Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-29
Messrs. Sovereign and Mcclure Talk
on Politics and Cuba.
GREATSYMPA4HY Fer TIE INSURGENTS
Many Knights Of Labor Are Afford
ing Active Assistance.
HOW NEW YORK MAY 90

General Master Workman Sovereign of
the Knights of Labor today reached Wash
ington to attend, with Messrs. T. B. Nc
Guire of New York and H. B. Martin OF
this city, an informal meeting of the ex-
ecutive board for the purpose of looking
over various reports preparatory to sub
mitting them to the General Assembly at
its approaching session here.
MIR. Sovereign has been ill for long time
at Sulphur Springs Ark, to which place
he has removed his family from his for
mer home at Des Moines, Iowa. His sick
ness was caused by a general breaking
down, the result of continued speaking
during last summer.
In talking to Star reporter Mr.. Sow
ereign said the K. of L. throughout the
country are in much better condition at
this time than they have been for several
years past, and that some district assem-
blles that have not been represented at
the meetings of the General Assembly for
several years will have their delegates at
the coming convention.
Excitement In Kentucky.
In coming to Washington Mr.. Sovereign
Travelled through Kentucky, where he
says. the political excitement is so intense
that 1t can hardly be described. Continu-
ing, Mr.. Sovereign said: "The republicans
are claiming the state, the democrats are
also claiming it, and l would not be sur
prlsed If the citizens ticket is successful.
The latter ticket is really on populist
platform, and the organization seems TO
have attracted to it an immense number
OF voters who are dissatisfied with the two
old parties, but whether there will be
enough votes cast for the citizens nominee,
Mr. Petit. on election day to elect him is
more than l am prepared to say
Sympathy for Cuba.
Referring to the subject of the Cuban
insurrection Mr.. Sovereign said: My SYM
pathies, and 1 believe those of the men,
bers of the X. of l.. generally, are heartily
in favor of the Cubans in their struggle
for independence. There are in our order
many assemblies composed entirely of
spanish Americans. l have received letters
from many of these asking if, should they
extend sympathy in practical way to the
Cubans. such action would be regarded as
inimical to the order. have replied TO all
such communications that the writers and
tnose represented by them should go ahead
II they desired, and as the result the mem
bers of the assemblies in Key West, Tam
pa, Galveston and many other places in the
southwest, well as on the Pacific coast
nave gone to Cuba to fight the Spaniards
The truth is that the Spaniards have op-
pressed the Cubans so long and treated
them SO badly that they have aroused the
sympathies Of the large majority of the
people of the United States, who will he
glad. l firmly believe, to welcome the es-
tabhshment of Cuban republic
Mr.. McGulre's Views.
Mr.. T. B. Mcclure of the executive board
of the X. of L., who was present during
The Star reporters interview with Mr..
Sovereign, said, referring to the Cuban
trouble:
1t has always appeared to me that Ire
lard and Cuba are n the same boat both