The Delta independent., 1904-04-08
GOOD Citizenship.

the restoration of peace and the
maintenance of the laws with due
regard for the lawful rights of ev-
cry class of citizens and Of every
individual. If such a result can be
obtained peacefully and promptly
and without any further interrup-
tion Of industry or loss to business
interests, including those of labor,
so much the better. But if it can
not be so obtained it will come as
the result Of prolonged struggle
and at the cost of whatever expen-
diture of the public funds and the
public force may be necessary to
accomplish the result desired.
No other result than this is pos
sible.
1t does not involve the defeat or
the victory of any class against an
other class. 1t means simply the
victory of law and order against
the forces of disorder, lawlessness
and injustice, wherever and on
whatever account such forces may
be found to exist.
Under these circumstances it be-
comes the plain duty Of every good
citizen to aid by all effort in his
power to restore the normal condi-
ton of affairs as promptly as pos
sible.
The loss, the idleness, the I'm
rest, the doubt and the commotion
that works to the disadvantage If
every resident of the state, ,wheth-
er wage Garner or other employe
and of every class of property own
ers, should be to an end.
Conservative labor, and especi-
ally organized labor, should take
strong stand for peace and good
order, and against strife and agita-
ton.
In this way it will most effectu
ally defend itself against the false
charge that it is allied with insur-
rection and revolution, and in this
way it will most readily win the
support Of reasonable and fair
minded people to whatever reforms
it considers to be for its interest. =.
Especially there should be no
thought of further agitation or dis
turbance. New strikes. or the, out
break Of old ones at the present
time will be sure to meet with uni
versal disapproval from public
sentiment, and the individual who
promotes or counsels such policy
is an enemy not only of the public
welfare but also. of the cause Of
union labor generally.
The policy Of sympathetic
strikes, combined with the theor-
les OF social revolution of radical
visionar.es, is responsible for the
present disturbance whit h has ac-
complished nothing of good and
has done indefinite harm. There
should be no more Of it, and con-
servative union labor, for its own
sake and for the good of the state,
in which we should all be interest
ed, should send the agitator and the
socialist to the rear, and act in the
interest Of patriotism common
sense and its own best business in
terests.
And tile other side OF the contest,
by whatever name it may be desig-
mated, whether Citizens Alliance,
corporation or individual employer,
or abstract capita, should pursue no
different course. '
The supremacy of law, enforced
by military authority if necessary,is
not an opportunity for rcviving old
hates or furnishing old injuries OF
evening up old scores.
The maintenance Of law can mean
nothing less than the maintenance
Of all the law upon all classes and
all individuals.
No better example Of what
should be the general policy
throughout the state can be foand
than is given by the Pueblo record
in the past year.
There has been no more powerful
and effective influence in favor Of
industrial peace and law and ordt'
in this city than conservative unior
labor and the conservative union Ia
Dor leaders, It is largely due tt