The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-07-20

defeated leaders. Debs conceived the
great idea of eyalt;ng the contest to the
character of social revolution. The toe
sin was sounded All the money power
of the country, he proclaimed, was array
ed on the side of the railroad managers
to crush the laborlng classes. 1t was
the last desperate struggle between op-
pressed labor and the despotsm OF or
ganized capital-between the masses and
the classes. The millions in the ranks of
organized labor must lay down their tools
as one man and enlist in this war of
labor. against capital. II capital won, he
told them, labor would be crushed. If
labor won he did not say just what would
happen, because Howard had saved hi.l
the trouble. 'If the A. r. L. wins ia
this fight he said. I'VE shall be so strong
that the law can't touch u.s." 1t was IA
QuiXotic attempt to enlist the united ranks
of organized labor in Il social revolution
which was to establish the supremacy of
force over law-the reign Of anarchy. It
was through Sovereign's loud mouth the
appeal was sounded. But organized la
bor refused to rise at his summons An
archy alone responded in the person of
Herr Most In the name of anarchy lie
welcomed these fresh allies to It's cause.
No; not anarchy alone responded. For
the Popnlists ranged themselves by the
side Of Debs and Herr Most and Altgeld
in vociferous demand that the govern
ment suspend It's functions and permit
the law to be trampled on with impunity
by mobs OF strikers. 1t did not take long
to decide whether the forces OF law and
order or those OF anarchy were the
stronger.
And now that this cruel war is over IN
this bruta. form OF a contest Of lawless
against lawful force and is hencefor,h to
be carried 10y Populism into poli,lcs, it is
we'll to recognize the important service 1t
has performed in leaving the position OF
the parties to the conflict clearly defined.
On one side stands the triple alliance Of
Populism, A. II. U.-ism and anarchy. diff
fering IN their immediate aims, but all
unite in the Populist party by one COM
mon bond, in the common purpose OF sub
veriing by force the authority OF law and
all legal and constitutional safeguards for
the rights of property. That party was
pretty we'll loaded down already with
wild schemes for making everybody rich
in all the ways which ignorance and folly
have tried many times before with the
uniform result Of making the poor poorer
ard only the rich richer But it now
comes before The people with the boycott
under its special protection; as the cham
pon Of that new and hideous form of
con munism, disguised under the bor-
roWed name OF trades -unlonism. Which
claims It as right Of organized labor to
take possession by force of the public
highways Of this country and deprive nm
entire people Of their constitutional ripht
to the services Of the common carriars
VINO operate them-of their right. totrade
or travel; TO send their products 10 mar
ket; to the means of obtaining raw mn
terlal for their factories, or food or other
supplies for their families. Nor il th;s
all that Populism Las come to through ;,a
alliance With the A. r. u. For il has do
MED the right or constitutional power Of
the government TO employ its armed
forces to enforce obedience to the mad.
ates OF the courts when these, and The a.
hcers sent TO execute them haye been