The Irish standard., 1892-09-10
DAN La ER.
The Democratic Nominee for Gov
ernor Addressed a Mass Meet
ing Of Working People
CELEBRATING LABOR DAY,
The Sound, Sensible Utterances of
the Brilliant ST, Paul Attorney
ELECTED Rapturous Applause.

Last Monday being Labor day the
sons and daughters Of toll in this city
observed it as holiday. The workshops
we're closed for the day and the opera
tives f1ocked to Labor Temple in the af
ternoon, attlred in their best clothes, to
participate in what proved to be a
most remarkable success. The parade
started from Labor Temple promptly at
100, moving up Fourth street to Fifth
avenue south, to Washington avenue, to
Nicolet avenue. to Sixth street, to Hen
nepin avenue, to Fifth street, and to
Athletic Park where mass meeting was
held and addresses given by Hon. Dan
iel W. Lawler, next governor OF the
state, Rev. S. G. Smith, of st. Paul, and
Hon. Ignatius Donnelly, of Nininger.
The line Of march was IN numerous
places tastefully decorated and all of the
down town parts of the city wore g. gene
raj holiday appearance. The parade it.
self, stretching as it did for several
blocks in length, received numerous
complimentary comments. The first
division was composed of the musicians
union, the cigar-makers, the plasterers,
The granite cutters and the K. OF L. as
semblies. The second division included
the boilermakers, plumbers, bricklayers
and painters, and in the third division
were the retail clerks, the stonecutters
switchmen and the typographical union.
The meeting was called to order by Il.
B. Martin, who referred to the great
significance OF the day they celebrated,
and the progress which organized labor
WAS making in the United States. He
then introduced Rev. G. Smith, pastor of
the Peoples church, st. Paul, who spoke
briefly as follows:
~ do not propose to commit myself to
politics as this is not a day and place for
the discussion of partisan politics. Labor
day is the harbinger of that great day
when all men shall meet each other as
equals and brothers, and it has great
and increasing significance, being as it is,
day when men of all trades, occupa-
tions and faiths, forgetting their political
differences, come together as friends and
brothers. Labor day promises the first
international holiday and is prophetic Of
the coming Of that universal man who
shall proclaim every man as his brother.
No working man worthy of the name
wants to get rid Of labor, he wants labor
TO be conducted on a basis which will
give an equal chance to every man.
Labor has been under many discourage
ments, but it's steady movement forward
shows an Improvement in the condition
of the workingmen. / have seen cathe-
drals built by men who toiled for 4 cents
a day. but, thank God, such things are
past. All of the advantages we now enjoy
have been brought about by the labor
ing men, and the time is surely, although
slowly drawing near when there will be
no difference in classes, society or edu-
cation. My friends, if you keep level
head, sober heart, clean ballot be-
tween your fingers greater improvements
and advantages will surely come to you.
ORGANIZED labor must work together
with the common interests Of a common
humanity, for many problems confront
U.s. and we must recognize their charac-
ter and limitations; and in view OF the
fact that many changes have and are be-
ing made, we must study the situation
without passion. By the introduction Of
machinery a shoemaker can now do
the work of 80 ehoemakers of a few years
ago. and girl with loom can now
weave 100 yards in the same time it took
her grandmother to weave one yard, and
bv the invention of this modern machi-
merry great advantages have been gained
for !abor,a have only one criticism
to make. and that is that the machine
counts for too much and the men for too
little. The more skill man puts into
his labor the greater is his reward, and
wa want higher development of skilled
labor"
The next speaker introduced was
HON. DANIEL ". LAWLER,
the Democratic nominee for governor:
who was received with the greatest en-
thusiasm by the vast multitude and fre'
euently applauded during the delivery
of his address. Mr.. Lawler said: "In
all the celebrations of labor that will
take place in this country to-day your
fellow men will nowhere meet in a
grander temple, because you meet IN q
temple which has been consecrated to
the welfare and prosperity of the labor
NO people. I endorse and repeat the
sentiments of DR.. Smith, that this is a
time when partisan politics should be
cast aside. In regard to thegreat labor
4 question of shorter hours, I think it I'M
necessary, at this stage Of our progress,
{ f. enter into discussion of it. The
short hour day is unquestionably ad-