The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-09-21
The Great question.

the labor question beyond doubt.
Before it other interest. pale into
comparative Significance. This
question Is pressing Tor solution, and
that matter would be OF little consc-
qucuce, make little trouble. were 10
not for the politicians who are con-
unuaiy ON the watch tor the passions
of the people a. convenient stepping.
stones In their own selfish up-tcppiugs
to place aud power Du4uc,iionably
tue first bottom cau-r of all the
trouble from this source is the pre-
version OF the natural aud proper
J organizations Of labor TO political
uses. Considered from the stand
| point Of the laborers own Interests,
safety and prosperity, the organic
I tions among them are not only wise
and proper, but they are demanded,
I ,mporatiyeiy. The, are but the us.
| tural uutgrowth aud couutcr-pui-c Of
| the organizations found among other
classes. Merchants have tAcir own
combinations. bankers also, lawyer,
/ ply sician- ana indeed All Glasses, The
sole difference j. IN numbers. When
| the laborcr- went into organization
| their numbers were 30 vast That At
once they attracted the attention OF
the politicians and such men as Mr..
| u. Gibbs laid Tor them with all 'hc
ar,iuluo-s Of accomplished dcmaRoR.
cry They became easy prey, brcau-c
the man VINO bend. his back
over n pick or ~ rpHic all
lay long day in and day
out tor year and years, or oil his lite
ha- neither the time or She oppprtu-
nifty nor indeed the taste hhcIy TO
develop In him the degree OF watch.
| iu and alert political -agatity by
| which onh eau the cDu-umuntr arts
OF the politicians bee detected. Thus
/ do labor organizations fail nm easy
| prey To the tulturc- ut politics who
are like the li.ir- of the valley who
toll not and neither du they .pin, but
who ARE nrrnycd Ia gorgeous robes
aud fine linen every day The other
c'n-scs who combine tor mutual pro
lection aud advantage hy reason OF
their superior opportunities, have
studied the matter too profoundly {,
attempt their entrance into politics
They know that such nttcmEi woul,
at once cry-tnIilo nh the other clc
mrnt- OF political strength wd unit,
them in an effort To break down
which could not be- resisted ami nuui
hlaliou would hc the result, ,urcl!
aud inevitably
The only -alc, logical and patriot,
position is to keep these orgauiln
tiou- out OF politics. II the mrmcr-
rs clN-s, have - grievance to correct
let them correct it as the others hny,
to DO by appealing to the intelligence,
and sense of fairness which i- -till ,
characteristic of tho whole people
aud not the quality OF their own
class alone. Governments cannot
be- constructed To- favor the mnorcr
either in our fields or on our high
WAYS of commerce alone. To the Diet
rment of other. Tho ouly thing
the organization of labor cnn lcgit-
Imatcly hope tor OF accomplish, b, to
educate it,cltto that point That 1t can
efficiently protect itself with the COM
mon " capons OF the masses. II can.
not do 80 by running u tit nj the
established order, 10y roconstructing
politics, commerce, morality and all
lhc-applanccs, of that civilization
which has been built up on this earth
In xix thousand years of experiment.
We eau regulate abuses. but we can
only do that by educating II popular
sentiment, which wIlltorce their con-
! sidcratiuu in our law milking bodies
at the hands of our courts. eNecu-
tiycs and civil administration gen,
orally. We will never be able TO dc
| il by blindN following our rowdcr-
lcls, our irons or our Gibbs. This
proposition seems 30 be- 20 plain t.
us that but httlo urging Is nee. ssarl
to cause its entire acceptance. The
popular craze Of day is rarely II
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