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will arise: in the mind that a bravo
lot of people were so easily deluded,
Maps-- Chris Dickson 'and withal a feeling; of admiration
Cash—Jackson brothers will not be restrained at the courage
Standard Medical Work with which they fought and perilled
Tailoring—C, C. Rance ..& Co. • and NO their lives in furtherance.
Our Special—Geo. E. Pay & Co. of their delusions. The other class,:
�afl, C-ontraet—R. M. Barker the Parliamentary rebels, will be
.Blyth Pump ractory—J' Ferguson looked upon with tho loathsome
The Latest—THE. NEWS RECORD contempt which all rightminded
Wren have for the cowardly agitators
who were a party to seducing,, for
the time being,a few unsophisticat-
ed half-breeds and. Indians from
their alleFianoo te, the constituted
Wednesday, llliareh 31st, authority of the country. .
The names of the impotent•Rielite
Western members are-.
NAME COw$TITUENOY
ARMSTRONG, S. Middlesex
CAMERON, Huron
CAMERON, W. Middlesex
CASEY, W. Elgar
HARLY, a.Oxford
LISTED, ' TV. Lanabton
MILLS, Bothwell
SOMEI? VILLIl, W Bruce
TROW, S. Perth. ' ^4t
. WWELLS, .E. Bruce.
Whoever has followed the detest=
able course of these gentlemen 1.1c0
not thank them that the publie
:pulse is not: now beating with more'
violent emotions than•at any period
Since the .murderous'' one' of the
Freneh'. Revcltition. • .
But educated ,public opinion suc-
ceeded In. ,givingthe lie to ':the.
:prophecy made by Grit. highpriests,.
of J, eat and bloody events,' to fol -
ow the carrying out of the law' in
;alie case of RIO. ,•
But probably the most ,encourag-
ing sign in these days of dereliction
OT public duty wasthat of the grand.
old tritstihe of the • people, Horn:
ALEx.- Md es:mai .voting N•AY on
•tire vote .to censure: the Government
fyr `all'owhig' 11ie1 to hang. No
more annotating. ipo1de'nt ever took
place 'in'. a "legislative . oha'mber.
One .can • picture , the ...gray -haled,
stern.lip'd, honest faced old Roman'
as the light of patriotism lit. up his
eyes, and: as the•thpught of the old
flag he was born under' at}ci'always
reverenced conjured." tip' rireinories'
of whet 'nation of whichlie is
partof had done: for 'civilization and.
Christianity—we can • pietriro• this
and • then: believe that the:'remnant
of 'life blood, that has hot been-
dried up. within hon by tiie:..treach against the wishes: of Grand Master
eryof those whom he gave national
prominence to, suffused his system•
With . generous warmth its his action,.
said Nerr to rebellion and" murder
and disloyalty.: A thousand honors
_to-Alet vieKeiizie. •
•
Spring Opening—Estate of Jon
Hodgins •
The Iron News -Record
• TI�IIJMPII,
Early on the morning of Thurs-
day the 2511. March a`voto was.
reached in. Parliament on the want
of confidence motion to censure the
Government for permitting the
hanging of Riol. The result was
the greatest triumph of law, order
andjastico that the records of any
popular assembly of •modern times
ran show. It was not a tifu. mph
of race or creed; not a triumph:of
Saxon over Celt ora Gallic, .or the
reverse;' not a tritiurph of, Orange
over Green, or • Protestantover
t'apist, or the reverse,: It was none
,' of these. It was a triumph _ of .civ-
ilizatign over tumultuous disorder.
It was :a triumph of patriotism over
tho "Machiavellian • offgrts ' of partis
anism and. • disloyalty. It ryas
triumph of the old flag that never
foll.dishonored while British blood
in British hearts retnai.ned • IB w
a triumph of •146 patriotsover .52
rebels: 'It was a triumph of intelli:
;genes and reason over the darkest
and . most damnable assi.ons that
ever took possession of the dial:
rewises:of•villainoas human minds.
Cut stay, :not over huinan 'minds.
']'hose who were`deafeated.wero-. not.
human., '. Itr_were a slander; upon
our species to., characterise as:• .au eh
•diose monsters in:humanferia, who
smdeavored to condone by,' resolu-
!;ion 'of. Parliament' the murder of
ti ltristian clorgymon,ofa dofenoeloas
women, of unoffending settlers,: of
our bravo patriotic volunteers;: to
palliate the incendiary attempt' to
arouse the semi -savage half breeds
and the barbarous Indiana to elanglr-
' for our hardypionoers in the North;
w.eat.. The triumph was over:, those
tniaerablosr only a handful thanks
God, whosprefer..splendid or' rather,
notorious failure to the -prosy ways
of 'eonstitutecl, order, and, its con
°aniitante• peace and progress, - In.
other: words the result of the Riot
debate in Parliament was a triumph:
the • best elomenta•;: in . huutanity,
• 'te best elements of society; of.
o
1 -est principles. of the high-
ss, t. •. n civilization as embodi•..
the lit : '"ss, :over the demoni-
est Ch nitre. :he riptide hissings,
,its B'riitiehtit. • ai who' Would.
scat dogmas -:and: with.
of the Camera to et . • ., than
rather rule in 1irr:.dismo:-.• • ryly
the insignia O. lriecedeno., . • '
serve as 00•VPotker's in ltonoliar:
carrying out the grand destinies efts
beloved and. peacoful,Canada,
• Tho discotufltttre of the Itielttes
on the floor of aur 'legislative hall
\sae as complete as the discomfiture
rotot sai•.on the banks, of
,,f their p Yle
• the Saylcatcltewan by our bravo vol.-
entt',ors. But the fate of: 'the r together' f;;r4 it, An injury to is the concern
va tushedatOttatvaaud•of'thane on, tion: -•-the working g
trail who constitute, Met t, ' 11 but Iy f tike to injure of
tilts Saskatchewan will l�ttss down to good of those
loan time. the,
wake of sire.. ;�is'taoulcl bow •
., as
each: persons, but sometimes overrul tribunal than have struck. 'I warn
ed by govotousnessmad greed. Large 'on members. against hasty,, ill-eon,
corporattons have been formod,ancl in stdcred action, ']'Ito church will
the industrial manufacturing. world not interfere with. us. so long as we
o maintain the law. If the law is
and in the iindustriallino of carrying wrong, it is our duty to change it.
and distributing manufactures ,and I am ashamed to meet with • clergy-
othor products of labor, enormously meiLand others to tell theist that our
wealthy concerns have been created, Qr'ler ts' composed of few-abiciing,
iutelligent men, while the next dis-
The owners of labor of tato years, patch :brings news °ot' soul] potty
have begone .alarmed at what they bu_yeott or strike.. I,write ,this cir-
oons`icler the tyranny of capital in cular to lay before the Order the ex
the•forins just stated. The owners act condition of things. I am neither
physically nor mentally capable of
of labor have felt the pinch of pov= performing the work required ante.
erty while they have .observed the I am willing to do my part, but not'
owners of capital, whose wealth is to be asked to maintain a'false posi-
only of value `in proportion as it is tion before the world any longer.
made so by labor; dressing fn.purplo One oftwo things must t;rke place,
and fine linen and .living' on the fat ettlror. tho local and ,district assom=
blies of the Order must obey its laws.
of the laud. Thoao whose capital con- or I must be permitted to resign
sista of labor have very recently come from a vocation. which obliges nro. to
to the conclusion that there has been play one part before the public and
and is an unfair division' of profits ilea* to our members, I say to
as between. the owners of circulating. the world that the. Knights of Labor
o do not approve of Or encourage
or money capital and themselves, It. -strikes, and in one day dispatphes
is•to remedy: this unfair apportion- anriomice ,thetaatTroy, N.Y., Man-
mint that' the orgaIiizatien which chester, T. H., Chicago, 111.,Cincin--
wo hoar so much about: now, the nati, 0,, Lynchburg, Va., . Spring-
field, 0., and Montreal'. It is:im-
Knights of Labor, was formed. • 'possible 'for human nature to stand
Like all good- principles ,that of 'the strain any longer. I must- have
organization is • liable to • abuse. the assistance of the Order or my
'Without organization and the cos' most earnest efforts will fail. If I
have."lt so strikes must be avoided,
operation Of those possessed of si•r- •BOYCO•
TTS MUST BE AVOIDED,
culating capital, the industrial pro- ,•
gress of the last few hundredThose who boast, roust be checked
years by their assemblies. No move must
Could not have been effected. But• bo made until the court of last resort
this class,,• of ' capitalists, it is ' al- has been appealed to, 'Threats of
leged, have ignored' the' power. • by violence must not •be made. ' Politi-
•.which they have. itenievea• success, vena must be hushed: up or: driven
•out. Obedience .'to the laws of the
And it is. claimed by -the labor capi-, knighthood mist have. 'preference
talists that they haves been and are over those of any other :order. If
being treated by those Whom they- ,these things are done the next five.
enrich jtist as a horse' or ',any otiter. • 7°ar'g will witness , tho coinplete:
inferrer: animal would, be treated- . emancipation of mankind from the
. nurse of .monopoly. If • witth: these
to grind, out all.'tho bor possible',• .aids ,you. strengthen my hands I will
with ro, t y regard to social of men- continue :in the work.- If you • do
•
tel recreation and'theot'her craviligs net desire to assist hie in this way,
of that class of being.s.'ereated . but •'then• seleet'a man better qualified to
obey your will and 1 will retire. in
litt•le lower than the angels. Tho his favor. ' •. ' • • • '
present eruptions or otitbroaks which • - _
r -
have assumed' the form of strikes • : EFOR1fiERS AN.0 GRITS.
will, without• doubt,. arktied,''if the,; •
instrumentality, by which they are 'We have always ; admitted, aye
brought about, the Knights of even contended, that a . very large
Labor, be. only guided' by the sound. number of.the•party opposod'to the
advice of the. original organizer, and Conservatives in this county. _ are•a
o o s y ff
present. Grand Master WV rkinan, loyal to Queen and country:as tho
'Powdcily,' "It would •be a' matter of most. rabid _Tory.. •Tbeee• we have
'regret to, see: an. organization`�d'esibir- always.'considered. Reformers in the,
ed for the' overthrow of one class of true meaningof the 'terries ' Bu.t :e '
w
monopolizers itself attempt the rile` have' dissociated from them the.Grit
of • tyrant: In :some seotiens the wing of the 0 i osition:.We have:al=
e IP
Knights ::of Labor • have done :.this 'was looked upon abs r`
o y, upon t� its as,cli>i-
10 al to a er yth•nn
y v } t o but their .own
. inordinate vanity: •
The. rebel element of the opposi-
• tion, ,hailing from •Ontaris, whom.
we' have. always called.Grits,'is coin-
s
posed otAllen, N. Grey, Armstrong,
S. 11<iddlesex•, Blake, W., Durham,
'Cameron, W. Huron, Cameron-, W.
Middlesex, Campbell, `S'. Renfrew,
Casey, W. Elgin, Cook, E. Simcoo, -
:Edgar, W. Ontario, Glee, S. Ontario,
Harloy, S. • Oxford, Ont.; Landerkin,.
S. Grey, Lister, W. Lambten; Ont,;
•Mills, Bothwell, Ont; Somerville,
•
W. ]3ruoe, Trow, . S. :Perth,. Wells,
E. Bruce:• • • ' •
• ORGANIZATION i
Organization, concerted. effort, the
union 'of powerless individual units
often form an aggreaa ttoii ofstrengih,
ab oM
and when directed' to • 'proper pur
poses by lawful•:nieans'wiil Ise bone-
ficial�to society. The executive 'of`.
a=government. is _ merely. the "aggre-
gated will of '-the t nation. •. Parliass
meat is another :.ag negation , of the
voice and will of`ihe.l:teople. • W.liat
constituted govornanent effects could
not possibly be done ,by ftid itidual
effort; Political or party organiza-
tion ie•justiliablo .on the grounds
that each party considers it has the
best schemes and 'nodes for advairc=
ing the interests and well being of
the greatest p'ossiblo 'nu.mitber. • Law.
and order trust prevail, .morn thin
not.so the self-evidont,result would
be anarchy. mad contusion, which all
risen deplore. But evory`..1nan can-
not be ar:laaw unto himself and say,
"'twill, obey this law because I
think it is •a good one, and I will
not obey that -ono because 1 think it
is abatii'ono,t'' Obedience to law fir
imperatively necessary, but the pro-
• fv of. any laiv gall be legitimately
ed, and it is right. and•:pro-
qurss>iwit the repeal or amend -
per' to • r aro haws an Issue before.
molt'of'erdi!.tirh.; 'notion at the
the people 'anti. to •yr '•
polls. a•opera
Orgauizatien, results frill 44., 'ho
Powdorly: So much has'Powderly '
become alarmed that mob into may
take the place of organized .effort and
.
patience that bo has advised no more
Assemblies to' bo formed; "It isnot
fair," he says„to "Older 'Assemblies to
bring 'in new. members, pick :up
their quarrels, is soon as organized
and have them expect pecuniary aid
from diose who helped to build up
rho order for a ?Ode pirpose."'
The purpose of the Knights of
Labor we learn from their Constitu-
tion to be.
To 'check' the aggressiveness of
Capitalists...and .corporations.
To lessen the" pauperizaation and
degradation of the toiling masses: '
To secure to the workers•tho full
enjoyment of a fair share of thre'•
wealth- thoyereate, etc,, etc.
Every fair minded man will wish.
these.principlea successs.'` Among the..
ways pointed out to effect' their. ib•�.
jocts are the establishing by”""ftrgisla-.
tion a co-operative industrial system -
and the adoption of the oisht hour
rule as a legal days labor: The co-
olierativo system has. already' trade
'oonsidorablo. progress; and Grand
,Master Powderly in a circular last
week referring to recent strikes says.
To use the name of the orderr,in a
political contest is criminal, and must
Wet occur again; . • Assemblies of the
Knights] of Labor must not strike
for the eight hour system on May
1, under the impression than they
are obeying orders from headquators,
for, such an, order. has not, and
,, • wrtr, Nor its;