The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-05-18


ours, thar labor, organized labor,
is recognized capital. The right
Of labor to organize is recognized,
in an civilized c, Untries Of the
world. Whether IT be to build q
chicken coop, or to build a rail
road. You have nothing ranking
in your heart because of the organ
ization Of capital: the cspitall.t t
has nothing ranking in his heart
because Of The organization Of Ia
Dor. II is when one zone begins
to Cypress the other that trouble
starts. They are TWO great organ
izalions. like the republican and
democratic parties, just holding
each other about level. But an
outbreak On either side, something
unreasonable or irregular on either
side. will cause trouble. / be.
IieVe, that capital Is getting to be
very careful and labor is getting
very careful. and believe the
final ad jastment Of this thing will
come about.
Another thing; the Illinois Cen
tral railroad is the greatest tenn
perance society in the world; along
that line from Chicago to. New Or
leans more men have quit drinking
than anywhere else in the same a
mount of territory; simply because
they are not allowed to drink in
toxicatiDg liquors. That combine
tion is making a line Of sober men
along the whole line; believe 10
that kind Of organization. Organi-
zed labor ia restoring Sunday to
our men. Here is the barber who
used TO stand and shave and clip
all day Sunday, now he goes to
church and wOrships his God with
wife and children. if he wants to.
Was 1t right to deprive him OF the
day? Gentlemen, no: the God that
made him gave the day, aud bar
bers' union said, "We will have
the day." and everybody said
Amen.' But ore says that was
done Eby Legislation, yes it was
but the BARRIERS union went after
that legislation. and got it. So,
they are resting to-day, beloved, /,
all over this land OF ours, and
the clerks union has given the
Lords day to their families, to
their neigbbors, to their God. |
read a thing the other day that al
most took my breath. l read that
the city Of Pensocola, Fla, closed
up on Sunday; tie draymep, the
hackmen, the stOres-every body
was closed. When l lived there,
every thing was open on the Lords
day. The clerks union began the
agitation, and that was the first
Lord e day in its history that busi-
ness was closed. But will they
stay closed? Yes sir, they will see
how beneficial 1t is. i am glad
for these organizations that are
recognizing the Lords day snd
are restoring it to the men who
are SO much in need of it. Just
to that extent, gentlemen, that we
give the Lords day TO God, just to
that extent drinking will cease,
good clothing will be worn and
workiugmen be happy because
Sunday is a holiday of the labor
ing men and, he goes on Sunday
If the town is running open, and
if he is a drinking man, he spends
on Sunday all that makes during
the other six days. Ifall the places
are closed, every one hrs worked
just so many hours a day, and
when tie Lords day comes, they
take their wives and children and
90 to Sunday school and church,
| Just like ANYBODY else. Ii is the
opportunity for the employers and
the employed, if you please, to
come as one great people.
But / must call your attention,
now, for few moments, to the
mountain top Of this address, and
that is the great union, gentlemen,
the church union union with God.
That is the greatest of all unions
that is the union that needs no griev;
ance committee; that needs no
strikes; that union with the God
that made you, with the Christ that
died for you, with the holy spirit
that will comfort you: the union
that is organized here, and is not
disorganized at death, but when the
death angel shall lead you down
through the cold Jordan of death,
to arise on the other side, you are
still member of that invincible
union that God, the father, the son
and the holy spirit lead tothe etern-
/ al home OF the soul.
Brethren, our unions will never
be what they ought TO be, until,
when the church bell riggs on the
Lords day morning, fathers and
mothers with their children wi
march mp 10 rbe house Of God and
enjoy the union with him who said,
" Come unto me all We that labor
and are heavy laden, and will give
you rest. ? The ideal home is
the christian home; the ideal heart
is the christian heart. tho ideal life
is the christian life. that worships
| the God of The Bihle. Ihe Bhnd-