The labor world., 1899-11-04

ginning Of terrestrial time, because,
from the 4th Of July, 117G it has kept
something going on. Even in the
midst Of hard times the people have
been pushing westward. There has
been territory to EXPAND into always.
and the nation has rNptnIpfl every
year and Wr.k anl day. If this had
not h'"i. if the lr'np:" had been s;luiS-
fled to let Well enough alone. and to
:l';tlly ;'"l give. in nnrIiA::t in one
place, there WnH1l! be nn such nation
rs til" United States Of A!lln.'icl of
1>9G. but s-,ni.,t;oin:s different. anl You
know. and / know, not onr-i?alf so
-nnl'
Nothing has been going on in Spain,
ana look 1T Spain. 80 hing is goinS
on in Itay. ana her people are stream
ing to the United States and 10 SnIl:h
America. I;n@ianl ana lie United
States have kept some; hing going on
i.il:ylr,l.! branching 0ut into the world
and the United States OYER rontin-
rn.--;lnl. luiHy. dizzy ar" I'"ni!li}'".
equal to The r'n>!in'inr of the WO"lh.
Enrn?!nN mas been n,'NinE great ct
furts tn start Keeping something going
''a. jn'"ll'5:' h"l l'""l'l" have, lift home
i}y millions. Franco has tried. but
without s'n.''Ss, and has; dropped from
first place to r"cullI place. Lnnk at
l,o Austrian empire. aNl for heavens
s;nli", look at The I:n'oirr Of China:
!.us::i.:s government ha% .:0no into
"iga:ltir rntrrnr;s" in Siberia to try
;.ntl DO what .tnrri"l has done in its
Ii? lrcn west Of III" >illo:;7.,"i"s.
"l:T sad! gentlemen. it mrfCs no
furious sometimes, t. think that there
:;r1 snli,oec'ily rational, supposedly
reasoning americans who do not know
h. secret of th' GrnWth or his coNn-
t,y," t?;llnllcr,i the Old Timer. "WhE,
tho 'ni,;.,,:;,, l1Dst colossal fact con-
"ct.!"d win III" United States is "r,u-
ally being denied. thrown down and
*nrerrd al by certain persons Who say
they are ashamed Of the very thing
that nlu,Ic The country! It's high time,
l:y CAD, gentlemen, this fact were put
into the school books and taught to
the children. Even not exc 'pting Eng
il..,l. no people in tic world have ever
constantly tackled problems, made eN-
prrimcnts, moved, around, adopted
new ideas, ch"nGed places and built
new states and cities as the American
l"on!e. All the new IDEAS have come
uuI OF the Rev places Which have kept
mind as we'll as feet moving. Eng
land has fought ami always acquired
;;~w places for I.n.;lis!,rntnt to go.
France las fought many wars, Ger
many has Won one of the greatest Of
III wars, Gut they have failed to ac-
::uire places for Frenchn~n and Ger
mans to so 10 to keep something going
On. Occun"ing the territory Wrested
from the In,iians, building up the ter
sitory bought from France. poDulating
the territory shot away from Mexico
constructing railways through it-has
been keeping something going on and
is what made the American nation in
its character, intelligence, spirit ana
prosperity.
''Supposa the United States had been
IN island of the area Of the original
thirteen colonies, the American people
would have gone out into the world.
long ago. as ENGLAND has. What would
i;ngland be today, except that its pCo-
ole have kept something going on by
making room to keep something going
on in? l say, gentlemen, that this
his Of even q few men not knowing
these facts, or pretending thoy DO not
know, is a scandal, and they are arous
ing the people to crush them, even if
it takes electinS William Mckinley to
DO so!'-I1,ansas City Scar.