The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-09

b. them. They are accustomed 10 enduring
hardships: they are accustomed TO irregu-
lar hours daughter and appiausel; they
are accustomed to act on their own respon-
sibiiity. on their own initiative. and yet
they are accustomed 10 obeying orders
quickly. IApplause.l There is not any
thing more soul-harrowing for man In
time OF war. or for man engaged in a
difficult Job I'm time OF peace than 10 give an
order and have the gentleman addressed
say. What? fLaughter.l The railroad
man has got TO learn that when an order
Il Issued there may be but traction or
a second in which TO obey II. He has got
ON The other hand, that there will come
plenty OF crises in which there Will be no
orders to be obeyed and he will have to act
for himself. GApplausel
sOLDIERLY QUALITIES.
Now, those are all qualities that go to
the very essence Of good soldiership. and l
am not surprised at what General Sher-
man said; am not surprised that you
would make good soldiers-I woul3 be
ashamed of you IL you did not. Laughter
and applause.l In raising my own regi-
ment. which was raised mainly in the
Southwest. partly in the territory in which
Mr.. Sargent himself served as soldier at
one time. in Arizona, L got number OF
railroad men. OF course, the first requisite
was that a man should know how TO shoot
and how TO ride. We were raising the regi-
ment In a hurry and we did not have time
10 teach him either. He had to know how
10 handle horse and how TO handle
rife. TO start with; but given the possession
OF those two qualities. / found that there
group of our citizens from whom
better men could be drawn TO do soldier
work in tight place and at all times than
the railroad man. IApplause.l
But, gentlemen, the period Of war is but
q fractional part OF the life OF our Re
public. and / earnestly hope and believe
will haa m
future than IL has been in the past. 1t was
the work that you have done in time OF
peace that especially attracted me to you.
that made me anxious to come down here
and see you, and that made me glad TO
speak TO you. not for what | can tell you.
but for the lesson IL seems to me can be
gained by all OF our people from what you
have done. lApplause.l
AT the opening of the twentieth century
we face conditions vastly changed from
what they were In this country and
throughout the world century ago. Our
complex industrial civilization under which
progress has been so rapid and in which the
changes for good have been so great, has
also inevitably seen the growth OF certain
tendencies that are not for good, or at
least that are not wholly for good; and
we In consequence as people, like the
rest of civilized mankind, find set before US
for solution during the coming century
problems which need the best thought OF
all of US. and the most earnest desire of
all TO solve them well, IL we expect to work
out a solution satisfactory to our people
n solution for the advantage of the Nation.
In facing these problems IL must be a
comfort To every well-wisher OF the Nation
TO see what has been done by your organi-
cation. / believe emphatically In organized
labor. lCheers and applause.1
LABOR UNIONS BENEFICIAL.
Il believe in organizations OF wage-work-
ers. Organization is one Of the laws of our
social and economic development at this
time. But feel that We must always keep
before our minds the fact that there is