The morning times., 1895-12-01
labor Was his THEME
General Master Workman Soy-
ereign at Metzerott HALL.
EVERY SEAT WAS FILLED
Showed Injustice OF Asking Anacostin
Street Car Drivers to Work for Less
Than One Dollar and Fifty Cents Al
Day-Rev. DR.. Kent Oh The Times
Bond Bill Ballot Boxes.

James L. Sovereign, General Master
Workman OF the Knights of Labor OF
America, was greeted with enthusiasts
applause when lie rose TO address The au-
dicnce which filled Metzcrutt Hall last
evening. His subject, Labor is one in
which the whole world is deeply inter
| cs,cd. but perhaps there is no place where
II arouses greater interest Just mt this
| time than in Wash,ngi"n. Coupled Win
this the occasion, The lecture being
given for the benefit of the locsed-,'ut
Anacustla drivers was calculated 20 at
| ttart Il large ;,a.di"aCe. especially OF thc>e
affiliated with local labor organizations.
| The meeting was presided over by Mr.
jaIles l. Acliugh, preSi.leht OF the Eeu-
| Grafton of Labor, who with Few aIpru-
| pirate remarks introduced rs the iirSt
| speaker tue REV. Alexander Kent, pastor
| Rev. Dr. Kent said that later on the
audience woUid have painted by master
| hand the labor question in ali ils bright
est and darkest col"ring. He would merely
| paint the background.
MISUSE OF FRANCHISES.
| In spe: king of franchise he said IL was
| a subject greatly discussed, but sin IL WAS
| not Sufficiently and properly considered
| by the people. who ought To- be more deeply
Interested.
| the streets of Il city are. he said. the
property OF the city, to be used for The
| interests and convenience OF lie wHUie,
| ana not ipT ttte srcrltI use 90 n lew, anu
| when the corporation contracts with in-
divriuais GIVING thcfn ccrtaIn rights or
privileges over streets II sGpiid see 10 ~
| that ,be bargain is rarried uut Ia the letter.
| The AnacoStia Street Railway Company
| had not fulfilled it's contract, and there
| should b. some means by which the ci,i-
zens OF that place and of th!S city could
| compel u 10 live up 10 its contract.
! Continuing. he said that IL Ind been
| stated by The management Of the road
| that IL diu not pay. TUls may be true. hut
~ lsl. ltNf or
| wa;crrd stock. and i'll This respect IL is
| ike the Washington Gas Light corupanN
In conclusion Dr. Kent told of he success
of street railways III cities where they
| were owned by the municipal CORPORA
tiUns.
General Master Workman Sovereign was
| rose 10 speak. He WAS not mt his best,
| having only partially recovered from a
severe cold, but his address was mastery
effort and was listened to with much IN
| tercSt by the audience.
Mr.. SoVEREiGN'S ADDRESS.
1t was Aristotle, he said, who first said
| that If the loom could move of Itself, or
the Tyre be played without hands, there
would be no use for chattcis or slaves. That
| tine, he said. bad ccilr rof The loom moves
| alone. He then told what the requirement.
| of labor are and how these demands Il IT. met.
| Combinations ef brain and labor are Usei to
! grind down the laborins Glasses and the
! result is strikes and boyco'ts.
Speaking OF tn. Anacnstta lockout, lie
! sand IL was shame AM a disgrace TO ask
! n!en 10 work for less than Sl.5U per day
! and that here at the Nations Capital, she
! center OF civilization. God ordained that
| man should Ike unto himself wife, and
| the man or corporation t!Hi Reduces wai. Is
| 30 as 10 necrssItatc the wife. to go into the
| held or shop 10 L,.ip sustain thr family Is
sinning in the eyes Of God. IL was not
! intended by nature that nIan should work
! seven days in the week, rs a street Ger
driver has to do. Nor can such n practice
Ion, .nr,ri n is
! ana let The other two be given. one 10
God. AMI one to self.
Mr.. Sovereign then showed. by calculation,
that the cost OF the four prInCpa npfrAssif ICES
OF life. food, fuel, rent, and clothing.
I placed ut the lowest possible figure would
| amount To "a yearly salary OF car driver