The Washington weekly post., 1900-09-04

Chicago, Sept. G-The organized labor
% Chicago to-day passed IA review be-
fore Col William J. Bryan and Col Theo-
upTe Roosevelt. Hour after hour the Ia
bor unions marched down Michigan ave-
u-e past the Auditorium Hotel, on the
ioFgia Of which stood the Democratic
pamlnes for President and the Republican
Nlce Presidential candidate. together with
Charles A. Towne. Senator ". +. Mason.
and oozen other political leaders. Both
Bryan and Roosevelt were heartily greet
81 BY the men ss they marched by he
hotel
when the last man Of the long line os
narchers had swung round Michigan ave-
Hue into Jackson boulevard Col. Bryan
and Col Roosevelt went inside the hotel,
where soon sfter they sat down to
luncheon given by labor representatives.
* was "fag-of-u'uce' luncheon, for the
trades union meu had declared that in
the celebration CT Labor Day there was
20 be- no politics.
While the parade was moving host of
people. mostly the families OF working
men, gathered In Electric Park, where the
speeches Of the day We're delivered
Gov Roosevelt. Republican nominee for
the Vice Presidency. spoke at O'Clock in
che afternoon. lie said:
CoV. Roeseveit's speech.
by far the greatest problem. the most
far reaching in It's stupendous impor-
tance Is that problem. OF. rather, that
group 0f problems. which We have grown
10 speak OF as the labor question IL must
be always a peculiar privilege for any
thoughtful public man to address a body
Of men predominately composed Of wagl
workers. for the 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 wholesome patriotism or
the wage worker This is doGbly the case
now, Tor in addition 10 each mans in
dividnal action, you have learned the
great lesson oI acting in combination. II
would be impossible to oYerestimate the
far-reaching Influence of and, on the
whole, the amount of good done through
your association. In addressing you, the
one thing l wish 10 avoid is any glitter
ing generality, any mere high-sounding
pAraseology, and, above all, any appeal
whatsoever made in a. uemagogic spirit or
IN A spirit OF mere efnotionalism. When
We come 10 dealing with our social and
industrial needs. remedies, rights and
wrongs, ton Of oratory is not worth an
ounce OF hard-headed, kindly common
sense
The fundamental law of healthy politi-
cal life n 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 fun justice TO his fell
low. and in return shall exact full Justice
from him. Each group of men has It's spe-
clal interests. and Yet the higher, the
broader and deeper interests are those
which apply TO al men alike; for the spir-
q OF brotherhood iu American Citizen
ship. when rightly understood and rightly
applied. is more important than augbt
olse- Let us scrIpulously guard the sna-
tI@I interests OF the wage worker. the
iarmer the manufacturer, and the mer-
lIdhl giving u each man his due. and
$3.50 seeing that he does not wrong his
'rHoNs' Dut let US keep ever Clearly be-
-oIe our minds the great fact that Where
'N5 deepest chords are touched the inter-
'sls ol al are alike and must be guarded
alike.
.-.- .-...- An American Failing,
We must beware of any attennt IN
make hatred in any form the basis of ar
lluh' Most emphatically each of us needs
10 sIaha up Tor his own rights: all men
~nu du groups OF men are bound to retain
'"eI seIi-respect, and, demanding the
'9ihs respect from others, to see that thev
oIe not injured and that they have So
cured 10 them the fullest liberty a.
.'nousht and action. But 10 feed FAT a
sIuuge against others, while il may or
may not harm them, is sure i'm the long
un 10 DO Infinite harm 10 the man him.
self '''S Lii"h MN
me more a healthy American sees of
~ > reno" americans the greater grows
4''a CONVECTION that our chief trol,hIas
,OI'ie from a Hutdal Observation-Disclosures
I'm laiule 10 appreciate one anotber's
", lo''.' Ol view IN other words, the great
- - i,'Io" feeling, sympathy, brother
Huud' ana ail this naturally comes b,, .
sccldilon. II is, therefore az vitaI i,1oa,.
lance That there should be sucbf assooi,
non The most serious disadvantaaa =
.-'y lle IS the tendency of each man -
Keep isolated in his own little set and TO
LOOK upon the vast ma jOrity of his feIlov-
'''%eHa HdIu erently, so that he soon ha
'oIHeS TO forget that they have The sp,s
iTu Diood, the same love and hate tba
saihe hkes and dislikes the same desire
ioi sood' ana the same perpetual tend
thcy, ever needing 10 be checked oDI
corrected, 10 lapse from good into a,iI
II only our people can be thrown ?,
gether where they act on a compo,
ground, with the same motives ana -.
lhe same objects. we need not have spcb
rear u Their taking 10 acquire a general
respect Tor one another, and. with sucb
respect. there must finally come fair pIav
Tor all. '''''
The first time ever labored along
sue VI ana was thrown into intimate
companiOnship with men who 49,
mighty nea OF their lands was In Tho
c5ttle country OF the Northwest / soon
ETew To have an immense liking ana rs-
spect for my associates, and. as | knew
them and did not know similar workers
IN other parts OF the country. il seemed
10 me that the ranch owner was a great
deai better than any Eastern business
man ana That the COW puncher stood on
q corresponding altitude compared TO any
OF his brethren In the East.
The'iniiuence OF Association.
We'll, after little while I got thrown
into close relations with the farmers. and
l. cid not take long before had moved
them up alongside Of my beloved ranch
men and made up my mind that they
really formed the backbone OF the Land
Then. because OF certain Circumstances
was thrown into intimate contact wifb
rGilroad men. and gradually came 10
The conclusion that these railroad mon
were about the finest citizens there Were
anywhere around. Then, In the course ef
some official work, ] was thrown into
close contact with number OF carpen-
tcrs, backsmiths, and men IN the build
ing trades-that is skilled mechanics OF
q high crder-and Il was not long before
had them on the same pedestal with the
others. By that time it began 10 dawn
upon me that the difference ssas NOT I'm
the men, but in my own point OF view.
and that ~ any man is thrown into con-
tact ith any large body Of his fellow
citizens II IL apt TO be the mans own
fault II he does not grow 20 feel for them
"a very hearty regard. and. moreover.
grow 10 understand that on the great
questions that lie az the root OF human
Well-LsiLg he and they feel alike
"Om prime need as a nation Is that ey-