Show LIBERAL LABOR LEAGUE A meeting of the organization bearing the above alliterative title was held field in the federal court room september 15 at which the following platform was adopted PREAMBLE believing in ID the principles of the liberal party of utah and that the prosperity of our oar territory Verri tory depends upon its success believing also that the interests of the workingmen in our midst demand tb that at laboring men shall organize and that through organization we will be a strong ally of the liberal party the undersigned undersigner under signed hereby form the liberal labor league of utah and declare as follows first we will earnestly support the candidates of the liberal party and sustain its ite platform and principles second we favor the passage of a national law which will prevent the employment of hirelings or of private detectives in any place where labor strikes are an fn in pr progress ogress T hird we favor the early passage by the national government of such laws as shil shall provide tor for the irrigation of the desert lands of the ibe west the duty of the na dional government is as great to improve the and lands of the west as it is to im prove our harbors and rivers fourth a we favor the settlement of 0 the silver question upon a free coinage basis the prosperity of the entire west ern country depends upon the prosperity of our mines 6 we demand a law tor for this territory prohibiting the issuing of any kind of scrip in lieu lien of money tor for payment a of et wages or any other kind of deat debt 01 c ol we demand for this territory a mechanics mechanical ch chanico anical cs lien law making the owner of pro properly amerty upon which labor is performed 11 liable le wit without conditions ons upon due notice by the claimant after the work is performed we also demand for fer the wage worker a law ranting granting g him the right to a work and labor r judgment for his earnings from which no earnings shall shail be exempt d that we demand a law for this terra tory set sei aring the debtor trem from seizure by any legal process of his earnings for sixty days last past where it is shown clearly to any court that such earnings are necessary to the support of his family e that we demand for this territory a law exten extending diug the right of redemption of property from judicial sale from six months to three years believing that such a law is needed by the farmers and men of limited means generally general lv and prohibiting the right of waive of the terms of this law by any contract fifth we favor the control of all telegraph lines in the country oy the govern ment at the earliest practicable moment sixth we demand the enforcement of an eight hour law in all government and municipal work seventh we favor a uniform and national mechanics lien law and believe there is far greater demand for it than a national bank rapt law eighth weare we are opposed to the employment of convict labor whenever it Is brought into competition with free labor the state should do nothing to reduce the remuneration of the wage worker ninth we feel that all schools should be free so that education shall be free and without expense and that the state should provide for and insist upon the education of all its children tenth we desire the supremacy of au principles in utah we weare are opposed 0 to the rule of the mormon and we believe that all party distinct distinctions iong and private prejudices should be put aside until such time as utah shall be free from the slightest taint of church domination whatsoever eleventh we favor the australian election law twelfth we believe that all property should be taxed at its actual value uni uniform forth throughout the territory campaign work was discussed and alid some speeches were made before the meeting adjourned |