Daily Republican., 1886-05-11

bers is not gush or windy resolutions
about our rights. We know we have
rights without passing resolutions.
Men who think, study and act are re-
quired.
THE GENERAL AssEMBLY's SPECIAL
SESSION.
The general assembly will meet in
special session on the 25th OF May In
the city Of Cleveland. From the receipt
Of this letter you must not address any
tn me nor need you ex-
pect an answer II you do. have thou
sands Of letters piled up around mel
now, and they can never be read, much
less answered, BY one man. During
and since my illness, the mail delivered
ut my house has exceeded 400 letters q
day. They come from every body and
everywhere. I must play the part Of
wheel horse instead Of leader In q great
movement. and our own members are
responsible for 1t. ask through the
journal that no one send letters TO me.
/ am told by some to get help.
II / had fifty assistants II would do
NO good, for 1t takes my whole time to
read one half Of the letters, and in the
middle Of my work am waited ON by
some committee who generally misrep-
resent me after they leave me, for every
member OF the committee will tell q
different story. From now until the
general assembly meets, will receive
no com mRittbes, answer no letters; /
must formulate q plan for the future,
and win not be interfered with. Let
me repeat. will receive DO commit
tees, answer no letters: nor will 20
NJ ho oR ~
Assem- blies. This In imperative. must
have . chance to do something OF bene-
at for the order, and l cannot do IL II
am to sit for eighteen hours day read.
ing letters which have been answered
aud reanswered In the journal and con.
stitution. What 1 win say to the gem
erAl assembly will be said 70 the entire
order, and you must give me time to
prepare 1t.
INTENPARANCK AND VIOLENCE.
We have had some trouble from
drinking mem bers and from men who
talk about buying guns and dynamite.
II the men who possess money enough
to buy guns and dynamite would invest
1t In the purchase of some well-selected
work ON labor they would put the
money to good use. They will never
need the guns or dynamite In this
country. 1t is my opinion that the man
who does not study the politics OF the
nation and the wants of the people
would make bat little use of y rife.
The man who cannot vote intelligently,
and who will not watch the man he
votes for after he Is elected, cannot be
depended on to use either gun or dyna-
mite. If the head, the brain Of man
cannot work out tho problem now con-
fronting us, his hand alone will never
solve 1t. II l kill my enemy l silence
him, 1t is true, but do not convince
him. would make a convert rather
than corpse Of my enemy.
CAPITALISTS ARE NOT ENEMIES.
Men who own capital are not our
enemies. II that theory held good, the
workman of to day would be the enemy
of his fellow toilers on the morrow.
For after all, IL Is how to acquire CAPT
tai and how TO use 1t properly that we
are endeavorinR ito learn. No. The
man Of capital is not necessarily the
enemy Of the laborer. On the contrary
they must be brought closer together.
am well aware that some extrem lists
will say am advocating weak plan
and will say that bloodshed and de-
struction OF property alone will solve
the problem. II man speaks such
sentiments In an assembly, read for
him the charge which the master work.
man repeats to the newly initiated who
join our "army of peace" II he re-
peats his nonsense, put him out. In the
hands Of men entirely great the pen il
mightier than the sword. To that
add: In the hands of men entirely
mouth, the gun is harmless rs the
sword.
| TO DRINKING MEMBERS.
To our drinking members 1 extend
the hand of kindness. l hate the usei
TO which rum has been put, but it is my
lduty to reach down and lift up the mar
who has fallen q victim TO the use o.
lllQuor. II there is such q man within
the sound OF the secretary's voice wheI
this ia read, ask him to stand erect OF
the floor OF his assembly, raise his han(
to heaven, and repeat with me thes,
words: 81 am Knight of Labor.
believe that every man should be fre
J from the curse Of slavery, whether th'
! slavery appears in the shape Of mo
nopoly, usury OF intemperance. Tn
hrmest link in the chain of oppression
I 10 tAlO OnO = AOAkO WhOh Il 0AOWh hhoh
hood and reason to drink. No man Cal
: rob me of the brain my God has givel
me unless AMI party tO the theft.
Ill drink TO drown grief, brin
grief TO wife, child and sorrowin
friends. / add not one iota TO the sun
, of human happiness when l invite OF
livion over the rim Of q glass. Ii on
, moments forgetfulness or inattention
} duty while drunk brings defeat to tn
least of labor's plans, q life time OF at
tention to duty alone can repair the lost
promise never again to put myself i
, such q position" If every member {
3 the knights of Labor would only pat
= o resolution to boycott strong drink 8
D far as he is concerned, for five years, an
l would pledge his word to study th
3 labor question from its different stanC
3 points, we would then have an invtnci
= BILE host arrayed on the side OF justic
OTHER LABOR ORGANIZATIONS.
=. We have, through some unfortuna
q Misunderstanding, incurred the enmit
a ,of several trades unions. While ca
;. find no excuse for the uDmanly attaC
a upon us by some OF these people at
Itime when we stood face TO face with
most perplexing question, neither can
= see any good reason why there shou
lbe any cause for u quarrel. We mu
a have no clashing between men
r. labor's army. II am the cause of q
i. trouble, / stand ready at moment
v notice to make way for any one OF N
rivals whom the general assembly ms
% select.
4. When Joined the Knights Of Labor
i left the trade union. believe the al
ID and objects OF our order come first
" believe in combining all the scatter'