St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-17

| SYSTEM WHICH Will lutNlldUl1 lCuuSN, 80
own workmen to worse conditions thah
those now experienced abroad 10y those
who are looking to this land for rellef.
| What will you do on the immigration
| question:
On strikes and lockouts Mr.. Powderly
said:
Daring the last six months the peo-
pie of this land have witnessed such
attempts at making the power OF aggre-
| gated wealth supreme as were never
dreamt of before. Whether 1t be al
CGur d'Alene, at Homestead, at Bur
| fao. or in Tennessee, the inStlnct
which guided the rapaclous hahq
was the same. The underground
wire which directed the attack raagto
! the same center from all these places.
Centralized wealth drew the scattering
| fire of divided labor and, as naturai
result, labor lost in each battle. Ii the
lessons are carefully taken to heart, Tie
sacrifices may not be in vain. ,
The campaign which has just closed
witnessed a very interesting if not intel
| ligent discussion of the tariff, but there
is more of revenue illegally drawn
! from the pockets of merchants, manu-
facturers and workmen in one month OF
the year by the railroads and telegraphS
| than we pay in tariffs for year. lnese
| ana all other questions connected WIN
them must occupy the attention OF the
| industrial organization of the future.
and
The Strike of the Future
| must be a strike for the rule of the peo-
pie. We can decry politics as we please,
| but we must be politicians or the slaves
of politicians. We may shlrk our re-
| sponSibilities as citizens. but we are Dut
| pilng high the wrath which follows ne
| glect of duty. In word, we must be
| law makers or law breakers. When
we, in the last extremity, are driven
| close to the wall and deprived of right
| and privilege, 1t is done through the
! law. If the law is obscure or defective
a nireling Judge can always be found TO
| construe it in favor of the wealthy as
against the poor If every citl-
zen of Pennsylvania understood
and knew his rights, if lie
performed his duty under the law,
| intelligently, as he ought to, no judge
| would dare charge treason against
| WJrkmen who but struggle for recog-
milton. The battle of the future must
| be fought out OIL different lines from
those which marked the shifting prog
ress of the past. These lines must dl-
verge from and center at the ballot box.
| Not as slaves to party, bent on obeylng
| the will of boss or master, but as free
men. who value freedom and would
| maintain it, should We vote"
The speaker advocated utilization with
Farmers Alliances and other similar
organizations; recommended the organ-
iZation of social or beneficial feature
of the order, and in conclusion said that
he knew of nothing he had done during
the year that he would not do over again
under similar circumstances.
Executive Committee RepOrn
The report of the general executive
board was then read. Mucn space is
devoted to a review of the trouble with
at Rochester, n. Y, and the efforts that
have been made to settle 1T. The re-
port says on this point:
''ln spite of all devices and eXpedi
ents of the combine, the boycott has
been steadily and effectively prosecuted,
and millions of dollars of trade di-
verified from them"
Acknowledgment of assistance in
this respect from the Farmers Alliance,
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Firemen
and other organizations is made. and it
is urged that the fight be vigorously
prosecuted. with prophecy of ultl-
mate victory. The board also reviews
in detail the case brought against
National Master Workman James
Hughes by the Rochester manufact-
urers, which case is now in the hands Of
Gov. Flower in the shape of a petition
asking for Hughes pardon. There is
an indirect charge in the paragraph re-
ferring to the case, that the jury which
convicted Hughes was "packed;" then
follows this:
ut behooves this order to declare, in
words that will admit of no double
meaning, that as the founders of there
public would not allow their liberties to
be withheld by king, SO the working
men of today will not allow theirs to be
taken away by the legislation of cor
rupted congresses or legislatures, nor
by court-made laws"
The trouble between the Knights of
Labor and the Worlds Columbian Ex-
position management was given at great
length, together with the efforts made
by the knights to settle the difficulty.
The Financial Statement.
The general secretary and treasurer's
report was submitted. His financial
statement shows that including the ball
ance On hand at the beginning of the
fiscal year, July l, 1891, the total re-
ceipts of the order have been S60.514.19,
and the total expenditures $50, 1852,
leaving a balance on hand Oh July l,
1892. of $S65.37. He explains that there
have been several extraordinary pay
ments during the past year caused by
defending lawsuits, which. though
all decided in the orders favor,
have entailed heavy costs. The
report shows that the member
ship of the order has increased
slightly during the past year and is now
over 100000 members in good stand ing.
Except slight balances due some of the
general officers OH salary the order is
entirely clear of debt; all Its property,
including general headquarters in Phil
adelphia, some coal-mining property in
Indiana and other property in New
York state and elsewhere, is fully paid
for, and foots up total value of in the
neighborhood of 100000. Mr. Hayes
congratulates the order on its salts
factory financial standing and ex-
presses tine belief that all indications
point to prosperous future.
The address and reports were referred
to the committee on distribution, and
this committee, i'll turn, will send to tine
various standing committees such parts
of them as come within their province
10 report upon.
The Afternoon Session
was devoted to the report of the COM
mittee on laws. which was made as soon
as the session was called to order. The
suggestions of the committee were taken
up by one by one and discussed by vari-
Gus members, and this discussion will be
continued until all are disposed of. The
proposition to insert clause in the plat
form providing for the use of the ref
erendum was after much discussion
adopted. Another proposition was
adopted, providing for the establish
ment of an employment bureau by the
order. A suggestion that there be strick-
Ell out of the platform the plank pro-
vidiDg for graduated income tax
aroused considerable discussion and in
stead of the suggestion being adopted,
the plank was made all the stronger by
the adoption of all amendment provid-
ing also for tax on inheritance. Sew
eral minor matters of interest to the in
itiated were also disposed Of ,.s
Duripr tba afternoon Mrc InUa1lc of