Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-08-07
FKNN ElE7I KNIGHTS ON LABOR
10 the Editors OF the TRANsCRIpr:

The article concerning the lecture of
MI. I. H. Lucas. OF Miunearolis, Mimi,
pubiishyd i'll yoli& last weeks issue has
attracted our attention. The TRANSCRIPT
says the speaker said vote, but failed to
state whom Nr what for. We will have
to aid the memory Of the Editor of the
IRANSl NlJ'Y, who has not either under
stood tie lecture, OF wishes to mlslntorm
the public that Mr Lucas said. vote Tor
the man who abOYe his own signature has
pledged hinlselfto support our preamble.
Very likely the Editor OF the TRAN
SCRIPT never saw the preambe OF the X.
OF l.. order lie acknowledges that the
lawyers and Jaw Gould deserve the roast
my. This shows that Mr. lucas had rea-
son TO find fault with Il system Of govern
ment which allows one man to accumu-
late such an enormous capital as to threat
en- the public welfare. Now if Mr.. Lucas
did not suggest amy reasonable remedy,
which he did by referring to the follow
ing remedies given in our preamble, viz:
Education Of the laboring class, abolition
of Land. Transportation and Money mo-
nopolles. Why don't the TRANSCRIPT
who acknowledges that fault can be found,
make a better suggestion?
If the TRANSCRIPT has no use for the
man who is going about enlightening the
public on public evils, and suggesting
very reasonable remedies, we, the K. Of
L., haye no use for the TRANSCRIPT, be-
cause they misinformed the public
about the recent lecture.
All we ask of you is to retract that ar
tlcle for the reasons given above.
COMMITTEE OF X. OF L.
We are much obliged to the K. of L.
Committee for the attention which they
give our article. We are always pleased
to hear from people who differ from the
views which we express.
We understood that Mr. Lucas was to
deliver lecture to the public, and went
there to listen and learn, and criticlse OF
praise as member of that public. We
no doubt lost much from not being famil-
lar with the principles of faith of the or.
der to which the speaker belongs, but the
public we're entitled to speech free
enough from technicalities and vague ref
erences to be understood. The speaker
may have SAID "vote for the man who
pledges himself to support our preambles'
and that may have been expressive enough
to catch the attention Of a Knight of La
bor but 1t did not catch ours. We at
tended the lecture expecting to hear an
explanation Of the views and ''preambles'
OF the labor party.
1t is au old story that lawyers are
SnaVcs We have heard that all farmers
are dishonest and that you can depend on
no iAhorlnS man when your back is turn
ed. We have all known lawyers who in
Earlah!y forget to state the law on the
"tntr side at the case; there are farmers
without doubt whose best fruit or butter
IS ca top n the packages that go to mar
hct, and whose sacks Of grain have ali
the screenings in the middle; and there
arc hosts OF working men whose pace is
not accelerated when the employers back
is turned. TO say that all, of any of these
CLASSES are rogues, NAV be very divertlng,
but It is also very foolish. There are a
great many honest, upright lawyers, and
When public speaker like Mr.. Lucas,
spends large part of his time telling that
rid Of at once, he shows very poor judg
ment If nothing worse.
The TRANSCRIPT does not feel calico
upon to give that 'better suggestion
as it does not set itself up as lecturer
on the subject. If 1t did, its duty would
be to give that reasonable remedy"
No one in the world has any more use
than the TRANSCRIPT for the "man who
goes about enlighting the public on pub
he evils and suggesting very reasonable
remedies, we described a member of very
different class and are surprised to find thu
Knights of Labor attempting to place
themselves in it. If they belong there
wo cannot quarrel with them for having
no use" for the TRANSCRIPT.