The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1901-01-05

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gons, n Is q 81 no when N poleon III
abolished the constitution which Il he
had sworn to defend some HWOrkmen in
the north, feeling strong in the justice
of their cause, marched towards Paris,
intending to demand the restoration Of
the constitution, bought with their ia
TIERS blood. Did the military argue
the case with them and quail before
the justice of it? The utter extermina-
tion of those workmen was but pas
| time for the regular troops.
The misunderstanding between the
farmer and the farmer is less than be
tween the farmer and the town labor
er, but the settlers Of the dry regions of
the west not being able to pay the 8 per
| cent interest which they promised and
| in their anxieties attempting to remedy
| by legislation some monopolistic evils,
legislation created the mOnOpolists
have been able to cultivate i'll will be-
tween the sections as we'll as deadly
| have been prominent in their attempts
| to control mOnOpOliSts. There was a
| governor Of Illinois who on petition of
many people. including the present Sec
retary of the treasury. pardoned some
| anarchists. He had been a judge, and
| in common with many he held that the
| Imprisonment was unjust. Afterward,
according to the Chicago Times-Her-
aid, this governor refused a bribe from
gas mOnopolists amounting to $1,O00,-
! 900 and vetoed their eternal monopoly
bills
So far as the action Of this man was
understood honest people have given
his enthusiastic support. But monop-
| olists. have succeeded in linking dam
gerous words with his name. so that
| high society finds no characterizati tion
of him too abusive to be in good taste
| The republic in the grasp of the enc
my can i'll afford to crush it's friends
and reward the enemy. But the sources
of information and advice are largely
! in the hands of the enemy. and the re-
suit is as we see. 1t is pitiful.
| Blight bred and businesslike denuncia-
tions of antimonopolists are especially
in use now. The monopolists' spokes-
men regret much that the leaders with
some following among common folks
can never open their mouths without
| injuring their cause. They say that
what the American people demand
! above all things in their representa-
tives are dignity and high seriousness.
One can imagine these critics sitting
among the directors in the amphithea-
ters 1000 years ago and finding much
to condemn in the movements of the
men who fought with roaring lions.
| With the dignity and Seriousness
| born of transcendent self assurance
the monopolists agitate for ship sub
,sidy steals, for trust tariff protective
robberies, for Machiavelian currency
reforms, for military horrors with
which to buy blood drenched fran.
chises. The dignified and highly seri.
Gus monOpolists prefer now to pay in
blood for foreign franchises. and such
prestige have they acquired that thei1
ways look conservative and business.
like, the only honorable or possible
II ways.
II "ThOse who work with me T will re.
ward: those who work against me ]
will crush" said Emperor. william
frankly at the time of his coronation
And this method, which would be re.
sented II practiced by teacher In q