Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-09-12


ing a tribunal, an impartial tribunal
before which men may go ana settIe
their differences, instead OF resorting
to violence to settle those dlnerences
The laboring men are interested In ar
bitration. Yes, they have so expressed
themselves; but I want to say to you
nv friends, that society has higher
interest even than the laboring man
in the principle of arbitration.
Society has right to protect itself
against these contests between labor
and capital. Society has a right to say
to both employer and employe, instead
Of asserting a right or claim and de-
Tending it by force, you shall, in the
interest of society, submit that claim
to an impartial tribunal and let JUS
tice be done by those who can see both
sides.
Our Greatest Menace.
eff you find a large number of men
out Of employment, you have right tC
inquire whether idleness is inflicted up
on the human race by natural laws, by
the act of creation, or whether II is
due to legislation which was wrong. II
it is due to legislation which is wrong
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duty to change that legislation. The
greatest menace to the employed la
borer today is the increasing army OF
the unemployed. 1t menaces every man
who holds a position, and if that army
continues to increase, it is only QueS-
ton of time when those who are, rs
you may say, upon the ragged edge
shall leave the ranks of the employed
and join those who are out of work.
My friends, l am one of those who
believe that if you increase the amount
of idleness, if you increase the number
of those who can not work, and YET
must eat, you will drive men to da5-
peration and increase the ranks o1
criminals out of those who would be
earning bread under better conditions
The New York World Of a few days
ago editorially complained of the in
crease of crime. If you find crime in
creasing, if you find idleness growing
it is not a privilege only, it is duty
that you owe to yourselves and your
country to see whether you can change
conditions and improve the conditions
that surround you.
Now, when you come to the ballot,
want you to remember that that ballot
was given to yOu-nOt by any man who
employs you, not by any man. That
ballot was iVen you by law. You had
it before he employed you. 1t will be
yours when your employment ceases
You do not tell him that If he does not
vote according to your opinion you viii
quit work. And yet you have just as
much right to say that to him as lie
has to say to you that you have got to
quit working for him If you do not vote
| the way he wants you to.
when 1 say this [ am not afraid OF
| offending anybody, because if there IS
an employer in this country who be-
| Eeves that he has the right, by paying
wages, to control the votes Of those tC
| whom the wages go, l say if there is
such an employer l can not offend aim
because that man can not be offended
| by anything. (Applause)
Confronting the Voter.
There is only one person, there is
only one citizen in this country who
can prove himself unworthy Of the
ballot which has been given to him
and that is the citizen who either sells
| it or permits it to be wrested from him
under coercion. Whenever a man Of
| LSlS YOU pay lOI your NOLc Ilc lIlSuI -
your manhood, and you ought to have
no respect for the man who tries to &c
| it, And the man who, instead of liz
| sulting your manhood by an offer tC
| purchase, attempts to intimidate you
or cOerce you insults your citizenship
| as we'll as your manhood.
Let me leave you just one parting
word. Let me urge you, whatever may
! be your views on political questions
whatever may be your ideas as to pol
! icies proposed from time to time by
various parties, let me urge you tC
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