Show capital and labor general master workman sovereigns address before the knights of labor and the secret nature of that organization seems to us to be a keynote sounded of what the tha great battle will be in the united states some time in the near future capital and labor are the contending forces jut juit now and a mighty clash is bound to come the campaign just ended shows chows how bow easily it will be for a man to tise rise up in a day and by a play on the prejudices and passions of mon men ignite the now shouldering ing social conditions dit ions there was a fear for a time that mr bryan had succeeded in so doing and that a revolution was this year on the country but the working elements were not well disciplined and marshaled for war they had just passed through years tears of depression and winter was upon them without visible means of support when the they y therefore began contemplating what abat the election of mr bryan really mount meant and alie panic his bis elevation to the presidency would produce they began to waver and chose the better can course of continuing in unison with their employers but the elements of discontent are still visible and nearly every national convention betokens be tokens evidences of unrest the farmers met a u few days ago in national convention and the presidents address pointed out the perse cautions suffered under the hands of the trusts the beef combine and millers trust he said fixed the prices of the farmers produce by driving all competitors from the field the injustice of such action on the part of capital needs no comment and naturally the forces on the other side will unite in opposition to such oppression the longer it goes on the more severe will be the final contest until the very foundation of the government men t we believe will some day be in jeopardy but as lincoln prop prophetically beti said a government of the deop people I 1 P by the people and for the people shall never perish from the earth there will always alwag s be patriots enough in this god inspired republic to preserve it from destruction |