The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21

working men ana working
women. My interests lie in the
same direction that their
81 interests lie. My sympathies
have always been with those
who have 10 toll, ard my heart has al
ways been touched by the sight Of the
boys and girls in the larger cities of
the land who are compelled to aid in
winning the bread for the family
When God made man he created him
i'm his own image and commanded him
10 stand upright. He gave him dOmin-
Jon over the birds that fly in the air
The fishes that swim in the sea and the
beasts that roam in the fields. over
the earth and everything upon the
earth he gave him dominion. He made
him a sovereign. He made him free
The world was his. The joyous songs
of the birds that welcomed the new
day: the flowers that threw a carpet
oi color over the new land; the sea. the
land. the glOries of creation. were all
for him. IT was for him to sail the
waters. TO scale the mountains, to
dclve into the valleys and to surround
himself with luxury and plenty The
wealth of the world was his servant.
Labor in the plan of creation was made
the master and capital the slave The
man was placed above the dollar. and
brain and Drawn was the ruler.
IL was never intended by the Al
mighty that humanity should be cheap
or than the material wealth of the
world. 1t was never intended that
Gods image should be bowed down by
the power of gold. 1t was never in
tended that the man with the hoe
should be stified by the weeds. IL was
never intended that few of Gods
creatures should Toll in luxury while
the many writhed beneath the lash of
poverty. In the plan of creation hon
cst labor. industrious manhood and
WON. 1hood were to stand erect: there
were to be no slaves; there was to be
no unjust advantage; there was to be
an equal chance for all the toilers.
FREEDOM AND SLAVERY.
The men who framed the great Dec
Iaration of Independence received their
inspiration from the throne of grace,
and they declared that all, men are
created free. Not slaves but freei
Not half slave, but freei Not owned
as chattels by other men, but free!
Not held as subjects by great combina-
tions OF capital nor crushed down by
the power Of wealth, but sOVereigns
who had been given dominion over
every living and inanimate thing
Again. the fathers declared that all
men are created equal. Not equal in
muscle or brain. but equal before the
law. They declared that each man is
entitled to equal and exact justice,
with no special privileges. That each
man should have fair chance in the
race for. life. and that no man should
De the slave to the wealth which he
creates
in recent times a doctrine has been
advanced that capitaI is above labor;
that tire creature is greater than its
creator; that labor exists simply be-
cause capital hires it, that the work
ing man should be content if he be for
tuuate enough 90 De hired to work
that he SHOULD Stifle ambition 10 rise
i'm the world and be satisfied TO see his
children grow up as ciod-hoppers, If
hr has enough TO eat and a place to
sleep. Against this doctrine l desire
with all my power to protest. and l
summon here to my aid the words Of
that great friend of man. Abraham
Lincoln, a. I read from his message to
congress IN 1861:
Mr.. Lincoln said: 1t IS not needed or
tttir" here that general argument
-utUtious but there rs one point with
It's connections not so haClneyed as some
others. To- which 1 invite brief attention
equal footing with, il not above. labor. in
iu. structure OF government Il Is pre-
sImcd that labor is Ivdila BILE only in con-
unless somebody else owning capita some
how. by the use of Il. induces him 40
labor Labor il prior 40 and independent
uf capital Capital is only the fruit Of
labor. and could never have existed if
labor had not first existed. Labor is the
superior of capital and deserves much tbs
higher consideration No men living are
more worthy 20 be- trusted than those who
i"l mp from poverty, none less Inclined 10
take auGht which they have NOT hon
t-iiN earned. Let them beware of sur
rendering political power. which they
already possess and which. IL surrender
'l. will surely be used TO close the doors
o.. 3aNanr"ment against such as they. and
60 hN Now disabilities and burdens upon
them ul liberty shall be lost
a LATER LINCOLN.
And J also wish 10 quote from our
later Lincoln. whose mission is to strike
i.- SndckIeS Of industrial SerfdOm from
iH" worNinSman. Let me read YOU the
words IF that commOner. that leader
o.. men. that knight % III rty. Mr.. vii
lan T. Bryan. as found IN his letter of
acceptance in 1896:
Labor creates capital Until wealth is
rrtI-..l h- rhe application of brain AMI
muscle Goo The resources Of this country.
'.rf. D. nothing Co. divide among tho nolI-
..'. I'lnE classes of society. Since the
f."tH""r- of CCalth create the nation
.'"..'N 'n time OF peace and d,feno
.- nation flag IN time of peril. their
.el.-t@ ought always tg hc considered
~ mos" who stand in oth"ia Sposi tons.
I'm. Democratic party mas ever found its
.~ -.r'"tih mons those who are
l'"-. 90 Ne known AS thc common peo-
enact -..h legislation aS is necessary 40
protect The masses in the free exercise Of
t.-.N political right. and IN the enjoy
..Hf .t u.ir just share In The reward IF
their labor
b. fares the nation that permits its
workers. 10 he c-ushed down That
si'WS poverty to drive the whole
,+iniIy into the shops to work that
..fda may be gained and physical eX-
N..H'e continued. That paints the
''lNieS of toll upon the face OF child
mood That takes the boy from the
>.t.1l room To days of slavery in the
.'.- breakers. That takes the toddling
-.'i from her doll and baniShes her to
pure factory. The smiles of childhood
The sunlight of Cod and when cur
..-H-l from sight there is soon born in
..e hrart the darkness of despair.
HOW DO you raise such good
S".'P. was asked OF a farmer. I
axe good care of the lambs" was the
t-''s- The nation which forgets its
amos is in danger of dissolution
mere Is no danger that the tiger in
humanity viii be loosened and that
-.aiIF he viii destroy the very tenn
pres hIch aoor created. Therefore 20
.a"orng men and women, 20 men and
N1inen who toll with brain and with
muscle ] am going TO advance my reas-
T,ls why from their standpoint the
gHlocratlc ticket should be success
'" and why they should help TO turn
- ude which is banishing hope from
lHe heart of labor while il sWeIls
'"'tFnOuS fortunes for the owners of