St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-15
A MAsTERLY oRATIoN.
Archbishop ireland Defines the
Relation Ofthe LabOrinS Classes
and the CaDitaliStS.

AFcnDlShOp lpeianu DeHneS the
Relation ofthe LabOring Classes
and the Capitalists.
Archbishop Ireland was the next
speaker. Gen. Becker said he needed
no INTRODUCED on; the archbishOp'S name
was household word in America. The
right reverend prelate received hearty
welcome on rising to address the meet
ing. He expressed the qualification it
afforded him to meet the representative
railway brakemen of the United States.
lie had had considerable acquaintance
with brakemen-he had met them,
talked with them, preached to them and
scolded them, so he knew the brake men
very well. He proceeded:
always had, and l speak with all
sincerity, great admiration and love for
the railroad brakemen. | often think
as | travel. very Snugly enScOnced in a
Pullman, how much the brakemen on
the several lines of railroads were suf-
fering for the comfort of myself and
other travellers. [Applause.] | have
seen them day and night, i'll summer
and winter, in rain and in snow, and |
have always believed that they were
brave young fellows, and that the pub
lie generally were not sufficiently CRATE
full to them for the services they render.
Long and continued applause.
The archbishop, proceeding, said he
knew the railroad brakenen to be good
hearted and generous. He had great
admiration and love for the men, what
ever their avocation might be, who
earned THAR daily bread by hard work
linen who were the pillars on which
society rested. He added:
Were it not for the working classes
there would be few capitalists: we're it
not for the working classes, agriculture
would suffer, our towns and cities would
be impoverished; ami, surely, were it
not for them, whether they be railroad
ers or mechanics or mill hands-were it
not for them, the United States of
America would not be to-day the great,
rich nation she is, the peer of any other
nation in the world. Loud applause. ]
For my part. am glad to see the work.
ing classes forming into unions and
holding annual conventions. These
conventions and unions are all index
the general spread of education; the
development of intellect. The laboring
classes could not hold their meetings,
organize their unions, il they were not
intelligent people, if they were not
of their rights and of their duties.
Coming together in associations, meet
ing in conventions, your ideas are eX-
planned, you realize what the people
think of you, you estimate your man
hood and you go back to your work es-
teeming your work. You go back to
your work realizing your own manhood
and better prepared to do the battling
OF life. Of course, L am aware that Ia
Dor uniODS-aSSOciatiOnS- have their
dangers; but we are not to arrest good
Work-a great work-because of the
possibilities of danger; and have for
my part sufficient confidence in
the intelligence of our lab0ring
classes to trust them and to
fear from them very few of
those possible dangers. [Applause.l |
You come together to assert your rights,
and let me say that right is never so
strong as when iG ranges itself side by
side with duty. LRenewed applause.l
AS long as you remember your duty
you will compel men of all claSseS-yOu
will compel sOciety-tO acknowledge and
preserve your rights. / have no fear
whatsoever of genuine wOrkingman:
he who puts his hand to the task earns
honestly his livelihood. ! have some
times fear of the so-called advocate of
the workingman who talks to the work.
| ing classes for $50 or 500 month, and
who believes he must say something to
thrill them in order to prove that he is
earning well his salary. [Applause.l Re-
member your duty. Your duties are in all
your efforts to lift yourselves up in all
your conventions, in all your struggles
for struggles you will have-to re-
spect law and order. Public opinion,