Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-07-25
Laborers in Politics.
Wisconsin State Labor Con-
 veation at Oshkosh.
A VERY AGGRESSIVE PLATFORM.

Ehe Party Resolves s0 nave Notnin8 so Do with Either of che old Organiza- tiona-Party Principles Stated in Plain LAaguags-want Things simplified. OSHKOSH, Via, July 6-The state Labor convention was called to order by Professor Lockwood, of Ripsa, chairman of the state central committed He said that no conven- Hon held in Wisconsin during the past twenty five years was awaited with deeper interest than the present one. His remarks were brief and were followed by the reading of the call by A. c. Ehrmann, the secretary. Robert Schilling, of Milwaukee, was then selected as temporary chairman and w. H. Smith, of Lacrosse, as temporary secretary. When MT. Schilling took the chair he said he would not accept the permanent chairman ship. because he wanted to be on the floor, where he could talk. He then made a brief peech, cautioning the delegates not to let the Labor party be the tail of the kite of any other party.
 John E. Thomas, of Sheboygan, was called upon to make a speech. Before he concluded he made remarks that led to the inference that he favored fusion. Sohilling followed with . hot speech opposing this, which was loudly cheered.
 The convention then adjourned till o'clock. On reassembling fin the evening & perma- nent organization was effected, and the com mittse on resolutions reported the following addition to the Cincinnati platform of 1880:
 First-The taxation of allotments and mortgages No mortgages or note shall be collected by law, unless taxes have been fully paid upon 1t at the place where the mort gagged property is located, or the party issu- ing the note resides.
 lox I>ar riv Aa<I thst there will be but one law on one subject, and that worded in plain language, which will enable the people to understand the law without paying enormous fees to lawyers.
 Third-The one man power has no place in republic; hence all public officials, as far as practicable, should be elected by a direct vote of the people, and the voters be allowed to recall all unfaithful, inefficient and dis honest officials
 Fourth-Bureaus of labor statistics should be conducted in the interests of the whole people, and not serve to furnish sinecures for political hacks.
 fifth-A bureau of agricultural statistics should be established.
 Sixth-Congress should revise the patent laws, giving inventors a premium for their inventions and then giving its free use to all the people, thus preventing the system of
 
 both inventors and the people by heartless and greedy capitalists. The politicians oi the Republican and Democratic parties have proved by their actions that they have nc sympathies in common with the masses ot the people, but are either monopolists them selves or the tools of monopolists. The state conventions of both pledged themselves te abolish the contractors ring in convict labor, yet voted down every measure looking to that end in the state legislature. The Union Labor party is progressive in it nature, and will father any measure that will end in the elevation of man and secure increased cooperation in place of our present system of competition.
 Resolved, That we are decidedly opposed to fusion or coalition with the two old par ties.
 The resolutions were taken up one at time and acted upon. An effort of Johl Ward to have 8 minority report of the com mittee on resolutions adopted was unsuccess full MT. Ward is an advocate of the Henr, George theory, and he was opposed by Schilling very strongly.