St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-27
TREVELLIOK TALKS.
General Lecturer of the knights on
Their Principles.
The Working Masses Must Become
More Intelligent.

More Intelligent.
The audience that gathered at Market
hall last evening completely packed the hall
and listened with rapt attention for over
two hours to the words of wisdom and elo-
quence that fell from the lips of r. f. Trev.
click, general lecturer and organizer of the
K. of l.. The large majority of the audi
ence were toilers in shop and mill and
members of the order who eagerly en-
braced the opportunity to see and hear
again one OF their greatest leaders. In one
corner sat nearly hundred young
ladies, the majority of whom
were members of the female
assembly of the city. A large number, too,
were not members of the order. but felt an
interest in the cause, or were curious to
hear the orator. On the stage with the
lecturer sat Aid NJ. F. Kahn, A. L. Robin
son, j. A. johnson, J. III. Guyot,
j. F. Cronin and E. r. Harroun.
Mr.. Trevellich was introduced by NJ T..
Kahn and proceeded to speak in a DELHI
crate. powerful voice, which easily reached
every part of the hail. He is a large man,
with beard slightly streaked with gray,
talks in vigorous tone and passes
now and then from hard facts and
sense to the rounded sentences and rhetor-
ical figures of a stirring eloquence. Upon
beginning his remarks he requested that
no applause be given, a request that was
completely disregarded, however, many
times.
WHAT HE SAID.
1t is often told, said the speaker, that to
organize the masses endangers government.
1t is said that the minds of the toiling masses
are not such in condition or kind as to en-
able them to govern themselves.
1t is asserted, truthfuly, that workingmen
get drunk. But what Of that? I have seen
congressman so drunk that they had to be car
r1ed out on shutter, and l have seen preach
ers in the same condition. But because certain
congressman have disgraced themselves
would it be fair to say that representative
government should be abolished? Because q
clergyman has stained his robes should we
say there is no good in the Christianity he
represents? I believe that we have
drunkards, thieves and libertines among US,
but who has not? l defy any one to sh ow in
the history Of the world any progress without
organization. q will stop here to observe
that young men who go out because there is
not do2-f1ght in the room is no better
than the dogs themselves Let US draw a
few lessons from history. Show me any
thing added to the architecture of the world,
SIEGE the days of the Grecian empire without
organization. This is true in song,
music and sculpture and its great
ness will be fruitful theme
for all time to come. Now, let us look
at the conditions under which the Greek
mechanic lived. We find that every
man was a member of the trade at
which he worked and meetings were held to
discuss matters pertaining to the trade.
There was time in the history of the Roman
empire when it became rich and great, and the
nOhlaS in Inv
ury and magniicence. The work
ing people gathered together and said:
Why is it that our fingers make the sandals of
others who toll not, while those dependent
upon US go unshod? Why is it that
the purple we weave and the pal
aces we raise go to others who
toll, not while we and ours go in rags and
homeless? Then the government got to-
gether and passed a law denying them the
right Of meeting together, and what was the
result? The royal court, with none to watch
and check it became licentious and corrupt
and dug the grave of the empire. I wish to
say these things to-day to the oppressors of
our toilers, and an answer will be required
and remedy demanded. To turn to the his
tory of England can you find from the days
of Alfred V. to Henry VIII. single piece of
machinery that was invented to tighten the
BURDENS OF LABOR?
There was mo- progress or Improvement.
educated and those who were educated did
not work. so that progress was impossible.
To every one of US is given a
talent, and all should improve their
talents. Let every man and every
woman who tolls for a living come to the
themselves and each other, and find out what
can we do as knights to educate the chill
dren OF men, to elevate, purify
enoble, to make them less misera-
BILE and less drunken? There is no
difference between the two g1 cat political
parties, for one is simply in, while the other
is out But nevertheless there are two poit-
ical parties in this Countrywide men who
toll and those who do not-the skinned and
the skinner Out there is man who is yelling
'Hooray for my party, but the poor fool doesn't
know the first principles of government or
what he wants or what he don't want 1 can
see one thing as plainly as anything can be
seen, and that is that those who can and
should control this government must study
government, or those who do study it will
continue to grind those who do not until in
their wrath they pull down the very pillars
of government.
A FEW PRINCIPLES.
/, as Knight, have taken an oath that is
registered in heaven that, from the time we
can get the reins of government no child,
male or female, black or white, native or for
eign, shall do a days work in shop or mill
until its fifteenth year and it has
received good grammar school education at
the hands Of the state. Again, as a Knight
have sworn to say to the government Won
may take all the land you need for forts, ar
senals, post loads and highways, but
not another acre OF the peoples land snail be
given to grasping corporations and mOnopoies
In looking out into society, again we see that
the morals OF men are mainly attributable to
the purity Of women. But what have we
lnt,e fr.x ifat
of to-day. For the first time in the
history of the world the knight
steps to the front and swears to labor for the
emancipation and elevation of woman and to
demand equal pay for equal work without
any regard for sex whatever. We admit
women to our order because they need pro-
lection, and also because there is
peculiar animal abroad in light trowsers
that would not offer an insult on an iIhpert-
ence to a young lady Of wealth that rides in a
carriage, but for the poor shop or waiter
girl he has no respect or consideration. She
may be as pure as the driven snow, out he
assumes that she is not. 70 those
mortgages on you now, one by the devil and
the other by the order of Knighthood, and if
you dare insult a girl that is Il Knight, or the
daughter or sister of a knight, we will fore
close our mortgage first.
But says one you do not show up the
wrongs III the IL. OIL L. 9 ell, WnaG are the
wrongs?' "Why you strike" Yes we strike.
but do not believe in strikes and the time
will come when it will be stopped, but not be-
fore the capitalists quit striking, too. Gototbe
coal fields of Pennsylvania and you will find a
lot OF coal miners resolving that the output
of coal one month shall be so much, and the
price goes up SO cents. You have to pay for
that, but that isn't strike. Oh, no! All
strikes should be treated alike. Then there
is gUod deal of talk about
THIS BoYCoTTING,
but 1t is all on one SIDE Organized labor has
been boycotted for years, and is even to-day
Years ago, when l became president or the
Ship Carpenters international union, I was
black-listed from the Atlantic to the
lakes and on down to the gulf
once appointed a young man to position
on the executive board of labor organiza-
tion in the state of Pennsylvania He was
bright young man of unimpeachable morals
a good workman and had u bright
future before him. But his connection
with the organization became known and he
went. He went to Elmira and obtained work.
but as soon as his name became known he
was discharged. The same experience