The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-07-29
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s.I maintain that these citi- .
{ Gems were right 7 maintain, accuFd-
[ ing 70 the law Of the land, not ss the
I law is generally undsrat0od, but accord
I ing 20 the priuci pies OF the law which
must hereafter be applied 10 the solu-
tlun of these troublesr that those men
had the right 20 be there That makes
d iv necessary for me 20 assert that these
men had right TO employment there
7 they had earned the right 20 live there,
aud these large manufacturing csElu-
lizhmeuts-lEd there is no other Euad
. ont of the uueariou-must hereafter Doe
. understood to be public establishments
I iu the modified sense, w hich ] viii exc
/ plain i'm a moment, I'm which the public
+ is deeply interested, and the owners of
/ these properties must hereafter ue re-
gardgd as holding their property sub
ject to- tie Currslative rights of those
. without whose services the property
. would be utterly valueless- That CON
. cesslou which make only comedies 20
. them "a right 20 O. reasonable profit on
+ the CapitEl tuyestedi i'm their enterprise
eel maintain, Furthermore, that these
{ laburers having been i'm that service
: having been engaged there having
/ spent their lives iu this peculiar line of
. service have the right to suslst upon
/ the permuueuCv of their employment,
. and they have the right to- insist too
. upon "a reasonable compensation for
their services
eve talk about the civil service law
as applicable to- government employ
meut assert that there is O. law wider
and broader than that, which gives TO
. these men who have been bred iu these
. special pursuits. as, for example,, iu the
. service Of railroads or of these vast
manufacturing establishments, O. right
TO demand employment, right which
can only be defeated by misconduct on
their part.
'I maintain. therefore. that at the
time of the assault upon these people
at Homestead they We're there where
. they had "a right TO be, they were upon
ground they had "a right 20 defend. Do
you ask me IF these men may 10y force
take possession of the property of uu-
uLners No They were conducting
themselves iu the line OF their rights
as 4 understand them business was
suspended and these men were simply
awaiting the settlement of the disputed
questions between them and their em-
ploEers
Mark me, 7 maintain the right uf
the owners of property TO operate it at
their Vvil5 i maintain the right of the
operatives 90 assist iu it's operatiou7 /
maintain the right or both parties to-
reasonable compensation for their SER
EIges5 maintain the right OF these la
borera TO eontuuous employment, de
employer but dependent upon the
good conduct of the employee
''AIr. President, this is the only road
ont of the difficulty. Euu may call out
the militia of the state of EGuusy iVHuil,
and YOU may ezt tsrminate an the iuhab-
itauts of that beautiful aud thrifty vil-
. lage, and what Is doue2 Human life
. has again been sacrificed iu one of these
struggles eior human rights. Do You
esta llish the right of these large estab-
Iishmeuts 90 control their business? on
the contrary. the Eab0riug men oE the
country, so conscious of the existence of
this right which i assert, the right to
continue In employment during good
behavior will continue TO resist and
this social war VIII 5s upon YOU, and it
becomes the duty of Christian states
men, republican statesmen 90 6ud some
road out Of this difficulty.
within my lifetime have seen mar
valous changes There was % time
. when indivlduaIism was the universal
. rule aud men lived alone almost, be-
cause they could support lhemscIv Ivesa
. but matters have changed To-day the
world ls practically divided between
. the employers and the employee do
not take into account those neglected
. agricultural districts. those farm labor
ers for whom nobody seems Go care for
iu all the discussions of tariE policy we
have nobody ever speaks of the toiIer
. upon inc NIEIar aH E speak OF DTa-L TIl.. n
labor aud skilled labor, but when we
come 90 tallS about tine white uE
the black men who toll upon the farm
from the rising of the sun to- the going
down thereof, and speak of the iulu-
euee of legislation upon these mgu, we
do not regard them II we HruE for
them we pray Tor them very much as
Br1UgHam said the queen was prayed
for, FOR the desoIate and oppre---lls ID
we leEislate, thev are mo-. rczrlr5iatIi 1u.
this organized labor is "a power in The
state fou must regard Its yuu must
adjust iL
'H5rv can you adjust it2 Tou cam
not do it bv asserting what admit 20
! DE true that every man has a right 90
b tine control of his own property iu his
own TraVs if HG does not like 90 20 Lr
work for the CarueEiea le may go 20
work for somebody else. You cannot
settle IL iu Chat way. Euu do not settle
it by saying that Mr. Carnegie has a
d right 20 employ VvhlUaleEer he plga-Ha
Those are old truisms which have mot
application IH this changed condition
: when organized capital furnishes ua an
that we have; iC furuishes an our food
p it Furnishes aiI our eIotniug- 60 furulsha-
our physicians believe &c ia now CUR
/ uiahiuE uIr lawyers and DO is said
/ that 10 has furnished our IevI=Iat1r
- . sometime although that IS zIauLel
which i ann not disposed 10 iudorze
I That being the case you have got q
lud some road out Egu cannot admit
the absolute right of eapitali You can
/ not admit the absolute right OF labor
you have got toadiust theirri ghtz upoI
s I some basis What rs iLP That th.
UHuulaeruriuE establishment is "a pub
Die institution as the railroads are held
& . % be-1ublic because they work for tHI
S . public. public because they employ tLi
i I public. public because men iu their ser
H.H
and public because there are tho1sauL
z dependent upon them for food and uur
I tura-
THUS we have recognized the rIgu
OF She clpltlli=r 90 she control o. Li
I property, subject 90 his right TO
reaz1ua1ie reward for his iuvaslr1eut
Z and we claim for the labur-E the righ
I 20 permanent employment duriuf
: / good behavior though he f. certainly
p compelled t1 submit 20 the changes u
uu-inga- Where tue profits are email
3 tine parties must divide the losses