Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-09-03
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
Mr.. BRYAN on the Stump.

Chicago, Sept. 3.-Col. Bryan adj
dressed An enormous Labor Day crowd
at Electric Park today. Among other
things he said: "The labOring men
constitute 80 large and indispensable
portion OF the population that no social,
economic or political question can be
treated without an investigation OF
their connection Herewith. The first
thing to be considered Is the la6oriDg
mans ambition; what are his aims and
his purposes, and for what is he striv-
ing? He not only wants food and
physical comfort but he demands q
chance for growth OF mind and growth
of heart as we'll as growth OF body. 10
other countries and civilizations men
have been condemned by birth to par
ticular occupation, place and caste,
in this country, each man, however and
wherever born, can strive Tor
the highest rewards in business,
state or church and theae avenues OF
advancement must be kept open.
Those who complain OF existing condi-
tons cannot be put aside rs distuTbers
of the peace. To seek remedy for
every abuse of government Is more pa
triotic than to profit by bad systems
and then frown down all criticism. IL
is not we'll to foster disputes between
classes for the extremes of society are
not really so far apart. The employee
of today may be the employer OF tomOr-
row and the rich mans son may be
day laborer. Why should the man
who eats at we'll supplied table for
get the man whose toll furnishes the
food? Why should the man who
warns himself by the fire forget the
man whose labor in the forest or 10 the
mine brings forth the fuel? Why
should the man clad in the
best products OF the loom forget
the man whose calloused hands make
fine clothes possible? Both the con-
sumer and the producer are necessary,
but OF the two the producer comes first
in point of Importance. Shall the rose
bud blooming in beauty and shedding
ts fragrance on the air, despise the
roots of the bush because they come in-
to actual contact with the soil Destroy
the bud and leave the roots and a sec
ond bud will appear as beautiful and as
fragrant as the first, but destroy the
roots, and bud and bush will perish"
The speaker argued that labor organi-
cations were made necessary when the
individual workman could no longer
deal with sn individual employer
but with a corporate one. He said
labor organizations had worked for good
and had especially done noble work in
lesseniug the evils of child labor. The
eight hour day, he said, was reason
able and proper demand which, ere
long, must be granted. He also said
that labor should feel glad because Of
che certainty that arbitration would be
enforced in the near future to settle all
labor troubles. Labor has urged arbit
ration, but the injunction has been Of
iered them as a substitute. Then he
said: "The attempt to use the iniunc-
ton OF court to deprive the laborine
man of trial by jury should alarm all
our people, for while the wage Garner
s the first to feel its effects, the princl-
pie which underies government by in
Junction ia SO far reaching that no one
Can hope to escape ultimately" Col.
! Bryan favorably commented on the
plan to establish "bureay OF labor"
and have Its chief member OF the
Presidents cabinet, to be called the
secretary of Labor.