The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-11-08
GROCER CLEVELAND
WARMLY RECEIVED
EX=Pfesident Was the Chief
Attraction at PittSburg
Celebration

Pittsburg, Nov. S.-The exercises
celebrating Founders day at the Car
negie institute which have come t.
be recognized as an annual event oI
great importance not only to the peo
pie of pittsburg but to those CT other
cities were held in Music hall yester
day afternoon. Seldom ever before
has the occasion been so interesting.
Long before the hour Of commencing ex-
ing and attended by 20 many people.
ercises the capacity of the han was strain
ed and the doors had to be closed bar
ring at least 1900 disappointed people who
had stood I'm line for a long time hoping
TO gain admission. Aside from the ma
tional interest attaching to the opening
OF the Institutes winter session Of art
and music, the presence of Grover Cleve-
ain das orator Of the day and Mrs. Cleve-
land as honor guest served to augment
the desire of the people to participate in
the exercises. The entrance of Mrs
Cleveland into one of the boxes was the
occasion OF hearty and prolonged ap-
plause. Hardly had this noise subsided
when another outburst greeted tho ap-
pearance Of eX-Presdent Cleveland on
the stage. The vast auditorium received
the distinguished guest by rising and Civ
ing expression to its pleasure by hand
clapping and waving of handkerchiefs.
Ex-President Cleveland spoke Of ''rhe
Obligations Of National Co-Partnership."
Saying IN part:
"The most serious and persistent evil
that disturbs cooperation among our peo-
pie is found in the contentious and quar-
fcls between employers ana employees.
Surely there should be no antagonisfu
in this country between labor and capital.
On the contrary they should be In close
sIff and e1af
bid that an explanation Of such antagon-
ism should be found In class Jealousy
and abuses. No American citizen was
ever yet doomed by birth to a life OF labor
or poverty; and fortunes are the products
Of industry and intelligent endeavor. La
hor and capital touch and mingle so con-
stantly and naturally among the laborer
Of today Is frequently the employer OF
labor tomorrow They should always sup
plant each other as the warm rain sup
plements the fertile SOIL to product in
joint contribution an abundant store OF
the riches of nature. Nor can the most
consuming desire for happiness excuse
contentious envy of capitalistic wealth for
1t Is beyond reasonable dispute that the
bulk of happiness among the American
people is found on plane of our social
life far below that occupied by the rich.
The caree and anxieties Of the occupa-
tion of money getting and money keep
ing, and the strangling of genuine pleas
ure which Is SO the result Certainly
ought not to excite the envy of the men
who contentedly works with his hands
and who by an irrepealable fiat may find
In his work the way TO real, simple,
unperNerted happiness. While healthful
and normal conditions of national part
nership forbid envy and unfriendliness
on the part Of the employed toward en-
plOying capital. so also such conditions
most emphatically forbid the grinding sell
fshness, the greedy rapacity and super
cllious haughtiness which too often char
acterizes the treatment Of the labor eEl- |
ployed by capital
Il desire distinctly TO dlsclaim any in
tention to suggest what may be the cause |
or causes OF the disturbances which you |
find so frequently occurs in the relation /
shin Of labor to capital Whether t re- /
suits from unreasonable and irritating de- |
mands on the part Of labor or whether |
our workingmeu listen 10 credulOusly to /
lnalign counsels whether again the trou- |
ole arises greed and aVarice OF capital /
and OF it's immediate aggregation l do |
noe pretend 10 say
Perhaps all these have a share in /
creating the difficulty. But there Is am /
tagonism in this relationship whore there |
should be generou unity of purpose. The /
situation Itself proves that somewhere /
there arc members OF our partnership in /
American citizenship who act In VIOLA |
tion Of partnership duty and | am sure /
that | venture nothing In making the As I
sertiOn that the only remedy FOR this |
situation must be found ia a return to /
the observances OF the law OF Ameri- |
an cooperation This return VIII not be /
dtththpliStltQ bA nursing real or ifndEtn= |
ary Injuries on tn cpart OF labor. nor by /
lofdiy and selfish arrogance on the part |
OF capital. A beginning must be made by /
conspicuous examples OF recognition OF |
the duty and obligations which are the /
conditions upon which the ful ienjoyment |
Df our partnership. advantages depend.
These examples should induce conserva-
tive and tolerant councils. They should |
be prominently recognized and appreciat-
ed and constantly pressed upon the view
of all who may be remiss In their Obiiga-
tions to American cooperation. what
ever the scope and nature OF these obli-
cations may be
Such an example is seen IN the es-
tablishment and expansion Of the Carne-
gle institute. The library. the museum OF
natural history, exhibition of paintings,
music. "a schOol--these things constitute a
monument more enduring than brass
They commemorate not only dischareg
of the highest duty but point she way 10
the creation Of such unincation OF Ameri-
can endeavor as must develop the most
patriotism These who love their coun-
try caHmot do otherwise than fervenuy !
hope that the example here exhibited may |
not only incite others 10 do likewise but
may accomplish its share toward dis
pClAng misappronriation distrust and srs-
icion on the part OF any within ia
immediate influence who have allowed
themselves 10 regard great wealth as
inevitably and unwholesonlc element In
our body piolitie."
Mr.. Clevelands address was literally
applauded, as was that of the actor.
Joseph Jefferson
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