The Labor enquirer., 1883-07-28
fearless hands and success Is sure
Michigan Labor Journal.

fearless hands and success Is sure
Michigan Labor Journal.
Parnell and his troupe are still playing
the parliamentary game, but that game
Is well nigh played out, and if some
bolder policy will not be forthcoming in
a short time the patriotic people of Ire
land will turn from it in disgust. Ireland
cannot be saved by begging or craving
or obtaining petty little cancellations.
The country wants a radical change, a
riddance Of this tyrannous oficialism,
which has in late years sapped its best
energies, and left the people of Ireland
inervated, unemployed, homeless and
pauperized. The tory landlords can no
longer fatten on the sweat Of the tiller
of the soil, nor can clique of Dublin
castle intriguers strangle all the efforts
OF the country to develop its natural re-
sources, which would keep the people
at home independent and happy. The
calm at present observed in Dublin po-
litical matters is but that ominous phe-
nomenon which precedes the storm.
The memories of the martyrs have not
been forgotten but, on the contrary,
each day brings reports which invigorate
our hearts, and tell us in no unmistak-
blephrase that there is yet hope for
Ireland. United Irishman. +. s#
Suppose congress was composed of 25O
Knights of Labor out of the 319 men,
bers of that body, and with a president
favorable to them. That is violent
supposition, There are five thousand
million dollars worth of railroads. All
right; we will take them at that price,
says congress we will pay you in 8 per
cent bonds; we will operate them as
government roads. 1t is done. The
telegraph lines are worth, say three hun
dred rlillion dollars. All right; we take
them. There are your per cent bonds
III pay w . 1u1l GllCul DIS SONcIu-
ment lines. The railroad land grants
come back to the people, Spectators
in Gods footstool are cornered. So it
would 60. When the people start they
will 60 like hurricane. A new repub-
lie will some day be born.-Labor
World.
At no period in the history of Cleve-
land has the Trades Assembly had the
representation that it has to-day. Nearly
all the trade and labor organizations in
the city are represented, and it seems 10
be the desire of all to gain that level
due to the brain and muscle of the coun.
try. Could the wealthy men of this city
have glance at the composition of this
body and hear some of the speakers dis
cussing the topics of the day, they would
have returned to their homes much
wiser in their estimation of Cleveland's
representative laboring men. The pro-
ducers of all legitimate wealth are to be
found in the ranks of labor, and to then,
is due that justice they are deserving of
United. action, and the victory is ours
Messenger.
1t is nonsense to talk of passing laws
regulating the maximum and minimum
charges to be made for freight and pass
engers, or to try and regulate the divi
dends the railroads may give on theil
stock. These corporations have out
grown any such regulating features. L
sometimes does good to spank child
but we would not expect to control the
actions of grown person by corpora
punishment. The only way to regulate
the railroads is to abolish the corpora
tions controlling them, and run them II
the interests Of the whole people, the
same as the postotfice is conducted
Spectator.