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LABOR CHURCH. 



LIBRARY ECONOMY. 



Accepting the provisions of an act passed by Con- 

 gress to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public 

 lands to the more complete endowment and support 

 of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and me- 

 chanic arts. 



Authorizing persons whose lands have been sold 

 for taxes prior to Jan. 1, 1893, and purchased by the 

 State or county, to redeem them. 



Providing for and regulating the ventilation of 

 coal mines. 



To confirm the validity of funding and refunding 

 bonds issued by cities of the second class under and 

 by virtue of an act approved July 4, 1892. 



"Definitely fixing the compensation of the Governor 

 at $6,500 a year. 



Dividing the State into 38 senatorial districts. 



Regulating the sale of dynamite. 



Repealing all laws and parts of laws that authorize 

 a municipality to become a stockholder in a com- 

 pany, association, or corporation, or to obtain or ap- 

 propriate money, or to loan its credit to any cor- 

 poration or individual, and declaring an emergency. 



Requiring officers and directors of incorporated 

 burying grounds to make annual reports of their 

 financial condition to stockholders therein. 



Prohibiting barbering on Sunday. 



To protect citizens from empiricism. This is de- 

 scribed under the head of medical registration. 



To regulate the liability of insurance companies 

 that take life or accident risks on live stock. 



To establish a State board of pharmacy. 



To provide more fully for protection of the lives 

 and health of persons employed in coal mines. 



Defining the property rights of husband and wife 

 the proportion of estate falling to the survivor in 

 ease of the death of either. 



Resolutions were adopted as follow: 



Providing for the appointment of a committee to 

 investigate the operations of the geological survey. 

 Providing for a committee to incjuire as to the prob- 

 able cost of constructing and maintaining a house of 

 reform. Directing the Attorney-General to prose- 

 cute lottery companies. Instructing the State's dele- 

 gation in Congress to vote for granting franking 

 privilege to State Commissioners of Agriculture. 

 Providing that the inspector of mines serve as curator 

 for the cabinet and property of the geological survey. 



Political. The Republican League of the 

 United States met in convention at Louisville, 

 May 10 and 11. The ratio of representation 



was 6 delegates at large from each State and 

 Territory, and 4 from each congressional dis- 

 trict, and 1 from each college Republican club 

 in the United States. The National Convention 

 of the American Republican college League was 

 held at the same place, May 11. Delegations 

 from 83 States responded at the opening roll 

 call. Resolutions were adopted expressing 

 Satisfaction in the passage of a general law for the 

 safety of life and limb of railway employees, upon 

 recommendation of President Harrison, by a Repub- 

 lican Congress and in conformity with the expressed 

 pledge of the National Republican Convention. 

 Declaring faith in a genuine secret-ballot law, for- 

 tified by efficient acts for the suppression of cor- 

 rupt practices in elections. Recommending the es- 

 tablishment of a system of arbitration for the adjust- 

 ment of differences arising between labor and capi- 

 tal. Demanding the abolition of private armed 

 forces represented by the Pinkerton and like agen- 

 cies, and the suppression of all public gambling, 

 whether in food products or by means of lottery tick- 

 ets. Urging an amendment to the Constitution mak- 

 ing the President ineligible to a second term. Ex- 

 pressing a desire to see the Monroe doctrine enforced, 

 and declaring that, since " the Democratic party, for 

 the first time in thirty -two years, has succeeded to 

 power in both the executive and legislative depart- 

 ments of the Government, we now direct attention to 

 the fact that it should either give the people a fair 

 trial of the policies advocated in its initial platform, 

 <>r admit that it gained supremacy by gross misrepre- 

 sentation and hypocrisy. 



A resolution recommending to the favorable 

 consideration of the Republican clubs the ques- 

 tion of woman suffrage was referred to the Com- 

 mittee on Resolutions, which reported adversely. 

 When put to vote in the convention, it was 

 adopted by a vote of 375 to 185. The conven- 

 tion adjourned to meet in Denver in May, 1894. 



Elections were held in November for members 

 of the General Assembly. A light vote was c'ast. 

 There was a Democratic gain, attributed partly 

 to the redistricting of the State by the last Legis- 

 lature. The Populists lost heavily, their leading 

 man, Pettit, candidate for State Senator, being 

 defeated by a large majority. The Democrats 

 elected their candidate for Mayor of Louisville 

 by 6,672 majority. 



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LABOR CHURCH. The Labor Church is 

 the name of a religious movement which has 

 made considerable advance among the working 

 men and trades unions of England. Dissatisfied 

 with the preaching and various features of the 

 services and usages of the regular churches, 

 whether established or dissenting, they have 

 withdrawn from them, and have set up organi- 

 zations of their own, chiefly in the business and in- 

 dustrial centers of the country, choosing preach- 

 ers from among their own number. The follow- 

 ing statement of principles -of the organization 

 was distributed through the congregation at the 

 institution of the Labor Church in Birmingham, 

 Oct. 8 : 



1. The labor movement is a religious movement. 



2. The religion of the labor movement is not a class 

 religion, but unites members of all classes in working 

 for the abolition of commercial slavery. 



3. The religion of the labor movement is not secta- 

 rian or dogmatic, but free religion, leaving each free 

 to develop his own relations with the power that 

 Drought him into being. 



4. The emancipation of labor can only be realized 

 so far as men learn both the economic and moral laws 

 of God, and heartily endeavor to obey them. 



5. The development of personal character and the 

 improvement of social conditions are both essential to 

 man's emancipation from moral and social bondage. 



LIBRARY ECONOMY, PROGRESS OF. 



In the " Annual Cyclopaedia " for 1886 ap- 

 pears an article giving a brief resume of the 

 publications of the Bureau of Education on 

 " Public Libraries in the United States " ; a short 

 historical account of the inception, growth, and 

 work of the American Library Association ; a 

 general statement of the principles and practice 

 of library economy as then understood ; and a 

 summary of the latest report of the Commis- 



