La Junta tribune., 1900-10-03

was lost. Now, gentlemen. J ask you
to look At our recUrd In the nation, Mt
our record In the most populous and
richest state In the Union. and COM
pare II with that Of our antagonists.
nsw the Repsh,ieaa ssatss Treat LAb~s
Labor Is asked 70 vote against the
Republican party, and for the Demo
cratic party because the Democratic
party is for labor. Very we'll Now
let US look mt the different states.
Aassa Is Republican
stnte-you have got there such e6ec-
tive laws for labor that many Of the
manufacturers. because of the way In
which workinsmens rights are guard
ed. are now setting up their factories
in South Carolina. because there they
can work their operatives II hours q
day and pay them anything they
choose without taking one particle OF
care or responsibility for any dam
xge to person OF injury TO life or limb.
{Applause.) You can test this matter
for yourself Look through the icris-
lntion of the different states and see
III am not stating It right Look
through the legislation OF my own
state that we have got through during
the last six years. during which the
Republican party has been In power
there. We have got an eiglt-hour law
In force there: We have factory In
spection Law and we have got bn-
re.,u OF labor statistics and there are
manufacturers now going from there
To AiaiauIa and South carolinn. be-
e1iu>.. there they can work without be
ing IiaInpered by any such legislation.
III You take the states where the
labJrer rs no, protected you Will hnd
that they are all states in which there
IL no possibility of ciscring Repubii-
can governor or n Republican state
ticket tApplausc.i Take the states
In which we have begun this kind Of
do not say We have ac-
shed everything yct-but we
l,av. begun 10 cnsct lnbor Legislation
as IL should i,c and ultimately you will
find that they .;-c statrs which always
In great prspornpn OF cases elect
Republican cxscntlvc and Republi-
can legislature. Ia,ok Mt our state
records and then II you are wise yoh
must stand by us
rh. fiaE shat shall Not he Pulled Down
Now. In closing. l have just this to
say: How tempted am to go on and
discuss point nner point. l see among
you men who wear the button of the
the Civil war In the times that tried
mems souls. and I see you here and
we realize the debt that every Amer
lean owes to you because you have
cna b.led us by your mighty deeds TO
hold our heads higher among the peo-
pies OF the earth loud cheering).
l see that and i realize az you to
whom l speak must realize. that to
each generation Is allotted its special
task and that no generation Is ex-
cused for failing TO do Its work on the
ground that its fathers did their work
well. II is n good thing for us to
have in memory the men OF mighty
deeds II we ourselves strive to live
up to that memory; and woe TO us II
we do not keep on high the stand
ard which hns been made by your
appeal to you. my brothers and my
sisters here. appeal to you men and
women OF Colorado. to you the men
and women OF tire West. to you who
those trains that we are proud |
TO Gull the most Enthusiastically and
typlcally American. I appeal to you to
stand with us because we stand
for the continuance OF the conditions
which have stood for material well be-
Ing Mt home. because we stand abroad
for tim, policy which shall make the
nations OF the world understand that
we Intend to keep undimmed the honor
that we have received as most pre-
ciolm heritage from our forefathers
and that where the American nag has
once been hoisted In honor 1t shall
never be pulled down In dishonor.
prolonged applause).