Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-08-01

But we have another class who are
clog to the car of progress; they are
the towards. better known as consery-
atives. They are always in favor of
party harmony at any cost to princi-
pie. The pendulum of the clock
swings back and forth, but the hands
go steadily on; but to preserve party
harmony our conservative brethren
would stop the pendulum. Party
harmony is everything, and progress
and principle nothing, to them. Party
principles and human progress can
wait, they will tell you; but at pres
ent let US have peace. Let us take no
decided stand on any of the great
questions lest the party be disrupted.
II the conservatives prevail, the pend
ulum is not allowed to swing either
way In the interest of party harmO-
ny the platform becomes a farce, a
straddle. and the people are given no
chance to express their views. Then if a
new party springs up to voice the will
of the people, its leaders are discredit-
ed in every possible manner. They
are called discarded office-seekers, vi
sionary enthusiasts, and calamity
howlers.
Go on, Mr.. Editor, and may it not
be your lot like Moses to view the
promised land from afar. But may
you, like Joshua, lead the people into
the full possessions of liberty!
Great leaders are always in advance
of the people, and it's necessary that
they should be; otherwise how could
they expect to lead, or what would
their leadership be worth? But some
of our would-be leaders are behind
public sentiment, and the people have
to run over them before they find it
out. But should our great leaders be-
| come discouraged because the people
| them? and they are sometimes looked
upon with doubt and even suspicion9
When we think of the vast array of
| false teachers the only wonder is that
| any one believes.
But there is a question thatpresents
itself to my mind that seems to have
escaped that of your friend. That is,
should such things be made a matter
| of pleasure or convenience? | say.
no, You are hound by all the laws of
God and humanity to let your light
shine; and knowing you as l do. |
don't believe your friend can instill IN
| still into your mind any false notions
! of your superiority over the common
herd; but, on the contrary, | believe
you have been in the past, and will
continue to be in the future. prompted
by duty to your country and your fell
| bowman to uphold the right and ex-
| pose the wrong as they appear to you.
May your light never grow dim!
But is it true that people for whom
| your efforts are made seldom read and
comprehend your articlesa If so,
another remedy is needed. The labor
| ing people need more time in which to
read and study. Many men are COM
PEELED to bend to unceasing toll through
the livelong day, six days in the week,
to keep the wolf from the door, and
when night comes they are too tired to
read, but must seek rest for tired
limbs. What is the remedy tor this?
Fewer hours and more pay. How are
they to be attained? By an organic
| ed effort. Why is no such effort being
made? 1t is being made, but it has to
fight bigotry and prejudice on every
hand. Not a stone is left unturned by
| its enemies to retard its advancement
But Notwithstanding all the disad-
| vantages under which it labors. every
| order has an organ, and some of the
choicest thoughts of our advanced
thinkers find their way through the
| columns of those journals to their
members. Organized labor is destin-
! ed to become a great factor in the pol
itics of this country. And when it be-
gins to exercise its political power, the
| parasites who have SO long fastened,
| like leeches, on the body polite, will
| be made to let 60 their hold, and in
the more equal division of the pro-
ducts of labor will come the time for
| thought and advancement of the labor
ing people. 1t may be anarchy to de-
sire the advancement of the laboring
classes, but as writer to the Post
Dispatch divides the people into two
| classes gentlemen and pau
pers which latter class, he says, con-
| tains, the Anarchists, Silver Cranks
and Populists-I suppose there is no
use in trying to conceal the fact that
am not moneyed gent, but on the
contrary | have very decided long
| ing for few of the dollars of our dads
to hold my pocket steady. l am an
Anarchist of the old school who be-
| lieved that all men were created equal.
| However, | have a very decided aver
sion to dynamite as a factor in the