The broad ax., 1906-01-20

prosecuted Jew In Russia. He can do
1t IL he will; and II he does. sorrow
ing humanity will place him on a
higher pedestal, and great race Of
grateful people viii forever call him
blessed.
"Mr. Chairman, let me say to this
House that 1 have the honor to repre-
sent in the heart Of the city Of New
York one Of the largest Jewish con-
stituencies IN the United States, and
most Of these people, or their pa
rents, have come to our shores from
Russia and southeastern Europe, and
I want to say here, knowing them as
I do, living among them, believing in
them as do. and respecting them as
do, that there are no better, no
more loyal and no more patriotic citi-
zens in the United States. They are
honest, sober, thrifty, industrious,
liberty loving, and intelligent. They
have come to our free land to escape
the ostracism and the persecution OF
governments like Russia and taking
advantage Of the opportunities vouch-
safed them here, by frugality and in
dustry, by perseverance and sobriety,
by hope and tenacity Of purpose, they
have forged rapidly to the front in
every line Of endeavor, and they are
to-day as good citizens as any other
class of people in all our country.
(Applause) II anyone here will go
over the denseIy populated great East
Side OF New York, where I live, and
where these people live, and where
there are more people to the block
than In any other like space on earth,
he will be convinced Of all I say re-
garding the Jew, and he win find
among the throngs Ct school children
in the public schools that the Jew
ish boys and the Jewish girls are
among the brightest, the neatest, the
aptest, the smartest, and the most in
telligent. I know well these people;
they know me, and have always been
my friends: and I would be false to
myself, false to my convictions, and
false to every impulse of my nature,
| II did not sympath'Ie with them and
do my best to comfort and aid them
in the day of their greatest sadness
and affection and calamity. ZAP
plause.)
"Mr. Chairman, Just a word Of truth
for the Jew and will conclude. It
is, however, unnecessary for me, or
any other man, to eulogize the intre-
pid sons and the virtuous daughters
Of Israel. The Jew needs no eulogy.
All he asks is justice. All he demands
is equal opportunity and equality be-
fore the law. The record Of his race
from the dawn Of time down to the
present day is the history Of the
march Of humanity along the high
ways Of progress and the avenues Of
civilization In all ages of the world
the ostracized and prosecuted Jew
has done his share for his fellow-man,
for enlightenment, for liberty, for
freedom, for progress, and for civil
Zation-and he has done 1t all in the
face Of intense adverse circumstan-
ces. In science and In art, in litera-
ture and philanthropy, the Jew, in all
lands and in all times, has written
his name high in the temple Of hu-
man fame. In craftsmanship and d.
plomacy, in law and in medicine, in
ethics and philosophy, in research and
discovery, the greatness Of the Jew
is and ever has been unchallenged.
In commerce and in trade, in industry
and husbandry, overcoming forces
that would deter another, he has held
his own In the vanguard Of progress.
Prosecuted for thousands Of years he
has surmounted all obstacles;
stunned for centuries he has kept in
the very front of the higher and the
better civilization. In trial and In
triumph, in tempest and in sunshine,
in war and in peace, on land and
sea, in all eras and in all places, the
Jewish race has written its enduring
name and its eternal fame all over
the pages Of human history. CvilIza-
ton owes much to the Jew; Chris
tianity owes more. Neither debt can
ever be paid. Destroy what Israel has
done for the human race and you
leave void that can not be filled
an abyss which can not be bridged.
Call the roll Of the eaIth's ilulstrous
dead and at least one name In every
five will be the immortal name Of a
distinguished Jew who has stamped
his fndelhla fmnraSa IN the hri0bfaaf