The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-03
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.bt each other, and the
N-e On won. Then came the
position, when tue priests
wy osly educated persons, and
,,nrrolled the labOring class
y ling upon their superstition.
p. the era of despot1srn. when
pa ~ smperors and fizars were in
sri the common people only
~ must bow to their every
,% mo were often sacrificed by
land, yes, tens of thousands,
yfr the mere whim or VIII Of
- i..nots. Then came an era Of
...n nations and not men fought,
Tiga, made right, and brute
!, ' sy,rcised by the strongest ma
- The strong nation seized
.-itarv of the weaker one, ana
/, m the force Of arms.
! 1ow We have come TO a better
4, ara Of liberty. when all have
-lcs in the government, and de-
i, shall be prince or pauper,
I'm be rich or poor. We all have
4 fhe courts, and in the gov
i II and can demand them with
b, d, being crushed for SO doing.
|. an old Roman story or a
I. xho was preceded by a herald,
'smtad, Make way for the trib-
n The people, and a blacksmith
'us in the crowd, shouted IN re-
We are the people; make way
4; o4ople That is the way 1t Is
H. common people have the
4 Eay. This is our holiday, the
ttbe people, the day Of the labor
Y,Dle: We are here TO celebrate
s55gest holiday in the history OF
Iis-itory, but which l hope may
..b-ated here so often that 1t can
y numbered by the number of
sUe. We will some day be proud
. that We were gathered here to-
shils the observance of Labor
ms still in its infancy, and fos-
nd helped to make it the holi-
< our people"
i. NcCANTs STEWART.
YcCants Stewart was the next
e, and his address was one OF
sa Of the day. He spoke halr an
having been selected as orator
! lay. and his remarks were ire
zy panctuated by enthusiastic
U:ts Of applause. He began by
Eng to his own life, being the soE
blacksmith, and having worked
stather's shop, he thought should
Z him to claim some relationship
rganized labor.
every age, in every cline, II
and" said he, where civiliza-
Is fOothold, labor has been the
]: power which has brought glory
tlOf, and dominion and power &c
sFn Of the king and to the brow
/ PRESIDENT.
Z not underrate capitar, either its
Ees or its value, but before capt.
iar was; and throughout human
? il has been the backbone OF
"a prosperity; it has preserved
Z Of the nation and maintained
nestle peace, answering the call
70, as it answered the martyr
p We are coming, Father Abra-
2 hundred thousand strong" and
always stood like the rock OF
Ear against foreign invasion.
ipeaker then sketched the early
.lsas OF labor, saying that Its
Z Standard was the outgTowth OF
snent from conditions almost
.sag on slavery, in Rome, Ger
I'D England. Indeed" he said
seal history Of mankind 10 the
s. Of labor against oppressive
.@as and unjust exactions, its
: rom slavery to serfdo1n. and
sGdom tc freedom, lay along q
"a weary way; and its presen.
e LOT equity in the enjoyment
Neduct OF the industrial ma
VIII furnish another dreaT
70 the worlds history"
Ea'iag TO later conditions, he said:
asse things should not be sur
Il ,or as late as 1882, ana IN tins
\ sIates. half-cIad women have
. make coal barons and iroI
~ miliionaires at the furnaces
-s shops of Pennsylvania
s. these conditions ,abof has
"a In our own country it Ii
auhg and demanding that this
%uare itself by the Deeiara.
dependence, whose cardina
IS Life, liberty and the pur-
happiness.
i.'O'ce today at the progress 81
Labor breaking the shack.
II, *fist and ankle, has secured
=, 70 vote and to hold ONCE, 4
l.ed the blessing OF rree public
H.. II mas secured the right K
Y mas reduced the working
b. Ids excluded children of ten.
n iom the shops, pul having
MS and more, labor, realizing
ao' yet receiving an equitabI,
\ ae profits of its toll, Is agi
IN lhis end, and the dove O
nm Ho' brood over the industrial
"a q tiiis end is reached. / hay,
sa n uOu reigns and eternal Jus
Ia prevail. There may De tur
&Sl .oOnluslon and strife, but tn.
~ ".iAh viii be able TO fittingi.
L.. Wali Of blood, nor describ.
lug which has led up to tn,
Nh OK this Labor Day-tbi
- stands as the last mil
h ~ oy labor in its progress
Dr., sualty with capital I'm tn
s.5,u " the output of the INDUS
ssra ~ which they both oper
H. N thls fair Iand--this Ian,
hs ,a MOVERS; this lard MAJ
e.5sae historic deeds OF the Ka
H. UhlS land mace beautiful
~ I'd. hills AID is rock CIR
Are ere at peace. But, un1or
Ct I'm I'm without come tn
ete ,S Discomfort has burs
IN Iefment of aggression.
Sent opinion, the cause o
!. MI, Nh is the million
I'd ,.utocrat who thrives Of
q NJ ohopoiies, and who appro