The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-24
BITTER ENEMY OF LABOR
Mckinley Denounced by the
Knights of Labor.
WRONGS UNREDRESSED
Labor Urged to Use Its Votes and In
fuence Against the President.
Trusts and Imperialism Coma
in for Condemnation.

Boston, Nov. 23.-After II days of
deliberation the general assembly of the
knights Of Labor concluded it's business
this afternoon and adjourned to meet
in Birmingham, Ala, in November,
1900
The chief feature of the closing scenes
was the adoption of resolutions con-
demning President McKinley's policy
on the trust, Imperialism and labor
questions, declaring him to be the en-
enly of labor and asking labor to use
it's influence and votes against him in
the coming election. Resolutions were
also adopted denouncing national banks
and favoring the abolition of indirect
taxation; the abolition of the contract
system on all public works; the unlim-
tied coinage of silver at the present
legal ratio; the establishment of pos
tai deposit and savings bank at every
postoffice and the election of the presi-
dent, vice president and supreme court
judges and United States senators by
the direct votes of the people.
vention almost the entire day
was devoted to the consideration of
national questions. The resolution con-
cerning the intervention by the indus
trial commission was passed with an
amendment referring the matter to the
executive board with instructions to
formulate the protest in as strong Ian
guage as possible and forward to Pres
ident Mckinley. A protest from dis
trict assembly No. 220 of Brooklyn
against the alleged unjust treatment
by the governor general of Cuba of la
bor organizations in their attempt to
introduce an eight-hour day brought
n q
resolution. 1t was as follows:
Resolved, That the general assem-
bly, has ample evidence that President
Mckinley is aware of the conditions
that exist in these places and has, to
say the least, made no effort to re-
dress the wrongs or to correct them,
although urged to do so by prominent
labor leaders, congressman and United
States senator's, and we. therefore,
must recognize William Mckinley as
the bitter enemy of labor and ask la
\ Dor to use it's votes against him and
his associates"
The resolution was passed and this,
general officers were asked to give it
wide publication. ~ "...
On the trust question the resolution
adopted says:
Resolved, That the Order of the
knights of Labor is q mortal enemy OF
the system that is rapidly getting the
II
ownership or control of large combin-
| ations of capital popularity known as
trusts, and we call on the order and
working people everywhere to take
ground as unit against any politi-
cal legislative effort to foist such insti-
tutionS upon us.
The resolution on imperialism fol-
lows:
Resolved, That the general assembly
of the *. of l.. condemns the foreign
policy of the national administration
IN its effort to subjugate the Filipinos
by conquest and oppose the extension
of our territory or government beyond
the limits of this continent as cch-
| trary to American principles, the
! American peoples interest and the in
| terest of the great mass of working
| people,
In a resolution, the issuance of inter-
| est bearing bonds was opposed, but II
such issue is made the assembly would
| recommend bonds in denomination of
| less than $40.
| The resolution also opposed national
banks as banks of issue, requested the
abolition Of indirect taxation and of the
| contract system on all public works.
| 1t asked that congress be requested to
authorize an unlimited coinage of sill
yer at the present legal ratio. 1t rec
| commended that postal deposits and
savings banks be established in con-
nection with the postofhces and that
| the president, vice president, supreme
court judges and United States sena-
| tors be elected by the people.
Birmingham Ala. was selected as
| the place of the next meeting.