St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-20

p"'V w itool Wy tuc GREATEST UliliuS VI
the country, who, having thus learned
to appreciate its Importance, are inspired
to advocate reforms which look to it's
elevation; by the willingness and even
desire on the part of congressman who
are not tarred with the protection stick
10 listen to its suggestions and de-
mands. and by the boldness and force
with which the president of the United
States has challenged the forces of
monopoly to the conflict for the liberia
tlOn OF labor from the crushing weight
OF unnecessary taxation.
A QUESTION OF BREAD.
:, Shall we hold the vantage ground
+ thus gained, and continue in that line
OF battle to an early and effective vic
tory? Shall we continue to contribute
our share in the great conflict, encour-
aged by the knowledge of the great
number of allies that has come to join
us? Or shall we renew those
Intellectual and interminable strug-
giles and strifeS which call up
and keep alive the bitter, personal and
political class animosities and wrangles
that have brought disunion and waste
to us without bringing us nearer to the
goal of our union? With us it is ques-
tlon OF bread and not of partisanship,
put when there comes forth an open
confession of the avowed purpose of a
political party to foster and uphold a
system of class legislation for the sole
benefit of men who shall thus be enabled
to furnish the Doodle, wrung from the
wages of labor, to carry elections, it is
tlme for WOrklngnen to wake up and
inquire what they have been doing all
this time while men, who were out
wardly most prOfuse in their professions
of friendship and tenderness for labor,
and extremely sOlicitOus for its protec-
ton. were yet cOnspiring to form plans
for the more effectual robbery and en-
slavement of it, thus striking a damag-
ing blow to the vast business interests
OF the country.
FOOLISH ADHERENCE TO PARTY.
We are not organized to advance the
Interests and personal aspirations of any
man or set of men, but we are organ
lzed to advance principle which is the
foundation of the rights of labor, and
we call those who support and advance
that principle our friends. As working
men we hold the interests of labor par
amount to every other consideration.
and hence we propose to push the bat
tie for freedom from burdensome taxa
tion-the key to the labor Question-to
an early termination. In order to ac-
complish this most effectually we deem
Il. our best policy. laying aside every
DlaS and prejudice, to unite with any
and all men who are fighting the same
battle. 1t is in this way that we can
make party serve us. and thus make the
struggle for our rights short and de-
cisive one. 1t is the blind and
stubborn adherence of working
men to party, without even an
effort to make the party serve them,
that causes political bossism, and polit-
lcal bossism means the destruction of
the rights of labor, because, freed from
the restraints which the watchfulness
OF the workingmen would hold them in,
the leaders are not only tempted, but
encouraged to form cOmpactS with the
more wealthy and powerful, and the re-
suit is the making of laws which favor
the rich and oppress the poor. If the
Worklngmen will ever learn to pit their
votes sOlidly against the Doodle of the
rich, political bOssism will become
thing unknown, and labor will get it's
rights. By these means we can close
the fioOdgOteS of corruption and admin
istrative prOfligacy. and destroy the
scheme by which many millions of dol
lars OF the hard earnings of the people
are drawn from them and locked up in
the public treasury, thus depriving the
business of the country of the means to
olu CApouu,
and thus closing up the mills and fac
tories.
FOR FREE RAW MATERIAL.
II Will you come with us to kill the root
OF the evil, to strike away class legisla-
ton, to secure equal and exact Justice
for all, and thus promote the elevation
of American labor to that standard of
manhood and independence to which it
is entitled by virtue of our free institu-
tiOns and the unlimited natural wealth
of our country, or will you continue to
stand self-degraded as the supplicants
for charity and protection from the men
whom you thus tempt. and even force,
to give you stone instead of bread
to protect you by making you depend
ent upon their covetOusness, and sub
ject to their arbitrary .dictation? Will
you come with us in the front rank of
labor, encouraging and pushing on
the men who stand manfully in
the struggle for equal rights and
tax reduction, or will you lag behind,
either as stragglers or as the willing
tool OF one common enemy? We care
not by whatever other name you call it,
we will support that party that is for
free raw materials and tariff reform.
Ii good meal is set before US we will
not stop to higgle over the question of
who is the cook. We will no longer
serve that party which will not serve
US. We will cast our ballots, not for
party, but for what we believe to be for
the good of the toiling masses, and we
will accept the boon without inquiring
whether the party that gives it is the
one to our liking or not; but we would
not be hOnest-we would be neglectful
of our own interestS-if we were to
withhold our support from any party
that stands before the country as the
champion OF free raw materials and