The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-06
ANACONDA news.
THE GRAFTON OF THE DAY
Hon w. w. Erwin Addresses the
Laboring Men.
WAS AN ELOQUENT EFFORT
The Grand Principle of Fraternalism
Is Discussed by a Master-Words
OF Sound Advice to His Hear
ers-The Province OF Laws.

AT the Lake park yesterday Hon. w
w. Erwin Of ST. Paul delivered the "a
Dor day address. Mr.. Erwin was lis
tened TO by a large number of people.
and 10 say tina the address was Wen
received is not saying enough. Mr.. En-
win handled his subject in a mastery
mi n he won the hearts OF his
hearers at once.
Mr.. Erwin was introduced by Nj. w.
Sills of Butte in the following brief
speech:
Ladies and gentlemen, fellow c1ti-
gems OF the great state Of
have assembled here in this dellshtiul
suburb of this splendid city TO observe
she day dedicated by national leglsla-
tion TO labor. When we look abroad
through this land Of magnificent dis
tances. washed upon either shore by the
surge of the mighty ocean, rich IN al!
the various products Of a varied chine
girded with highways OF steel win
broad. majestic rivers sweeping through
ais bosom and affording US transporta-
ton for our products 10 the sea, we are
compelled to an admission of the divine
munihcence in the endowment OF the
American people. When We recall the
fact that within three months American
NAlnT HAS AEEA wv Jpn 49, 49,
sea under such intrepid leaders as Dew
ey. as Schley. as Joe Wheeler, as 1neo-
-dore Roosevelt, we are inspired with
patriotism and love Of the American
flag. When we look back through the
epochs of history and see what Euro
pean nations nave achieved during their
careers. we are amazed. But when we
remember that the American republic
but a century and a quarter old, mas
achieved much more We are peyohu
amazement.
I'm order that you, gentlemen, may
properly a%pprehend the great factor Ia
Dor has been in bringing about these
achievements and these conditions, We
have brought from his far distant home
a man whose fame is as broad as the
nations domain whose integrity ana
high attachments are an attribute OF
his noble character, | have the dis
tinguished honor to introduce to you
w. w. Irwin Of st. Paul
Mr.. Irwin spoke as follows:
Mr.. President and ladies and gentle
men-Nineteen centuries of history and
struggle look down from the mountains
of the past upon the splendid and tri-
umphant pageant which you carried
through the cities Of Butte and Ana.
conda to-day. The whole career OF oui
race has exhibited a constant innoNa'
ton from the position OF our genera
tions. a constant VI to ideas
MnlGD come TO US apparently az ny III
SEPARATION and are by slow processes
woven into the civilization Of the fu-
ture. Nineteen hundred years ago tht
whole face of the earth was aga tht
cornerstone Of all the civilization I'm tht
most favored parts and portions of tht
world was human slavery. We Halter
ourselves that the Greeks enjoyed free
dom, while her greatest philosopher
Aristotle. spoke of the labOring classes
as men OF whom the state should TAKE
no notice. The idea that men Consti'
tuted a brotherhood was undreamed Of
and nations We're founded solely anC
entirely by the principle Of conquest
and the successful and victor natior
sold into slavery all the development
OF the conquered people. Thus so fal
as we can learn from tradition or from
those things which we have deciphereI
from the monuments Of people, thest
conditions existed from earliest tim
until 1900 years ago there arose in Pal
estine a man divine who spoke for tn
first time the idea of the brotherhoO'
of men. All Of the civilization whicl
had preceded the Savior had been abb
only to teach the fatherhood of the di
vine man. No philosopher or Statesman
or foreseeinE seer had ever contem
plated or believed that men were a rae
of brothers endowed by their fathe
with equal and inalienable rights, unit
from Inspiration itself truth was born
+ from the very SKY DN the voice OF
single man. TO take its place in the eve
luton OF human thought, to change, re
mould and make again our race.
And to-day. after 10 centuries c
struggle, beneath the banner of the Sa
vior, we are almost free. almost free
CApplausel. Our liberty is compost,
: il did not come upon US as the raj
falls from heaven Its blessings, dea
and priceless to our vision, are the r,
suit of centuries of struggle and Of sui
fering. We are heirs to-day of the az
gregate and combined suffering Of
centuries Of men. following the light
the cross and striving TO believe in II
brotherhood of men. using every effo
of mind and soul and body to discOVt
the processes and find out the laws,
fix in our constitution and civilizatio
the elements of that fraternity whiC
we are assured by Him who rose abo'
the earth ana went into the clouds
divine. C~Applause). For fraternity
as divine as the divine law. The ne
order Of things which you are demo-
strating is as much the handiwork
the common Father as the law He ga
10 us upon Mount Sinai is the hand
work of the Father.
The change from paganism 10 Chris
ianity found it's most intense strugR
in promoting and demonstrating q