The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-01-27
ELOQUENT WORDS
Senator Gore Addresses a Large
Audience at the Opera House
on Organized Labor.
LsbOTsT Is Worthy Of His Hire
History Of Labor-Principles and
Benefits Of UniOnism-
Future Work.

the trades councils Of Chickasha, al
the opera house last evening.
Senator Cores reputation as an
orator had preceded him and the
audience was by no means disap-
pointed in its expectations.
For neaaly an hour and half,
the speaker held ifs listeners charm
ed smooth, resonant voice, his wit,
humor and eloquence, as he told the
story Of labor, its necessity, impor-
tance, dignity and aspirations. The
audience was in complete sympathy
with the speaker and his theme
throughout and was generous in
applause.
Senator Cores subject was
Organized Labor" He was in
troduced by Judge N. M. Williams
in a few fitting words. After a
few opening remarks, in whick ex-
pressed his thanks to the labor
unions for the invitation to address
them and told some good stories,
Senator Gore spoke in substance as
follows:
Tempting as is the subject Of
statehood and similar issues, we
must seek other fields for our dis
cussion this evening. Any enlogy
on labor is useless on this occasion.
America itself stands out as a testi-
mony to the efficiency of labor.
lOur forefathers left their native
land and sought a refuge in this
country, cleared the forest and sub
dued the wilderness, and the city Of
Chickasha IS but the typeof an
American city, the offspring Of
American industry. The song Of
the saw and the drum beat of the
hammer formed the music that has
conjured into existence this splen-
did city. This town, its size, its
growth, its progress, its manhood
and womanhood, stand out as the
proudest monument Of your thrift
and industry.
My fellow citizens, it is useless
for me to tell you that am the
friend Of labor. One kindly deed
Is worth whole dictionary Of fine
words. As a member Of the Okla
homa legislature, | had an oppor-
tunity to testify to my friendship
for labor in deeds. Three out Of
five bills introduced in that body in
behalf Of labor were introduced by
me and all Of them received
my hearty support. One Of
these was a bill making the first
Monday in September a legal holi-
day. Another required the union
label on all public printing; another
was a bill preventing the use of
child labor in the territory and an
other was a fellow servants bill.
You viii pardon these personal al
Iusions. I make them that may
in part justify the compliment and
the honor you pay me in asking me
to address you.
Now, let me speak to you about
the necessity. the Importance, the
dignity and Aspirations Of la
bnr.
"The necessity of labor is the
ouly them upon which it is impos-
.sible to exaggerate. Every genera
ton Of men, every human being is
dependent upou the fruits Of labor
for its support-as dependent as the
babe upon its mothers breast.
The true relation between the la
boring man and other classes is H.
lustrated by picture that is said
to hang over the door Of an English
tavern. -Four figures appear in the
picture; one is king under which
is written, 4 rule for ALI another
a soldier. with the inscription, /
hght for ALL another, a clergy
man, I pray for ALL another, "a
laborer, 4 work for lall.' This
illustration teaches that whatever
strengthens and improves labor,
strengthens and improves all other
classes; and whatever weakens and
degrades labor, weakens and de-
grades all other classes. This is d