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cute the laws themselves they always fail;
where each man interprets law for him.
self there is sure 10 be a Babe of sound
and confusion. Vest in one man power
to execute the laws. which many favor
and pass upon; allow no interference
with that man in the performance of his
duty, and you may expect results. Allow
every self seeker, every knave, every dis
turber and fault finder to interpret laws
and we have anarchy pure and simple.
Panderlng to ignorance by some has given
rise to the impression that the man who
rallied against one man power was
FRIEN TO THE MASSES.
No greater mistakes was ever made.
The man who tells the people they can
all act independent of each other on every
issue that arises, is a ~demagogue. No
matter how intelligent people may be they
must meet to determine, not what one
man wants, but what Is best for all men.
When they meet many cherished theories
must give way to practical ideas and when
these are enacted into law and intrusted
to the hands of one man fer enforcement,
every hand should be stretched forth to
aid that one mar to carry out the will of
all men rather than to have, as | have
had, so many hands stretched forth to
stay the work that your predecessors as
signed to me. Men have been placed in
office with me with whom [ would not for
a moment associate in a private business
enterprise with any hope of success, yet
for the sake of the good that might fol-
low silence, forbearance under such cir
cumstances has been observed by me.
Fancy the condition the united colonies
would have found themselves in had the
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delegated to such men as | describe, and
the interest of 5000, 900 of that day were
no greater than those that were placed
in the keeping of the general executive
board of the Knights OF Labor" After
remarking on the influence of the order
on public opinion he takes up pending
questions saying:
THE MOST IAlPORIANT QUESTIONS
that can come up before this body for
consideration are those of finance, land
and transportation. These great ques-
tions are up before the people for discus
sion and solution. They must be settled
by the people, for it is not the interest of
politicians to do so. Those who control
our public highways are reaching cut with
bands of steel to grasp and control the
government itself, and it is indeed a bat
tie for supremacy. If the masses remain
idle and Indifferent classes will rule
through the power which comes to them
through banking, railway and land mon
opolies. 1t is therefore the duty which
we should not neglect, to select sections
which | have pointed out and place them
prominently before our members for dis
cussion." He recommends that a special
committee Of three be appointed 90 take
up the matter. He advocates the concen-
tration Of energies on these questions,
and further recommends the formation of
junior assemblies for the educating of the
younger working people. Matters of in
terest chiefly to the order come in for a
good share of attention and he tavOrs the
change of time OF holding the general as
sembly, believing it comes too close to
election. He says: 1T might happen
that in the heat of a particularly exciting
campaign members would differ as to
political methods and i'll feeling be engen-
dered. Should our annual session be held
in the midst of such a contest or soon
after one it could not be productive of as
much good as one held at a time when
every trace OF excitement, anger and feel
ing of the campaign had died away"
He advocates equal pay for
EQUAL WORE FOR WOMEN.
The provisional committee is referred
to as follows Scarcely had the gavel
fallen on the last act of the Minneapolis
session before traitor hands were raised to
destroy what 1t had taken years of time
anl patient WORK to construct. The ma
lorlty OF The last convention were right;
they leglslated as they saw the necessity
for II; they refused to pass resolutions
with which they were not in sympathy;
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