The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-07

power to throw open the portals Of the
republic TO the pagan hordes of the
Chinese empire.
You all have reason to khnow what /
snat would mean to American labor
and 70 American institutions. Yet
under the hypocritical pretext that to |
continue to exclude Chinese from this
country will be TO forfeit our trade
with China, the despotism Of power de-
claTes that the bars must come down.
II spoke through national gathering
here the other day--spoke cowardly and
TO the shame of the states represented.
But the time will soon be at hand for
american labor to speak and when it
comes 1t will say in thunder tones that
Will reVerberate through every corridor
OF the nations capitol, that the repub-
hes sacred soil shall never become
maven for race OF men who do not
want to call it thome;" that because
manhood, and not the dollar, is the
standard of value in measuring great
ness-we do not want, and will not
have, the trade of China, if it must
| bring the labor of China with it.
Do you ask me how the despotism of
power must be oVerthrown? Brothers,
believe in the ballot-the easiest
weapon to use, and the one weapon of
which power stands in deadly fear.
Use it, workers of Oregon, but first join
hands. 5 49,
And believe that the ballot should
be in the hands of every American wo-
man. There is no phase of existence
that woman has not frightened, and
the American political system will be-
come free from tarnish and take on lus-
tire whenever woman is established in
the elective franchise. Years ago we
struck the word "man" from the con-
stitution OF my state, and every election
day since then has seen the husbands
and wives, the fathers and mothers of
Idaho travelling hand in hand in the
tsteadfast ways of citizenship. And we
would not return these wives and
mothers of Idaho to subsection any
more than we would take the other
steps backward into barbarism. The
happy experience of the past few years
has rendered us proof against ridicule
and the false doctrine of the superi.
GRITTY. of man. When men say to us
, that that the ballot degrades woman.
hood-but they don't say that to the
men of Idaho; it wouldn't be we'll with
} them if they did.
} Yes, the workers of this country viii
come into their own through the ballo
} box, and through the ballot box alone
They will obey the laws as they fnt
/ them but change them when they ar
! wrong. Power prefers to obey the law
: it pleases to obey - and break tn
! others at will. But examples set b,
Q power will not remain very long. Eacl
. day is developing strong men in tn
1 public service-men so strong that the,
are demanding obedience to the lay
! alike from the howell and the palace
e The proper employment of the ballo
8 will develop more of them. The
= the despotism of power will pass for
i ever. This is the last word of counse
= that l would leave with you today: D
i not let the superficial things of lif
/ blind your eyes to the things substan
Q tial. Men with the reins of power i
f their hands will try it, either directl
d or through their minions in congress
r Don't be deceived. When your con
: gresham talks to you about a large
navy or the dual tariff, remind hir
/. that national employers liability wi
:, be on the calendar as unfinished bus
n ness" the coming session and ask hil
70 what he intends to do about it. Il
g may be endeavoring to keep a sinkin
bark afoat on the comfortless ocean {
e polictical eminence by stopping tn
e leaks with the doctrine of class hatred
e When he lies to you about your hon
l. being in danger of Mormon invasion
e tell him that you are quite willing
d take care OF your own homes-and r.
mind him that he will find nations
v S-hour, measure pending in congre
d which is designed to give you two hou
% more each day in which to do it. The
:. if he fails to perform your will, repla'
v him with some one else. There a
le men among your citizens who are bra
le enough and eloquent enough to star
n up on the floors of congress and fig
II the battles of the people; send them
Of represent you.
lg Shall add word of testimony r
1t garding the institution of labor unto
20 ism? During the years that l ma
T. held membership in organized labor
es have always found patriotism to be
of invigorating principle. 1t delights 4
is to contemplate the splendid.swork +
he human society that it has done and
t. continually striving to do. In eve
of struggle to place the race of man up
higher ground labor unionism has be-
,g in the vanguard, battling with coura
le and devotion as honor shows, the wa
a. It has not always won-but all OF
IN victories have been for civilization a
at for peace, and the good that it is dol
It. today we can neither measure nor col
1g prehend. We do know that it is spec
OF ing the coming day when the despotli
of power shall be "as tale that
or told' and the rights OF man forev'
an more established.
IN This is the whole of the mission
fe man and the only excuse for Cover
t. ,,ooxr NOT ha in orr gene