The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-07-22
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A HINT TO A KING.

"On and after September l, 1895, let
every knight of Labor and every per-
son whose love of justice is above the
sordid interests of the tyrants, refuse to
accept national bank notes in payment
for we ges, produce, or in payment
of any debt or obligation not made
necessary by the limited legal tender
qualities Of the banks" So saith Mr.
Sovereign, who is the boss of the
Knights of Labor, and whose slightest
nod is supposed to be more potential
than the DEGREES of the sovereigns who
wear golden crowns.
Mr. Sovereign's order has not vet
made much stir. The treasury depart
ment of this great, glorious and Soyer-
-hurdened country is still doing
business, and will probably continue
to, at least until September |. After
that we shall see how many true
Knights Of Labor there are in this land,
and also how many persons there are
whose love of justice is above the
sordid interests of the tyrants-that is,
the sordid interests of all the tyrants
except Sovereign. If there are enough
true knights or Labor and persons
who answer the above description there
will be very serious times for awhile
until Mr.. Sovereign is found and ack-
nowledged to be the only tyrant who
ought to exist In the United States
When this result is reached there
will be peace and prosperity, and Mr.
Sovereign will carry out his ideas Of
finance in such a way that all who
belong to the knights OF Labor will
have stacks of good money and all who
do not will have none.
Of course there is no telling just what
Mr.. Sovereign's plans are, and how he
proposes to make the boycott of the
national bank notes effective Many Of
the knights of Labor are human and
they have families. They and some
others whose love of Justice is above
the sordid interests Of tyrants will want
to eat and will also want to give their
families food. If the tyrants keep their
grip so that national bank notes will
continue to be good for food the boycott
u
stuff to refuse to take those notes if
they are offered to them In payment for
services. There is likely to be long
contest between the tyrants and the
boycotters, and until it ends in favor
of the boycotters national bank notes
will circulate with more or less free
dom.
But whatever may happen it strikes
us that Mr.. Sovereign has been hasty
in starting his boycott in this open and
bold way, and that he has not exhibit
ed the sagacity which could fairly
be expected to exist in such a great
oicl e1ilo lcducl DIS lie uiuSC De. Ii
he has the vast army of followers which
he claims to have he could destroy or
greatly injure the circulation of the
national bank notes in another way-a
way which would remove from his sub
jects all temptation to take national
bank notes for wages, ETC., for they
would not be offered to them. Instead
of attacking the tyrants in front and
in open daylight Mr.. Sovereign should
be strategical. He should quietly and
thoroughly impress upon all true
Knights of Labor and others whose
love of justice is above the sordid in
terests of the tyrants that it is their
duty to vote the Democratic ticket next
year. If he can get this done he will
put a most effective boycott on the
circulation of national bank notes. And
those who obey his order to vote the
Democratic ticket will not accept those
notes for the excellent reason that they
will not be offered to them.
Mr.. Sovereign is a man of kingIy
ideas, but he is hardly willy enough for
a first-class sovereign. If he has the
power he is supposed to have he could
knock out the national bank notes