Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-04

Bryan, Democratic candidate for Presi-
dent, and Governor Roosevelt, of New
York, Republican candidate for vice
president delivered addresses here to-
day, the occasion being the annual Gel
ebration of Labor Day. Mr.. Bryan
spoke in part as follows:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
/ am greatly obliged to the commit
tee for the Invitation which enables me
to participate in the celebration OF
Labor Day at this place. This day has
been wisely set apart by law to empha-
size the dignity of labor and for the
consideration Of those subjects which
especially affect the interests of the
wage Garner. The laborIng men con-
stitute so large and so indispensable
proportion of the population that no
social. economic Or political question
can be treated without an invesuga-
ton of their connection herewith. But
there are some questions which touch
them Immediately, while others only
operate upon them in general way.
The first thing 20 be considered is the
laboring mans ambition what are his
aims and his purposes; for what is he
striving? The animal needs only food
and shelter because he has nothing but
body to care for; but mans wants are
more numerous. The animal complains
when it is hungry, and is contented
when it's hunger is appeaSed; but man,
made dn
The Image of His Creator
is a three-fold being and must develop
the head and the heart as well as the
body. He is not satisfied with mere
physical existence; neither will he be
content unless all avenues of advance
ment are open to him. His pOssibili-
ties must be as unlimited as his aspir-
ations.
No civilization can be perfect which
does not plant hope in the breast OF
every child born into the world; the
nearer we approach to this IDEAL the
better Is our civilization. Our desire
should be, not to separate the people in
to warning factions, but to bring them
into better acquaintance and greater
sympathy with each other The enmity
which the poor sometimes feel toward
the rich and the contempt which the
rich sometimes manifest toward the
poor would be avoided if each knew the
other better and both were conten. to
be guided by the strict rules of Justice
1t is of advantage to the rich as well
9s to the poor that the children OF all
have an opportunity to secure an edu-
cation; for education widens the indi-
Viduals horizon, increases his capacity
for usefulness; multiplies his enjoy
ments and makes him in every way
more serviceable to society.
Why should the man who eats at a
we'll supplied table forget the man
whose toll furnishes the food? Why
Should the man VINO wa, ms himself by
the fire forget the man whose Labor il
the forest or in the mine brings forth
tho fuel?' Shall the rosebud, blooming
III beauty and shedding its fragrance ON
The air despise the roots of the bush?
How can the wage Garner secure that
share of the earth's bounties anG the
governments protection which he de-
serves? The associations formed by
workingmen have been productive Of
much good.
The Labor Organization
has been foremost III advoca ing the
reforms which have already been Sc
cured. Several years ago the secret
ballot was demanded by the wage
earners for their own protection. That
ballot has been obtained, and through
its operations those who toll lor in
dividuals or corporations are able to
protect their political rights and TO use
the ballot according to their own judg-
ments. This is a long step in adj
vance.
The labor organization has done
much TO lessen the evils of child lauor
lAe labor organization has also con-
triDuted toward the shortening OF the
hours of toll. and it should not cease
its efforts until the eight-hour day is
secured. Every hour auued to the day S
lavor must be taken from the time
>-evoted to intellectual development,
recreation and the family.
The labor organization has been
consistent and persistent advocate of
the doctrine of arbitration, although it
Is difficult to see why the burden of
his reform should he thrown upon the
laboring man. Surely the employer, if
he would take comprehensive view
Of his own interests, would be as much
benefited 10y arbitration as the en-
ploye. The court of arbitration is one
OF The certainties of the future, and
when it is secured and advocated we
will wonder why its coming was delay
ed SO long.
The back list, by means of which
employers combine to deprive the dis
charged workman of accomplishment,
is one of the more recent menaces
to the laboring man. The indepen
dence OF the wage Garner decreases as
the difficulty OF obtaining employment
increases, and the skilled workman,
whose life has been spent in acquiring
efficiency in a certain trade or occu
patton, becomes practically the chattel
of the employer, if every opportunity
to make use of his experience he is
placed by agreement between employ
erS
The laboring man is also interested
In legislation prohibiting oriental i'm
migration. 1t is unfair to the American
workman who is the foundation of the
nations wealth in time of peace and
Defense in Time of War
to subject him to the danger of hay
ing his occupation given to an oriental
laborer, often brought in by contract,
who has no permanent interest in our
government. If the Asiatics come here,
fox live