LABOR DAY. A day set apart as a legal holiday in nearly all of the States and Terri tories of the United States. In 1882 the Knights of Labor held their general assembly in New York City during the month of September, which on the 5th reviewed a great parade organized by the Central Labor Union of that city. The next year a parade was held on the first Monday in September, and in iSS4, on the resolution of George R. Lloyd, one of the Knights of Labor, it was decided that all future parades should be held on that day, and that the day should be known as Labor Day. Workingmen's organiza tions all over the country then began an agita tion to induce the State legislatures to declare the day a legal holiday, and on March 15, 1837, Colorado led the way, to be quickly followed by New Jersey, New York, and Massachusetts. The great majority of the States have selected the first :Monday in September as Labor Day. In 1903 the only States in which Labor Day was not a legal holiday were Mississippi, Nevada, North Dakota, and Louisiana.
LABORDE, 1:1181nr, ALEXANDRE Louis Jo SEMI, COMA de (1774-1842). A French scholar
and politician, born in Paris. At the outbreak of the French Revolution he joined the Austrian army. and until 1797 fought against the Repub lic. He returned to France after the Peace of Campo Milani°, and went to Spain in 1800 as military attachil to Lucien Bonaparte. His Voyage pittoresque et historiquc en Espagnc (1807-IS) and Itineraire descriptif de l'Espagne (1807-27) show his close study of the country and its people. He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1822, where he consistently sup ported the liberal side. During the Revolution of 1830 his vigorous protests against the ordi nances of Charles X. won for him the regard of Louis Philippe, who subsequently made him his aide, and sub-prefect of the Seine. His other works include: Les monuments de to Prance classes eloronologiquement (1816-26) ; royage pittoresque en Antriche (1821-23) ; and Description des nouveaux jardins de la France et de ses un diens eluiteaux (1808-15).