Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-06-16

the advantage, however, lOf tne pup
lie treasury is at their tender mercy,
and the proverbial dislike Of a
" change" among the commentaries
will also weigh in favor of the adj
ministratlonists, as will the detection
Of the prohibitionists.
The erroneous opinion prevailing
among so-called anarchists, that
people can do without law, seems to
be actually shared by some Utopians.
When it is considered that the clock,
the rail Dad time table, all the vari-
Gus means by which we come to a
general understanding, are in them
selves law, the anarchistical PROPOSE
ton that people can do without law
molts away like woodland fungi IN
the summer sun.
1t will hardly be known what the
strength Of the Union Labor Party
| in Connecticut is until after cleo
ton; and even then, it is safe to say
that to jndge from the votes alone
would be unsafe, in order to gather
a good opinion. For many who
have but little sympathy with the
Union Labor Party platform, as
compared with other platforms, may
vote for such presidential electors as
practically seIf-constituted com
mittec may place III the field as can
didates of the Union Labor Party.
1t is n fact that no local organiza-
lions Of their party exist in Connec-
ticut which have had the expert
ence of a single local campaign. Nor
do we know of any organizations OF
that particular party. The" Labor
Party of Connecticut which has had
the experience Of State election,
and which in New Haven, the lar
gesJ city in the State, has had thu
experience of one local campaign
does not seem to be prepared to en-
ter into "a presidential election, no.
is it, indeed, very important tina
it should do so. Until the vari
Gus localities are well organized an,
l able to TAX care Of local polite
upon a sound Labor platform,
: seems preposterous for them to ente
into national campaign. The fat
of the so-called Labor Party whicI
: nominated Butler, that same Butte
! who tished for the democratic
nomination and failed to get it, is @
ought to be sufficient for lesson.
: The London lOmmOnWe0(, undo
: the heading of "lnternatloni
: Notes" says:
l In the districts of Glauchau al
/ | I,s a. T., la. ~
and weaving industry, there is con
: siderable amount of poverty and miser
, among the workers. More than ON
half OF the people are out Of work, an
those who have managed to remain
II their occupation earn somewhat oy,
sixpence a day. But even in good TIM
" these poor weavers, for fourteen al
l. sixteen hours, daily work, do not &
more than from tl5 to t2O yearly. The
have often tried to ameliorate their mi
cradle condition by converting NEE
ings, in order to take some steps whit
could lead to lettering of their live
! but the authorities are still more ba
" barous there than elsewhere; never
= the workers get the necessary authOriz
, ton for combining. They are left
~ Starvc in their dens, hopeless and dt
st perate. Could not the German Social
; deputies do better work there than
| Bismarck's Reichstag, where they c;
do nothing whatever for the sake
these unfortunate beings, They won
# also find good work to do in some 9th
districts where the weavers are bad
% off, as for instance at Creteld, whe
l. 1000 frameworks are at standstill,
Sanct- TocniS where there are 500, al
III at Suchteln, where there are 200 in t
80 same condition"
s. The question as to the Sociaii