Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-03-20

significance are about to be solved that
will be Of incalculable benefit or i'll to
the millions Of the "bone aud sinew,u !
Of the artisan and the me hanic and Of
the day laborer, that will tell for all
future time upon the perpetuity Of our
republican form of government"
1.-THE demand for restricted immigra- |
ton must b. met. Our population must !
not become so dense that, like Euro !
pean countries, our industrial classes
shall suffer in too keen competition for
livelihood. This is America, the land |
Of the free and the home Of the OPP
pressed, and while we now exclude the
Chinese alone in the interest Of our
present population, uaturalizcd as we'll
as native, the gates Of Castle Garden
must not swing out to invite the crimi-
nal and pauper elements Of the old
world.
Finally, the great battle Of this last
decade OF the nineteenth century will
be to properly solve the true relations
between labor and capital.
Trusts have been and are being
formed that must be regulated. The
rich are growing richer and the poor
poorer. Between these two classes
the insOlvcnt rich and the down-trod-
the hope Of our republic The wealthy,
made so by many beads Of sweat from
the brOws of the Sons of toll, look with
contempt on the men who have made
them hampered and proud. The poor
man, disgustcd with his poverty, looks
with increasing hatred upon all above
him on the financial ladder. The Sand
Lots Of Frisco, the riots Of Pittsburg
and the Haymarkct in Chicago are all
OutgTOwths Of this unnatural greed on
the part Of concentrated capital. What
is the remedy for these outbreaks? To
crush the weak or to hold in check the
insatiatc greed of the rich? We say
decidedly the latter.
On the other hand, when we see a
shiftlcsS farmer or mechanic leaning
almost entirely upon the government
instead of upon his own good arm and
muscle for support, when we find him
blindly following some professional
agitatOr or leader who does all his labor
with his Jaw, and We have a -urlcit Of
them on Bclliughum Bay, and offers
ms services 10 throw the vote Of the
labOriug class, (which me claims to hold
i'm his plcthOric pocket tO the caudi-
date who bids the highest i'm coin,
without regard 90 his moral, political
or other qualifications, then we say the
labor class docs not exercise Alright the
privilege which they almost invariably
have a- the balance of power and can
use to the lasting benefit OF themselves
and the community at large.
AZ the conclusion OF Judge dc Mat
to- aldro- tine convention proceeded
without delay tD effect au organization.
State Senator Frank II. Richards
placed bon nomination for temporary
chairman cone of the most dI-tiu-
gui-hrd citizens of our sister city,
Major llli Nilku.n so other uOmiua-
tiDu was made and Major WiIldu was
declared the unanimous choice of the
convention for temporary chairman.
Senate. Richards and Representative
Tiffany escorted him tD the platform,
where lac thanked the convention
briefly and fittngly for the honor con
lcrred aud asked It's further pleasure.
{. f.. Cline, Of Lyndeu, was chosen
secretary and on motion OF Judge de
MattOs the temporary organization was
made permanent. a committee on
credentials, consisting Of five members,
was appointed as follows: VI. VI.
/ Clothicr, G.. NJ Atkins, +. II. Smith,
. A. w. Tiffany and w. X. Moultuy.
/ On order Of business a committee Of
five was also appointed, viz: Phil
Galahcr ID. G.. Mckee, &. &. Wilson,
T >. J.. Conner, l. :. Richards. a recess
was then taken 10 give the committees
| time TO prepare their reports. On re-
/ cOuveniug the report Of the committee
Oh credentials was read by It's secretary,
/ Mr.. Atkins, and adopted, and the re-
port Of the committee on order Of BUSH
mes. was adopted with one amendment
reducing the number Of New What
com delegates TO the state convention
70 two i'm order to give one 10 Ferndalc,
which had been omitted i'm the COM
mittee'5 apDOrtiOnment. 1t having
been decided to elect a delegation to
the state convention pledged 30 sup
port a. a candidate for the national
convention whoever should receive a
majority Of all the votes cast in the
county convention, an informal bal
lot for candidates was taken, which re-
suited as follows: Fairchild, %; FL
bridge 32l; Fischer, l4l. The first
formal ballot gave Eldridge, 40; Fair
child, 81, and Fischer, IL. The second
resulted in As for Eldrdge, 33 for Fair
child and D for Fischer, and Mr. FL
bridge was thereupon declared 10 be
the choice Of the convention. The old
pioneer was, a. usual, prepared with "A
speech, and a good one, and he deliv-
cred it in the impressive manner for
which he is noted If he had omitted
the reading Of a sociological article
from the Arena his hearers would not
have become weary or impatient. lie
is himself fluent and forcible speaker,
and seldom fails tO hold the close at
teniion Of an audience. At the conclu,
sion Of his speech nine delegates TO rep
resent the county ia the state cOnven
ton were elected as follows, viz:
Edward Fischer and DIR. II. f.. Hen
dersOn, New Whatcom; Albert Sher
man and o. II. Culver, Fairhaven; G
. i G. Wilson, Blaine; G., +. Cline, Lyn
/ den; George Fox, Ferndale; :. J.. Con
, ner, Ten-Mile; VI. Anderson, Park.
a resolution offered by G. f.. Clin'