Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-02
d FINAL SALUTE.
That Paid by Labor to Z. v
Powderly.


Powderly.
HIS ID A WONDERFUL FLOP.
And b . One IL Ne. M Cosstrymea-
Mind HAD Bsen Affected for some
res-sonetsang Of Isssress to Lsbsr
Men.
Ali classes Of laboring men, espe-
cislly those who are or have been
affiliated with the Knights Of Labor
will be inter ested in IN official ref
erence to the new found faith Of T.
v. Powderly. inasmsch as that gen.
tiemsn was seat to Rock Island this
week to influence labor in the cause
of Mark A. Hanna. Here 10 the full
text Of . document addressed TO
the Order Wherever Pound, Greet
ing" bearing the official seal and
signature of J. J. Bishop. general
worthy foreman Of the Knights Of
Labor:
Terence Vincent Powderly. who
for IA years prior to November, 1898.
was the chief officer in the knights
Of Labor, has been recently quoted
in the press dispatches as stating
suthoritatively that the free coinage
Of silver 10 no portion Of the pream-
BILE Of II creed of the Knights Of
Labor.
The influence Of anything Mr.
Powderly may think or say will have
small weight with those Of our mem
bers whose memories 20 back n Few
years; it may. however tend to con.
fuse and misle ad some of the shous-
ands who have joined the cause more
recently, and TO those l principally
address myself.
Il have claimed now for three
years that Mr.. Powderly was . mon
omaniac upon the n subject of T.
v. Powderly, however san he might
be considered upon matters affecting
his personality, and l cannot at this
time refrain from entering into Q
short retrospect of the career Of the
man whose unexampled egotism was
one of the chief causes that brought
strife and dissension for q time into
our sanctuaries.
The free and unlimited coinage
Of silver has been one of the main
demands Of the Knights Of Labor
since the Atlanta session of the gen.
eral assembly in 1889. it has been re-
Endorsed specifically since that time
Ut Denver in 1890, at Toledo in 1891,
at st. Louis in 1892, and our legisla-
tive committees have been instructed
to make that, with the land and trans
portation planks, their chief care.
What He DID for SILVER.
"'Mr. Powderly. a. chairman OF Q
delegation representing this order.
attended conferences and conven-
lions Of the Farmers Alliance and
peoples party at Ocala. Omaha and
St. Louis, where the Knights OF
Labor were again pledged to the sup
port OF the measure with his active
cooperation and consent; he is on
record in more than of hi, off,
cial reports rs being personally q
warm adherent Of these doctrines,
and his present attitude Is simply q
discarding Of the mask and . proof
Of the claim SO frequently made that
during all the years he held remun-
erative Office in the order, he writ
simply q time server without SINGER
i'y Of mind or purpose.
..In ii years he drew. in actuai
cash. over $i5. 900 from the treasury
Of the order; his postage. street and
railroad Cal fare, hotel bills, even the
gas bills in his home in Scransou
we're charged to aud paid by the or
der he so long deceived. From the
position of a mediocre machiuist b.
was. through the advantages OBJ
tanned by membership in the order
given opportunity for study, leisur,
to observe human nature, and abuu'
dant chance to become q cultured
cosmopolitan with acquired ability I,
smooth the worlds rough places FOL
himself, il not for his fellows, and
the return he now gives to the or
ganization to which he 10 30 deepl,
Indebted Is to throw his measly
weight, with q remnant Of his old
time egotism, into the scale sgains
it and make q feeble attempt to hel,
the combined corporate banks AM
monopolies against which he wage'
relentless war so long.
"All he has and knows he owes 3
the Knights Of Labor; all he 10. he /
himself responsible for. l hav
claimed that his mental poise va
lost in 1898. and every public act an,
utiersnce he has since perpetrate,
has but deepened my convictions; lie
as in charity all decide that thi
view is the proper and correct one
aad permit T. v. Powderly to pas
quietly into deserved oblivion at
tended only by the contempt of a
outraged community"
Are YOu fired
All the time? This condition is /,
sue indication that your blood 4
not rich and nourishing as il ough
to be and it may be il you will tax