The representative., 1900-05-10
Dr. POwell's Great Lectura

| O"CHD GfG0t Lecture.
Dr. Frank Powell, Of st. Paul (callef
Dy the Indians white Beayer") do
nVered the other day an admirable ad.
oress to the reformers OF that city. W.
are sorry we have not room for all Of I,
we quote few passages:
From 1872 until 1920, almost $50 veara
that Is from the reign Of Edward ur+,,
the time Of George w., the banding to.
getner OF men in trade unions was called
conspiracy by the common law OF Eng.
land, and men who openly dared ioin
such associations were subject to i'm
| prlsonment and fine. As late as 1879
the farm laborer In England was an
ooJect OF pity. The skilled artisans
had formed unions, education was taach-
ing them their rights and they dared
maintain them It was daring. not con-
cession, that had bettered their condi-
tlon. And that daring came from adu-
cation. That is the keynote to the true
solution Of the differences between labor
and capital. As long as men remain
ignorant they will make a god Of tho
dollar, and as long as they worship the
golden calf and bend the knee to money
Just SO long will they vote for it.
while the kingdom of the Bourbona
was sinking into the sea Of Oblivion
weighted down with the friyolities tho
ncentiousness and the crimes of genera
lions OF debauchery and misrule. the in
tellect OF France was at work. The sta+o
slumbered in imbecility, while the mind
OF the nation awoke and began question:
Ing the right of 400 noblemen to en-
slave 26,OOO,OO0 of people. There was
Tor every three miles square noh,o
family, and that these might live in
luxury and idleness the despised masses
tolled. Up to this time the Frenchuoan
mad, as Guizot states, 'lived in the midst
VI lacts which inspired him with caution
and repressed his tendency to move-
ment.''
But when the thinkers Of Franco
neaoeo by d'Alembert and Diderot, be-
gan their investigations and published |
lhelr conclusions to the world. the neo-
pie arose In their might to emancina+o
themselves from the class sunerstit;ons
Ina trammels of the past, determined tn
create new order of things of which the
'roWnlng glory should be manhood and
liberty asserted in freedom from do
grading vassalage
AS has been truly said, the cruelties
lno horrors Of that terrible revolution
must forever darken the pages of his
ory, but darker and blacker were the
auses leading up to it.
Legal1zed serfdom has vanished from
ne face OF the civilized earth. Feudal-
SIN became thing of the past when
'ings, fearing the growing power Of
heir mobiles, forced them to become
ourt1ers; but Mamman still reigns
Dr. serfdom we have trustdom. for fend-
lism we have dollarism; and, over and
Dove all, we, citizens of the United
tates OF America. have the freedom Of
1e ballot and with it the public schoo,
the name of humanity, let both ha I
sed we'll. If
Let the ballot teach legislators. state {
40 natonai, that constituency be- d
ayed viii avenge itself at the polls. +
nat no man. however high in power he \
ay be. can conspire with the enemies :
labor and escape political death at '
e nands OF his dupes. But to be suc- {
ssful the workingmen must stand tn y
'tner. Wnen no outside foe is in sight
e financial sharks swallow the small
nsh. Capital fights capital, CORPORA
'ns war with corporations, but let the =
arm be given that capital is embar- ),
ssed' that money is in danger; when. a