The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-01
INTEREST OF NIW FEDERATION
WHICH WILL DEMAND LEGISLA-
T0N IN THE INTEREST
OF LABOR
MR. MARKHAMs NEW POEM
Was the Feature of the Post
prRndiaI Oratory which En-
liVened the Oc-
cnsiOn.


Arlington hail, Nos. 10 and
Is ST. Marks pace, under the
auspices of the Workingmen or
New York and was called La
bor's Greeting to the Twen
tieth Century," 1t was project
&c 10y the committee Of one hun
dred. which was organized to
can a convention on Jan. "A
neXt, in Cooper union, to estab-
lish in New York city fedora
tion or council of delegates
from labor and reform societies
which shall demand that legis-
lators frame the viii of the peo-
pie on matters of the tenement
house problem, sweat shop sys-
TEN, etc,
The following names of speak,
ers and toasts were at each
place.
Ernest II. Crosby, toastmas-
ter; THE Triumph of Labor"
J. Swinton; Industrial Peace"
Bishop Potter; The Hours of
Labor" George r. McNein;
"The Right TO Live" Henry
George, Jr.. THE Ideal of Cit
izenship," r. Fulton Cutting;
Legislation" John Ford; 1.-The
Ieople's Unity" Joseph Baron
deSs; The City CT New York"
Bird 5. Coler; "Labor's Need"
Michael A. Fitzgerald; and A
Century Poem" by Edward
Markham.
Following is the poem from
Edward Markham:
We stand here at the end OF
mighty years
And a great wonder rushes on
the heart
While cities rose and blossomed
into dust
While Shadowy lines of kings
were blown to air
What was the purpose broSding
on the world
Through the large leisure Of
the centuries?
And what the end-failure or
victory?
Lo man has laid his scepter on
the stars
And sent his spell upon the con-
tinents.
The heavens confess their Sc
crets and the stones,
Silent as God, publish their
mystery.
Man calls the lightnings from
their secret place
To crumple upon the spaces
of the world
And snatch the Jewels from the
flying hours,
The wild white smoking horses
of the sea,
Are startled by His thunders,
The w0rld-power
Crowd round to be the lackeyS
of the king.
His hand has torn the veil OF
the great law,
The law that was made before
the worlds-before
That far first whisper on ocean
deep;
The yaw that swings Arturus
on the north,
And hurls the soul of man
upon the way.
But what avail, o builders of
the world,
Unless We build a safety for the
soul.
Man has put harness on Levi
athan,
And hooks In his incorriglb,e
jaws;
And vet the perils of the street
remain.
Out Of the whirlwind of the
cities rise
Lean hunger and the worm Of
misery,
The heartbreak AMI the cry
OF mortal tears,
But hark, the bugles blowing
on the peaks;
And bark, g murmur as OF
many feet;
hhe cry of captains. the divine
alarm,
Look! the last son of Time
comes hurrying on
The strong young Titan of De-
mocracy,
With swinging step he takes
the open road
In love with the winds that
beat his hairy breast.
TO all the world.
lie casts his eyes around with
JoVian glance
Searches the tracks OF old
traditions; scans
With rebel heart the book of
pedigree;
Peers into the face Of prestige
Why are YOU hating in the
path of man?
is II Your shoulder bears the
human load?
DO YOU draw down the rains
OF the sweet heaven
And keep the green things
~ growing? Back to hellr'
we know at last the futura is
secure; -
God is descending from etern
ity, '' e'eIi'-
puild the road. -
es' down in the thick of
Things. the men of creed
clay. ' N - ~ ''le
Hy wondrous tolls the men
without the dream.
aWares N''
Are laying the foundations of
OF the dream,
Inc kingdom of fraternity fore
told. ''''' i0ie-
CoLER's SPEECH.
Mr.. Coler spoke as follows.
The workingmen can 90
complish anything thew nndeS
take If they will make tbat,,
tool the ballot box Instead % ~
boycotts. They have eIres a.
worked wonders for the betters
ment of their own materjal !
conditions, and they are inst
beginning to realize their DOW
er. If the intelligent laborihe
men of this city will unite In
the service of the general well
fare. and remain united. they
Will constitute the greatest
moral and physical power for
good that ever existed in the
municipality. That they have
not done so is largely because
they don't stand together long
enough.
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