Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-09
IS MADE UNION MAN
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NOOnlluueQ IRON fISL fhEe,)
in organizations OF wage workers.
Organization is one Of, the laws OF
at this time. but l feel that we must
that there Is nothing sacred in the name
cation does not make II a good one. The
worth Of an organization depends on its
tss Exi sdo6,ed ,S wi' sp, f9e Of Spu fsiE ds shs ski;
between man and man and the wise self
restraint which, ! an glad to be able to
plause). You now number nearly 1900
members. During the two years ending
June 20 lat you paid into the general
More than S6,5OO,0W have been paid IN since
the starting of the insurance clause in
s sRf mem6sTs sSd 9 tSeIr R SeSen tG qss-
over 20 per cent Of the amount paid was
kind Of profession which is yours. You
face death and danger in time Of peace
Sans uniform must face them.
Only AdmiEes the TOtIer.
Your WORK lie hard. Dc you suppose that
because Of that l pity your. No. not a bit.
| don't PITY any man whG does hard work
work, at which ever end OF the Social
law Of WORTHY TSg work n WeiI do Ss G Is tbs L Ia%
of the successful American life. l speak
to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
road men, mot only NY sppe Engineer ai T who
have served an apprenticeship as fremen;
to conductors, who As aSrule have served
an apprenticeship as, brakemen, but to
all the men of all the organizations con-
nected with railroad work. / know you
am talking to ali the railroad men Of
You, in your organisation Of railroad
men have Taught two Lessons the lesson
of how. much can be accomplished by mu-
tua! self;help-help OF the type that helps
i6nS Tpn IN the msS only wbo way BY , Thish IT. in the
really can be helped. that is BY teaching
him to help himself. You teach the bene-
need of keeping absolutely unlmpaired the
faculty Of individual initiative. the faculty
by which each man brings himself to the
the special qualities with which he is him
self endowed.
individuality L. Required.
Much can be done by the brotherhood.
have just limited in the general figures
but it stili remains true in the brother,
hood and everywhere else throughout
American life that in the last resort moth
individual qualities, We need those, no
matter how the organization Is outside.
The i1frs STEADY way pS in NH, ThIieh ,S e man 1h can rise
pened yesterday. 1 came down here over
the Queen & Crescent railroad and the
| kGIGTdl HdUdkGT WHO nhnultQ my IT0ln
and who handled yours was Mr.. Mcguire.
used to know him in the old days when
he was on his way up and he began right
time. He worked his way straight up and
now he is general manager and he put
this convention here and he put me here,
lApplause)
Forgetting the Rugged virtues.
There is in modern life. with the growth
of civilization, with the growth of luxury,
q sudden tendency to softening the ma
tional fiber; There is a certain tendency
to forget, in consequence of their disuse,
the rugged virtues which inspire life and
l feel that professions like yours rave a
'On II is eH a EO upon thi ins mnG' sth SSHy s RSssiIi be
a large body of our fellow citizens-that
there should be a profession whose mem
these old, old qualities OF courage, daring
resolution, unhinching willingness to meet
6is ssye as n tSs ,o I hope se 3S see v III cur TO Pe ar
ever-increasing degree, but l hope never
to see them lose the sterner virtues that
I feel that the profession of railroading is
r a 1ne anti-scorbutic-that II does away
I with the tendency toward softness.
In American citizenship We can succeed
permanently upon only the basis Of stand
Ing shoulder to shoulder. working ih as
s ali, snd S Vet or femsmSeTins sAG tha T0T we ne sS5
each so to shape things so that a man
, can develop to best advantages all the
forces and powers at his command.
rCANtb VI All Nec0b'
We need good laws, we need a good fun
constitution. but back Of It ali lies the
eed-for the lack of which nothing else
S can in sSSIRPIdiymffhs sl. assS S9P a R hisaer we svf ssSt
When we went into the Spanish war a lot
OF our national guards were armed witt
the black powder musket, a weapon that
makes the crossbow rather recent by com
p~arison. 1t always %irritates me to- see any
nl All fFAnnG armAd With annh a WRQn0n
l want to see each man have the bes'
weapon. but II the man Is q poor creature
no matter how good his weapon is he .maS
be beaten by a good man with a club. ]
want the best type OF weapon, but l wan
the man behind the gun.
I var to see a good framework OF organ,
~iEation; l want TO see a good framework
under wise laws OF corporate organize
statute books for all Of us; I want TO SCI
our admirable constitution, whenever thu
) need comes, rendered still more admirable
even II It Is necessary to amend 4. Bu'
remembering the Importance OF all that
oh. my friends, what I hope we VII nsysl
, lem OF good citizenship is the problem
Q OF producing good men and women. Tha
is the fundamental problem.
Inspiration Of the BattIeheIds.
And now let me say a word. speaking no
I speaking to ALL our citizens. Governor NC
MnIln and Mr., Mayor, l fail 70 see hoy
/ ana 20 over the great battlehelds in III
] near OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES battlefelds here 4
state and just across the border IN m
mothers state Of Georgia-how any Amer
lean can come here and see evidences Q
the mighty deeds done by the men WI
wore the blue and the men who wore IN
gray-I fail to see how any man can com
here and look upon these evidences and NJ
go away a better American prouder OF va
country, proud because of the Valor dis
played on both sides, the devotion, n
g loyalty to the right as each side sa" IN
right.
y In my regiment there served under z
u in the ranks a son OF General Hood. Hh
e commanded at one time the conIedera,
r army against General Sherman. The onl
captain whom had the opportunity {
promoting to first rank, and to whom IN
e promotion was given for gallantry, on IN
held, was Micah Jenkins Of South Caroiin'
, the son of a confederate general. who's
name you will find recorded among thos
s who fought at Chickamauga, Two or n
captains, and by a strange fatality the De
two captains were killed at Santiago-oI
a was Allyn Capron. the nth in line, WI
l. from father 10 son had served IN the rel
ular army OF the United States; who las
served in every var In which our COUNT
had been engaged. The other, Buci
" O'Neil. His father had fought und'
Meagher when on the day at Frederick
~ burg his brigade left more men under. II
= stone wall than any other brigade did.
had I'm my regiment men from the nor
and south, men from the east and Yves
men whose fathers had fought under era,