Show A KNIGHT OF LABOR EXPLAINS IN this issue appears a communication from one of the knights of labor we like the tone and spirit in which he writes the former indicates moderation and the latter liberality these are admirable traits and must be recognized without reference to the nature of opinions held upon any subject the declaration of principles of the general assembly Ass emoly is in many respects admirable and it is a pleasure to note that when the auti anti mormon incongruity was brought to its attention by the more liberal minded knights ol of this section that body promptly quashed what was a most glaring infringement upon what might be termed the constitution ution of the order the action showed not only adherence to principle but exhibited wisdom correct philosophy and experience teaches this that all innovations upon the fundamental principles of an organization sanctioned by itself lead to disorder disintegration and finally dissolution this applies to all systems by stems including governments of nations if such buell infringements fringe ments are dictated b by prejudice the direful results are all the more speedy if they are deemed a necessity even then the consequences being in evitable as proceeding pi oce eding from a given cause are not averted e the excluding clause of the order in reference to those who deal in or are benent ted by the traffic in intoxicating liquors is admirable while that which forbids the membership of a banker broker lawyer or professional gain gambler is suggestive of th tb placing anone on one lane of rather a singular mixture doubtless kane doubtless sonie some professions named will scarcely relish the amalgamation the necessity of it however is obvious when the nature of the order is considered the banker and broker being antagonistic to the organization and ald a ld its objects it must exclude elements ments in conflict with itself and while the lawyer is not necessarily an opponent he is a non producer the are essentially an organization of men who produce duee the gambler being bane 0 of pilo society sicley can caa nave have no lot nor part in let it is worder in order to endorse the truism enunciated by 11 when he asserts that every organization has bas its proportion of cranks anat the charch is not free from that species of fungi must be frankly admitted and in that regard it ii will be admitted adlitte A on OA tb tte other eother hand an by 46 vindex and every other her close observer ser war point that to ho body re 0 O us or pl berwise is more discredited through that lt medium than is the huro church eap every act commit Ud d by a professed 11 in conflict with his bis religious obligations and with the or organization niza tion with which he is con fectea is seized with a avidity by the anti mornion mormon distorter and flaunted as a sample of the character of the community and their religion the that such deeds are so many outrages upon tile the sentiment of the former and lor for bidden by the reqUire requirements mentis of the latter Is carefully hidden doubtless the knights knolto some extent the disagreeable phases of such a position as toey have occasionally been held responsible as a body lor for deeds that as an organization they abhorred and repudiated indeed such instances are a matter of public notoriety but we are bound to say that no system has suffered to 0 o overwhelmingly from that species of in iD justice nance as the church perhaps this caused our sympathy for others when placed la in such a position to be more active than it hi otherwise would our correspondent holds that the news was lu in error regarding the paucity of the number of latter day saints connected with the order we are not disposed to dispute him especially ally as our statement was not assertive but as a matter of belief it was based upon the fact that thai the genius of the religion of the mor mons I 1 is to subdue all the evils against which the order was organized to contend also that it is not in keeping with their profession to mix up with the quarrels and disputes that are agitating the country strikes strike is a spot more or less vulnerable when he points out an inducement to the workingmen working men to iden tiny themselves with the knights the the presence to some extent oi of the gril abing ading process ot of the capitalist it would indeed be phenomenal to had find a community entirely free from mans inhumanity to man 11 yet all the corces necessary to correct that and every other ill are held to be ein embodied bodied in the religious system of the saints and whoever grinds his bis neighbor whether it be b because e cause his bis capital gives him the power to do it or it he ue be a working tuan and the scarcity of the article which he has to dispose of inclines him to play the part of petty tyrant sets acts in con aid with his profession stich methods are out of harmony with his religion if he remains permanently true to it hem he must sooner or later eliminate from his conduct that which it forbids the obliteration of the anti imor mon clause added by a few I 1 local cal cranks uy the general assembly of the knights was a proper snub to its presumptive etive and spiteful originators vad had it been allowed to remain it would have been an unsightly wart ware on the nose ot of the system we also take occasion to repeat that mat while we deem it inconsistent for the saints faints to identify themselves with tie the order we euter entertain tai ll 11 none brit kindly feelings toward it together with desires for its success in every good word and work |