Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-04
object OF All the Secret Opders and
Numerous Strikes a Grand
Political Scheme.
Gibbs for Governor, Terrell TO Succeed
maxey and the Legislature To he
Anii-Jay Gould.

AAhuleh1 anu ltAhb. MY hltcutlou wa
early drawn to labor matters by tn
amusing fact that butcher in Southern
city was boycotted for leasing hut on 81
outlot to q Chinaman. Having O vas
amount OF leisure, some curiosity, ani
some skill in putting this and that to
gether, drew out from black Knights o
Labor, white Knights Of Labor, members
OF Farmers alliances, Agriculture
I Wheels, and other secret orders thei
ideas and aspirations. I listened e
tabor" discussions, heard theil
lecturers, and read their newspapers; ant
also noticed that every person wa
afraid OF these secret orders Business
men and newspapers feared the boycott
but politicians trembled, especially, at
the Idea OF labor insuTection. Every
! politician IN the South was patting
labor" on the back, and just objurga-
ting monopolies,p and Jay Gould, who
seemed to come in for special share of
envy and hatred, because he had been the
most successful railroad man In the
Southwest, suppose
Ihad learned enough before the strike
on the Texas & Pacific began, so that
when II came, could read its motives,
between the lines" and they now be-
come more obvious every day. The OBJ
iects OF all these secret orders are politl-
cal. That is, they must be attained by
legislation and constitutional amend
ments. To show you this / attach
printed copies cut from their official
organs Of the platforms of principles OF
Knights OF Labor, Farmers alliances and
Agricultural Wheels. These objects are
openly avowed. But these orders are
progressive. The Rights OF Labor have
passed beyond the control of Mr.. Pow
DERBY and are becoming communists and
socialists. Powderly can set them on,
but cannot call them off. The leadership
OF labor " Is in more daring and I'M
scrupulous men; and ain the fullness of
time" there will be new platforms of
principles, now held in allegiance.
II the United States must pay no more
interest, why should any other debtor?
Why should the states pay interest? Why
not the states issue legal tenderl II the
United States shall condemn, buy and
operate the telegraph, telephone aud
railroad lines, why not the steamship and
steamboat lines2 Why not the mines and
manufacturing establishments? Why not
own all property, and let the Knights of
Labor use III
OF course, the United States must pay
Tor all these things, in .greepbacks, ana
1t does not cost much to print those and
money will be plenty
This year Is an anomalous one IN pol
tics. The silver question and tariff re-
form are the only Issues, and upon those
questions the politicians do not divide on
party lines; and the Democrats are
cursing the president, while the
Republicans are pralsing him; and
every man feels at liberty to
I" kick out Of the party traces;p
and many OF them to get of the road
so 1t was concocted that the Knights
should take hand in politics, not as
political party, but by controlling polit-
lcal action. The first step was to unite
with the Farmers alliance, and though
the orders have opposite interests they
agreed IN hating Jay Gould, and "Pilate
and llerod were made friends.n
Two eminent sons OF Texas, Gov, Ire
land and Judge Terrell, desired to sue
coed Senator MaNey in the United States
senate. The present Lieut.. GOV Gibbs
(Blarney) was dark-horse candidate for
governor. Now If the friends of Terrell
and Gibbs and the Knights and farmers
aiilahce, wheels etc, could combine,
Now we have the key to this strike. 1t
would be accompanied with riots and
oloodshed, and Gov. Ireland would have
to call out the militia to defend Jay
Gou as property, and this would offend
the knights and farmers and kill off Ire
land. Gibbs could quarrel with the
United States judges, as he has done, and
get his head above the heads Of Ross and
swan, who are only growing about
grass, that burns up II 1t is not fed down.
Then the Knights, farmers, and Gibbs
ana Terrell men would work secretly to |
control allDemocratic delegations to the
state convention and nominations for
members to be elected TO the legislature
u Texas; and II they can not control |
legislative nominations they will call out |
Independent candidates, who are Terrell |
men ana labor men, and thereby have n |
legislature that would send Terrell to the |
senate, and enact any damnable law that
AN be devised to iniure jay Gould and |
he railroads he Is interested In Gibbs, |
IS governor, would see to il that such |
avs would DC enforced, and such legls-
alton is the law with which Powderly |
hreatens Jay Gould The same process
3 going on in Missouri, Kansas, and |
NANNNsNNNo NASN Al IA N1Nl0ls
The discouraged Republicans are ex-
'ected to aid, hoping 20 pulveri2e Bour-
ION Democracy. The Prohibiuonists,
o overthrow the pledged enemies OF
'sumptuary laws and the colored vote
$ relied ON to help carry out the pro-
,ramme. The colored man has not very
Iefinite ideas OF the rights OF property,
specially In pigs aud chickens, and he
easons like this: BY legislation or by
constitutional amendments anything can
70 done with property. A few years ago
We colored people We're property, be-
ause the law made us property; now we
re free, because the law made us so.
Why cannot the law that made us free
make us rich by dividing among us the
wealth OF the great Northern capitalists,
Who have made II by tariff robberies and
ailway extortions9 White Knights
tndy the same conundrums, aud old
noss-backed Democrats, who can not
let Office, and have no nourishment but
he pickings OF the dry bones OF the 'lost
ause," would wink st spoliatlon of
Northern capitalists.
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