The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-11
SCHOOLS TO MEND
TRADEs-UNION CONGRESS PROPOSES
a FORWARD MOVE
1t is Resolved That the School System
Needs Bringing up to Date, as Being
"Out of Harmony With the Forces
Working Towards Coilectiveism," and
Deficient in the Democratic Quality of
Furnishing Equality of Opportunity
oId-Age Pensions-"Two Old Parties"
Motion Defeated-PoliticaI Prisoners.

Edinburgh, Sept 10.-T'he British
Trades Union congress today resumed
ITS session The rational union Of gas
workers and General Laborers Of Great
Britain and ireland presented the fol-
lowing resolution: That in the opin-
EoEi Of this congress where grants OF
public money are given for educational
purposes, there should be also public
contrd and that our system Of state
education, based as II is on commercial
ism and being out Of harmony with the
economic forces which are working to
wards coHectfveiszn, does not supply
The educational needs of the nation:
Ind, therefore, II IS imperative that
our educational system should be com
pAetely rernodelled on such a basis as
TO secure the Democratic principle Of
equality Of opportunity, and, by the in
PRODUCTION into our state schools OF the
best results Of educa tfoua1 science, 10
make II possible for English children
tc' obtain such trainiug-ph ysical in
tellectuel and rnoral-as may tend 10
make them worthy citizens OF a co-op-
srattve commonwealth We, therefore,
instruct the parliamentary committee
TO urge on the government the need Of
introducing an amended measure on,
the lines indicated by this resolution"
After the motion had been amended
20 as to leave the parliamentary COM
n1lttee free hand to deal with future
educational purposes, the motion was
adopted in substance
OLD-AGE PENSIONS.
The National Municipal Labor Union
then submitted the following resoIu-
ton, which was adopted:
That this body OF trale Jnionists Of
the United Kingdom with their para
nentary committee to consider the ad-
visibility of AT once moving the govern
ment 70 bring in a bill making ii COM
pllsory for all municipal bodies TO adopt
some practical scheme Of old age PEN
s5ons for their employees"
The Operative Stone MasonS society /
submitted a motion booking to the for |
nation Of a fund for the purpose of |
coEtesting seats and supporting bona /
f1de trade unioniSt candidates for par
iiamentsry honors, pledged to neither |
of the old political parties. The motion
was defeated
The same organization submitted a
resolution to the effect that the time |
for the duration of the congress. ses-
sions shall be extended for a fortnight,
puL II was 1tSO QelS&Ied-
The congress, puon the motion Of the
National Federation OF Watchmakers,
Jewellers, etc, adopted a motion in sup
port Of the movement for the repeal
Of the plate licenses.
POLITICAL PRISONERS.
There was a lively debate over the
resolution OF the National Sailors and |
Ffremen's union on the subject Of DO
Iitical prisoners. II read: That this
congress calls upon the government TO
grant a complete amnesty TO all polit-
cal prisoners and is Of the opinion that
the time has arrived for a full and care
iul inquiry by the home secretary into
The case OF the three Enen-CaTaeS
Charles and BattOlo-condemned at
Stafford IN April. 1892 by Justice Haw-
1ins to ten years penal servTtude for
icing IN possession OF explosive SUBJ
stances, with a view 10 their speedy
release"
a number Of objections were raised
o this resolution, on the ground that
he matter was outside OF tlle provinces
u the congress, but il was carried by
V0fA of SS 10 10 |