The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-04
MANY TOPICS TOUCHED UPON
EDUCATION, EIGHT-HOUR DAY, THE
REFERENDUM AND I'M
PERIALISM
ROUGH RIDER SPOKE FIRST
Ably Discussed the Far-ReachIng
Power of the Trades Union To-
ward Raising the Standard
of Citizenship.

CHICAGO, Sept. By trite little
joke, sprung with cool but effective dec
lamation, w. ]. Bryan today arrested
stampede of frantic men and women in the
speakers stand at Electric park prevent
ing panic.
The Nebraskan had just fought his way
through the crowd and had taken his
place in front of the orators platform
when the overcrowded floor of the small
stand crealzed and began to waver. A
section of the worn floor gave way, wo-
men shrieked in terror, and men tried to
jump over the railing ou~the heads of the
packed throng at the rear of the stand.
Hello" laughed Mr.. B;yan, turning q
smiling face upon the scared people, this
can't be a Democratic platform. There
are no bad planks in that. Come, now,
stand still, won't you? If you stand to-
gether where you are you will be ali
right. If you stampede the thing will fa,l
on you," and he laughed as if it was an
everyday occurrence. His self-assurance
had a Quieting effect on the crowd. When
the dust cleared away it was found that
few people had been precipitated into
the chamber under the stand but none
was seriously injured.
Organized labor Of Chicago today pass
ed in review before Col. William J. Bly,
and Col. Theodore Roosevelt. Hour after
hour the labor unions marched down
Michigan avenue, past the Auditorium no.
tel, on the loggia of which stood the Dem
ocratc- nominee for president, the Repub-
hcan vice presidential candidate, togeth-
er with Chas. A. Towne, Senator w. E.
Mason and a dozen other political leaders.
Both Bryan and Roosevelt were heartily
greeted by the men as they marched
past the hotel.
When the last of the long line of march
ers had swung round Michigan avenue
into Jackson boulevard, Col. Bryan and
Col Roosevelt went inside the hotel.
where soon after they set down to
luncheon given by labor representatives.
1t was flag of truce luncheon, for the
trades union men had declared that in the
celebration Of Labor day there was to be
no politics.
While the parade was moving host of
people, mostly the families of working
men, gathered in Electric park, where
the speeches of the day were delivered.
The programme of speeches was as fol-
lows: 2 to p. M, Gov. Roosevelt, Charles
A. Towne, Samuel Alschuler, Democratic
Yates, the Republican gubernatoriaI NOM
inee; William E. Mason, Mayor Rose, of
Milwaukee; Mayor Harrison, of Chicago;
R. M. Patterson and p. ]. ODonnell
spoke in the order given. At 4 p. m. Col.
Bryan took the stand. This evening there
was more speaking, Concluding with an
address by John F. Finerty.
Col. Roosevelt left here this afternoon
and Col Bryan at o'clock tonight. The
latter took the Baltimore & Ohio to
Cumberland, Nd, where he will open the
campaign in that state tomorrow.
Col. Roosevelt spoke in part as follows:
WHAT THE GOVERNOR SAID.
BY far the greatest problem, the most
far-reaching in its StupendouS import
ance, is that problem, or rather that
group of problems, which we have grown
to speak of as the labor question.
The fundamental law of healthy po-
htiCal life in this great republic is that
each man shall in deed and not merely in
word be treated strictly Oh his worth as
man; that each shall do full justice to
his fellow. and in return shall exact fNIl
Justice from him. Each group of men
has its special interests; ana yet the
higher the broader and deeper interests
are those which apply TO all men alike;
for the spirit of brotherhood in Ameri-
can citizenship, when rightly understood
and rightly applied is mere important
than aught else. Let US scrupulously
guard the special interests of the wage
worker, the farmer, the manufactures
and the merchant, giving to each man
his due and also seeing that he does not
wrong his fellows; but let us ever keep
clearly before our minds the great fact
that where the deepest chords are touch
ed, the interests of all are alike ana
must be guarded alike.
The more a healthy American sees of
ones fellow Americans, the erea fer
grows his conviction that our chief
troubles come from mutual misunder-
standing, from failure to appreciate one
snother's point OF view In other words,
the great need is fellow feeling sym
pathy, brotherhood, and all this natural
~ comes by association. 1t is therefore
of vital Importance that there should be
such association The m5st serious dis
advantage in city life is the tendency of
each man to keep isolated in his own lit
tie set, and to look upon the vast ma
iority of his fellow citizens indifferently
so that he scSn comes to forget that
they have the same red blood, the same
love and hate, the same likes and dis
likes, the same desire for good, and The
same perpetual tendency, ever needing to
be checked and corrected, to lapse from
good into evil. If only our people can
be thrown together, where they act on
q common ground with the same motives
and have the same objects. we need not
have much fear of their failing to ac-
quire genuine respect fer one another;
and with such respect there must finally
come fair play for all.
TRADES UNIONS NECESSARY.
In the country districts the surround
ings are such that man can usually
work cut his own fate by himself tc the
best advantage. In our cities. or where
men cong-eRats in masses. 1t is often
necessary 10 work in combination; that
is through associations; by trade unions.
Of course, If managed unwisely, the very
power of such a union or organization
makes it capable of doing much harm,
but, on the whole it would be hard to
oyerestimate the good these organiza-
tons have done in the past, and still
harder TO estimate the good they can do
IL the future If handled with resolution,
fQTeth4qught, honesty and sanity.
We have exactly the same right to
regulate The conditions CT life and work
- 81 factories ard tenement houses that we
have 20 regulate fire escapes and the like
IN other houses. In certain commuri-
ties the existence of a thoroughly ef
flcient department of factory Inspection
IS just as essential as the establishment
60 IN regulating the hours of labor, or
the liabilities of employers, is a matter
Of expediepcy, and each case must be
determined on its own merits, exactly as
1t IS matter Of expediency to determine
what so-called public utilities the
community shall itself own and what