Morning journal and courier., 1889-09-02
THERIGAT HOUR LAW.

Big Meeting at the Hyperion Last Night-The Concert MT. Kings Ad- dress-A Hearty Endorsement of the Free Text Book Plan-The Education of the Masses.
 rated last night by a large meeting at the Hyperion Theater. The house was full to overaowing and many were compelled to stand. There was large number of ladies in the audience. The music rendered on this occasion by the Musical union of this oity, under the leadership of MT. Frank Fiehtl, was of frst- class order. The singing of the Harugari society was also very warmly ap- plauded, and Mir. P. J. Donnelly rendered his solo 80 very acoeptably that he was en- eored and presented with three beautiful bouquets. The whole programme of the evening was as follows:
 Leader of Orchestra, Prof. Frank Pichtl
 overture-"sorrow aa;a: and Joy, 1n;on .conradi ' Harugari Singing Society. Address"aEight s1s HiS Hour % Movemsnt.s % ''i''' Edward King of New York. Seection-"Bohemian Girl". ........... .Balfe Musical Union
 u Bergsche Harmonic Society; -'''0' 'N' F. J. Donneily.. 1O ''|'''''
 Des L'e0es gasFsssnns aaFusari Singing Society. ADJ Grand chorus, orchestral accompaniment0
 war AaFch ''' Musical Musical, Union. U " Aenoelss'hn :. MT. King said in his addresc "Working men and women of New Haven, I wish to appeal to your moral strength. I hope that all the members of the different labor organ izations of the city will turn out tomorrow ! in the parade; hope that you will not idly stand along the sidewalks" MT. King ap- psaled to all to turn out and make splendid parade to-day.
 was told tonight that there is soon to be ! 8 school election in New Haven, and that the | free text book question is the issue. Now, have something. Let me say here that toe much stress cannot be laid on the education | of the masses. The free text book plan hat | been tried in many places and everybody SC far has said "Amen" to its blessing. Nothing is as important as the education right to my subject, the eight hour move ment. To have short working hours is not as some assert, to make loafsrs of laborers ! it is to make them more intelligent by giving
 them leisnre for reading, thinking and vari ous other means of mental cultivation. To
 night being Sunday night, was tempte'
 to read the Scriptures first, not for you
 benefit nor mine, but for those who don'
 read them at all; but felt could not spar
 time for it and pitched right into the grea
 question of eight working hours daily
 Everybody does not understand it vol
 Newspapers too are often mistaken, althoug
 the papers are your friends and you mus
 keep on the right side of them always. Tn | question has been and will be brought u
 from time to time. We don't want to hay
 law that men should work just eight hou,
 and no more; such law would be of no us l unless the workingmen have moral courae
 to abide by it. The eight hour law was O tho statutes at the time of President Gran
 but it was dead letter because the working
 men did not have sense enough to benef by it.
 Politicians, of whom you complain s | much, will tell you to the teeth that you al guilty of all the consequences. Grant sai |, that the organized workingmen are all righ r but how many of them are therea come to tell you what economists say that the shortening of the working hours fl creases products and betters the quality. 4 the anniversary of the French revolution Paris SIS labor unions of the world came tt gether and agreed to make the eight ho,
 plan an international law. But 1t is of I use if the people don't understand the in E portance of the law.
 F Another point is this, that in Q republ
 like ours some time must be devoted to u
 welfare of the country, but how can you
 l vote proper amount of time for the caret II guarding of your liberty, working 50 mar hours as you do?
 If the eight hour scheme be carried out this State from tomorrow there will be mo
 hands needed to carry on the works and tl 2,000 idlers of Connecticut would find ei p1oyment.