The record-union., 1895-11-25
WOLVES OF CIVILIZATION.
Spreading Foreign Ideas on Amer
lean Soil.
4 Dangerous Factor Twisting ana
Wrapping the Plastic Mind OF
Ignorance.

The daily press last week chronlcled
the fact-without editorial comment,
is hardly necessary to say-thaI lhe
General Assembly of the knights Oh La
Dor had taken cogniZance' OF the oplh-
ion rendered by Justice Brewer Oh the
United States Supreme Court a1nrrllhs
a decision of Judge Ross which hao sen
tenced four strikers to jail. Here Is the
item as it appeared in the press DIS
patches:
Master Workman Sovereign pre-
scented the following resolution, Whlch
was adopted by unanimous vote:
isWhereas. The Supreme Court of the
Tinted States has affirmed the decision
of Judge Ross, which decision raised
misdemeanor to felony and sent Iour
officers of the A. r. u. at Los Angeles,
Cal. to prison for eighteen months; ana
Whereas, The decision Of the Unted
States Supreme Court places all LABOR
organizations in the role OF crlmihdl
conspirators; and
whereas. Said decision affirms that
a greater penalty can be imposed tor
conspiracy to commit crime thdIi Is N
posed for the commission OF CRIME IL
SELF
Resolved, That this General Assem-
bly, of the knights of Labor earnestly
protests against such traVesty on JUS
tice and outrage on the liberties OF the
people and condemns said court 1of It's
partial ruling in the interest OF pluto
cratic classes. and it's infringement of
the constitutional rights of the laborlng
people"
If YOU are an American citizen, or
care farthing for American lnStltu-
tons, pause for a moment and contem-
plate this situation. In the ranks OF the
roll lxTl n f.
ted that the foreigner and the foreign
influence prevail. The European pau
per of yesterday is the predomlnatlng
power in the American Knights OF La
Dor of to-day a General Assembly OF
that body is composed OF delegates
elected to represent that foreign In1lu-
ence and to speak for it. These men
who shout so loudly, condemn SO I'M
sparingly, and denOunce so boldly the
highest and most learned legal tribunal
in America, have no more knowledge OF
the law or conception of its spirit, imam
q Maltese cat has of the SurahS OF the
Koran. They do not speak for Amerl-
cans: they do not voice the sentiments
of a liberty-loving, law-respectng PEG
ple but they do speak for the lowest
foreign element in our midst
They speak for the wretch who re-
cards his vote as a Salable COMMODITY,
they speak for the scoundrels VINO
would rather agitate than work; tney
speak for the fellow who hates govern
ment: they do not speak for the major
ity of the workingmen in America;
every one of whom, under our bench
cent laws, has a vote and voice IN
the management Of the Government
equal in every respect, and just as po-
tent in shaping the policy OIL the state,
as that held by the man who loves ms
country. reveres his nag, ana VINO
would shed his last drop Of blood TO
preserve in their integrity all the rights
and all the privileges OF citizenship
They. are ignorant, to be sure, but they
are vicious as wei. The unjust crit
cism Of ignorance may De feSatdeu
with contempt; but couple that lgnor-
ance with animal cunning and audac-
itv: couple that ignorance with hungry
cupidity and maleyoIent nate; coupe
that ignorance with enYious, c0Vetous,
reckless greed, working to the end that
il NAV undermine all confidence III
courts and laws and property rlgts;
couple it with the intent to poison the
understanding Of the blind ana cfeuu-
lous. but numerically strong following
in the ranks of labor, and you nave, IN
a republic. a most dangerous factor
twisting and Warping the plastic nina
of ignorance, and weaving potent
and dangerous influence IN puDhc al
fairs. Among honest men, among the
l.
lint the courts do need, and the welfare
OF the whole country demands, a ter
uinatiOn OF such internal teachings -
are contained III these resolutions, ana
the maintenance of proper ana decent
respect for the decisions OF our cOuI ..
The downward path along Whlch laDOT
is being led ends not short OF anarchy.
The process of education is going on
Property rights are no longer sacred,
and the whole scheme of private own
ership is the invention of the devil Tor
the benefit of the pleutocratlc
classes" according to the modern
teachings.
These men who cry out against law
and order and decency, and talk OF
soutrages on the liberties of the people,
and "abridgement of the constitutional
rights of the laboring people, are the
very creatures who show an utter IN
difference for the very rights Whlch
they claim TO defend. They are the
wolves of civilization, and respect no
laws that do not dovetail with their
perverted conceptions Of their priVl-
leges. and hold that Government deS-
potism which does not give them ready
license to suspend the law and employ
brute force to accomplish the ENDS or
labor. There is danger to our peace,
and danger to the security of the citizen
in all these attacks upon our laws and
our judiciary. Destroy confidence IN
the courts and what is there left?
Brute force The individual who de-
stroys the faith of single citizen in the
majesty Of the law, or the integrity OF
our courts. commits crime against the
State To destroy that faith, to obliter-
ate that respect, is to transform the citi
zen into an enemy of the State ready
for any scheme of anarchism that may
offer. Repulsed by the law wherever
they have attempted to invade the
rights Of the employer they now turn
their attention to breeding a disrespect
for that which has frustrated their
damnable designs, so that labor may be
educated to resist that which it is being