St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-04

for the election of senators of the
United States by direct vote of the
people.
We pledge ourselves to fair and lib
eral pensions to eX-UniO soldiers and
sailors.
In graduated income tax lies the
true solution of the veXed que stlon OF
federal taxation.
We. condemn the fallacies of protect
ing American labor under the poor sys-
TEN, which opens our ports to the paul
per and criminal classes of the world
and crowd out our wage workers; and
We denounce the present ineffective
laws against contract labor as a subter-
fuge to enlist the votes of the American
workingman.
We demand free ballot and fair
count Ill all elections, aud pledge our
selves to secure them to every legal vO-
ter without federal interference through
the adoption by the states of the Aus
traiian or secret ballot system.
The plank quoted above, referring to
the freedom OF the ballot, is the same
plank reported by the main committee
last night and subsequently Withdrawn,
owing to some dispute. The sub-com-
mittee today decided, after long dis
cussiOn, that it was best to stand by
this plank and that it be again recon-
mended without any change. Canvass
OF the members of the main committee
shows clean majority in favor OF the
adoption of this plank without change.
There is likely to be very little discus
StOn on the matter.
The matter of the Rochester clothing
manufacturers combine, which locked
out number of their workingmen for
being Knights of Labor, was referred to
the general, committee, with the request
that Mr.. Wright, of the general eXecu-
tive board of the Knights of Labor, he
| allowed to address the full committee
on the subject. Mr.. Powderly probably
Will also be asked to address the main
COMMITTEES in regard to the same matter.
The graduated income clause provided
is not to be in lieu Of the one adopted
last evening by the committee, but is
rather in explanation thereof
: Hon. j. Schultz, late member of the
European immigration committee, who
received considerable reputation
through his vigilance in detecting
abuses of the present immigration laws,
was the most active member of the COM
mlttee in securing the adoption of the
immigration plank. lie gave. the SUBJ
committee the benefit of his experiences
IN investigating this law and showed
the necessity of more rigorous immigra-
ton laws. There seems no doubt that
this plank will be adopted by the main
committee without any significant alter
atoms, as the subcommittee was unani-
nous in its recommendation.
1t was decided to refer to the main
committee an additional plank that
eight hours shall be legal days work.
The plank OIL that subject which was
considered by the whole committee
declares that the Peoples party
. favors the eight-hour day, recommends
that the various states enact legislation
on the subject and insist on the enforce
Hlent of the eight-hour law enacted June
g, 1868, and now on the statute books,
but practically dead letter. Mr..
Schultz expressed himself in favor of
the bill now pending before congress
and reported by the house committee on
labor, and it may be that this measure
may be formally Endorsed.
1t was also decided to refer to the
main committee the advisability of
adopting an educational plank designed
to win the votes of the dissatisfied Sec
tarians in various states where the COM
pulsory school law is considered unduly
rigid, but the sentiment of the main
committee, so far as ascertained to-
night, does not seem to be favorable to
the adoption OF such plank.