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RKVOL.UTIOH.
Concluded from first paged
their predecessors of feqdalism te the
limbo of extinct tyrannies. Already the
present system is all bnt worn oat. It is
no longer the question whether So
cialism is practicable; the present sys
tem is becoming so obviously impractic
able that some alternative must be
found. What with chronic depression,
of an ever swelling army of unemployed
ready to break into open revolt, as they
proved last winter, we cannot much
longer remain in our present indiffer
ence.
In conclusion, I would impress upon
you that this Revolutionary movement
should in future command your best
thoughts and all the time you can spare
or steal from your dailv duties. The
cause is worthy of the ablest and noblest
of men, but the weakest and meanest
are not unworthy of it. It is no paltry
sectional agitation to benefit a small
part of the people, but a great move
ment for the good of all. The great
change Ts inevitable, and it will be
peaceful, reasonable and quick, or slow,
tortuous and violent, just- in proportion
« as the people understand its meaning.
When it will come, whether in five
years or live and twenty, I know not —
but this I know, that it is not too soon
to get ready ; that the time, however far
away, will be all to short for the prepa
ration, unless its apostles be many and
devoted and tireless. Therefore, those
who wish for the future peace and free
dom of the world should now bind them
selves together pledged to a single
hearted and ceaseless effort for the en
lightenment of the people that the Rev
olution may do its great work thoroughly
and well.
SCAFFOLDS.
[Continued trom nrst paged
We Socialists go to the east end of this
huge city and of our other large towns,
and looking at the care-lined faces of the
women, the toilworn countenances of
the men, and into the patient melan
choly eves of the children, they know
that behind it all lies imprisoned those
capabilities of humanity which only
need the proper conditions to blossom
out into the dignity and joy of a true
and geal Of this prison we and we
only hold the key. We are, not the
Party merely, but the people of the fu
ture.
On us then lies the greater responsi
bility. To their tisk our comrades in
prison have given all the zeal and earn
estness of their best manhood and all
the purity and devotion of their best
womanhood. Shall we, can we, do less?
Some of them we may never take bv the
band again. In Russia especially, our
friend and comrade, Stepmak, whom we
so gladly welcome here to-night, hae
left behind him many a comrade, man
and woman, into whose face he will
never look more. But when of
comrades who may be released meet ns
once again, they should find that this
Socialist movement is not where they
left it, but far in advance. This and
nothing less will be their due, and this
will be their sweetest reward. No true
Socialist works for prophet or for fame.
I look around me, and I see here men
and women who work on cheerfully and
unceasingly without hope that even
their names mav be remembered. For
that we care not. But after all the peo
ple are not unmindful. It Is said that
thev are fickle —it is false. No man is
rejected permanently by the people who
has not first betrayed them. And we
are not afraid that our comrades in
prison will ever be forgotten. In the
past number ess costlv monuments have
been erected to those who have enslaved
the nations- The monuments of our sis
ters and our brothers will be neither of
granite nor of marble, but better far,
thev will be written in the hearts of the
-coming generations. And when hu
manity shall awake to that higher,
nobler life for which Socialists of all
lands are unceasingly striving, the fath
ers and mothers of the future, when
they think of those who helped to win
this for them will gather their children
round them and will sav : “These men
and women did not toil, they did iot
suffer, they did not die in vain.”
Police Rule.
The conduct of the police at the labor
meeting in Brouinere park, New York
.City, last Sunday, was positively infa
mous. They did ail in their power to
create disturbances and only the great
est forbearance prevented an outbreak.
In an indignant protest the dis
tinguished Deputy William Liebknecht,
Dr. Aveling and Mrs. Marx Aveling, de
clare that thev never saw iu Europe
such wanton interference with the lib
erty of the subject as they saw in this
“land of the free.”
Tne object of the police or their mas
ters was clear. They wanted some ex
cuse to club and possibly shoot down
the assembled peaceable thousands as
bomb-throwing Anarchi ts. P 'ssiblv
thev were ready to throw a few bombs
and then try to fasten the odium on the
people.
We live in a period when capitalism
well use all its forces, in every wav, to
destroy the onward march of knowledge
and organization. Men of America, be
vigilant.—Paterson Labor Standard.
THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
Prtamble and Declaration of Principles
•f Tills Great and Growing
Order of Workingmen.
The alarming development and aggressive
ness of great capitalists and corporations, un
less checked, will Inevitably lead to the
pauperisation arid hopeless degradation ol
the tolling masses.
It is imperative. If we desire to enjoy the
lull blessings of life, that a check be placed
upon unjust accumulation, and the power for
evil of aggregated wealth.
This much-desired object can be accom
plished only by the united efforts of those
who obey the divine Injunction, “In the
sweat of thv lace shalt thou eat bread.”
Therefore we have formed the of
Kmghti of Labor, for the porpoee of organis
ing and directing the power of the Industrial
masses, not as a political party, for It is more
—in It are crystalized sentiments and meas
ures for the benefit of the whole people, but
It should be borne In mind, when exercising
the right ol suffrage, that most of the objects
herein set forth can only be obtained through
legislation, and that it is the duty of all to as
sist In nominating and supporting with their
votes odly such candidates as will pledge
their support to those measures, regardless ot
party. But no one shall, however, be com
pelled to vote with the majority, and calling
upon all who believe In securing “the greatest
good to the greatest number,” to Join and as
sist us, we declare to the world that our alms
are:
I. To make Industrial and moral worth, not
wealth, the true standard of Individual and
National greatness.
EL To secure to the workers the full enjoy
ment of the wealth they create, sufficient
leisure in which to develop tneir intellectual,
moral and social faculties; all of the benefits,
recreation and pleasures of association; In a
word, to enable them to share In the gains
and honors of advancing civilization.
in order to secure these results, we demand
of the State :
111. The establishment of Bureaus of Labor
Statistics, that we may arrive at a correct
knowledge of the educational, moral and fi
nancial condition of the laboring masses.
IV. That the public lands, the heritage of
the people, he reserved for actual settlers; not
another acre for railroads or speculators, and
that all lands now held for speculative pur
poses he taxed to their full value.
V. The abrogation oi all laws that do not
bear equally upon capital and labor, and the
removal of unjust technicalities, delays and
discriminations In the administration of
Justice.
VI. The adoption of measures providing
for the health and salety of those engaged in
mining, manufacturing and building indus
tries, and for indemnification to those engaged
therein for Injuries received through lack of
necessary safeguards.
VII The recognition by incorporation, of
trades, unions, orders, and such other associa
tions as may be organized by the working
masses to improve their condition and pro
tect their rights.
VIII. The enactment'of laws to compel
corporations to pay their employes weekly,
in lawful money, for the labor of the preced
ing week, and giving mechanics and laborers
a first lien upon the product of their labor to
the extent of their full wages.
IX. The abolition of the contract system on
National, State and Municipal works.
X. The enactment of laws providing for ar
bitration between employers and employed,
and to enforce the decision of the arbitrators.
XI. The prohibition by law of the employ
ment of children under 15 years of age In
workshops, mines and factories.
XII. To prohibit the hiring out of convict
labor.
XIII. That a graduated income tax be
levlea.
And we demand at the hands of Congress :
XIV. The establishment of a National mon
etary system, in which a circulating medium
In necessary quantity shall Issue direct to the
people, without the Intervention of banks;
that all the National Issue shall be full legal
tender in payment of all debts, public and
private: and that the Government shall not
guarantee or recognize any private banks, or
create any banking corporations.
XV. That interest bearing-bonds, bills of
credit or notes shall never be Issued by the
Government, but that, when need arises, the
emergency shall be met by Issue of legal ten
der, non-interest-bearing money.
XVI. That the Importation of foreign labor
under contract be prohibited.
XVII. That, In connection with the post
office, the Government shall organize flnan
clal exchanges, safe deposits and facilities for
deposit of the savings of the people in small
sums.
XVIII. That the Government shall obtain
possession, by purchase, under the rights ol
eminent domain, of all telegraphs, telephones
and railroads, and that hereafter no charter
or license be Issued to any corporation for
construction or operation of any means of
transporting intelligence, passengers or
freight.
And while making the foregoing demands
upon the State and National Government, we
will endeavor to associate our own labors;
XIX. To establish co-operative institutions
such as will tend'to supercede the wage sys
tem, by the introduction of a co-operative in
dustrial system.
XX. To secure for both sexes equal pay lor
equal work.
XXI. To shorten the hours of labor by a
general refusal to work for more than eight
hours.
XXII. To pursuade employers to agree to
arbitrate all differences which may arise be
tween them and their employees. In order
that the bonds of sympathy between them
may be strengthened and that strikes may be
rendered unnecessary
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