The representative., 1900-12-06
GOLDEN RULE JONES
POST ELECTION ADDRESS TO THE
EMPLOYEES IN HIS FACTORY.
The "Man without . Party" Discuss-
cs Politics, Sociology and Duty
From Christian and Ethical stand
points.


made an address to the men employed
in his factory known. as the Acme
Sucker Rod company. With a slight
omission the address follows:
"My dear friends, l hope that all Of
you and all of the people of the country
feel as comfortable over the result cf
the election as 1 do. l have said many
times that an election is a mere incident
In the campaign that l am engaged in.
and of no election that ever occurred
is that more true than of the one that
took place yesterday. l am fOr every
thing this morning that worked for IN
the campaign and against everything
that | worked against in the campaign
I am for social and political order that
wifi be true in every detail to the idea
OF equality, that all men are createo
other baby. l am against system that
will grant to every baby born on the
planet equality of opportunity with every
other baby. magainst system that
destroys a few by making them 1nordl-
nately rich while it destroys many by
making them inordinately poor. am
for peace, for harmony, for heaven.
am against war and hate and hell. l am
against the war of conquest that we are
now carrying on in the Philippine is
lands. am against government by
force anywhere and for government o.:
consent everywhere. l believe that the
first step toward a more just social order
Is to put an end to the killing that Is
carried on in the name of war. Inc way
to stop murder is to quit killing people.
AS long as states and nations Kill tnel:
enemies the spirit Of murder will be kept
alive and individuals will occasionally
kill theirs | took a stand for Mr.. Bry-
an because | believed that was the way
could make my influence most effective
toward this first step. In every partlcu-
lar I have been true to the highest and
holiest impulse of my soul, and l have
nothing to regret. For that reason II
/ had the experience to go through
again | should do just the same.
my only hope and all my hope is in
the patriotism Of the people, the love
of man for man. | have no hope in any
kind of partyism. Moreover, l have
said so on hundred platforms.
"At the heart of every human soul
there is a desire to do the right, the
good. the true the lovable thing. Moth
ing will ever swerve me from this be-
lief This love Of the good, OF the right,
of truth, is the common heritage of all
humanity. None of us are so goOd
that we have a monopoly of it and none
of us so bad as to be entirely without It,.
From the foundation Of the world truth
has been gaining ground. The social in
stinct. real socialism, brotherhood, has
firmer hold in the human heart today
than ever before, and know the truth
is thus steadily gaining.
II can candidly say that in certain
sense | do not care who wins In
campaign. My anxiety is not to be with
the winning side My only concern is
to be with the truth, knowing that truth
is always triumphant. There is really
no foundation in fact for the great con-
fidence that we have in majorities. OF
course we submit to what is called ma
iority rule and that is right on our pres
ent planet, but it by no means follows
that majorities are always right. Indeed
they have been oftener wrong in the
great events of history than they have
been right The majority was not with
Jesus in the awful agony of Cavalry, but
Jesus was right. 1t was not with Lu-
ther at the diet of Worms. 1t was not
with Michael Servetus, John Huss or
Latimer and Riley when they were burn
ed at the stake, but their martyrdOm 1T
the fires of religious liberty, and they
were right. 1t was not with William
Lloyd Garrison when he was dragged
through the Boston streets by mob
dressed in broadcloth. or David LOvejoy
when he suffered violence at the hands
of an Illinois mob, but they were right.
The majority was not with John Brown
when in his zeal to liberate the slaves
he went with handful Of men into
virginia, WQore he dItoEWdINS Stt'ISlGN
death on the scaffold, but John Brown
was right So the majority that today
have apparently indorsed the doctrine Of
the right of government to exist by
force. the doctrine of might over right,
may be wrong The future alone will
tell believe it is:
"Truth forever on the scaffOld;
Wrong forever on the throne.
Yet that scaffold sways the future,
And behind the dim unknown
Standest God within the shadow
Keeping watch above his own.
1--WE are to improve our system Of
politics to correspond with the material
improvements that have been made
since the days of Washington and Jeffer-
son. Partyism is passing. Conventions
and bosses will not rule the people much
longer. They will nominate their own
candidates by free petition and make
their own laws by direct legislation.
1.-The only advice, the only counsel,
that / have presumed to give you, men
of the Acme Sucker Rod company, or
the voters anywhere, has been strictly
In line with the beliefs herein expressed.
have said own yourselves, be free
men, always do your best, always