The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-05

Ing, called the assembly to order. Speak ing from the raised platform.
 This was the first opportunity a Mont gomery railroad worker had had during the meeting to make public expression or the welcome extended the visitors and
 MT. Conner took advantage of 1t. He said he had reluctantly accepted the Presidency of the Executive Council
 several months ago. He admitted he
 had misgiving as to the ability of Mont
 gomery railroad workers to arrange for so great a crowd. But" said Mir. Conner, 'when our Montgomery business and professional men came to our assistance so ably and so generously I was glad undertook the task.'
 MT. Conner spoke of the success of the meeting and earnestly dwelt upon the happiness it gave the people of Montgom- cry to have the railroad workers here. Conner Introduced Hefiin. He concluded by introducing Hon. J. Tom Hef1in. who made the address oi the day The people had crowded about the platform and when Mir. Hefiin mount ed bench so that he could be seen by the large audience, he was cheered.
 MT. Hefiin spoke thirty minutes and was frequently applauded. He made a characteristic address Illuminating his serious thoughts with anecdotes in negro dialect and other laugh provoking stories
 He opened his address by thanking the railroad men for an invitation to be pres ent and dwelt upon the purposes of the meeting.
 TO every thing there is a season and time to every purpose under the sum- said Mir. Hefiin. This Is. as 1t should be with you. a season of great rejoicing. a time of friendly intercourse and genuine enjoyment. Mingled with the discussions of the good of the order are the loves and the incidents born of common interest and common destiny.
 '"rhese associations liberalize the mind of your members and the minds of the public and with the motto adopted forty have them do to you woven into the very fabric of your brotherhood. you will al- ways receive from the people words of encouragement and smiles of approval. In organization there is strenfth, in fra ternal love and sympathy there is maj esty and power, in fixedness of purpose and concert of action there is beauty and strength that must always com mand success.
 You are part and parcel of a great system, an organism composed
  CTS and employees. You should be bound together as closely as possible in the beautiful bonds of fellowship. sympathy and purpose.
 "All business and all work should lift up and not hold down. it should make free and not enslave, it should ennoble and not degrade. It is only in an atmosphere of mutual trust, sympathy and respect that men can grow.
 Heiin Quotes Ruskin.
 'In the language of John Ruslxin There is an idle class among both rich and poor, weak, wicked and miserable. There is a working class among both rich and poor, strong. healthy and happy How comfort Ing to see capital and labor walking hand in hand down all the avenues of busi- ness, through all the thoroughfares of honest endeavor. all working for the good of each and each for the good of all. We should have this idea uppermost in the minds of all the people. It should be the guiding star of labor and capital. the we'll spring of relationship between employer and employe. We should not have the few claim all the increase.
 ' From ocean. soil and air,
 Precious stones and gems and metals, Flooks and grains and fruitage rare.'
 An! no.
 t The spirit that covets unduiy,
 Holds sin that 'tis hard to forgive, For religion never breaches more truly,
 Than when she says Live and Let
 Livc"''.
 Man has wants that must be satisfied in order that he may live at all and other wants which must be satisfied in order that he may live worthily, and still other wants. the qualification of which ministers to the highest and best traits of human character.
 The material wealth of the universe Is but a mass of sordid stun unless It's pres ence betters mans condition, supplies the wants of his social nature. fertilizes and enriches the soil upon which grow the flowers and fruits of the intellect.
 Employing the phraseology of another, An enlightened, hopeful, energetic popu- ation Is the firmest foundation of good government, the greatest safeguard for its permanence and will always be the strongest bulwark around its institu- tons.
 MT. Gladstone has said, If you would | erect bulwark against despotism, there | s no rampant like the breasts of free | nen. He meant free men in the broad | ,st and profoundest sense of the term. | nen who can go about in the pursuit of | happiness and prosecute their labors with | infettered feet and unhampered spirits lnder a clear sky of equal rights to all md special privileges to none. Under this glorious condition of things we produce