The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-14
THOUSANDS MARCHING IN THE PARADE
Under Bright Sun Buttes Mighty Army Of Toilers
United in Celebrating Miners Union Day in the
Proper Spirit and in Manner Brilliant,
Imposing and Impressive.

of Butte by it's grand surprise at the
democratic convention in Chicago three
years ago then played the selection
which won for it the prize at the Salt
Lake tournament, the Fest overture,
arranged by Leutner, under the baton
of Leader Samuel Treloar. The mem
beers of this splendid musical organiza-
ton must have felt highly compliment
ed by the ovation it received from an
appreciative and critical audience.
Mr.. McDonald's Address.
The stage cleared once again, Presi-
dent Dempsey of the Miners union, fol-
lowed by other officers of the union,
took seats on the stage. Mr.. Dempsey
introduced as the first speaker of the
day President Daniel Mcdonald of the
Western Labor union, who spoke earn
estly in behalf of the laborng class.
Following is brief summary Of his re-
marks:
Every man." said Mr. Mcdonald,
ought to make an effort to belong to
himself and do his own thinking; but
then, there are so many of us who do
not think until we are ordered to do
so by the other fellow. and then we
| usually think his way. Under such
conditions We cannot expect to be free
men; we are mental slaves and cow
ards; we are not the proprietor of our
selves. The unfortunate who presumes
to think according to his own convic-
tions is ofttimes looking for job
Let us take a calm view of the land
in which we live, in which we hold cit
izenship. What do we see? A free
people in slavery, a country in which
every man is supposed to be a king
suffering from absolute despotism. A
land of wealth; fields of grain waving
in the sunlight; granaries bursting
with abundance of food great forests
inv
oped; lakes and rivers--our lands re-
sources even go beyond the magma
ton of the dreamer-still we find in
the midst of this wealth and grandeur,
men, women and children in poverty
The wall of distress echoes across the
continent and on it's vicious mission it
b1ights hope and aspiration and turns
its whitening breath of decay upon the
desires of the future. The conditions
to-day are sufficiently alarming to in
vite an intelligent investigation on the
part of every thinking citizen in the
land.
Labor has much to contend with
these days of deputy United States
marshals, who are usually recruited
from the ranks of vciousness idleness
and crime. The plutocrats throughout
| the country prefer to give the striking
| laborers bullets instead Of bread. They
seem to forget that the great institu-
| tons OF the country are guarded Dy
| the happy homes of the toilers, whose
| wage is earned through unceasng fidel-
| ity to the principles of unionism.
about 81 per cent. of the citizens of
| this country are living in mortgaged
! or rented homes. Still we see political
parties looking about for campaign is
sues. Men are by nature honest. They
| are born that way. They learn dishon-
esty; conditions force hundreds of men
! to crime and women to lives Of shame.
| To satisfy the greed of the despot
| homes must be robbed of their COM
| forts, manhood of its independence and
| virtue of it's purity.
Labor resolves a whole lot, but 1t
does not act in accordance. Resolu-
lions are all right to extend sympathy,
but votes are better to bring about re-
suits"
President Edward Royce Of the West
ern Federation of Labor disCoursed at
length on the problems, situations, con-
ditions and outlook of labor, directing
his remarks ait times with a vivid de-
nunciation of the course pursued bysome
| of the authorities whose names are asso-
| ciated with the unions during the pend
ing strife in Idaho. He also scored
trusts in general, and concluded with
the pleasing declaration that he saw
| through the miSts of the future the
| dawn of new era of cooperation up
| on the ruins of old institutions. where
| all of creation shall enjoy the blessings
| of freedom and equality. The speech
| in full follows.