Telegram-herald., 1886-04-25

i TiCfANS
Il Is q f~eent tang that any considers.
tl<'D. at al. has been accorded 10 the vast
array OF wage workers Of which our pop
nIasion eon- ;sts For many sssrs this
class of oar eltszsns knocked ia vain Al
ths doors Of Congress- 10 bs allosed sd-
mission. and tG secure, BY appropriate
lssislallon. soms recognition for them
ssases. The record Of the aosngs of our
nltlonsl lsgislatuFs for the past txenty
years Is one eoafinnous record OF -hops
deferred SD Tar as our artizans, msehan-
les and artlsicers are concerned. When
tile proposition Was first made a fsw
years since ia the Hoase OF Rspfesentsr
nsess TO establish committee on labor,
~ was coatsmptaoasly rejected What
risans II now. that the fuglemen ef all
the political parties arc fairly tunbiing
over each other in ths race 10 see who
win Dc the first to obtain favor with the
labor associations Why Is i. that the
large number OF Senators aud Represent
Iltlyes who SO lately were subiscf 10 the
beck and nod OF monopoly. should SO
suddenly become the idus Achafes. the
ally, the friend and the particular cham
plon OF tue laboring man2 Ii is simply
because the labor organizations have at
last attained that degree Of perfection that
they are able to command and
control an Important elem ant in
our national affairs. viz: votes.
A former bittsr adversary does not change
sides and become, ali OF sudden a bot
tie holder and an advocate without some
cogent rsasor therefor. Public men.
whose whole lives have been one long
continued effort to opprsss labor, do not
suddenly change front aud begin to yell
the !oudest for the workingtaan, without
some rationale Tor it, II is pure and un-
naitigsted selhshness which leads many
OK these demagogues to change front.
They see that the time has come when
they viii be dethroned and deposed from
power, and in order to be retained, like
tanning sycophants they bow down il
adniafion before the machine.
Lsooring men should be very chary in
sttachin themselves TO these self-con.
stitutsd friends. For years the people
have submitted to the most outrsgeou:
tariff laws that were ever endured by q
suffering public. These laws have beer
the bane OF the people. aud particular,
OF the workingman. While continine
our wage-worker In his pur
chase OF the necessaries OF life tc
the productions and manufactures OF the
United States, at the same time this tariff
has allowed the manufacturers, who are
benstitted BY it, to go abroad and import
by the thousand the cheap labor OF al
countries 70 come to our shores. and taks
the places. OF our honest, hard-workins
toiiers. And now we are represented
with the anomalous spectacle of the yer,
men who forged these chains TO enslav,
us. coming forward as the satellites anl
yotaries OF the workingman.
We believe that labor organizations ar
OF vast benefit to their member 8, and ar
; demanded by reason OF the combination
} which exist, and have existed, OF capital
} But We warn the workingman to bewar
J OF the politician. Do not suffer your
selves t. bs made puppets aud cats
paws, in order that some ottice-seekinI
demsgogue may pull the chestnuts out o
the fire.
A conference will soon be held in thi
city having reference to a consolidation
or fusion between the knights of Labo
and the Grangers. THIS may be an ex
csllent thing for both orders, and if so,
should be accomplished. But we sug
gest to the Knights OF Labor to be full
satisfied of that fact before it is done
Watch well for the crafty hand OF th
politician; keep the good of your orde
in mind rs your guiding star, and do no
allow yourselves to be n ade tools of l.
further the ambition OF designing men.