Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-27
TERMS OF THE DISPATCH.
pIrrsBuRG. WEDNESDAY. JULY q. 1892.
TWELVE PAGES
PATRIOTIC, NOT PARTISAN.


PATRIOTIC, NOT PARTISAN.
The Democratic Convention yesterday
passed this resolution which deserves to
be considered as something more than
partisan, and as rising to the level of a
fair and straightforward expression of the
general opinion of the community. The
Convention resolved:
That we cordially approve the judicious
action of Gov ernor Pattison in restoring the
supremacy of the laws in this county, and
while expressing as we do our sympathy
with organized labor, insist that law and
order shall be maintained everywhere and
at all tfmes, and that anarchical assassins
shall be punished to the full extent of the
law, in Justice to the integrity of our work
ingmen as well as q warning to all evil
doers.
The foregoing represents very accu-
rately the feeling of the public, irrespec-
tive of party. Governor Pattison, while
criticised at the start by Republicans for
what was accounted diIatoriness in action,
must be judged by results. The results
are that since he took hold of the situation
there has been no trouble that could in
any wise bring reflection upon his course.
The expression of sympathy with Or
ganized labor-asking only respect for the
provisions of law-also represents the feel
ingof the community. Certain fundamental
facts will always remain, apart from the
merits cr dement's in the cause or conduct
of any particular strike. All the interests
of Allegheny county depend upon labor;
and il is 10 the interest of labor to have
organic ltion. Without it, there is the
liability Of retrogressive movements in
the condition and compensation of the
masses of workingmeR owing to the
tendency of the more exacting or selfish
emDio ,Crs 10 make iliiberal terms when
uBoppose by organization among the
workers. There will be found even among
employers many VINO recognize lully that
trades-unionism conservatively conducted
is not only help to labor bu5 to employ
eTs the mselves. 1t secures the same
terms for all employers Id the same line
of industry, in place of leaving the more
gencr.us at disadvantage as compared
with ths more selfish vino would succeed
in driving the hardest bargain. Organized
labor, if it has occasional strikes,
has also the merit Of preventing
many other strikes which are liable to oc-
cur among men working without any
standard of requirements. Credit for just
such usefulness as is represented i'm these
two considerations has always been freely
accorded by many PIttsburg manufactur-
ers to the Amalgamated Association of
Iron and Steel Workers. There are manu-
facturers even to-day in Pittsburg who,
wnile differing with the Association on
the scale, and while objecting to its policy
in certain particulars, will frankly say
they prefer to deal with organized labor
conservatively directed rather than with
unorganized labor
These facts are worth considering
wholly apart from the intense feeling
which has arisen over the dispute between
capital ard organized labor at Homestead
1t is because that they are apt to
be overlooked in the heat of other
issues that THE DISPATCH thinks it
just and timely TO bring them forth.
1t would be great mistake to suppose
from anything which has occurred at
Homestead that all or most capital is
antagonistic to organized labor There
are a great many, perhaps majority of
employers, who prefer to deal with or
ganized labor from broad motives, who
are liberal in dealing with it, and who
ask only for reasonable conservatism and
moderation upon its part in order to get |
along on conditions beneficial and salts
factory to both.
Upon the third point that "Anarchical |
assassins shall be punished to the full ex-
tent of the law in justice to the integrity |
of our workingmen, as well as a warning |
to all evil-doers,' the Convention also |
expressed the sentiment of the whole |
community. There can be no sym- |
pathy among honest workingmen of the |
United States with the malignant and |
crazy Anarchists. These latter are not |
worklngmen, but unbalanced foreign |
cranks with an habtual evil bent, whose |
persistent crime against labor is their |
blatant and lying pretense that they are |
acting in its interest
Organized labor has no use for cranks. |
its strength and its hope lie in the public
Gesire for the securing OF the greatest good |
to the greatest number-which implies |
first of all the welfare of the worklngman. |
That human feeling is genuine-not a
hypocrltical affectation. Organized labor
will always find it quick to respond to
any claims which are well based, and at
tie same time advanced in conservative.
orderly and lawful way.
The Democratic Convention of yesterday
could not have stated the case better than |
it did in the resolution which we have
taken the pains to quote. That resolution
is more than partisan: it is patriotic.
THE CASE OF PRIVATE IAMS,
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