New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-04
LjBOR MKSREPRESENTED.

me unrest OF IiDpI lDdhtS ltSt.l ltll IL
greater suffering It's forces are not construc
live. but destructive At Cleveland frantic
mobs Of foreigners destroy factories In which
| industrious thousands find bread for thelr
| homes. and drive from work those who arc
willing 10 earn their bread. Mobs OF strikers
stop work on Mesaba iron mines because Tho
| strikers do not like the wages paid though the
| men at work are satisfied. The same violent In
| reference with the freedom Of other workers
! has made the coke strike almost unanimous
and greatly extended the strike Of cOal-miners
| Anarchists have used silk-wori,crS SO far that
reaction has begun and some mills are starting
The ramps uprising is praised in revolutionary
uticrances by Popusl officials like Lcwclling
and Osborn. of Kansas. and General Master
Workman Sovereign. Of the Knights Of Labor.
casts disgrace on his organization by threaten
ing 10 tic IN railroads in Iowa unless they
grant free transportation To Kcllys army of
trampS in order that il may proceed to Wash
ington for an unlawful and revolutionary pur-
pose.
The fact which hlazoS ont i'm all these move
mcntS is that the vast majority Of workers. ana
the vast majority of the sovereign people. have
no sympathy with the rcvOluiioniSts. Ihat Is
why violence Is everywhere the resort or the
threat Miners drive others from work by
threats and violence. why? Because they can
not by argument get others TO stop work. Farm
crS are buying WinchcSterS. the rebel officials
Of Kansas say, obviously because they fal 10
gc, the maj ority II voters. or even IN" majority
Of farmers. 10 agree with them n The ballot
box POpuliS tramps march 10 Washington 10
demand certain laws because clcvcntwclfths
of the voters in 1892 voted against such laws.
and the Congressman then elected refuse TO
obey the mandate of onc-twclfth Of III" voters.
Thus violence is everywhere proof that the law
breakers and rcvolutionists have been beaten
I'm argument and AZ the ballotbox. and have
failed 10 get Il ma iOrty. even of workincmcn IN
the same occupations. 10 agree with them Inc
farm owners In this country number 1.IOoOOo
but no organization OF farmers has ever cast
1OnoOOD votes The Wagc-carnerS. of occupa-
tions which the Knights Of Labor and miners
organizations assume to control number more
than 100000. but not 1.OOO,Ooo belong 10 all
these organizations Even Of the Popust
voters who were about million two years ago
not a hundr,rlth part has Joined In the rcvolu
tionary march on Washington.
Free government supprcsscs revolutionary
minoriticS. because II conScrvcs and maintains
the rights Of the majority. II It did not. voting
would be a farce and the right OF suffrage would
not be- worth anything Hence it Is that. when
free government IS honestly administered by
officials who really represent The people, It is
more swift and stern in depressing revolutions
than any dcspoism. only where there are In
power some stranded representatives. ~ fanat-
icism Of which the people have become disgust
ed. rs in Kansas and Colorado or persons elect
cd by fraudulent pretenccs and dishonest bar
gains, as in the House and Senate mt Washing
ton are there found men who would diShonor
and betray the people by encouraging revolu-
tionary and lawbrcaklng minorites.
There * needed n sharp distinction between
the outbreak Of the tramps or the Anarchists
and the unrest of labor" NinetenthS Of the
wagc-carncrs In this country are loyal. indus
trious sclfrcspecting citizens, who resolutcly
uphold the laws because the sovereignty Of the
people is their best protection Here and there.
It is true. crazy mobs Of ignorant foreigners.
who know nothing Of American Institutions.
east unmcrl,cd disgrace upon labor 10y rcsortinG
TO violence profcsscdly in It's cause The tramps
and the Coxcyitcs would diShonor II II wage
carriers did not promptly refuse To be- repre-
scented 10y such laweSs dolngS The scnSelcss
threat Of General Master Sovereign would en-
u
law If he were not restrained by The better
sense Of workingmcn themselves The unrest
Of labor * real. and has It's ample justification.
but it is not represented 10y ryoutioniStS or
Anarchists
Labor has Il right 10 rlS" up with Indignation
at the ballot box. as II has done this week in
the cities OF Indiana. because scusclcSS war
fare against the American industrial policy has
brought loss of wages for all and want Of work
for many. The swndling promise 10 bless all
labor by removing taxes bears fruit thus far
IN suffering for millions. and The voters show
that they know The evil and The remedy. But
honest labor does not march to Washington 10
tcrrorizc Scnsclr>s Democratic ma Ority into
abandonment of It's Wilson bill II trusts 10
the power Of its votes. and knows that sooner
or later party which inpOvcriShcs American
labor will be driven out Of power.
IUPORTEU LIULENSNESS.