St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-01

leading representative. G. Rasmussen
presided. H.. b. Martin, of Minneapolis,
who has been travelling with Mr.. Sow
ereIgn in the East for several months,
made the opening speech. He spoke of
the 4,000,00O idle men in the country
and the tendency 10 vagrancy and crime
that such a condition leads. He ap-
pealed to the working people to federate
and use their political power to secure
personal rights.
Mr.. Sovereign began his address with
an ailnsion TO the greatness OF The coun-
try and regret that so many people
should for the first time in It's history be
compelled to hold out pauper hands for
bread. lie said that truth aud money
are the gladiators that are struggling
for a solution of the question as to
which shall enjoy the legitimate fruits
of the country. He expressed regret
that the industry and inventive
genius of the American people should
operate to take from so many the COM
forts of life and heap burdens upon
them. The result of genius has dis
placed untold numbers of workingmen
and even men had been displaced by
3,000,0 900 little girls, who hadfbeen taken
from school and put TO operating ma
chinery, so that machinery, instead of
being blessing to man, had placed
girls in a position to become whitening
curse TO society. .9tr
He declared that the Knights of Labor
do not ask for a communistic distribu-
ton of wealth, as that would only result
in their being again robbed of it in a
short time, but they ask for an equitable
distribution, and the right to wear
brOadcloth on suitable occasions if they
so desired. The story of labor has gotten
to be one Of hardships, idlenesS, mort
cages and starvation. The result of
present conditions has brought abouttwo
dangerous elements, the vagrant and
tramp as one extreme and the DUDE as
the other. The country never had
either until the people allowed one man
to own a thousand homes which he
could not occupy. He appealed to
labor to drive out the social evils by the
ballot. He said they were not in favor
of bullets, as it would he shame to
resort to them while they have the free
ballot and ninety-nine votes to one for
the opposition.
In speaking Of the Northern Pacific
injunction he said that he did hot object
to the injunction in so far as it re-
strained from destroying life or prop
erty; but he protested against tine de-
NAL of free speech and to confer with
his fellow men. He denied the right of
Judge jenkins or any court to restrain
them from discussing the matter with
each other, and said that if he should
be asked to confer on the subject
of strike he would do so
Notwithstanding the injunction of Judge
jenkins, as he regarded his act as un.
American. He declared that if the
injunction is not dissolved by Impeach-
meDt or by law the people will dissolve
the court by their votes. Abiding to
the issue of bonds and his action to
enjoin Secretary Carlisle. he said that
when the bonds become due the working
| people will be in power and will pay
the bonds in 41211a-grain silver dollars.
MIR. Sovereign alluded to his state
ment about marching to Washing ton
| with an armed body of men and SAID
ll.dt Uc udu TcCSifeu SCOE0S OI l6LLe1S on
the subject during the past month.
That is not his remedy. he said, but as
the government is not centered in
! Washington, but is co-eXtensive with
the country the remedy is to send the
right kind Of men to Washington to
make the laws. he asked the laboring
| people to stand together and not ask
for charity-not to trail the stars and
stripes in the dust, but to order
the vultures, the ayaricious Shylocks
and the robbers to step out OF their sun
shine and to give to the laborer his
dues, ana allow him enough food and
enough clothing to make him respect
able. He said that the average daily
value of workingman's wages to the
employer is S1S. and fairer division
should be made. To give him more
that is due would enable him to broaden
his opportunities and keep more HI
out of the man. No one ever declared
that it was crime to say that the rich
are growing richer and the poor poorer.
and it is not criminal to want enough to
eat.
AT the conclusion of the speech Mr..
Sovereign was given reception and
was congratulated on his address.