The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-15

of deceased members and to disabled
members. This magnificent showing does
not exhaust the fraternal interest IN each
other, for many of our local divisions
maintain local sick, accident and funeral
benefit funds.
PLANS FOR PRESENT.
"Of our present I will say: Cur record
in the labor world is an open book Our
order stands today in the foremost ranks
OF effective, square-dealng, b.s.ness-
like labor organizations We have The
confidence Of our members, the res ect
Of our employers and Of the public and
the friendship OF our sister OIgauiza-
tons Our order is in a more healthy
and vigorous condition than ever before
in it's history. It's membership was new
or SO large or so earnest. It's inhu nee
for good was never so strong"
Much has been said from time to time
of the peril which threatened labor or
CARNATIONS and laboring people from the
attitude Of the federal judiciary, which
has been held to be a standing menace.
Decisions have been made by feIe~al
judges which seem to be unfair to the in
terests Of the workers; but as the cause
of liberty had It's Kosclusko. its Wash
ington and its Lafayette so the Ca-se
of justice and industrial freedom has it's
Caldwell, its Hallett, its Riner its Har-
Ian and it's WOolsOn 1t IS not visionary
to predict that the future Will see Ilblr
organizations on equal terms with iucor-
porated capital, legal entities I'm the
courts of the land
''As the miner bores into the very
heart Of the mountain for the mineral
wealth, 90 we VIII bore into the future
for the GOOD which we know lies hidden
therein. We VIII drive our drill Of or
ganization with the sledge of education,
and as a reward for earnest, faithful la
l..,y,
we know 1t holds and which is legitimate
ly the property Of him who can work it
out"
Much more was said by the grand chief
end when he concluded there was an
outburst of applause which left no doubt
as to the popularity of the speaker.
MRS. MOORE SPEAKS.
As seemed most fitting. the next speak
er represented the Ladies auxiliary,
Mrs ]. II. Moore, the grand president,
is woman Of pleasing presence, and at
the same time a fOrceful personality
which is brought much in evidence when
she talks. She has strong voice. and
knows how to handle it. In behalf OF
the auxiliary association she thanked
the governor and the mayor and the
people Of st. Paul generally for the many
courtesies that had already been ex-
tended to both branches of the order
<AllCIiS OLHeI IuuES, SlC SdlQ lldl 10 DO
a true woman IS to have a wealth OF
power, and she knew the auxiliary assoc
citation was exerting a strong influence
for good all over the country. She then
took pains to return a few compliments
to the governor who looked extremely
happy at this particular time.
FIREMEN SEMI GREETING.
Frank p. Sargent, grand master
brotherhood of Locomotive Fir men
was the funny man Of the evening. His
address was short sweet and to the
point. He first referred to a comparison
made by the governor between NJ nn--
sofa, Rhode Island and some otter Of
the New England states. saying it mi snt
be true that Minnesota wa larger tnqn
Rhody, but the governor had go l.
mention Vermont. ii that state " 70
roned out, he thought, it wOUll lie b &
ger than Minnesota. Then he told Il the
good time he had been having ever sinos
the conductors had arrived He said ma
had been busy shaking hands with Oh
friends the past two OF three da AMI
some of them were friends who Il the
kazy past had helped him al'ng-from
division 10 division. In Speaking os g. IS
own order he said that he YVES resent
Iii behalf of his little family Of goo,
and that he wanted to exte.d the greet
ings and good wishes Of every mcmte
OF his order to the conductors and their
wives and daughters. He said the con