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II. rewaer,y Ri.s Ds.susesA with New
Facts and Aruune.ts-Hew The Order
Hns Rsen Usea ter the Political E.ds
and Advantage Of Individual Leaders.
Frops ne Patterson Labor Standard
The Of T. platform s gsnera,y ,[6 to O. bs s eSm Snor
..od 6ngs inside doe. 40, prsysn, him m
:HSPi Gas:r
In replying to the bitter and unjust SttaSk
General Master. vi wsrEman Of tho noble order q
the Knights Of Labor in the Jounal Of United
the Boston Labor Leader as my text;
tion of others, not 70, tho order. but to abuses
Ths wh has aS SFGer 10 UNIVERSAL,
among members OF the order, especially toward
bate eI Ss sss eGSG
an and Opposition was crushed Su5 The e friends
say MI: Powdery was largely responsible. as
kept together By The dsals Of the leaders. and il
It had not been for this the two.yesr term OF
PoWderiys | salary lar n Would 1M not have been in:
creased from 81 500 TO s5,000, and the constitu-
d weuS tSe n9 hys Sa hold at
has been ono pt ineoInpetence rainous policy.
Hons has helped 70 widen the breach between
tions I, result TINT all good men deplore.
There has been. an aversion even TO trade
ss Tsn hss ' bsea sae ONLY
edged because tSs It became impossioe to
The os$e, into Sssh Pssss i,,|s sss
Soyeette5 / Should ssy.SS ths Esseatiye
tho smeon e
tell the members Of the great order that they
saS a' the
we're not te b found the Labor ,Stsndara ana
the Labor Leader, the Ehqiire,,; and other In
How can I, how can the, masses, have conf
dence in the proposed action Of the Executive
ha anRS da Wh.n fnoy
BY the words Of John ". Hayes, OF course
nobody; It is his accidental elevation and Mr.;
on that have made him But
such, can DO good 81, evil to the cause ef the
peGnls; What could be expected frSm % the ap.
would have a handl Does any one doubt, that
he T9uid try to use them for some pGliseaI1 q side
M S
eraII ,Assembiy when q and sympathy; aided
Il In Il the 8 summer % Of 1884 q Iensthy letter ep-
i've i've conmities q, Of the Ssw Jersey Fedsration
Of Trades and Labor Unions. Mr. Michael
syGRS s Esr
dent Of tho Nev Jersey Labor Congress- "-not
head lines showing that the President Of the
New Jersey Labor Congress was for MI; Cleye-
cqiar form and circulated widely ~ those in
Thoss Nj HAYES had de
MI Hayes had nS ess,ed aSp1 to presd
use his oficiai title in promoting The chances,
over the State, and and local assem- biies Of tho
Knights Of Labor IN Trenton. through their
resignation. But he didn't resignl II Mr.
HAYES had written IS private citizen Sn zen no CON-
= representative capacity. ana ne result was
that the movement was used for MI. Hayes S per-
sSsd d fSa e M Ha,s as GSt the
II the spring q 1857 az e!scton for United
legislature % on Joint .baIfot was Democratic.
with two REPRESENTATIVES, Of the political Labor
and, ths, Republicans in the House. succeeded
transaction was a dscreditable one in every
sense, but the Republicans were really least to
ss%f ss sGF 2
time John W. Hayes of the Exscutiye Board 9f
the Knights OF Labor appeared n II Trenton; It
that he he could control she votes Of tie tSo Labor
representatives. belief which believe not to
eass SSin Ts Ses Hsn%s to h@
prestige. and what else among the leading
honest transaction BY which the Legislature
had been organized was his work! He was
6nes to e6a i0r
feat Mr.. Leon Albeit for United States Senator.
to aR Be United States Senator. During his three
est in all the measures of the New Jersey trade
and labor organizations. Hs rec9mlmended
sage. sage promptly M @ signed them when % passed, | and
did everything else that organ nized labor asked.
No previous Governor bad shown the same
United States Senator, Mr.. J ohm W. Hayes, a
member Of tho Executive Board Of the (; Of
Bid Hr PoWderly send him to Trenions Who
paid his e1penses9 Was this the kind OF y work k
should s. Ss engaged @ t.G IN Mr Haysss good ior-
tune in receiving So, 800 soon after this from
s ms. TO Which Rf s s
bio coincidence that may call for further, COM
ment, Ono thing is certain, h il f.ii; Mr.; HAYES
not be used for political PURPOSES by lecturers.
| Does Mr.. Powderly not know that the influence
partisan purposes without using the ,name"2
| Did Mr. John w. Hayes go about publicly using
| Senatorial fight?
It is pleasing to read that an itemized &C.
count OF every dollar received and disburssd
to the fact that to my articles In the Labor
Standerd. In which / dared the General E1ecu-
Of their expenditures during the previous
fiscal year. is due q good deal of late
That itemizsd account has never been
given to the masses Of the order In
and suppose never Will. It would show that
tho members Of the Executive Board took 81 q
day for every day IN the year, including Sum
for travelling expenses; further. that the Gem
eral Master Workman was given q salary OF
tune OF several thousand dollars extra! And
| to be sure any man who will talk about this