Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-09-08
BRYAN AND ROOSEVELT.
They Talk From the Same Platform
lin Chicago.

/ lin Chicago.
The feature of Labor day in Chicago
was big demonstration held by the Ia
| bor organizations of that city, including
parade and a picnic. Governor Roose-
relt and William j. Bryan reviewed the
narade from the grand stand and later
made speeches to a great crowd al the
picnic grounds. Thirty-five thousand
men. representing 162 labor unions, were
N line, and the parade was the largest
ever seen on Labor day in Chicago.
The picnic and speeches were at Elec-
tric park Both Governor Roosevelt and
MIR. Bryan were cordially received and
generously applauded, The New York
state governor spoke first and said IN
part:
The fundamental law of healthy political life in
this great republic is that each man shall IN deed
and not merely in word be treated strictly on his
worth as a man; that each shall do tall Justice TO
his fellow and in return shall exact full Justice
from him. Each group Of men has its special in
terests and yet the higher the broader and deeper
interests are those which apply TO all men alike,
for the spirit OF brotherhood in American citizen
ship when rightly understood and rightly applied,
| is more important than aught else Let US
scrupulously guard the special interests OF the
| wage worker, the farmer the manufacturer ana
| the merchant, giving to each man his due and
|
| but let us keep ever clearly before minds the
| great fact that where the deepest chords are
| touched the interests of all alike and must
be guarded alike.
I'VE must beware of any attempt to make hatred
in any form the basis of action. Most emphatieal-
" each OF US needs to stand up for his own
! rights All men and groups of men are bound
10 retain their self respect and demanding the
same respect from others to see that they are
not injured and that they have secured to them
the fullest liberty of thought and action, out to
feed fat a grudge against Others, while it may
or NAV not harm them. is sure in the long run
20 do infinite harm to the man himself
The more a healthy American sees OF ones fell
low Americans the greater grows his conviction
that our chief troubles come from mutual mis-
understanding from failure to appreciate one an
others point of view. In other words, the great
need is fellow feeling, sympathy, brotherhood
and all this naturally comes by association II Is
therefore. OF vital importance that there should
be such association
Before us loom industrial problems, vast in
their importance and their complexity. The last
half century has been one of extraordinary social
and industrial development The changes have
been farreachng, some eff them for good and some
Of them for evil. It i not given TO the wisest
OF us to into the future with absolute clear
ness No man be certain that he has found
the entire solution OF this infinitely great and in
tricate problem and yet each man OF us, II he
would do his duty, must strive manfully so far
as in him lies to help bring about that solution.
All we can say is that the need has been shown
on the one hand for action by the people, in their
collective capacity through the state, in many
matters; that in other matters much can be done
bv associations Of different groups OF individuals,
as in trade unions and similar organizations, and
that in other matters it remains now as true as
| ever that final success will be for the man who
trusts in the struggle only to bis cool hand, his
brave heart and his strong right arm There are
spheres in which the state can properly act and
spheres in which comparatively free field must
be given TO individual initiative.
Mr.. Bryan said in part:
No civilization can be considered perfect which
does not plant a hope in the breast of every child
born into the world The nearer approach to
this ideal the better is our civilization. Those
who complain Of existing conditions cannot be
put aside as disturbers of the peace. To seek a
remedy for every abuse of government is more
patriotic than to profit by bad systems and then
frown down all criticism.
There should be no antagonism between those
engaged in the various occupations. and there Will
be when all recognize the mutual obligations
which due between citizens. Our desire should
be not to separate the people into warning fac
tions, but to develop wider acquaintance and
greater sympathy with each other.
The enmity which the poor sometimes feel to-
ward 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 content TO be guided by the strict fues OF
justice.
The extremes Of society are really not as far
apart as they appear. Those who work for wages
today may, under good government, be EN-
ployers a few years and the sons Of those who
are employers today may, in short time, be day
laborers.
Since no enc can save posterity from the evil
effects Of a bad law all should strive for legisla.
tion which will protect each citizen in his rights
and in the enjoyment of the fruits of his own
genius, his industry and his own integrity.
Several years ago the secret ballot was demand
ed by the wage earners for their own protection
That ballot has been obtained. and through its
operations those who toll for individuals or COR
porations able 10 protect their political rights
and to use the ballot according to their own
judgments. This is long step in advance
The labor organization has been consistent
and persistent advocate OF the doctrine of arbf
tration, although it is difficult to why the
burden of this reform should be thrown upon the
laborng Surely the employer, ii he would
take comprehensive view of his own interests,
would be as much benefited by arbitration the
employee, and, because every prolonged contest
between labor and capital brings interruptions to
business and pecunary loss to those who in
no way responsible for the disagreement society
in generS is more interested than employers
or employees.
Government by injunction is so indefensible that
= the anti injunction bill Endorsed by the Chicago
platform passed the senate without yea and nay
vote being demanded, and since that time no
party platform has specifically Endorsed govern
ment by injunction and no prominent member
of any party has entered upon defense Of the
system, and yet corporate influence is so strong
that it has thus far been impossible to secure
any remedial legislation.