The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-11-21
BUTLER SPEAKS
TO THE K. OF L.
He DECLARES FARMERS AND LABOR
Frs ARE ENGAGED IN A con-
NON STRUGGLE.

Ah~re should be II harmony OF Arsfou-"The
Injury Of One is the Concern Of An."
Fiads = Response in Equal Rights TO
All. Special Privileges To Soas..
WAsHIssToS, ID. G., Nov. ls.-Tbe |
knights OF Labor ended their annual |
meeting here with a banquet last night. |
The speeches were bright and enter |
tanning. Senator Butler was a guest |
and his presence was warmly greeted.
The kni ghts gave him an enthusiastic |
reception and cheered his brief speech
heartily. Grand Master Sovereign ip-
troduced him saying, that labor had a
loyal and valuable friend to count on in
Marion Butler. He had the courage OF
his convictions and labor would not
appeal in vain 10 him TO right its
wrongs. If, said Mr.. Sovereign, a ma
iOrity Of the Congressman soon to as
semble stood where senator Butler
stands, labor's great struggle would ca
silly end in peaceful and triumphant
victory; capital and labor would stand
on an equal footing before the law.
The eyentful day OF emancipation
would be at hand. Deprecating strikes.
he said, the only strike for the working
Every working man in the country, he
said, was All enemy 10 trnsts and mono
poly every day in the year except on
election day. When labor learned the
vital Importance of an organized ballot
the day Of its deliverance was near.
There We're loud calls for Senator
Butler and the big hall shock with APP
| plause when he rose to speak. He
spoke briefly and received an ovation.
The Knights of Labor and the Farmers
| Alliance, he said, were engaged in a
corHmOn struggle. The knights motto
Of IAN injury 10 one is the concern of
alp found response in the Farmers
Alliance motto Of equal rights to all +,
special privileges to none" The two
organizations had the same aims, the
same aspirations, the same incentives,
and their efforts should be united.
There should be harmony of action.
The two vital forces that control this
country is protection of the people and
the moral influence of the church. In
labor's unequal struggle against capital
it is necessary to arouse the one and APP
peal Wit h confidence and assurance to
the other. There is grave suspicion
in the public mind that the church is
not sust aiming the people in their eff
money power. There is growing be-
lief that the great and sacred cause of
religion is daily sacrificed to the sue
cess of temporal prosperity. The vast
sums of money put into church build
lngs in the larger cities are capitals
contributions to the supremacy of a
moral sentiment that dare not condemn
the public policy that demands and
sustains class legislation. This is a
protentous evil. 1t is no reflection on
the membership of The church TO advert
to it in this connection. Its existence
shows no lack of religious sentiment in
the church. On the contrary, there is
more zeal and earnestness among
Christian workers than at any time in
the history of the church. But the Ia
mentable fact remains that the church
a great moral organization, appears tC
: be drifting from the side of humanity
and equality. There is nothing in the
creed of the labOring man to provoke
this Indifference and antagOnism. This
.. influence, whatever it may be, must be
minimized. We must appeal TO the
Sodly men of all parties and Of al
churches to come to our rescue. W.
must earnestly invoke their co-opera
: ton and secure their Jealous espOusa
of our cause. In that direction lies Oul
success. With this moral power nov
practically dominant labor must con
$ tinue its unequal struggle against or
t gained and voraciOus capital.
4 Speaking of the big church building
: in some of the Northern and Western
e cities, Senator Butler said it was
= matter of personal observation on a re
n cent visit to Northern and Western
= cities, that the bigger and more costl.
the building the fewer attendants wer
e noticed. There were rows of empt.
d seats in the church, while humanit.
h surged by the opened doors in streams
n 1t suggested to him this thought h
n presented tonight. The church, 70
It some reason, was not in touch with tn
:, people.
h In conclusion he eloquently appeale
II 70 the Knights to stand with tn
q farmers and all other industrial organ
e izat ions in one common and determin
n ed effort to save the country from i'm
d pending and irreparable calamit!
l. Though entirely impromptu, it wa
o the speech of the evening. At it
l. close the knights crowded around hil
If and gave expression to their good fe
T. lOwship.