The record-union., 1896-09-13

marx you-should be abolished. Thoss
laws were passed in 1885. and to-dav
sucn thing as the importation of Iabor
Is hardly known. Had these patriots
who affect to talk in the name Of lshor
been sincere, they would have had in
serted immigration where they faunt
the word Importation"
Taking up the money question pronar
Mr.. Powderly said: 'They tell rs tbat
we lack money, that there is not enougb
In circulation, and that the M;nts
should be started to coin silver in mn
limited quantities for the good of labor
But just how the man who has no sill
yer to be coined has been benefited has
not been clear to us yet, and will be-
lieve 1t will do the country more good
TO open our mines, mills and factories
to the unemployed than to open our
Mtnts to the unrestricted coinage of
silver at the ratio Of 16 to l. That there
Is not enough money In circulation NAV
be so, but 1t is because labor has NOT
been employed: it Is because we have
been importing rather than exporting.
The per capita circulation is greater
than 1t ever was In the United States.
but so long as 1t lies idle through a. lack
of confidence. so long as 1t is reduced
each time a steamer lands it's cargo of
immigrants on these shores. the idle
workmen can have no share in II. The
money In circulation is what labor
looks to. and not the idle dollars which
do not circulate
Passing to the Chicago strike. he sa,i
the lawless element of the city and not
the strikers rioted, and added: at do
not aDDrQva nf ~,
other power than the will of the Ameri-
can people, but if We will have govern
ment by trucking, time-serving off,
Gals who fear to do their sworn dutv
then we invite government by injunc-
ton. 1t was gratuitous act on the
part OF the Chicago Convention to in
dorse the inactivity Of the Mayor or
Chicago and Governor of Illinois, but.
having done so. its members should be
reminded that honest labor In no way
feels complimented by such doubtful
recognition. Government by Injunction
would never be known in the United
States had government by incompetent
cy not preceded it"
Mr.. Powderly then entered into a
lengthy analysis OF the free coinage Of
silver, declaring that 1t would drive
gold from the country and enhance the
value of silver at the expense of the
people. The proposition that the silver
dollar is the poor mans dollar is pure
gush," he said. The workingman is
entitled to the best in the market: the
gold dollar is as much his dollar as the
dollar of the millionaire, and instead Of
Joining In the shout for a cheap dollar,
Tor free and unlimited coinage, he
should inscribe on his banner: "The
best Is none too good for me-
warner Miller was next introduced,
and was greeted with great applause
that lasted several minutes In his
speech Mr. Miller asserted that the de-
preston In business and industrial cir
cies was a natural result of the Wilson
tariff Act and the free silver agitation.
In an extended argument he endeav-
ored to show that the free coinage Of
silver would result dlsastrously to the
laboring classes. Before adjournment
the following resolutions We're adopted:
The wage earners of New York, in
mass meeting assembled under the
auspices of the Mckinley League, Ut
terly repudiate the teachings of the
platform adopted by the Democratic
Populistic National Convention at Chi
cago. We hold its doctrines to be dis
honest, unpatriotic and injurious to the
best interests of the Nation and the
workingmen of the United States. The
national honor and the Nations pros
perity are involved and depend upon
the election of Republican candidates.
and we therefore call upon wage work
ers everywhere to support Mckinley
and Hobart"