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The Labor enquirer., 1886-12-11
TRADES UNIONS AND SOCIALISM.

Reynolds Newspaper, journal
founded in London, England, over sixty
years ago, and one of the bravest and
best friends En- lish workingmen have
ever had, says, in an editorial on
Trades Unions and Socialism :" The
wall of partition which has separated
the trades unionlsts of England from
the Socialists of Continental Europe is
being slowly but surely broken down.
The truth is, the special work to which
the English unionists have set hem
selves in the past is nearly accom-
plished."
The paper gives the unionists credit
for striking off the political disabilities
of the English workingmen, but" it
continues, with this inestimable vantage
ground they have conspicuiously failed
to secure for the working class as class,
and as a whole, one 1.-THE of the benefits
that might and ought to have accrued to
it. In a word, they have merely sue
ceeded in establishing an aristocracv of
labor consisting of some FIVE or six
hundred thousands individuals.
The article points out the utter lack of
breadth of purpose of catholiCity in the
contracted sphere of the English trades
unions. "In point of fact" says Rey.
nolds', the trades unions must set be-
fore themselves a much higher economic
and humanitarian ideal, or perish. Al
ready their numbers are vastly on the
wane. Truth to tell,
therefore, tie trades unionists must re-
consider their entire position. They
must vastly widen their horizon"
And it is a fact of no small impor-
tsnce," SAYS the article, that the presi
dents of the last two trades union con-
crosses, beth gentlemen of marked abil-
ity, have been avowed Socialists. Their
addresses have had sincerity about
them which compares most faVorably
with the Vapld shlOooleths OF leaders
of the Arch-Howell type; who imagine
that royal jubilee celebration in st.
Paul's cathedral, followed by colec
ton for the unemployed, is the most po-
tent cure for trade depression"
The article ends with some decidedly
Sociallstic advice to the English trades
unions. Taken merely as an indication,
the article is very significant, as it
clearly tells the story of the vast strides
correct ideas are making in England.
REYNOLDS paper has, it is stated, cir
culatlon of upwards of half a million, so
it can readily be seen that it Is doing a
large amount of educational work.
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IN COUNCIL.

+ The Federated Trades have been
holding the annual session in Colum-
bus Ohio, since Tuesday. but owing to
the discriminating policy of the asso-
ciated press.we know nothing of what is
going on. The Philadelphia Commit
tee" of national officers of Trades
Unions is also IN session at Columbus.
1t is hoped that something sensible and
practical will result from their delibera.
lions.
1t has been said by the capitalist press
that these meetings would take positive
steps in opposition to tne knights of
Labor, in retaliation of the action of the
General Assembly at Richmond. There
is no truth in the statement. 1t is true
that there are among the men who hold
high places in the unions a few who are
jealous. narrow-minded biGots, as there
are in the Knights of Labor, but there is
sufficient intelligence at Columbus to sit
down upon all such, if there was not at
Richmond.
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HoxIE successor, Mr. S. H.H. Clark,
if he has not changed in nature won
derfully during the past two wears. will
be a great improvement, so far as the
employees of the South western system
are concerned, over his predecessor.
During his administration of affairs on
the Union Pacific Mr.. Clark tried to live
up to the idea that the poorest, paid en-
plove was as much entitled to protection
in his rights as the biggest mogul, and
one of his last acts before reslgning as
general manager of the Union Pacific
was to recognize the right of organized
employees to a respectful hearing in. de
manding fair wages and reasonable
hours. The ENQUIRER hopes Mr.. Clark
will at once enter into intimate and
friendly relations with all the nployes
of the system of which he is now gene
raj manager, knowing that under such
conditions life will be pleasanter for all
of the Southwestern people ploves
and owners-than heretofore.
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.ouR MINISTER TO MEXICO,

A correspondent offs New York paper.
in writing up Manning, the typical
holding bum who draws a fat sal
ary from the chumps called the people,
SAYS: HE is handsome, lordly looking
man, and on his preliminary walk you
might mistake him for member of
some royal family travelling incognito.
He then goes to his room. locks and
bars the door, and at the head of bis
bed he places stand on which he ar
ranges as comprehensive an assortment
of liquors as he can procure. There will
be good old brandy, Kentucky rye, alb
sintbe, sherry for contrast, and per haps
claret and big bowl of punch. The fine
clothes are doffed and an embroidered
night gown put on. Then, with good
novel in hand, Manning goes to bed and
begins on the punch. He makes no
provision for food. and drinks at one
kind of liquor until it is all gone or his
stomach refuses to take more of it. Then
be attacks something else for change.
and so he keeps on four or 6ve days.
Then, after deep sleep, he rises, opens
his door, and calls in his physician, un-
der whose charge ne remains for week
or more, as sick man as you can lmag-
ine."
This is the type of men we have rep
resenting Us not only in Mexico but in
Washington as well. Nor is this an ex-
treme case. We have, right in our own
state, sad example of the moral rotten
ness existing at the capital of our coun-
trv, where honorable senators and dis
tinguished representatiy es congregate to
put up jobs on the people, draw their
salaries, and indulge in rIotous living.
The sad example this state can furnish
is of man who went among the de-
bauched scoundrels at the capital as an
honest, temperate, self respecting man.
One term among the debauchees served
to make OF hlm a Jolly good 1elloW ana
a secoud left him wreck whose former
brilliance alone commands the respect
of those who knew him before he
mingled with the honorable senators"
at Washington.
We have our Mannings in Mexico
and our Bowens in Washington; from
constable u our officials are chosen
from the drunken. and the dangerous
classes,
FelIow-Socialiets, ours, and ours alone,
is the task to clean out the filth from
the high places )" ours is the task to
educate the people up to such self-re-
specting state that they will want, and
insist on having, sober and intelligent
citizens in all official positions.
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square should be stopped. / am unable
to say at this writing what our next
move will be, but it is possible that II the
prime minister persists in his refusal to
meet deputation of the unemployed
workers in London. we may suggest
march one Sunday afternoon down to
Hatfield to see him there.
An anti Socialist organization called
the Liberty and Property Defense
League, threatened to hold meetings in
about twenty different public places in
London on Sunday, in order to draw
away our audience from the square. At
tie time of writing, no one have seen
seems to have seen anything Of these
meetings. Probably they we're so small
as to escape notice. At any rate their
absurd object to diminish our assem-
blage in the square seems to have been
badly served. This league has for its
president the earl of Wemyss, and for
its vice presidents number of other
mobiles and brainless individuals who
are highly concerne lest their liberty
to rob should be eurtailed or their prop:
erty in the means and implements OF
production interfered with. How on
earth such body can hope to influence
the workers, heaven only knows, but
they do seem to have some such hope,
for they issue a vast number of
pamphlets condemning the interference
of the state and abusing the legislature
for having passed factory acts and such
like feeble legal protection of the work.
ers against their greed. --
simultaneously with this London
meeting, ng,unemployed meetings were held
on Sunday in Birmingham, Glasgow and
other large towns, which we're great sue
cesses. JAMES BLAcKW ELL,
Canal St., Walworth. L.ndon, E. G.
Monday, Nov. %.
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WHICH is RIGHT

The Republican, in an issue few days
since, had an editorial in hich it at
tempted in the most outrageously illog.
ical way to show that ION the whole the
condition of the working people of the
world was growing better" The same
issue containing the above also con-
tanned the following in its financial
editors column. There must be vast
difference of opinion between the reg
ular" and the financial editors. The
latter said: There is something essen
TALLY wrong in our whole WORK and
wage system, which can produce such
results as can be seen on all sides. From
the woman's work in the household to
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Indian Reservations.

J. B. Harrison, of Philadelphia, who
has been on a SIX months tour through
the Indian reservations and who has
been looking up the law and every
thing else relative to this question
writes to the editor that complete re-
port of his journey and observations
with suggestions and conclusions result.
ing therefrom, regarding the condition
and character of the Indians, the Iegis.
lation and administration needed for
their development and civilization, the
methods of the Indian service and vari-
Gus relating subjects, will be issued in
few weeks, and will be sent free to those
who apply for it. His address is 1918
fllbert street, Philadelphia. Pennsylva-
mia.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-12-11
LIE MOST FoBL.

Cleveland's last message was some
what shorter than his other, and thus
far was an improvement, but it was
without eritotherwise There was th g
usual deluge of information about the
relations of this government with every
other power" under the sun, and an
exceptionally large dose concerning the
wrangle between Cutting, the scabby
clown, and some confOunded Mexican
idiots; but the greatest of all questions,
of this or any other age IN our history,
the oppressed and miserable condition
of the aborer, was di posed of with a
very few words, and they had better
have been left unsaid.
Read this from the chief of this great
nation, the supreme head of a peop&
over whom he watches with paterna1
care and a Godlike wisdom:
1--WE congratulate ourselves that there
is among US no laboring class fixed
within upylelding bonds, and doomed,
under all conditions to the inexorable
fate Of daily toll. We recognize in labor
a chief factor in the wealth of the rebub.
lie, and We tre"t those who have it in
their keeping as citizens entitled to the
most careful regard and thoughtful at
tention."
Is the president aspiring for the lau-
rels of funny MANI" He certainly
did not mean the above in real earnest.
If he did, he has more gall than George
Francis Train. If there isn't class n
this country inexorably doomed to daily
toll then there never was such class
anywhere on earth and never will be.
There are millions Of persons iu the
United States vino have never hope
that they will ever rise above the lot of
drudge, and their condition is made
doubly unhappy BY the ever-present
fear that the time will come when even
slavish labor will De denied them and
they have nothing left but starvation.
If Cleveland does not know this he is
more ignorant even than he has been
supposed to be. He certainly has not
read the report of Carroll D. Wright,
chief of the Labor Bureau, or he would
not have the hardihood to make such
statement.
The concluding sentence in the para
graph quoted reads like broad, wide
open satire. How has "we"-the gov
ernment-treated the keepers Of
labor2 Look at the millions of un-
needed petitions asking for redress Of
undenisble grievances, and for protec-
ton from the encroachments of brig
andish capitalists and -government-pro,
tected monopolists contemplate the
empty -four barrel and cold hearth of
the toiler. the ragged and hungry chill
dren whom he is powerless to succor
hear the walls of wretched women and
little children; see the haggard face of
ths prostitute, the wlld-eyes of the lun-
attic, the emaciated form of the starved
babe all, all the result of the tender
care Of "we," and say If it 5etokens the
most careful regard and thoughtful at.
tentionP
Such utteranees are enough to make
The Labor enquirer., 1886-12-11
A Few Questions.

Editor Labor Enquirer.
Upon what facts does any Anarchist
charge State Socialists with being luke
warm" AMI so penuri Gus that they care
more for the Imighty dollar than for
thelioeratlon Of the Chicago comrades P"
How will the amount raised by State
Socialists compare with |! at raised by
simon pure An4rchi IS ? Was DR.. Smith,
of Chicago, the treasurer of the fund,
very lukewarm Hae campaign of the
United LtDor party of Chicago was con
Quoted almost entirely by State Social
lists. What is the Test of zeal ? Is it a
willingness to shed blood
A lecturer con iemns the bomb-thrower, ,
then: "Hurrah for the bomb" one
says capitalist threw the bomb, and
another SAYS: 70 the CnicASO bomb
tnrower | reverently re - my hat"
State Socialists seldom false thoIr hats
to capitalists.
At such a time, harmony might be
preserved. at least differences might be
set aside Vet the very Anarchists who
once cried 'h4rmonY" are now maklug
such grounuless charges d those 1 have
mentioned, seemingly to get up quar-
rel Let US have some facts for proof !;
an unfUunded accusation looks childish.
ZENo
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mems work in the mill. the whole thing
is bad and growing worse.n
In one column the paper SAYS the con-
dition of the workers is growing better"
and in another that their condition lis
bad and growing worse" This only
demonstrates the inconsistency of the
position taken by great many of the
capitalistic, money-controlled papers
which are trying to serve their masters,
the money kings, and while doing so en-
deayor to make the workingmen believe
that they are objects ofgreat consldera-
ton for the capltalistic organs,
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the northern aristocracy as well. But
they felt In their heart of hearts that
they were right and the knowledge that
they were right nerved them to endure
all the persecution which ignorant men
and heartless wealth inflicted upon
them. They, with Persistence wor' by
and beftting the nobility of their grand
cause. fought the good fight to victori-
GUS ending, and to-day nations tears
fall with unstlnted love and grateful re-,
membrance on the graves of Wendell
Phillips, William Lloyd Garrison and
their early followers The pens which
were dipped In the poisonous venom OF
aristocratic hate have been laid away
since Abraham Lincoln issued his proc
lamation. The voices ahieh were ele-
waited to 80 great a pitch to cry down
Phillips and Garrison as Revolutionists.
property destroyers, dangerous charact.
ers, disturbers of vested rights and
breeders of disrespeet for law and order,
were hushed by the logic of events be-
tween 80 and '65.
Social reformers of to-day look back
over the history of that struggle and ind
much to make them hopeful for sue.
cessful termination of the new abolition
movement which has been started for a
broader purpose than the old abolition
movement aimed at.
The same barriers to success in the
old are in the road of the new move
ment. The same class of men oppose
the abolition movement to-day that
stood in opposition to the abolish ment
of chattel slavery thirty years ago.
The same church that hurled its
anathemas at Wendell Phillips stands to-
day doing the same duty for the money
power, that it did thirty years ago.
Hypocritical men then stood in their
pulpits and lyinglv construed the Bible
so that it justified the cruel lash that cut
the flesh of the poor slave.
Hypocrites to- day below from their
pulpits the new version" of servants
obey ye your masters and in this town
but very few davs since one of these
blasphemers stood on his pulpit and
prayed God to "bless poverty, it keeps
men humble"
Garrison could not get Christian
church in the city of Boston in which to
advocate the abolition of human slav-
cry. To-day Jesus Christ or any other
Socialist could not get the privilege of
many Christianity churches in which to
preach the Brotherhood of Man. Those
who would say that this is an uniustif-
able TRADE against the church, | would
ask to point out an instance where re-
form, starting from the poor and for the
poor, was ever sanctioned by the church
until the popular tide made it compul-
sorry on the church to come where the
biggest crowd and the loa7es and fishes
were
1t is neither pleasant, profitable nor
popular to speak disparaginglY of an
institution which is popularity supposed
to stand as the guard and censor
of morality; but it is absolutely neces-
sarv to point out the inconsistencies in
an institution capable of so much good
or evil in regard to the formation of
ideas the cultivation of which embraces
80 much of real interest to humanity.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-12-11
sEAmEN, TAKE NOTICE

The Coast S7amen's Union is the
Backbone of the Pacific Coast Labor
Movement. Capital has subscribed
large sums to break it up and threatens
TO Import men fr:m the east and abroad.
/ mere are on the Pacific Coast now three
men for every place. Winter is coming
on and soon thousands will be out of work.
Therefore keep away from San Fran
CISCO. THE COAST sEAMEN's UNION,
july l, 1883. $500 strong.
BURNETT Il. HASKELL, Chairman Advis
orY Committee, 5l33 East Street, San
Francisco. California.
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u
The Ri&ht Iiand.

Editor Labor Enquirer.
HurraA for Oar Girls" in Chicago,
the cooperative manufacturers! Now
let them tell US what they propose to
make and let US see If IL ls not some
thing We have t. buy and perhaps We
NAV co operate. At least give them my
best wishes and the hand Of fellowship.
ALBINA L. WAsHBURN.
vEI.ED I,lo
The Labor enquirer., 1886-12-11

In their anxiety to defeat Henry
George the capitalistic press overshot
the mark. They shouted Anarchy" 80
loudly that they have aroused a desire
III the minds of thousands to investigate
An 1, besides. honest people have begun
to say to themselves "If this man Henry
George is an Anarchist and Socialist
and still draws to his support Catholic
priests, Protestant ministers professors
in colleges and higher class people of
the best kind, be can't : e 80 awfullY
bloodthirsty If he is man who writes
books which are read by every civilized
nation on the globe; If he is man who
challenges the most learned of political
economists to dispute bis theories and
still is an Anarct list and Socialist
there must be some mistake about So
cialism being only organized robbery"
The Labor enquirer., 1886-12-11
LOOK BACKWARDS,

That social reformers of to-day are
called hard names is no argument
against the PRINCIPLES they advocate,
Those brave-hearted men and women
who first advocated the abolition of
human slavery in the southern states of
this republic, we're called hard names,
reviled, threatened, socially ostracised
and prosecuted, not only by the slave
owning aristocracY Of the south, but by
The Labor enquirer., 1886-12-11
l. ,vELAND, Colo.
Tha Annrchiat Speeches.

Compie,e reports of the speeches de-
liYered Oy the Chicago Anarchists be-
fore the court can be had at this Office,
for cents a copy, or 6 cents when they
have to be mailed. DJn,t fail to read
them.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-12-11

an honest man foam with rage. Work
ingmen, let it make you register a SOL
emn vow that Cleveland will be the last
tool of capital to issue to the world foul
lie and an Insult to you, and call it
"President,s Message
The Labor enquirer., 1886-12-11

The report of Wednesdays congress
sioEal proceedings saws: Mr.. Sawyer
Wisconsin, presented the memorial of
the Methodist Episcopal church c nfer-
ence of Wisconsin, for legislation on be-
half of Chinese l4borers, and for the
passage of the Chinese Indemnity bill ;
same reference" 1t will now be in
order for some Pacific Coast member to
introduce bill to provide the Indians
of the north with dynamite an few
other harmless playthings so that they
may amuse the WlscoDsins. The con-
founded fOoi Methodsts of Wisconsin
know nothing about the Chinese labor
ers."
The Labor enquirer., 1886-12-11
BRICKLAYERS-

Brtcklayers' lnternatlons Union No. l. Of
Colorado, meets The second and fourth Mon.
day evenings in each m onth, at No. S79 Lari.
mer street, Denver, Colorado.
JAMES COOK, Sec'y. NJ. SULLIVAN,
lVzS BAKE Street President.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-12-11
CARPENTERS,

Carpenters Union, No. IS, of the Brother.
mood of America, meets every Saturday
evening at Euclid Hall. All good Carpenters
E. G. WALLACE, President,
7. R. LARIMER, Rec Sec,
A. E. GILMAN, Cor Sec
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PLAsTERERs' UNION.

The Plasterers' Union, of Denver, meetA
every Monday evening at 7:3O clock, In 81
osePhs emperance Hall, corner Fifteenth
and Stout streets
HARRY COLE, President.
CHARLES NJ. Mc,!ABE, Secretary.
Address, 100 East 18th street.
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FEDERATED TRADES

Headquarters of the Representative Couu-
Gil OF the Federated Trades and Labor Organ
izat1ons Of the Pacific coast, is at HuddyS
nall, SO9H Market San Francisco, California.
FRANK RONEY, President.
+. D. MCKINLEY, Cor Sec.
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IRON MOLDERe.

/ lion Molders' Union. meets every second
and fourth Tuesday of each month at Reno
Hall Twenty-seventh and Holiday, at 7:3O p.
m. ]. ]. SMITH, Cor. Sec,
l0l5 Holladay street,
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.TREAsoN. !"
OUR FLAG.
OUR MASTERS RULE.

s-. OUR MASTERS RULE.
II in this living hell you'd gain ycur ends,
Be friends to foes and enemies to friends.
..fE ANNA n. F. HASKELL.
Z NOVEMBER l5, 1886. -
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The largest store.
The Largest stock,
The latest styles,
and the lowest prices IN Mems and
Boys bats and Caps at I. s. Clayton'S,
ZS5 and 2S5a fifteenth street.
N. B.-UntiI further notice my store
Will be closed on SUNDAYS.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-12-11
TAILORS,

The Tailors Protective Society Of Denver,
meets in Judge Jeffries' court room,
O'Clock p. M, on the first Monday OF each
month D. J. MORAN, President.
T. HAMLIN, Secretary.
Room 5S Skinner Block.
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Tru,h IN Rnyus.

For The Enquirer.
MERE THEORISTS.
So drear is earth the Dreamer's useless here,
Except he plans what Labor soon may rear,
AMBITION.
But one ambition may the just man have:
10 be the foremost to unchain the slave.
"TREAsoE. !"
There are no duties where no rights prevail,
JUSTICE not Treason" guides when slaves
assail.
OUR FLAG.
You ask, wherefore that scarlet flag of flamef
"When toilers cringe, their flag should blush
with shame"
f- BuRNETTE g. HASKELL.
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BRICK MoULDERs' & Settlers UNION.
Meets every Thursday evening at 557 Down,
ing avenue, at s o'clock. o ll-l-8e