The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-04
how THE KNIGHTS STAND.
A Talk with Deputy District Maste
WORK man COrbstt.


Work man C0rbstt.
About two weeks sgo Michael Corbett. Of
Helena, was elected deputy district master
workman Of ths Knights Of Labor. During
The capital contest II was alleged that tho
Knights we're all going to vote for a certain
o,ty. Referring yesterday TO this and tho
work OF ths order generally In Montana,
Mr.. Corbstt said:
"As body W have no choice; ench In
diyidual Is ~ liberty 10 vote on that ques-
oonsoisnoe. 10 make the order aubasrvent
to any man, party or locality would be a
departure from the fundamental prin-
oipls and in direct opposition to
our aims and objects. We aim at inn
proving the condition of oil. without
iniurina shat any. and while We complain
OF abuses In our system OF government, the
growth Of which has been gradual. pru.
denoe and patriotism dictates that their
elimination should be gradual likewise; for
through . sudden upheaval the innocent
suffers ~ we'll az the knavs. Sections ton
and twenty-three of our preamble reads AZ
follows. Section ten reads: The enactment
Of laws providing for arbitration bstwsen
employers and employed, and to enforce
this decision of the arbitrators.' Section
twenty-thres says: TO persuade employ
era TO agree to arbitrat8 all diffe enoes
which may arise between them and their
employees, in OF der that tho bonds of sym
patty between them may DO strengthened.
and strikes rendered unnecessary
Had the notes of warning sounded by
those two sections been needed, their pro-
visions put to practical use in the states Of
Pennsylvania. Tennessee aud Idaho. the
histOI ian would be spared she humiliation
of recording that bloody chapter for 1892,
which stands ~ = blot upon our national
history. do hope for the sake Of our
fair young state that the provision named
In those sections will be put TO practical
use, and the eby psTpstuate the happy re-
lations which exists in the main between
labor and capital In Montana; and all fair
minded people will admit that disputes
satisfaction and more permanent results,
than that which follows fierce conflicts
which embitteIs both sides through loss Of
property and sometimes, what 10 far mole
sacred. human life; and what a sor J spec
tacle We And presented by two parties in
ops n conflict and both claiming allegiance
TO the Same flag.
Let our home relations a. American cit-
liens Of Montana be cordial and the future
greatness of our fair young commonwealth
10 assured; and while It is inherent in hu-
man nature to acquire wealth and promi-
hence. these should never be acquired by
trampling on the rights Of others through
haste to attain such ends; 80 q powerful
nation to-day. recognized a. such by the
most powerful on other continents. and
ourselves conscious of the fact at home. 10
whom do We owe our standing. second to
NO other power? IL it not to men who
would soorn the acquisition of wealth in
such . manner; who fed from such condi-
tions and established American indepsnd-
ence; men whose aims were to better their
condition. not by degrading that of others,
but by elsvatinR all to . higher plane botn
in the moral and social scale; men who be-
lievod 40 10 the Knights Of Labor, that an
injury to ono 10 the concern of all?".