The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-09
DURBIN AT STOCKWELL.
Governor and Other state Officers De-
liver Addresses.

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liver Addresses.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Aug. S.-The little
town of Stockwell was the scene of a great
gathering to-day. The occasion was the an
nual reunion of Tippecanoe county ord set
tiers. Governor Durbin was the principal
attraction. and with him were Secretary of
State Daniel E. Storms, Auditor Sherrick,
Treasurer Hill and Clerk of the Supreme
Court Brown. The town entertained its dis
tinguished guests in fitting manner. There
were several thousand people in the village
to attend the ceremonies. This is the
eighteenth annual reunion of old settlers.
and the flow of oratory was greater than
ever. Governor Durbin was the principal
orator, and In the course of his talk spoke
ing law and order. I'm the maintenance
Of law" he said, 1.-THE interests Of all citi-
zens are common, and yet if we consent to
the theory that there is the shadow of a
line of division between masses and classes
In this country the masses are most inter-
ested in preserving our laws and our in
situations from violent hands. For our laws
and our institutions as they stand to-day
are the accretions of a century and a third
OF popular government, They are r IN no
raised to the end that they may be
protected from the aggressions of the few;
the many are always In the majority at the
ballot ~box-they are not in halls of legisla-
ton or seats of administration. and the
people have only themselves to hold ac-
countable for authority unused.
"A struggle by labor against capital, ac-
companied by even the suggestion of vio-
lence. is an anomaly. If history teaches
anything as TO the results of law over
thrown, it is a step toward a condition Of
affairs in which labor is without rights,
capital without restrictions. The official
who impartially executes the laws during
periods Of industrial disturbance. as at all
other times. regardless of the immediate eff
feet of his action, is the best friend OF labor.
That official who temporizes with even the
semblanee of disorder during such periods
shares with those who incite to or apologize
for lawlessness or conditions inviting it, the
distinction Of being iabor's most cunning
and effective enemy"
Again the Governor said: What particu-
lar pertinence has all this in an assem-
blage of this character? This Is a rural
community. not directly affected by prob
lens that are of present Importance In the
Industrial centers OF the State, but on this
to accentuate the point that there is moth
ing affecting the welfare of all the rest. The
interests of all our people are closely inter-
woven and in increasing degree. In the lam
guage of the late Governor Mount: In In
diana the farm and the factory are side by
side In what department of human &C
tivity your children may be engaged. or
what responsibility may fall upon them,
YOU do not know. Your duty, and the duty
Of every citizen of Indiana, is to teach your
sons and daughters respect for the law, re-
gard for the rights and happiness of others.
their influence will be thrown always on the
side of good citizenship. and only through
good citizenship may we have q great
State"