Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-31

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highest INTERESTS 81 the three parties "a
the disputes via, the employers, the en-
BloyysS an the public The smploye eannqs
With 81 The employer may please The
question sometimes asked. Can not eon-
duct my business TO suit myseltl ~ a
plausible one, but when a man, In conduct
Ing mis- business. attempts to arbitrarily
hx the, conditions under which hundreds
the future or thousands OF human beings
1 answer without hesitation that he has
no right to conduct his business In such "a
way as TO deprive his employees Of their
right to lite; lihetsy, and the pursuit Of
ness ~ e., support n,s pnst tss safe,I
Of luiuts, the factory laws fixing the age
at which children can be employed. and
usuary laws establishing the rate OF In
terest The effort Of the employer to set
tie differences without arbitration has
done much to embtter him against those
from them-s condition deplorsble FROM
every standpoint
Employees, ana society.
But II II is unwiss to make the employer
the sole custodian Of the rights and in
terests Of the employees, 1t Is equally un-
'wise TO give their employees uncontrolled
authority sever the rights and interests OF
the employer. The employees are no, moSe
to be trusted to- act unselfishly and oisinT
terestedy than the employers. In tneif
zeal TO secure presept advantage they
may. not only do Injustice, but even tor
fell larger future gain The, strike, the
a two-eaEed- SWORD and may injure the
even when wholly sassessfui is apt , 20
wage wage Garner f thae should d. not be there
Society, moreover, has something at
ss wei. as tne emp,ogsib sn1 ptp;t
without considerable sloss to -he public
Society, therefore, Is justified in demanding
labor shall be settled by peaceful means.
IL the permanent, impartial board Is Gre
ated, to which either party TO an indus.
/ ria al lta pnn n
its own motion Institute an inquiry, public
opinion may be relied upon to enforce the
to investigation it is not necessary that
there shall be compulsory acceptance OF
the decisionr for full and fair lnVestlga .
ton will. in almost every case bring
No reference TO the labor question Is
complete that does not include some men ,I,,
injunction. As the main purpose OF the
writ Is to evade trial by jury, 1t is really
an attack upon the jury system ana TINS
ought to arouse an Unanimous protest;
So long as the thief IL guaranteed itl IA
by Jury Jury 3HEss not to p the ae WTt 10 10
usually invoked in case of a strike, the
Importance of the subject would be very
Of arb dfrSieG because rSitrson would
very much reduce. even II IT DID not en-
tirely remove, the probability OF STRIKE
Foresees Eight-Hour Day.
Just another word In regard to the labor
hour day is an International struggle and
It is sure to be settled In favor OF the
saving machine have not been distributed
with equity, The producer has enormously
maltipliss his capacity but r 80 rsg toe
much of the increase and the laborer too
little. Those who oppose the eight-hour
of ignorance of conditions than because "
lack of sympathy with those who TOLL
The removal Of work from the house .S. 10 70
from his wife and. the father from MS
children, while the growth of our cities
has put an hen oo
is demanded OF the laboring man no
tina nformeriy; he is, citizen as well as a
of public institutions II he is to be an in
telligent sovereign To drive MN from mas ~.
bed 70 his task and from nm ms ,s sask ~ bis
company, society of his service ana poll
tics of his influence, ~.
Reaches Partisan questions.
Thus far 1 have dwelt upon subjects
S %hlds may BUT f0 am II sure that YOU viii par,
don me IL in this presence i oetray my IN
terest in those policies for which the GEM m
opportunity to make a democratic speeon
for almost q year, and no one-not even a
p orSlS ME eo those policies on
this occasion, 1Oprx epp9ne ats have de.
rived not only partisan pleasure, but ,,a also
parrish, in sSp the money CUES,
ton They ought ToA therefore ;,d seg e Re
th ss.s s @ bass
% ensss aS sss., pe sfassa e present
united Sas aS ssssnd
| crease insfthe. production or g9io nsu
brought victory. cto both the ady9cates
Of gold and the advocates of bimetanism7
the former keeping the gold standard,
which they wanted, and the latter scout scout
ing the larger volume OF money 1axor l1 b,metai.
| ism are satisfied without victory II tne
| friends of monometalism are satsned win
theirs; And we can anv,cs in The effort TO
restore to the people the rights which
have been gradually taken from them py
~" The Investigations which have. been in
InroRress during the last year, have dis
closed the business methods OF those VINO 3
their Schemes and hid t1eif rascality un-
| der high-sounding phrases. These investi.
| cations have also disclosed me s source s OF
! used to debauch elections and corrupt the
ballot The people see now what they
should have seen before re- ,r,sts 30 long as
| II owes its political success to campaign
contributions secured from the trusts
why Corporations Contribute.
| The great corporations do, not contribute
Their money Sse ,s any nMropmised or Clearly i'm
! piled. The president has recommended leg
! islatfon on this subject, but so Tar his
I party has failed 20 respond mo important
| advance can be made until this baneful IN
| huence IL eliminated. and i hope that the
| democratic party will not only challenge
| the republican party to bring forth lesisla-
/ tion on ..kis subject, but will set an ex-
| ample by refusing to receive campaign com
| tributions from the corporations and by
opening the books so that every contributor
| OF any considerable sum may be known to
| the public before the election. The great
| majority OF corporations are engaged In
|. legitimate business and have nothing to
| fear from hostile legislation. and the ON
| GERS should not be, permitted to use the
/ money. Of the stockholders to advance their
| own political opinions. Contributions should
| be individual not corporate, and no party
can AFFORD to- receive contributions, even
! from individuals. when the acceptance OF
| these contributions secretly pledge the
party to a course which II cannot openly
/ ayow. In rother. words, politics should be
] honest. and / mistake political conditions
! in America II they do not receive improve
l ments in the conduct Of campaigns.
I ConGratuIates the President.
While men may differ as to the relative
importance of issues, and while the next
! congress will largely shape the limos upon
which the coming presidential campaign
| will be fought, think II is safe to say that
1 at present the paramount issue In the minds
| Of q large. majority OF t1e people is the
/ trust issue, congratulate President Roose-
i Welt upon the steps which he has taken
| TO enforce the antitrust law, and my graft
! hcation is not iessened by the fact that he