Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-09-08

D0Conccs-
 money or property, the poor lahori,s
 is least In their thoughts. I do nor , take to say that the laborer is alwara" u rewarded for his labor, or that all afnnsl 'a U
 are just and considerete of their arns''
 When this IS the case the milleniup
 surely have come. The laborer bi,naa,. as frequently unjust to his fellow-wo worh,.
 as are his employers. We must an n,o.,. A'a a higher and better civilizations; nobler | grander christianity a better form of ,so ment; approaching as near as .nass,h,s
 the Golden Rule which tells us ta da
 others as we would have others do unto r Put ourselves in his place; have onr V
 makers enact laws to enforce theprinc,n
 enunciated in the Declaration of Indanas
 ence, which says that all men are cyaa,e
 equal: that they are endowed by tbeir ~
 tor with certain inalienable rights: that
 secure these rights Governments ara ,ns'
 tnted among men, deriving their just powa,
 from the consent of the governed. ~ whenever any sort of government become destructive of these ends, it Is inc rlah,
 the people to alter or abolish It. and to ina,
 tute new government laying its founas M tions oa such principles, and organizing {, powers in such form, as to them shall seen,
 most likely to effect their safety and haapi. # l ness.
 Shakespeare says some men are born praa, # some achieve greatness and others bavo greatness thrust upon them. make psa ot this quotation to pay u just tribute to a erea,
 man, the son of poor farmer, and who m. # aided. achieved greatness He was the Won. derful financial genius of modern or ancent times; tho greatest railroad builder ana operator the world has ever produced laos understood ny the public at large than anv | American citizen in bis day and generation man who by his indomitable will, intense energy, good judgment. far-seeng sagaeity and kean discrimination, in a business llfa of less than forty years, amassed fortune l of one hundred millions of dollars; but who at the same time gave enjoyment to more I than one hundred thousand employees, tbus | providing for over one-half million of human | souls-the families and dependents upop l those employees. Who will say that such maa was not bonefaetor; or that tbis country and multiplied thousands of its elf.
 zens have not proftea hy his having li4eds 1 He was never knaNsl tu snr.. lis back on 1 friend OF foe. He never forgot a kindness 1 He did not make arrangements with the newspapers to herald his deed of beneyo. l lenee. and the result was that none outside of his small circle of intimate friends knew i the extent ofsthese The Governor of Kan
 sas, in the grasshopper invasion, did not ap- l peal to him in vain and without being asked
 he sent thousands of dollars to the Howard
 Association of Memphis in aid of the yellow 1 fever sufferers and authorized theaA ssocia- tion to draw on him for all that WAS needed. 1 These are acts of public record and are quito insignificant as compared with many others that will never be known by the public personally kRow of many firms and indiyid-
 uals saved from bankruptcy by his unsefsh
 aid in their hour of need. He dispense
 charity as he transacted business--in quiet
 and unassumng manner. Such a man,
 friends and co-laborers, was the late Jay
 Gould, whose fortune still remains invested
 in the properties he created and acquired
 and which continue to furnish employment
 to more men than any other system or sys-
 tens in this country. If you will but recall
 the condition of the railroads in this State
 less than twenty years ago, and contrast them
 with their present condition, you will certain ly accord his memory great praise instead 5f the harsh criticisms so frequently passed upon him by designing persons for selfish ends. If the man who conceiYes and exc
 cutes great public enterprises which furnish employment 10 thousands of men is not 1 better friend Of labor than the demagogne. | whose whole life is spent in trying to pull down what this man builds up, then, indeed,
 are charity. gratitude end christianity words of misnomer as used and applied in the English language It seems to me that this
 is the time and place to pay, in my feeble | way, a tribute of respect toIa man who was in life laborer in every sense of the word.
 and who, by that labor has made life better
 and easier for so many thousands of men. To 1 him we are all indebted for the financial aid
 which has made 1t possible for the Cotton Belt to be classed as frst-elass in its track, equipment and appointment.
 The name and fame of thIs man are co-ex- | tenslye with the civilized world, and they
 can no more be buried or past into oblivion
 than can the rocks, the rivers and the rills.
 and spreading lands from sea to sea with
 which his namo and fame are inseperabiy
 associated.
 In conclusion, desire again to express my 1 heartfelt gratitude to the good citizens of
 Pine Bluff, and to my co-employes for tho cordiality of your joint invitation to come and mingle with you on this the day dedt7 eated by many, if not all, of the States, to
 the honor and dignity of labor We are cer-
 tainly all made better, more sympathetic. self-reliant and charitable. one toward the other, by coming together here today and knowing each other better. It is peculiarly
 fitting that Pine Bluff was selected as your place of meeting, because here the people claim us as their own. Here so many of you have homes; here lives, and have lived many of the most enterprlsing and intelli- gent people in this or any other country. Here lives the honored citizen who cham pioned the cause of this road in the legisla- tive halls of the State in the winter Of 1881. He it was who had passed law which enabled us to raise the necessary moneyi Here lived and died that grand old man, Gen. Cockrill, whose voice and help In many ways encouraged us. Here. too, lives that Dril- liant, fearless and just man. William Porter Grace, who has always stood as bulwark against the fanatieism of indiscreet and un. wise legislation attempted to he enacted against railroad corporations. I might oceu- py your time for hours giving the names of citizens living and dead who have rendered valuable aid and contributed money for shop and depot grounds, righto way, and even in the construction of the shops themselves; but l am reminded that I was invited to make only a short address, and fear that your patience has already been trespassed upon. This day. to me, Is the birth of hope and confdence-hope that we shall continue to merit the respect and esteem of our patrons, not only here in Pine Bluff. but in every section traversed by our various lines;