men are created equal and are endowed with
unalienable right. We aim at the abolition
of the system which compels men to pay
their fellow-creatures for the use of the COM
mon bounties of nature, and permits mon
| opolies to deprive labor OF natural opportu-
mites for employment
"We seek access to farming lands denied to
labor except on payment of exhorbitant
rent, or the acceptance of mortgage burdens,
and labur thus forbidden to employ itself
driven into the cities. We see the wage
workers of the city subjected to this unnat-
ural competition and forced to pay an ex-
horbitan. share of their scanty earnings for
cra.mped and unhealthful lodgings We see
the same intense competitor condemning the
great majority of business and professional
men to bitter and often unavailing strug
gle to avoid bankruptcy, and that while the
price Of all that labor produces ever falls,
the price Of land ever rises.
sWe trace these evils to a fundamental
wrong, the making of the land on which all
must live the exclusive property OF but
portion of the community. To the denial OF
natural rights are due to want of employ
ment low wages, business depressions, that
intense competition which makes 1t so diff
cult for the majority Of msn to get COM
| Portable living and that wrongful distribu-
ton of wealth which is producing the mil
lionaire on one side and the tramp on the
other
ITO give all men an interest in the land of
this country; to enable all to share in the
benefits Of the social growth and improve
ment; to prevent the shutting out of labor
from employment by the monopolzation of
natural opportunities to do away with that
one-sided competition which cuts down
wages to starvation rates to restore life to
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| to do away with that monstrous injustice
which deprives producers Of the fruits of
their toll, while idlers grow rich; to prevent
the conflicts which are fraught with men
acing dangers to society, we propose so to
change the existing system of taxation that
no one shall be taxed on the wealth he
produces. nor anyone suffered to appropriate
wealth he does not produce by taking to
himself the increasing values which the
growth of society adds to land
'What we propose is not the disturbing of
any man in his holding or title, but by taxa
| tion Of land according to its value and not
according to its area; to devote to common
\ use and benefit those values which arise not
from the exertion Of the individual, but from
the growth Of society, and to abolish all
taxes on industry and its products.
I'VE denounce the Democratic and the
| Republican parties as hopelessly and shame
| fully corrupt, and by reason of their affilia-
| ton with monopolies equally unworthy of
the suffrages Of those who do not live upon
public plunder.
I'VE, therefore, require Of those who
would act with US that they sever all coLnec
ton with both. In support of these aims
| we solicit the cooperation of all patriotic
citizens, who sick Of their degradation of
| politics, desire by constitutional methods to
! establish justice, to preserve liberty, to ex-
| tend the spirit Of fraternity and to elevate
humanity. EDWARD McGLYNN,
Chairman
| A resolution was adopted to the effect that
| the right Of suffrage is inherent in citizen
ship, and that no citizen, male or female,
| can rightfully be debarred from this priv
ilege
| Nominations for president and vice presi-
dent were postponed till morning.
At 1890 chairman William Ogden raped
to order in the United Labor convention at
the Grand opera house. The delegates pres
ent scarcely filed third OF the chairs of the
parquette. Dr. McGlynn entered directly
and was greeted with a round of applause.
A delegate arose and moved that, as there
were number of Union delegates present,
the platform be read for their enlighten-
ment The motion prevailed and the read
ing was finally gone through with after the
most approved manner, with DR.. McGlynn
| as reader.
| Mr.. E..A. Henrie, Of Kansas, secretary OF
| the convention, spoke in favor of recon
sideration Of the order of business agreed
upon, and against the putting in the field of
a National ticket. He denounced the Union
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reform organization
| Mr. Cummings, of New York, spoke
| against a reconsideration Of the order of
| business He wanted to vote for United
Labor president and vice president this fall
He certainly could not vote for either Demo
cratic or Republican nominee and while he
could vote for the Union candidates he could
not sanction that platform. He said that
hireling had been sent to Cincinnati to di-
vide the Labor parties in favor Of the old
| parties The speaker was finally called to
| order.
John J. Bealin, of New York, said it had
been the fondest hope of the United people
that the two Labor wings should become
united. Those hopes had been cruelty
dashed principally because Of the lack of
principle among the New York Union dele
| gates. He now wanted chance to vote for
| Z Union ticket. He couldn't vote for s'that
| infamous man." James g. Blaine, the prob
able Republican candidate, and assuredly
| would not support the present chief magis-
t.ata whose administratiOn he daSipnatAd as