The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-04

right to regulate; sometimes one course
is eXpedient, sometimes the other.
In addressing an audience like this
| do not have to say that the law Of life
! is work, and that work in itself so far
from being any hardship is great bless
ing, provided always it is carried on
under conditions which preserve mans
self respect and which allow MIN to de-
velop his own character and rear his
children so that he and they, as we'll as
the whole community of which he and
they are a part, may steadily march on
ward and upward.
I'VE MUST DO OUD DUTY"
To do our duty; that is the summing
up of the wholegmatter. We must do our
| duty by ourselves and we must do our
duty by our neighbors. Before US loom
portance and their complexity. The last
| half century has been one of extra
ordinary social and industrial develop
| ment. The changes have been far-reach-
| ing, some of them for good and some of
them for evil. 1t is not given to the
wisest Of US to see into the future with
absolute clearness. Ne man can be GER
tain that he has found the entire solu-
| ton of this infinitely great and intricate
| problem, and yet each man of u.s. if he
would do his duty. must strive manfully
so far as in him lies, to help bring about
| that solution.
Though the conditions of life have
| grown so puzZling in their compeXity,
| though the changes have been so vast
yet We may remain absolutely sure of one
thlng: That now, as ever in the past,
and as it will ever be in the future, there
can be no substitute for the elemental
virtues, for the elemental qualities to
| which we allude when we speak of
man as not only good man, but en-
| phatically a man. We can build the stan
: dard of individual citizenship and individ-
ual well-being, we can raise the national
| standard and make it what it can and
shall be made, only by each of US stead
faStly keeping in mind that there can be
no substitute for the world-old humdrum
commonplace qualities of truth, justice,
and courage, thrift, industry, common
sense and genuine sympathy with and
fellow feeling for others The nation is
the aggregate of the individuals COM
posing it, and each individual American
ever raises the nation higher when he
SO conducts himself as to wrong no man.,
and as to suffer no wrong from others,
! and as to show both his sturdy capacity
, for self-help and his readiness to extend
| a helping hand to neighbor sinking un-
| der a burden too heavy for him to bear.
: We shall all go up or down together
Some may go up or down further than
others, but d1sregarding special excep-
tions the rule is that we must all share
in common something of whatever ad-
| Yersity or whatever prosperity is in store
for the nation as a whole. In the long
run each section of the community viii
rise or fall as the community rises or
falls. If hard times come to the nation
whether as the result of natural causes
or because they are invited by our own
folly, all of us will suffer. Certain of
us will suffer more and others less, but ali
will suffer somewhat. If on the other
! hand, Providence and our energy and
good sense bring prosperity to US, all
Will snare In that prosperity. We will
not all share alike, but something each
one of us will get Let us strive to make
! the conditions of life such that as nearly
as possible each man shall receive the
share to which he is honestly entitled
and no more; and let us remember at
the same time that our efforts must be to
| build up rather than to strike down, and
that we can best help ourselves not at
the expense of others, but by heartily
working with them for the common good
of each and all.
At the conclusion of the speeches OF
Roosevelt and the others, Col. Bryan was
introduced. He said:
BRYAN TO ORGANIZED LABOR.
MIR. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen.
l am greatly obliged to the committee for
the invitation which enables me to par
t1clpate in the celebration of Labor dav
at this place. This day has been wisely
sec apart by law to emphasize the dignity
OF labor and for the consideration of
those subjects which especially affect the
interests Of the wage Garner. The labor
ing men constitute so large and so indis-
pensable proportion of the population
that no social, economic or political queS-
ton can be treated without an inves tiga-
ton OF their connection Herewith. But
there are some questions which touch
them Immediately, while others onIv
operate upon them in general way.
The first thing to be considered is the
labor1ng mans ambition; what are his
aims and his purposes; for what is he
striving? The animal needs only food and
shelter, because it has nothing but
body to care for; but mans wants are
more numerous The animal complains
when 1t is hungry, and is contenteG when
Its hunger is dnuPaSHd h11t p1e.n
in the image of his Creator is a three
fold being and must develop TIE head
and the heart as well as the body. He
is not satisfied with mere physical exist
ence; neither will he be content unless
all avenues of advancement are open to
him: His possibilities must be as his
aspirations.
In other countries and other civiliza-
tions men have been condemned by birth
| TO a particular occupation place or
caste; In this country each man, how
| ever or wherever born, can strive for
| the highest rewards in business, state
| or church. and these avenues of advance
ment must be kept open.
! NO civilization Can be considered per-
! Fect which does not plant q hcpe in the
breast of every child born into the world;
the nearer we approach to this IDEAL rl1e
better is our civilization. Those who
| complain of existing conditions cannot be
| put aside as diSturhers of the peace To
/ seek remedy for every abuse OF gov-
| ernment is more patriotic than to profit
| all criticisms. There should be no antag-
on:sm between those engaged IN the var1-
| Gus occupations, and there will be none
when all recognize the mutual obligations
which are due between citizens. Cur de-
| sire should be not to separate the peo-
pie into warning factions. but to bring
| them into better acquain tance and great
er sympathy with each other. The en-
! nifty which the poor sometimes feel to-
ward the rich and the contempt which
the rich sometimes manifest toward
the pcor would be avoided if each knew
! the other better and both were content
to be guided by the strict rules of Justice
The extremes of society are really not
as far apart as they appear Those who
wcrk for wages today may, under good
! government. be employers in a few wears
and the sons Of those who are employers
TODAY may in a short time be day labor
ers. Since no one can save pcsteIitv
from the evil effects of bad lew. ali
! should strive for legislation which Will
! protect each citizen IN his rights and in
| the enjoyment Of the fruits of his own
/ genius his own industry and his own
integrity.
IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION.
! 1t is of advantage to the rich as we'll