REPORT |
OF THE |
TWELFTH ANNUAL |
TRADES UNION CONGRESS, |
HELD IN THE |
ODDFELLOWS' HALL, FORREST ROAD. |
EDINBURGH, |
ON |
September 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20, |
1879. |
Published by the Authority of the Congress and
the Parliamentary |
Committee. |
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QUESTIONS FOR PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES. |
TO THE TRADES' UNIONISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND
IRELAND. |
| GENTLEMEN, - In accordance with the Resolution passed at the Edinburgh
Congress, we herewith give a list of questions to be submitted to
Parliamentary Candidates seeking the suffrages of the various constituencies
throughout the United Kingdom. |
| Our friends will no doubt adopt their own means of obtaining the
opinion of Candidates on the programme here submitted. We may, however,
suggest that, as far as it is possible, the questions should be put
and replied to by the Candidate in public meeting; or where a Candidate
is waited upon by deputation, a reporter should in all cases accompany
the deputation. This is necessary, in order to prevent a misunderstanding
of the Candidate's opinions. |
| It is particularly requested that the deputation shall communicate
the replies to the SECRETARY OF THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE. Should
the Candidate be returned to Parliament, the Committee will then be
enabled to make use of such assistance as may be thus promised. |
| Our friends are also requested to ask Candidates to confer on the
various points on the programme as they come before the House, with
the Secretary of the Parliamentary Committee. |
| If the trades in the Parliamentary districts will organise themselves,
there is no reason why our strength in the House of Commons may not
be greatly increased at the next General Election, which cannot be
far off. |
| The questions may be put as follows: if returned to Parliament,
will you support - |
| 1.- |
A Bill to Amend the Law of Compensation in cases of
accidents, so that workmen, or their families, may recover from an
employer in the event of injury or death from accidents due to negligence. |
| 2.- |
A Bill for the Codification of the Criminal Law. |
| 3.- |
A Bill to reform the Jury Law by lowering the qualification for
jurymen, so as to admit a large number of workmen to the discharge
of the important duties of jurymen; thereby preventing the necessity
of men serving as jurors so frequently; and providing reasonable payment
for loss of time. |
| 4.- |
A Bill to extend the Employer and Workmen Act (1875) to English
Seamen whilst in British waters. |
| 5.- |
An increase in the Number of Factory and Workshop Inspectors. |
| 6.- |
A Bill to Reform the Patent Laws. |
| 7.- |
A Bill for the Abolition of Imprisonment for Debt. |
| 8.- |
To extend the Law of Certificates of Competency now in force relative
to Marine Engineers, to men in charge of Steam Engines and Boilers. |
| 9.- |
Reform of the Land Laws. |
| 10.- |
Assimilation of County and Borough Franchise. |
| 11.- |
Extension of the Hours of Polling. |
| In the foregoing programme the Committee have given the strictly
official list of questions. There are, however, other matters of importance,
as the means to the ends aimed at, and which the Committee venture
to bring under the notice of their friends, and leave them to decide
whether any action shall be taken thereon. |
| 1.- |
A Re-distribution of Political Power. |
| 2.- |
The payment out of the Local Rates of the Returning Officers' Charges
at Parliamentary Elections. |
| 3.- |
The Abolition of the Property Qualification for Town Councils, Boards
of Guardians, and the Local Governing Bodies. |
| The three non-official points here mentioned cannot
in any true sense be termed "party questions," and each
has a most important bearing on the realisation of the official programme. |
| October, 1879. |
HENRY BROADHURST, Secretary. |
JUDD AND CO., PHOENIX PRINTING WORKS,
DOCTORS' COMMONS, E.C. |
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