The Holly chieftain., 1900-09-07
ROOSEVELT AND BRYAN
SPEAK AT CHICAGO

Chicago, Sept. 4.-Organized labor in
Chicago yesterday passed in review be-
fore w. j. Bryan and Governor Theo-
dOre Roosevelt. Hour after hour the
labor unions marched down Michigan
avenue past the Auditorium hotel. on
the loggia of which stood the Demo
cratic nominee for President, the Re-
publican vice presidential candidate, to-
gether with Charles A. Towne, Senator
William Il. 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 man of the long line
Of marchers had swung round Michi-
gan avenue into Jackson boulevard,
Colonel Bryan and Colonel Roosevelt
went inside, and sat down to a lunch
con given by labor representatives. 1t
was flag Of truce" luncheon, for the
trades union men had decided that in
the celebration of Labor Day there was
to be no politics.
While the parade was moving a host
Of people, mostly the families of work
ing men. gathered in Electric park,
where the speeches of the day We're de-
livered. The program Of speeches was
as follows:
p. m. to 3. p. m. Governor Roose-
welt, Charles A. TOwne, Samuel Al
schuler, Democratic candidate for gov
eronr of Illinois; Richard Yates, the
William L. Mason, Mayor Rose of Mil
waukee. Mayor Harrison of Chicago,
r. NJ. Patterson and p. ]. O'Donnell. to
speak in the order named; p. m. W. ].
Bryan.
In his address Governor Roosevelt
said:
by far the greatest problem, the
most far-reaching In it's stupendous i'm
portance, Is that problem. or rather
that group of problems, which we have
grown to speak Of as the labor ques-
ton.
"rhe foundation Of our whole social
structure rests upon the material and
moral well-being, the intelligence, the
foresight, the sanity, the sense of duty
and the wholesale patriotism of the
wage worker. This is doubly the case
now. for, In addition to each mans in
dividual action, you have learned the
great lesson of acting in combination.
1t would be impossible to over-estimate
the far-reaching influence of, and on
the whole, the amount of good done
through your associations.
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
blessing, provided always that 1t is car
ried on under conditions which pre-
serve mans self-respect, and which
allow him to develop his own charac-
ter and rear his children so that he and
they, as well us the whole community
of which he and they are n part, may
steadily march onward and upward.
He is not to be excused II he does
not render full measure of service to
the state and community at large.
There are many ways in which this
service can be rendered; In art, in liter
ature, in philanthropy, as statesman
and a soldier; but In some way he is In
honor bound to render 1t, SO that ben
eft may accrue to his brethren who
have been less favored by fortune than
he has been. In short, he must work
not only for himself, but for others.
ITO do our duty; that is the sum-
ming up Of the whole matter. We must
do our duty by ourselves, and we must
do our duty by our neighbors.
I'VE shall all go up or down togeth-
er. Some may 60 up or 60 down fur