Show ONFY LAWFUL MKASUKKK Jlr I 1owderlys testimony befoiu the j Congressional Committee is proof that ho is not only worthy of tho confidence of I the members of the organisation which holioads but of the entire country use well His explanation of tho aims and purposes of tho Knights Labor will also raise that body in tho estimation of those who havo not understood itseygtom of operations Mr Powderly says tho II object is not only to protect tho rights of labor but the rights of employers as well Wo desire lie SIlAlhe manufacturers manu-facturers shall bo in such a condition Unit they 1111 bo ublo to pay good wages Wo desire ho adds to seciini a better feeling between tho laborer and his employer All our methods are peaceful peace-ful If you discover that Knights of Labor along tho railroads have violated tho law of tlio land wo will bo as ready to assist in punishing them ui uo are in upholding up-holding < their lights I believe that the law of tho land is higher than uny organization No principles tould ho moiu catisuic lory to the lawabiding clement nf tho country than tho above nor uny better calculated to bring about harmonious iu lations between capital und labor His statement muy bo taken for the picvail ing sentiment of bin nrgiinUation for it is not at all likely that lie would < 1 hao expressed il ex-pressed himself upon so Important an occasion 1 oc-casion in any manner which would not If < meet tho approval of those he itpre sented This dcduration that tho law of tlio land J jj higher than any organization IB a complete seimon in Itbolf und embodies em-bodies all that in nciehsary to iimurofoi himself and bin followers tho sympathy I of nil the friend of labor in the tonntiy |