Master Workman Cavanaugh Discusses General Assembly
District Master Workman Cavanaugh speaks with a News reporter about the General Assembly in Minneapolis. He notes attendance from across the country and Canada, changes to the constitution, and the abolition of the compulsory assistance fund, with a positive view of Powderly and the administration amidst political rumors. The piece covers reception, city sights, and favorable treatment by press and officials.
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Cavanaugh
Order
General Assembly
Bailey
Barry
Powderly
Minneapolis
Powderty
Morrison
Litchman
Carleton
Ames
Dick Trevellick
Nicollet Avenue
McGahey
Co-operative Board
Halhal
Noted editor questions Martin Foran on Pendleton and party zeal
A reader asks Martin Foran if Pendleton’s antiwar stance at Fort Sumter, his critique of money in politics, and the 1868 and 1876 Democratic positions align with Democratic principles. The letter questions loyalty to Jefferson Jackson era values and cites Tilden and Greenback politics.
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NEWS
Martin Foran
Martin
George H. Pendleton
Congress
Fort Sumter
Rochester
N. Y
William Allen
Sam Tilden
Allen
Jefferson
Jackson
St. Louis
Tom Greenback
Wallstreet
Union Labor Party Platform Endorsed in Ohio Convention
The Ohio Union Labor Party delegates declare grave alarm at industrial and political conditions, blaming syndicates and monopolies for harming producers and consumers. They endorse their Cincinnati platform of February 22, 1887 and demand state actions on salaries, bribery laws, corporate charters, real estate taxation, state printing of school books, bank deposits, anti speculation, and equalized assessments for corporations.
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Union Labor Party
State of
Ohio
Cincinnati
National Platform on land and labor reform
The platform advocates a graded land tax on large estates, public land opening for homesteads, and restrictions on corporate land ownership to ensure land for self support. It calls public irrigation under people’s control, and ownership of transportation by the people. It supports a national monetary system favoring producers, postal savings banks, free coinage with demand for timely debt payment, and bans further interest-bearing bonds. It also proposes arbitration over strikes in labor disputes and limits convict labor power.
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Aboma
United States
Reform platform planks demand income tax and Chinese exclusion
A historical transcript outlines cries for justice for soldiers, graduated income tax, constitutional amendment for direct US election of senators, exclusion of Chinese labor, prohibition of private armed men, voting rights for all citizens, and temperance tied to wealth and toil. It notes Colonel Winston’s resolution to adopt planks on Land Transportation Money Income Tax and Chinese Labor as the party platform.
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America
Colonel Winston
North Carolina
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Home Again
Constitution
The
Union Labor Party of Ohio
National Platform
United States Senate
Republic
United States Co
S. Tuchfarber
Central Avenue
Potter's
Mem
Fifth Street
George Albert
West Third Sc
Norwood
Moessingfr, Fritsch & Co
Fourth-St
N. W. Cor. Seventh and Central Ave
Peter Ibold
E. Cor
Slim JO
August W. Bruck
Roows
Jomxenon Roedine
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