The record-union., 1896-09-08

He was right, my friends. (Cheers)
There are no necessary evils in govern
ment, and no man who understands the
advantage of government will raise his
voice against it. 1t is the abuses of
government against which we have
right to complain. There are those who
would denounce one critic seeing such
abuses, and call him disturber. A
dlsturber is one who breeds discomfort.
want to say to you that discon-
tent lies at the fountain of all progress
SO long as you are satisfied you never
go forward; it is only when you are
dissatisfied with your conditions that
you try to improve them.
There is this difference between our
form Of government and the monarchial
form. 1t is your discomfort. You can
petition for relief under monarchy, but
your petition may be disregarded. Dis
content under our form of Government
ends in reformation through the peace
full means of the ballot
Il am not going to violate the proprie-
ties of this occasion by entering into the
discussion of partisan questions, but
desire to call your attention to certain
broad questions which cannot be con-
fined within party lines. The ballot is
the means by which the people of this
country must right every wrong. And
If the people have not the independ-
ence, if they have not the intelligence
to right their wrongs at the ballot box,
they have not the courage to obtain
their rights in any other way.
But, my friends, conditions arise in
this country which make it impossible
for the people to use the ballot at the
time. There are conditions under
which men are afraid to exercise the
political rights given them under our
institutions. What did they do. [
honor the laboring men of this country.
and organized labor standing at the
head of the laboring men, because they
secured for the people of this country
an Australian ballot. Great applause.)
That ballot did not come down to you
from above: that ballot is a result of
your own demand. 1t is a result of your
own influence. The labOring man to-
day enjoys the advantage of the Aus
tralian ballot, becase the laboring men
of this country compelled the adoption
of the Australian ballot. (Cheers.)
Now, my friends, among all the
agencies which for the past few years
have been at work improving the condi-
country I believe that the labor organ
izations stand first. 1t has brought the
laboring men together, where they could
compare their views; where they could
unite strength; where they could com
bine their influences as an organiZa-
ton, and we have the labor organiza-
tions to thank for many blessings they
have secured for you. prolonged ap-
plause.)
Now, my friends, some have criti-
cised labor organizations. (Cries of
Hanna, Hanna'O There are some who
believe that banks should join an asso-
citation; that railroads should join asso-
Citations, but not the laboring men. Yet
the laboring mems association has been
the means by which he has protected
himself in his warfare against these
other associations. The labor organiza-
tions have done as much good for soci-
ETY. as many Of the other organizations
have done or can do. (Applause.)
Il want to speak here of the principle
OF arbitration of difficulties between en-
ployers and their employees. That prin-
ciple has been forced upon the attention
Of American people, and / believe in it.
Arbitration is simply an extension of
the idea of the court of justice. 1t is
an impartial institution and an impair
tial tribunal, and before it men may
come to settle their differences, instead
or resorting to force to settle them.
And now, my friends when you come
to cast your ballot 1 want you to re-
| member that that ballot was not given
you by any man who employs you.
cloud cheers and cries of We'll give it
to you, though, and that's no dreamy
That ballot was given you by law; it
was given before he employed you.
When 1 say this / am not afraid of
offending anybody because if there is
an employer in this country who be-
lieveS that he has a right by paying
wages to control the voter to whom the
wages are paid he is a man who cannot
be offended. 1 have known men who
thought because they loaned a man
money that therefore as long as they
held his note he must vote the way they
wanted him to, or risk foreclosure I
am not afraid of offending any man who
has that opinion, because a man who
will use loan to intimidate citizen has
not learned the genius of the institu-
| tions under which we live. 1 cannot i'm
press upon you any more important
truth than this: That the ballot is your
own, to do with it what you please, and
that there is nobody that must be sat-
ished with your vote except your judg
| ment and your conscience" (Cries of
| You'll be satisfied with it, Bryan"
AT this point the limb of a tree upon
which listener was sitting fell with it's
| human burden to the ground. Mr..
| Bryan said: 'At least the man who fell
| did not make the mistake that some
men are making; he did not saw off the
| limb he sat on, like some men who are
| trying to destroy the production of la
| Dor. Great applause)
| 1t IS said vigilance is the price of lib
| erty. Yes, not only for the nation, but
| for the individual. Vigilance is the
price of individual liberty. A citizen who
| is Indifferent is a citizen who is apt to
! be misruled The citizen who is watch
full has the best chance of living under
good laws and wise and beneficent in
| stitution.
Let me leave with you this one part
ing word: Let me urge you whatever
| may be your views on political ques-
| tions, whatever may be your ideas as
TO the policy proposed from time to time
by various parties, make it your high
est ambition to prove yourself worthy
| of that greatest of all names, an Amer
lean citizen" Great cheering.)
Ii Hung Chang.
| NIAGARA FALLS On. W. Sept. r
| Ii Hung Chang, accompanied by Sir
Henry Jolly, Sir A. c. Parmlee and his
interpreters. took carriages at 8 o'clock
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