The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-15

To the greatest number. A government
the equality of men before
an event people had ~Rroaned, but
never hoped To sec. Philosophy had pro-
nounced IL impo ssible. Kings has
II as an idle conceit, and when
the pioneers of this government recog-
nized this principle and laid the founda-
ton OF u present government pom that
basis It was pronounced a failure by all
foreign powers n when the thought OF
governing himself, il was commended that
the government was not strong enough,
and there was not sufficient power Ia
govern he evil passions and natures of
nize the fact that the people are the gov
crnment, and the principles upon which
we act is that each man IL a king.
aud each woman n queen. and that tho
avocation In life has but little to do with
the quality of his mind. or the soundness
of his heart. We see that the boy that is
left an orphan to-day may he iuade the
HE executive of our government to-mor-
row. We recognize that all people, of
every class and grade, are equal In the
race of life. They have no advantages
coming to them by heredity, or in cou-
ents occupied, but every individual thinks
for himself and acts for himself, and feels
for himself. and is rewarded or punished
according Ia the merits of his individual
taste. And when we look out upon this
great land of ours and see the improve
ments that are coming on In every depart
ment, we are astounded, and we ask what
it is. We find that all the people
from the great Atlantic to the
set sea are thinking and planning and
scheming how they can best improve their
condition in life, and that OF all others.
We find there are no privileged classes
here. There are none who are excluded
from the halls of learning, but we find
there are unnumbered millions of printed
books pouring their rays of light all over
our country.
When we gaze upon the snowy noun
tains we are charmed with their stupend-
Gus beauty, that when we look into the
valley below n see h beautiful corn
and grain, we realize of how much more
importance they are: and when we see a
man rising i'm intellect We are charmed
with his accomplishments, but when we
look below at the great mass Of common
men who move our great universe,
power and worth. We sec a man
with n large piece of coal and he de-
sires to break il and he takes an X and
strikes one blow, then another: It Is solid
AS a rock and he keeps it up until he has
struck il twenty times,and at Ia twenti-
eth blow he breaks it; IL Is not the last
blow that breaks il, but the twenty con-
secutive blows. So with an organization
of the people, moving in the same direc-
ton, everything can be accomplished. We
see a man strike a terrible blow with his
fist, and make a great impression. Now
If he struck with one finger he would not
accomplish much, but with the combined
force of all five fingers he accomplished
"A deal. When we see laboring men, en-
gagged in an enterprise, one at a time, they
accomplish little, but when we see a
miners union, or a carpenters
union, or n union OF labor,
ing people joined together and
marching forward i'm one great enter
prise they accomplished n great deal. |
ask you what is the object of a miner's
union and of all those other labor organ
nations which We saw marching in this
grand parade to-day: The object is not
to injure any person., but to benefit all
protected. When there is remuneration
for labor, then labor becomes n pleasure.
| ask you, il China hould to-day, by some
great earthquake, be submerged beneath
the waters of the great ocean, would the
world miss her: No. Why? Is il be-
n larger population than any other coun-
try on earth. Is i because she has few
manufactures? No; they are numerous
and have been for ages. Then what is
the reason that China is OF so
little importance and of so little
power hiS "ceaus III
nave been GROUND uowh 10 me
smallest possible remuneration for
their labor. There Is no in~ducefnent, no
hope, held out Tor them Tor their toll anu
labor. ask you 10 contrast ,hat country
with America. Ihere Is anhpltion IN the
eye OF every BOY anu energy III ms hear,;
Each one feels hiniseit tle equai Oh az
others. ask YOU to look al the boy OF
England, Germany, france, or any OF
those countries. Inc idea OF following III
the footsteps oil ms father Is MS only nope
OF his future. Az CamDriuRe, sne seatoI
learning In England, you VIII q places
where AT the present day butter Is SOLD by
the yard and bread 10y tue quart aiiu pai,
lon; this Is done becaiise ,hcir fathers alu
IL. u they never think To Improve oi,
what their fathers uih. A great oi
my English friends may deny this' bnt
can furnish the proof To s~hbstantiate I'LL
necessary. IL this country u o does
have TO follow tue pursuito OF us 1a,ner