Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-08

fined to a single trade at time, destitute
Of any afiiliation with the great body of
trades, and their demands have been mar
row, consequently easily handled.
TIE present labor movement differs
from all us predecessors In several re-
spects. In the first place Il Is wide as
the country aud compasses the whole
body of wage-workers. In the second
place Il IS under a gigantic system aud
combination such as has never befoie
been manifested. A hundred industries
areyafiiliated In the single society of the
Knights OF Labor, which embraces
hundreds Of thousands OF members, and
possesses a strength far beyond what Is
represented by its membership, and there
are other national federatlons, less Inn
posing, which yet exercise power known
only TO those who watch their operations.
This extraordinary development of what
the French call solidarity is a feature OF
the utmost consequence. In the third
place there Is deep and solid unity OF
purpose and method among these huge or
ganized masses, so far as their main ends
are concerned, (which nobody can deny'i
who takes the trouble 20 80 under the
surface. In the fourth place, there Is a
practice OF "mutual help,n which is
altogether novel among the laborlng
classes. In the fifth place, there is mar
velous habit OF obedience to orders, the
manifestations OF which in recent times
have surprised all observers In the sixth
place, the demands made are vastly more
comprehensive than those which formerly
came from wage-workers, as may be seen
by comparison of the present platforms
of labor with those OF other times.
These things give 70 the labor move
ment Of to-day its massiveness, mo-
mentum and solidity.
The new forces which enter into II are
Offset by the new forces on the other
side, involved in modern machinery. and
in the modern combinations OF capital
which are as revolutionary as those of
labor.
What is TO be the outcome of this
unprecedented movement that looks so
alarming to timid minds and which IS
evidently bound TO go on with acceler-
atlng speed under the Transforming
agencies of the times2 No man will deny
that there are dangerous symptoms on
he surface when the executives Of your
states issue rrOcamatlons commanding
the peace aud prepare the militia for
active service. But we have legislative
system in our country that is competent
to deal peacefully with every question
that concerns the people, and The i'm
| pending dangers can be averted by our
representative lawmakers in way that
| will strengthen our Democratic system
and give abiding welfare to the whole
community. Give us real craftsmanship
in the crisis. JONI SwINToE.
-.
The supplng and dtching in local pol
| itics are well worth recording, The
Broadway railroad exposures have serl-
ously barked the shins of the County
Democracy, and erysipelas is threat
ened
This Is the Democratic faction which
nominated and elected VIM. r. Grace
mayor in 1884. This Is the clan that has
fattened on the federal patronage since
Cleyeland's Inauguration, while Tam
many Hall has been left out in the cold
J9ehne was one OF its local chieftains.
The mayor had slated him for an excise
commissioneTship, but he was aiming at
Nicholas Muller's scat in congress. lie
I has been torn up by the roots, and pop
ular indignation has wilted him. II has
gone farther. 1t has held the County
Democracy responsible Tor him aud
other aldermen of the same political
! stripe charged with bribery in 1884. All
were re-nominated by the County Dem
ocracy, aud four OF them turned up
! In the board this year, where
they have distinguished themselves by
their efforts to pass the cable railroad
steal. A special law passed by the legis-
lature alone prevented them from getting
away with another Doodle. The lead
ers OF the County Democracy keenly feel
the wound inflicted upon the organiZa-
ton. Alre ldy there are signs Of crimi-
nation and recrimination among them
Pnrroy's adherents are inclined to hold
! Herbert 0 Thompson and John Keenan,
responsible. Thompson seems to have a
! firm grip on the organization, but Pur-
roy is Hotspur, and collision is immi-
nent. Grace, alone, il Is said, restraints
Purroy lie is looking for a renomna-
| ton this fall, ana quarrel would land
him high and dry on the sandbar OF mis-
fortune without friend in Sight
Meantime the Tammany leaders are
taking advantage OF the situation.
| Richard Croker foresaw the coming storm
in 1854 He stood by Hugh
Grant when Grant was the only
Democrat who fought the
I DIOduhhJ hAtdi4 ~ Was AflOktI
who induced John Kelly TO bury the Tam.
many aldermen concerned la the JOB
Not one was renominated. Grant was
rewarded A deal between the Repub.
licans and the County Democrats robbed
him of the mayorally, but he landed In
the sheriff's Office last fall without q
stain. Croker is now busy taking adyan-
tage OF the mistakes of his enemy He is
enlarging the area Of patronage, waich IL
the llfe-blooa of a local political organi.
2ation BY carefully fostering a personal
feud between Hubert o. Thompson and
Rollin NJ Squire, Croker has captured
the department of public works and found
pace l"e 4 host q retainers. Realizing
lDe enect % The Broadway railroad ex.
pose upon the punsic mind, he is making
: ShreWd attempt ~ capture the cit,
? chamberlaln's Office. The'shamberlsin {.
} now appointed by the mayor. Tie re-
ceives $4,000 year and is usuar-- 4
J factotum of his honor, a bill has bcel
I Introduced in the legislature wiplnl
out the chamberlain and providing
} for the election OF city treasure
at a salary Of $4,000 year. Tbis /
! done under the cry Of reform, but il tn
Q bill passes IL transfers nice little mes
Of patronage from the County Democrat
2 TO Tammany. So sure Croker seems I
G De OF Tammany's success'in the fall tha
: he IS understood to favor the bill provic
d ing for the election of board OF alder
q men on q general ticket, without refel
, ence TO districts. This would effectuaH
! break up the deals by which the Count
: Democracy and the Republicans have {
i long controlled the board. Whateyt
I. other local schemes Tammany has
i view are hidden In the breast of h,
g leader. He is as silent as Sphinx. Il