The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-04


Witness my hand this 10th
day of November. 1899
DIR. Hugh France
BY George T. E5miSton, Dep
Look at the prosperous city of ST.
Louis. It's peace disturbed it's bust
ness interrupted, the lives and we'll be-
ing of its inhabitants sacrificed, and all
because there was no power under the
law TO compel street car company to
submit to tbs. arbitration which its en-
Ployes asked for. If these examples do
not convince US of the necessity of adopt-
ing a dlfferent method for solving this
not know what will. / believe that the
way to prevent the strike is to remove
the cause of it. To insure the obsery-
ahce or law is tc extend its protection
TIME FOR LEGISLATION.
This, in my judgment, is our opDortune
time for bringing about this reform. Our
state now enjoys industrial peace. Let
the legislature which couYeneS next Jam
. vary provlde by well considered legisla-
tlen tribunal for the trial of disputes
pei Ween, capital and labor, whose de-
orees shall be binding and enfo1 cea bic.
Inc 1rst enactment OF this chalacter may
pro prove deceive In some details, but it
can oe amended from time to time as
experience suggests. Even a tentative
defective law would be better than no
Jaw Jaw on subject so vital as this Law
government The lockout is mil
Sance, menace, that must yield to the
n interests of society. The strike
S 90 d desott 70 oarbarism. 1t may have
served purpose to protest against
wrong 1t can never afford a remedy He
VINO resorts to force arrays against bino
n Trersi, interest of society, and cannot
DrGvall. And society that relics o,S
mlIlta1y to maintain order cannot 1on u
survive The only government that is
n Tolera Die. the only government that can N
t "a Just and equal to all interests and
~ All classes. restraint to the strono
dno protection to the weak
MANY tunes in his speech the governor,
was interrupted by cheering, and when he
upon him. Sno"ereu
Capt, Van SAINT, the Repubic loan ron,
NEE for governor of the state was na1tt
,rleLoouced' and he, as his predecessor,
was greeted loudly. - 49, o'S'oi'
oeIoFe beginning his address he CON
graduated the people of St. Paul ON The
s ts of their labor organiza tions as
s snoWh oy the parade of the morning, JTe
mada r. .iy p1eased with the showing
i believe that 1 fully annrao;o+
of P" te1,e 81 addressing you today the honor
c ~ saIK Hh!g to American laboring men" g
"a
ne iawn OF our republic. The working neo.
! pc give the character to marian PIE Gf
thy are honest, Industrious, fnteIlirent
indolent 'e or VIII t1r reject their virtues; if
hastening ills prey" The crV o r. tb 10
populace' bread and circuses.5 in the
Of oi'n Rome on the Caesars, marked the doom
the the nlgh position In the world held b1
our our republic today, is due to the fa ~ ~
f frad the Iaboring classes are the most
Of an we IN pest paid the most intelligent
an farmer, the bank account '. nP
noer,zai an mechanic, are among the
Of the age it is because of the
"0hqerful power of free labor, 'iie
Labor is the father of ali vir+,,as ~
c p"r en- oI an achievement; instead of a
c of as sometimes considered, it is one
Ihere are those who live in the ea H.;
OF Eden, who do no work but thew are
10 10 De p pltied; they have no real place in
G zi5 w0rla OF ours; that man is part of
t Tou universe, Who earns his bread nv
the sweat of his brow, does his w. -
wei, and finds a joy In So doino II ~
civilization. - 'O' e'iiciiS
Labor is the source of all knowledge
culture, power 1t is the source Of ali
4 d6a In the material world: it is
leaden metal into gold transmits - II ;S
as essential to Elemental, moral. pbysi.
calaas Is the river Nile to Egypt. a
n
waters through a hostile soil. and snraoJ d
ing the bloom of Paradise over sanSv
waste. Take the Nile away and Epvnt
becomes a desert of desolation and ruin
a world of chaos. W
1t is the source of all wealth: be the
mountains mo full Of gold, it is not gold till
SOIL is fertile, but the work of the sower
and reaper give us the grain; there wonld
% pc nothing of value in the world without
1t Is an absolute essential to success IN
any field-in, art, science, letters; we
near near much about genius, but the artist
t %1so h WINS IS the one who works-genfLs
Eas ,Deen Defined as the capacity for hai97
work There is no royal road to sIIo-
cess; all who mount that ladder. toll M
wards by Slow and labored steps: no
great success can be achieved Vyifho1It
infinite labor ~ ''A1iout
1t is necessary to health and happiness.
the healthy man and the caentented man
Is ne who has found joy in his work.
the Furies soon assaiI the sIuegard or3
drag him to his doom. e'i'N
:, FelloW-c1tizens, 1 am an optinist. he
n iie IN purpose in the Creation. be-
neve that the world is gradually grow
Ing better, and have faith in the tbeorv
that the immortal principles of truth
1usuce, liberty are working toward per
lection. I, believe In the uItimate per
lection and triumph of free labor h.
cause 1t is the truth-one of natures
primal laws. I look back into historI,
aIu see now HDerty and labor have
struggled hand in hand down the zoos.
now the slave has become the free. how
labor, despised and hated has become
dlgnined and revered; how our great
democracy CLEANS like sun against fho
lnKy blackneSs of the past whose gov
ernments were founded on the princinle
tnat slave labor was necessary to thar
existence. 1t needs no art critic fo
suggest that the Pyramids of Eevnt
masses of senseless stone. reared ~,
slave labor, cannot be compared to orr
national library at Washintgon. in every
glowing pillar Of which, in every ieweIed
mosaic, in every inspiring sentiment fI,et
adorns the walls, in every na;es+1e
statue, in every beautiful PAINTING an
pear the loving marks of the hands pf
free men; and this affectionate offerin =.
OF free labor is not a mausoleuno-no,+tA S
tomb, but a promise of the stiI1 erao+aa
destiny Of honest toll.
When am an optimist I am NOT
fatallst. We all have a part in +ha
struggle to improve the world. ana ' ne
not wish to be one Of those who Womb
IuiI labor into sense of security nv
pointing to the glorious achievements ~
the evolution of free laobr, and sIlereet
that there is nothing more to be dons
Not SO. Eternal vigilance is the nricc
Of liberty. There are dangers threaten
Ing labor today, and these must be IN
diligently discussed and firmly met
There are two forces in the Industrial
world. One is labor and one is capitai
Like the positive and negative forces in
the natural world, they achieve their