The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-08
THE COMMON PEOPLE.
organs Labor Day Address in
Chicago's Park.
THE CLASSES AND THE MASSES.
something Between = song and a SER
mon - He Declines TO Discuss
Watson's speech.

morning. As Milwaukee morning .apers
stated the hour % leaving a. 1879. there
was no more ;aan the usual crowd "a the
Northwestern depot when the train pullei
OF Al Tia RE was driven 10 the depot
o. +. G. Wall. chairman q the state cen
ira committee. whose gIles- he has been.
he Was accompanied ey ex-Gov. George
v. Peck AMI J. II. Slower. There We're
soont =" people to rnees the party at chi
csso. and they cheered Bryan Justify.
The nominee was hustled into carriage
N1tA ex-1ov. Peek and driven Immediately
% The Auditorium annex.
Long before . 81, the hour set for the ar
rival Of William J. Bryan a Snapshot
ers park. the grounds there were filled
WITH Iaoor3ng men. Outside uanumbersd
thousands had gathered. waiting inPa-
tentiy 20 see the apostle OF free silver.
livery tree within hearing OF the speak
ers stand vas filed with those seeking
a. unoootrGcLe5 view. Bryan left the
Auditorium annex shortly before clock.
Accompanying him In the carriage were
Inward Carroll. president OF The building
trades council; J. Ryan. chairman OF tbs
committee on speakers. ana J. y. Nc
Inley, chairman OF the carpenters dis
trict council. BEHIND them came carriages
containing prominent leaders OF organized
labor.
Bryan was cheere,i continuously as he
$3.50 NAf+4AS S4l4 ObSH lie SItSiS. As his
carriage neared the park the densely
packed crowd gathered there set up a roar
tatt lasted ten minutes. Then with a rush
the gales were broken down. The police
we're powerless TO control the crowd AMI
III short time the park was dense
mass OF crushed but still cheering hui
nihlty. No one VAS seriously injured in
the Jam, though one or Two women faint
ed. On the stand with Bryan were Judge
William Prentiss. Judge Mcconnell and
leaders OF the labor unions Bryan began
Speaking a 2.S5. choosing for his subject
The Dignity ~ Labor"
lie began ~ eNtoiling the value OF or
ga1lzed labor and showed how great had
been It's benefits 10 toliera His discourse
soon took on a political aspect. with
Solomon said Bryan. Il want neither
riches nor poverty. and with Carlisle.
want rulers 10 win new wisdom ln the
conduct of affairs As ne urged the .benc-
MS 10 be derived from free coinage OF sill
yer, ana especially 10 iaboring men, he
was continually interrupted by applause
Mr.. Bryan said: II desire TO thank the
Building ana Trades Council for this OPP
portuniiy which they have extended me
TO speak before the people assembled on
Labor day. Labor day has become a fixed
thing among our Institutions. and IL is
well that II has, because on this day all
ever this nation. those who are engaged
IN the production OF wealth meet in order
that they may commune with each other.
discuss these questions in which they are
especially interested and emphasize be-
fore the world that there Is nothing dis
honorable in the fact that one earns his
bread by the sweat OF his face. l am glad
TO stand this day tn the presence of those
- whom this nation is 50 largely indebted
for ali that ii has had, for all that ii can
hope 20 have.
II am not INDUCING in idle hattery when
| say % Won that no part of the people Of
the world are so important to the welfare
Of m&ukind as those whose labor and
brain convert natural resources into ma
ttrial wealth. (Applauset | mign quote
yoB what Mr. Carlisle said of these peo-
PIE in 1878. He described them as strug-
CLING masses who produce wealth and pay
taxes TO the country. He ala not praise
too highly the struggling who not only
produce wealth and pay the taxes OF the
country in the time OF peace. but the
struggling masses have ever been. and
ever must be. the nations surest protec-
ton in the time OF peril. applause and
voice Good boy Wnlie.'D
Let mo quote you what another Ameri-
can has said. In speaking OF labor and
capital Abraham Lincoln (cheers) In his
message 10 congress. used these words
Monarchy Itself Is sometimes limited a
as possible from the power OF the people.
In my position | could scarcely be jusu-
fed were 70 omit a warning against the
approach Of returning dcspot!sm il Is not
needed nor lifting that general argu-
ment should be made in favor OF public
institutions, but there Is one point Win
is connection not so hackneyed "a most
others . which ] ask brief attention It
- an effort 20 place capital on an equal
footing with. II not above, labor in the
structure Of the government Il is as
su'ned that labor is available only IN con-
rectlou with capital; thai nobody lahors
unless somebody else commanding capital
somehow 10y the use of II induces Eim 10
ahor.' and then he adds. ia boz - prior 20
and irdcpendent of capital. Capital IS only
me fr,it Of labor. and would never have
exis ed II labor had not first existed. tNp-
yfsuseD Labor is the superior or capital
anal deserves much higher Cou~llf ration.
..rhen lac added: No men living are
mora v.ort hN. TO ia trusted than those who
toll IN from poverty. none less Inclined -
take or to4.h aught ~hirh they have not
h,Yeetiv earned II. their te a are sairren-
dertaE sac political power when iAey a3-
ready possess, AMI which once s'frTea-
s4~s8 MI be surely used to close the door
81 a.s&a-frsn1enf against serh as they. and
"a TX uaw tasks ana burdens upon them
,ntu all liberty shall De- iost.' These ara
ia words Of Abraham Lincoln. t-'hcersl
.l'aov ara 40, Intended "a arouse anlmosiiy
against oarffal. bat they s'a'@ a great
truth chat IS aiua ys - he remembered
that capital IS bnt thu fruit of amor ana
zen cannot destroy labor without destroy
,nr the possibility a. future capital CAP
piasse1
II have auotea from tEo American au-
.aof.tlss I nan. in ascending the sale.
=, reach a higher authority s,ln. L, ne
3uata 10 yesI what that man whose words
have entitled him - be called she vi se~t
- men S0l0mor--sa. on fni spbjeTf.
give vne neither poverty for r'~hea. feed
ms with food contenieu, FOR NE. le@i /
b eysl al deny The' and say. = ho -
.hn Horde o~ lest be Door ami seal. and
take the name o, ms Gyi in vain
u amt vnr 70 reuaRalear that solomon
regards ne. the extreme. h8t-I was abfl,
- say gotfe1 ruesu-T VII say golden AMI
silver moan. rather. daughter md a.
rls,4esA re regards hat condition 6~@t
xhsea ia no- At either eNtrsrne. bat les
IN ~. we4n extrcrres Neither - a. n hf >
rs~ aAfs.- ~ov~~tv fur-t~hs soil in wht,h
erovs lie hest <riy9l tzatio7. Those uho az.
cor s-e3 1v poverty Lose the suthil On.
tre aspiration. th@ lofty purpose tnas "a
nes,essary 20 Iea3 ara o1 - greater
achievements. ARD those Fao f"0'sess 80
srsaf wealth foTs nc se~-assttv for laf.or.
.nar ,aAc- Rht-h IS sosota.eiy essential
% tNe tsr-r. o-rnest - tlzat wH4~N 81 Res
"a ht-aaa ~ztsre S.a~cu vas r@nf.
-erof 3re. when he praTs for This iatrr-
r7sss "a coalition. Tna great middle
ia ara me hulwark ~ sacie~y. sn3
s~afa tne ru.&2p >.asss@ aas rcT0e almost
al - rooa tha. has eo1se - bless ts@
ht-1sG rare tA2qsaue(
+Ikt re rvall aCot1er c1G4g.' mert 9at :
- tas co-o non people Yal know when
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