St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-10

lions. do not erlhg I1ls pclore you to Gre
ate dissension, but to make you mediate
and consider what is to be done. Monopo-
lists may think 1 have been little
radical and a little hard but they should re-
membcr they have robbed the people, and
when they have cried for bread have shot
them down. Now we propose to change the
condition Of affairs through the ballot-box,
peacefully and without violence. You'll hear
sonnet hing drop in Minnesota this fall, and in
Michigan. too. Why, the old political parties
are already crying, What shall we do to be
saved? and we are answering, Nominate
laboring men on your tickets.
The speaker stated that there are only g.
OO0 900 of people who are supporting so. O00,-
co., 20, 600, 600 OF whom are drones The aver
age amount of wealth created by each laboring
man 4 in day OF ten hours, is
from 81 to $40, and the average
wages are Sis The workingmen have
put into every railroad more capital than the
railroad companies themselves. Monopolists
are more careful with the health and lives of
their animals than they are with the working
men. So long as the wage system exists so
| long will we have famines and strikes Uni
versal cooperation is the only salvation In
closing he asked his hearers to think I'D the
statements he had made to them, to get out
OF the rut they have been in, to wipe the cob
webs out of their brains, 10 be men, and men
| in the truest sense of the word.
IN THE AFTERNOON.
At the conclusion of Mr. Fogg's address
a recess was taken until $3.50 o'clock for
and those who had unfortu-
nately forgotten to provide themselves
with refreshments made descent upon the
numerous booths that threatened to create
famine. Although the provisions had
been expected to prove ample. it was found
impossible to wait upon SO many hungry
people at one time and the lunch counters
were surrounded by crowds who almost had
to fight to get anything to eat.
Gov. Hubbard was the first speaker when
| the exercises were resumed after dinner.
He was cordially received and spoke sub
stantially as follows:
The rapid growth of the Knights of Labor
is of great significance as indicating the
spread Of the feeling that cooperation is
| necessary TO meet the exactions and en-
croachments OF monopolistic powers. I think
| that it is one of the most hopeful
| signs that the laboring classes are
combining to secure the proper recog
milton aud protection Of their rights.
The tendency of the day has been towards
| consolidation. The railroads by combining
have controlled vast sections of country, cor
porations have sought safety by combina-
tons, capitalists have always protected them
selves by cooperation. Why should not the
labor OF the country organize with like meas
ufeS W dccoup llSu Ike results! Inc present
movement of the labor of the country, indus
trial and agricultural, as represented by the
Knights of Labor and the Farmers alliance,
should receive the sympathy and aid of the
whole people. Your cause, gentlemen, is
just one and every just cause should receive
the recognition of the thinking masses. Avoid
those who would use your organization for
their own ends, keep in view the ameliora-
ton of all classes that are suffer
ing from oppression, and you will
receive God-speed from all good men. You
must seek by peacable and legitimate means
alone to secure the recognition of the rights
of labor. / served an apprenticeship to a
trade which l followed many years and this
experience gave me practical knowledge of
the advantages of organization and co-opera-
ton. Such an organization as ] esteem the
Knights of Labor to be, cannot but be of
benefit to capital, the working classes and the
country in general.
NEEDED REFORMS.
Hon. Fayette Marsh of Saltwater was
the next speaker. He had considerable
difficulty in making himself heard, not be-
ing accustomed to open air speaking. His
remarks were very brief, although exceed
ingly pertinent. He confined himself to
making a few suggestions as to needed re-
forms that should be made through the leg
islature.
He thought it should be embodied in the
constitution that corporations must be at all
times subject to the rights of the people.
The people should not be forced, as in the
past, to pay interest on watered stock, and to
pay bonds that were issued for the purpose
OF robbery. He warned his hearers that at
the next legislature two great railroad cor
porations would combine to control the bust
ness of the great Northwest, and would ask
for certain legislation to aid them in
scheme that would do more injury than if
the people were compelled to pay $4,000, 900
in bonds.
HON. IGNATIUS DONNELLY
was introduced by Mayor Ames, and the
announcement of his name created burst
of applause that lasted several minutes.
His address was characteristic of the man.
Astounding in salient points, flashes of
bright, humOr, with much of a serious sort
that appealed to the better nature.
In returning thanks for the ovation that
had been rendered him, he remarked that
the people had always given him a pleasant
reception, even when they voted against him
at the polls. 1t was an especial pleasure to
be present at such magnificent representa-
ton of human industry. II congratulate
you" be said, that you are living here in
this new country under exceptional circum-
stances. The great wave of oppression has
hardly yet reached the Eastern boundary of
your territory. You are in a new country
whose resources have lifted you above the
miserable condition of the workingmen of
the East. But you should seek to provide for
the future oppression that will surely come
npon you as it has upon your compatriots OF
the older states.
six hundred and eighty years ago there
were but two classes in Europe, the aristoc-
racy and the multitude. There was no middle
class between them, such as is repre-
scented to-day by the lawyers, merchants
and manufactures of this country. For the
next epoch the world has seen the battle of
the middle classes, who now rule the world,
having established their rights by gigantic
fight. The revolution Of 1877 was q reyolu-
ton OF the middle classes We are now in the
midst Of a revolution as great as the world
has ever seen. And that resolution is what?
Shall the rights enunciated in the Declaration
of Independence be extended to the white
slave? The laboring element is asserting it
self and is demanding prosperity, happiness
and power. Who will deny it? Will the mid
die class be any worse on if the laboring class
is lifted up to the same plane of prosperity?
No. it will leaven the prosperity of the whole.
The thousands of poor wretches who have
been ground down by the iron heel OF oppres-
sion, are focking into this country by the
thousands and are undertaking. the wage
workers. We cannot keep them out and SHUT
the gates of mercy in their faces
What is necessary? That the laborIug people
should organize as one man, act together.
strike together. There is no human structure
that will withstand the weight of 5000 men
stepping in unison. If you would break
down the arches of oppression i. is only nee
essary for you to speak and act in unison
The Knights of Labor have already accom-
plished a grand work. In its associates
mind meets mind to blend and brighten, and
men in very little time there become intel
ligent speakers and thinkers. 1t is intellect
that carries on the world. An ounce of brain
outweighs q ton of muscle. Go down and ask
that miserable little ragged end OF
human faggot, Jay Could how
he has managed to get his
grip upon the throat of the working man.
and he will tell you it is because they have
been powerless through their ignorance If
you would rule this country. you must first
fit yourself to rule it by education
Mr.. Donnelly here made several unsavory
hits at the newspapers, which he charged
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