Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 12, 1896, Page 3

BRYAN’S ELCQUENCE CHICAGO WORKINGMEN HEAR THE DISTINGUISHED NEBRASKAN, Ww. Presidential Can- didate, the Delivers a Bryan Rousing at the Chicago—Quots ech to Workingmen Laber Pienic at Lincoln on the Labor Problem— Says He Believes Strongly in the Docterin of Arbitration, c . Sept. 7.—The wabor or: tions of Chicago celebrated Labor day with a parade in which probably 30,000 men par- he chief attraction of the day ech of William J. I ’ Park this afternoon an began speaking at. 4 was the rpshoot- vosing for his subjec he Dignity of Labor.” day has become a_ fixed a institutions, and it is wel it has, because this ¢ 1 ove nation those w re engaged in the pr salth meet in order that they commune with each other, diseuss se questions in which they are especially 1 and emphasize before the world there is nothing dishonorable in the t one ad in the sweat face, to stand on this the pres of those to whom this duction of w tion is so indebted for all that has had, fo! at it has now, and for at it can hope to have, I ot ine flattery wnen I say to you of the people of the world yrtant to the welfare of man- whose labor and brain c urces into material weal to you what Mr. Car ople in 1878. He descri gling masses who | He ise them too high- ly. The str nly pro- duce the wealth and p s of the country in time of peace stru masses ever been, and must the na surest protection in time peril quote you what another American has said. In speaking of labor Abraham Lincoln, in a mes- used these word. f is sometimes hinted at ref from the power of In my present position I could justified were I to omit to st this approach < despotism. It is not needed ~ here that a general argument be made in favor of public institu- but th point with ft und rapital, re cely 2 warning voice a 1 not so hackneyed as most others. to which I ask brief attention, It is the » plice capital on eq foot in the structure ssumed that labor -onnection with cay unless somebod. inding capital somehow by the use fuces him to labor por is pi endent Capital is could never t existed. ny labors and had not fi jor of capital and de- consideration. No men ny to be trusted than 1 poverty; none less touch ght which they parned Let them t a political power and which, If used to close surrenderi dy possess, 1, will surely be of advancement against such as and to fix new tasks and burde em, till all of liberty shall be lost » the words of Abraham Lincola, » not intended ‘o arouse animosity ital, but they stat that is alw to be truth vital is but ruit of In vor without the pos- apital. 1 have quoted American authori 1 want in an ascending scale to ieach a higher uthority still, Let ste to you what mau whos words have © led him i the wisest of men, pion, riche ne, lest who is eal and nor nber t but, an—I rather, you to reme the will sa He re; my best which is not at . but lies in between the extreme 7 riel nor abject pover the soil which grows the best tion, Those who are oppressed by ition, nat is y to} test achievements one on to those who too great wealth lose necessity r, that labor which absolute! ul to the development of that which is best in human nature, Solomon was thérefe w he lat The great middle classes are the bulwark of society, and from the middle classes has come almost all of good that has come to bless the human race. Let me recall another compliment pald to the common people. You know when we use that term there are some who si t appealing to the pastor ‘© are some who apply to anybody who aple. nds, } et that of the common pi call your attention t when the meek and lowly Nazarene came among ce on earth good will elcomed by. ple who de- 1 pretense n he 2 thou shalt f, who listened to and in so doing ever paid te towards me those who wer “d widows’ pray house tell us that d him gladly. And ce he only people who hav person who pre nity and equal rights. 1 do not mean to say that there are no excep- tions to the ul rule, ‘Phere - ways been found among the richer those who were filled with the spir phi! the ave always been found e who x in the uplifting of their them the ‘e willing to r liv spend t fellows. But f am speaking of rule that reforms do not come irom nd are not supported by those who consider them- } selves lifted above the common people. 2 1 that yor have never found among. nmon people those who would be- their fellows. You have fe it is one of the unfortuna whe is not confined found every- Fs imply mean to That while among the common people have at all times been found those who would betray their brethren and sell them into bondage if they could, but yet In spite of this the common people ha been the t impelling force that has lifted civilization from generation to gener- ion upto higher ground. There are three forms of government best -known among men. There is the monarchy, whe a king rules by divine right; there is the aristocracy Where a few control; and there which means the rule of is the democr: the people themsely Why is it that the strength of the deme acy—I use t in its broader sense—why Is it that rength of the democr y has always found among the common people? it is simple enough, If a man has post ut wealth he may be le to st 1 keep on the good side of as great influence he x be one of the ruting classes in an But you are not willing to of government to your chil except a democracy, each ¢ is protected in the a common people believe in a democratic form of government, because it is only in a democratic form of government that they are able to protect their rights ndvance their interests so far as government can advance human interests. Let me dwell for, Q moment upon the object of government. In this land it is our boast that our govern- ment derives its just powers from The Consent of the Governed. What kind of a government will people consent to when they are free to consent? There is one kind of government above all other kind they love and a government which knows no favoritism, a government where every citizen stands on the si where the government tr without regard to po in socie' or even without regard to we a government which give: ul rights to all, but confers special privileges upon none. That is the kind of government that ap- peals to the affections of the common peo- ple. There are two things to be considered in government. The first is that in the enact- ment of legislation you shall be careful to give no advantage to one person over an- other if that advantage can be prevented. In other words, it is the duty of govern- ment to avoid acts of affirn ive injustice; but that is only part of the business of government. J ‘on has stated the other half of it. He says that government must in men from injuring one another. is one of the important duties of gov- ernment; to restrain men from infu Zz one another, and the government that fails to restrain the stro st arm that can be lift- om injuring the weakest citizen In all the land is a government which fails to do its whole duty. 1 was p plane, and them all alike ago and I got an idea from some ho} (Langhter.) An idea is the most impor thing that a per: into his head, y souree. long I noticed these hogs and we gather As I was riding rooti in a field and they were tearing up the g nd, and the first thought that came to me was that were d royin good deal of prope , and that carried me back to the time when as a boy I lived upen » farm, and I remembered that when we had hogs we used to put rings in the noses of the hogs, and then the thoughe me to me, “Why did we do it?’ Not to from getting fat. We were in their getting fatter than sooner they got fat the ger they were lived. But the noses of keep the ho: more inte they w The sooner we killed them; the loi in setting wh, fat the longer the; were the rings put in hogs? So that while they were getting would not destroy more property than they were worth. And as I thought of that this thought came to me: that one of the duties of government, one of the im- portant duties of government, is the putting of r in the noses of hogs. Now, my friends, do not consider this as a reflection on your neighbor. We all hoggish, we are all selfish, my and we must not apply this lesson simply to. somebody else. If you tell me that vou are not sh I can prove by your neighbor that you are, and if your neighbor denies that he is selt- ish I can prove by you that he is. We are all selfish. Sreator did not make any class of people who were entirely unse ish, but I have ith in our form of gov ernment because I believe that the people in their better moments will adopt law which restrain themselves in hours of temp- tation in order that their neighbors may also be restrained in hours of temptation, And when I say that one of the duties of ernment Is to put rings in the noses of ho I simply mean this: that, while society is interested in having every citizen independent, become self-supporting, is interested in 1 nh secure enough of this world’ only to supply his ov children and le: not ts, but to educ £00 ve h n something for the declining d ut while society is fater. ested in this society is also interested in having laws that will prevent him destro ing more than he is worth while he is curing his own independence, Our gove ment is the best known among men. Our government is the best form of government Known among men, not because every luw is good; not because we have upon th statute book every lw nin injoyment overnment is the be ernment known among orm of x nment f possible it reflect the best inteili- st virtue and the broadest > people. Let me w pvernment with the needed to protect ef His Rights. t form of bec it Is rament to us the pec inst ¢ of government. Andrew Jackson id that there were 20 necessary evils in that its evils existed only in He my friends. oO necessary overnment * man who u stands the adv ntage t will ever his voice or sovernment itself. It ‘is the amen which we have to comp! silence y here are those ery one who advocates a change yer of the public peace. There are those who would call him a disturber, one who breeds discontent. I want to s to you that discontent Hes at the foundati of all progress. So long as you are satis- fied you never go forward. It is only when you are dissatisfied with your condition that y to Improve these conditions, Why, my friends, had our forefathers been isfied with English political supremacy, we never would have had a dec:aration of independence. They were not content with the conditions under which they lived, and they put that expr ion of discontent in the form of a dec here are some icism of ex who would would law. who isting ration of independence, and they maintained that declaration with their blood, and it gives us this form of government, There is this difference between our form of government nd the mronarchial form: If you are discontented under a monarchy, You can petition, egarded. Dis. how can you get relief? but your petition m content under may md in despair or it m olution, Dis- content under our form of gov ut ends in reform n through the pe: means of the ballot. I am not of this occ sion of 1 ail your tious wh ying to jon 1 into a discus- but I desire to to certain br . ot be contine lines. The ot is the means 1 the peopie of this country wrong, and if the people | ence, if they have not the right their w in any other w: tions arose in this. count impossible for the people ‘to use the which they had. There are certain fuflu- ences so so powerful that m afraid to exer freely and on own conscience the poritic ts given them under our institutio What th did? I honor the laboring men of this country, and organized labor standing at the head of the laboring men. Because they secured to the people of this country an Australian ballot. TI ballot did’ not come down to you from above; that ballot is the result of your own demand. It is the result of your own influence. The laboring man to-day enjoys the advantage of an Australian ballot because the ing men of this country compelled the adop- tion of the Australian ballot laws. Now, my friends, 1] the agencies whieh for the last few y work bettering the condition and protec! the rights of the laboring men of th country, I believe that the labor organi tions stand fi mong them all, It Drought them together where they musult with each other, where they could their views, where they *could strength, he laboring man nd his own efforts to he h compare ank for such b! Now, m) friends, some have criticised labor o! ions. There are who have believed that ing orga Joint assoctations; that man: railroads should join associations; that i wap { oo everybody was entitled to join an associa- tion except the laboring man. The labor- ing man’s association has been the means by which he has protected himself in the warfare against other organizations among other people. Arbitration, * Now, my friends, the labor organization has done much of good, and yet there is a good deal that society can do that will add to and supplement the work of the laboring men themselves. I want to speak of it here, the prineiple of arbitration of differ- ences between corporate employers and j their employes. That principle has been forced upon the attention of the American people. I believe in arbitration. Arbitra- tion is simply the extension of the idea of the court of justice. It is merely institut- ing a tribunal, before which men may go and settle their differences instead of re: sorting to violence to s:ttle those differ ence You say the laboring men are inter ested in arbitration. Yes, they have so expressed themselves, but I want to say to you, my friends, that society has a higher interest even than the laboring man in the principle of arbitration. Society has a right to protect itself against these con- t between labor and capital. Society has a right to say to both employer and employe, instead of asserting a right or a claim and defending it by force, you shall, in the interest of society, submit to that {mpartial tribunal, and let justice be done those who can see both side: My friends, new conditions make laws necessary. In the olden tin but one man employed a few laborers. There was a bond of sympathy between them. He knew the names of his empl He came in contact with them and sympathy sprang from heart to heart and this sym pathy was an influence that enabled them to agree upon amicable ter But times have changed. Inste of the employer with a few emplo now have # great corporation with it ands or its tens of thousands of employes. It is impossible for the employer to know his men. It is im- ple under these conditions, that there new 00% Mould be. that. personal sympathy _ be- tween them which control their ¢ ot towards each ¢ What must we do? There is but can do. Where that pers appeared, and, : in, soc! amount int can step condit that re- nd substitute justice for force in the settlement of these difficulties. Now, I appeal to you ke the Interest upplement th in government that you ou want you to take an iniere am not here to tell you w should hold. Tam not he t measures would, in but I have a ri zen speakin, I have a right, I you shall recogn| Which rest upon you as yourselves for the inte! ry duty imposed up not instituted al benefits to the prote that the own toil, .. And is t Judgment ment mong confer any. Government ¥ jon of all the citi- might enjoy the 1 the resuits of p duty of wW men to was spec! instituted t¢ zens in order fruits of th their own exe governments to the ¢ aditions rounding the people as pleasant, as able, as possible. And you must have opinion, and by your votes must have influence in determining what the; ditions may be My friends, if, you find a large number of men out of employment you have a right to inquire whether idleness is inflicted upon the human race by natural . by the of the Creator, or whether it Is due to islation which is wrong. If it due to legislation which is wrong, then it not ght but ch tion, The ed laborer to-da your duty to greatest im is the inc ed, It me oniy your that legis! the emplo army of the unemple ing every who hold army continues to ingy question of time when thos you may say, upon the leave the those wh am one © se who be ise the amount of idlenes if you in- the number of tho. lo cannot nd yet must eat, you will drive men eration and increase the nks of sriminals out of these who would } 1d under better condition World, of a few day ained of The Inere te of Crime. My fi : if you tind i only it isa 3 your country, er you can chau condition prove the at you. Now, when you come to u ve ballot, I want you to rene r that the balot was given to you not by any man wao emp%< you. That balict was given to you by law You had it before he employed a. It will be yours when your employment ¢ . You do not tel! him that if he does not vote ac to your opinion you will quit working for him, And yet you have just as much right to tell him that as he ‘has to tell you that you have got to quit work- ing for him if you do not vote the way wants you to. My friends, when I sa I am not afraid of offending anybod, vause if there Is an employer in thi who believes that he has s, to control the vote of those x0, I say, if there is ng wag pa to whom the wa, such an employer, I cause that man cannot be off thin, known of men who that they loaned a man mone fore, as long as they held notes, he must vote as they wan him, or risk forectosure. I am not afraid of offending auy man who has that opin- ion, be the man who would se a loan to nidate a citizen has yet to learn the genius of the institutions under which he tives. I cannot impress upon your m more important truth than thi: that ballot is your own, to do with it what you ples i is nobody that must be sa vote, except your judgment scien Th only one pe one en in this count himself unworthy of th been given to him, and that 0 either there Is only who can prove e ballot a8 is the citizen permits it to be sells it or sted from n under coercion. When- ever a man offers you pay for your vote he insult pur manhood, and you ought | to have no respect for the man’ wh to do it. And the man who, i: insuiting your manhood by an pure attempts to. intimidate ccerce you, insults your citizenship as well as your manhood. My friends, in this world, peo; have just alout as much of good as they de- serve. At it, the best way to secure anything that is desirable is first to de- serve that thing. If the people of this ; country want good laws, they themselves must secure them. If the people want to ws, they alone have the power verument presents a contest In a government like ours, offers the citizen an opportunity to prove his love of country. Every year him an opportuni to manifest his iotism, It is said that vigilance the price of liberty. Yes, not only for a nation, but individual vigilance is the price of in- dividual libe The citizen that ind) who is apt to be inis- who is watchful, the en who is on the alert to make gov- nt what it ought to be is the citizen s the best chance of living under d jaws and wise and beneficent institu- ns. Let me leave with you just one ting word. Let me urge you Whatever y be your views on political questior whatever may be your ideas as to the po cles propo ‘om time to time, by tous parties, let me urge you to u your highest ambition to prove you worthy of that greatest of all American citizen.’ 1 thank you. plause.) ern 4 Boy’s Obedience. Much fs said in these days about the want of obedierice to parental author- ity displayed by the rising generation, but, an incident in which the contrary spirit was manifested is narrated by a prominent Western lawyer. His twelve-year-old son, a boy of great spirit, but with no overabund- ance of strength, wert to pass a vaca- tion with a cousin who lived on the | banks of a broad river. His father, in his parting instructions, placed one re- striction upon the boy’s amusement during his visit. “I don’t want you to go ont in your cousin’s canoe,” ke said firmly. “They H are used to the water, but you are not, and you haven’t learned to sit still any- where as yet. You'll be there only a week, and with all the other amuse- ments the boys have and the horses and dogs, you can afford to let the ca- noe-alone for this time and keep your! mother from worrying all the while ; you're away.” The boy readily gave the desired promise. On his return he was enthu- siastic over the pleasures he had en- joyed. “And I didn’t mind canoeing a bit, pa,” he said, addressing his careful parent with a beaming smile. “The boys taught me how to swim, and the only time they used the canoe was the last day, to go ever to the other shore. But I remembered my promise, and I wasn’t going to break it the last day. So I swam across.”—Chicago News. Practical, Aman one morning at family prayers prayed for a good neighbor in great destitution. After the prayer his boy said to him: “Papa, give me your pocketbook and I will 'go over to M Thompson’s and answer your prayer myself.”—Philadelphia North Ameri- can, Too Late to Mend, There 1s a point beyond which medica- tion cannot go. Before it {s too late to mend, persons of a rheumatic tendency, inherited or acquired, ghould use that be- nignant defense against the further pro- gress of the super-tenacious malady—rheu- matism. The name of this proven rescuer is Hostetter’s Sto ch Bitters, which, it should also be recollected, cures dyspepsia, liver complaint, fever and ague, debility and nervousness. What For “I’m going to join a club.” said young Mr. Frankstown to young Mr. Home- wood. “What for?” “To kill time.” “I don’t approve of killing time by clubbing it to death.”—Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. Place for Him, “Mrs. Dash. is there any etiquette to be observed in divorces?” “Yes; you ought never to invite your first husband to your second marriage.” —Chicago News. : In the Final Stage. “No,” he said decidedly, “I have no use for bicycle girls. They have too many clicks.” He dismounted to re-oil his bearings. It was evident that his was a hope- less case. ew York Press. Two bottles of Piso’s Cure for Consump- tion cured me of a bad lung trouble.—Mrs, J. Nichols, Princeton, Ind., March 26, 1895. Corrected. The Master—Say, are you deaf? I rang for you twenty-five times. The Valet—Twenty-five times! I’m sure I only heard you ring four times! —Amusing Journal. FITS stopped free and permanently cured. No ftsalter frst day's use of Dr, Kline's Great Nerve Kestorer, Free $2 trial b id treatise, Send to Dk. Kuinu, $1 Arcir8t., Philadelphia, Pa, Next Year. Customer—What is this document for? Vendor (of picnic ice cream)—That’s your life insurance: policy. The law einai | compels us to furnish one now with every dish.—Chicago Tribune. Mall's Catarrh Care. Is a constitutional cure. Price, T5c. True Enough. Mrs. Henry Peck—John, I remember perfectly well that it was on New Year’s eve that we were married. Henry Peck—Oh, yes; I always said it would be a cold day when I'd get left.—Exchange. . Wanted—Men to learn barber trade. Only 8 wecks required. Wages Saturdays while learning, ‘Tools donated. talogue free. Moler Barber College, 223 Washington av 8., Minneapolis, Minn. A Trimetallic Household. Watts—How is politics up yofr way? Potts—At the house we are on a trimetallic basis. My wife leans to- ward silver, I favor gold and the hired girl is dead in love with the copper.— Indianapolis Journal. If the Baby ts Cutting Teeth. Be sure and use that old and well-tried remedy, Mus. ‘WiNsLow’s SooTHING SYRUP for Chi!2ren Teething. Torridity's Chestnut. “No,” remarked Satan, “although the humidity is a trifle less to-day—” He grinned sardonically— “There is no relief in sight.”--New York Press. Hegeman‘s Camphor Ice with. Glycerine. The original and only genuine. Cures Chapped Hands and Face, Cold Sores, &c. C. G. Clark Co., N. Haven, Ct. Not Up to Date. Orator—In the bright lexicon of youth there is no such word as fail. Isaacs—Den vat use is der lexigon?— New York Herald. During the last fifty years Great Britain has been at war more frequently than any other nation. The total number is forty wars for fifty years. Patents Issued. List of patents issued last week to Northwestern inventors: Henry L. Day, Minneapolis, Minn., separator; Milton Forder, Litchfield, Minn., hand baling press; William T. Foster, Bozeman, Mont., gate; Karl A. Klose, Richfield, Minn., bottle; William McIntosh, Winona, Minn., libricator; John Morrish, Mayville, N. D., saw; Benjamin Porter, Ellendale, N. D., bi- eyele handle bar; John H. Smith and Ii. P. Wagner, Sheldon, N. D., furrow opener for seed drills; Owatonna Man- ufacturing company, Owatonna, Minn., (trade-mark) combined churns and but- ter workers; Charles F. Potter, Minne- apolis, Minn. (trade-mark) antiseptics and disinfectants. T. D. Merwin, Patent Lawyer, 910, 911 and 912 Pioneer Press building. St. Paul, Minn., and Washington, D. C. Pumping Air from Upper Currents. An ingenious apparatus to procure air from very high altitudes has been devised by MM. Geoges Besancon and Gustave Hermitte, the meteorolo- gists. A vacuum is made in a recep- tacle holding about six litres, and the tap is attached to clockwork that will open at the end of an hour, leave it open for a minute and then close it. This is sent up in a balloon, together with other self-registering instruments, to heights at which human beings can not live-—New York Sun. Eis One Drawback, “Really, Mr. Graduate,” said the broker to his new clerk, a this-year graduate of Yale, “I am very sorry, but after Saturday I shall have to dis- pense with your services. I, of course, admire your enthusiasm, but I really can’t stand having you give your col- lege yell every time the market rises a few points.”—Harper’s Bazar. The most industrious male employes of the Unremberg (Germany) horn comb fac tories make as high as $7 per week. Fe- males earn as high as $3.62. As’ high as 4,000 pearl shells have been taken without finding a single pearl, though the fishing is carried on chiefly for the shells. Curious Case of Manslaughter. The bad habit that is of almost ual- versal prevalence of not ovening the doors until a few minutes before the performance, thus indirectly inducing a dangerous headlong rush of the crowd that has been collecting outside for an hour or more, has had a fatal result in Sydney. The most popular music hall in that city is the Tivoli. On the Saturday evening prior to the departure of the last Austrian mail, the rush into the top gallery was so great that a man named Gill was pre- cipitated over the railings. He fell into the stalls right on the head of a Mr. Alfred Neander, who was promptly re- moved to the Sydney hospital, where it was found that he had received a fracture of the spine. Till escaped with a few slight bruises, but the co’ oner’s jury found him guilty of man- slaughter and he has been committed for trial. The verdict was opposed to the charge of the coroner, who said that Gill could not possibly have fore- seen that he would have fallen over the railings of the gallery into the stalls.—Westminster Gazette. e : Pilgarlic, there is no need for you to contemplate a wig when you can enjoy the pleasure of sitting again under your own “‘thatch.”’ You can begin to get your hair back as soon as you begin to use Ayer’s <a . 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