The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-05-31

growth OF the love OF chance. He
spoke Of the millions that had been
lost BY the boys and young men of
the nation and deplored the fact that
the American people were degenerat-
ing into race Of gamsters.
He spoke of Socialism, Communism
and Anarchy and declared that these
were coming to be more and more a
living issue in America and that in a
few years America would be forced to
follow Europe in the great war to ex-
terminate these elements of malcon-
tent. He declared that the destruc-
tlonIsts of the government were the
most serious menace Of the nation.
For years and years" he said, I'VE
made America a paradise for the
Communist and a heaven for the
Anarchist but lately we have been
striving to make OBJ country a purga-
tory for one and the hottest place
conceivable for the other, and hope
that we will never weary in well do
| ing
He spoke of his support Of the true
Christian Socialism that recognized
the Golden Rule as it's tenet and
whose motto was "Universa1 Rights, -
but he found that this was far from
Communism and Anarchism, CHASING
the latter as a disgrace to the name
of Socialism, - "The savage yell Of
hate and murder and arson like that
Of Herr Most, who has fortunately
been called to his last resting place,
is not the voice of Socialism. Rather,
the voice of Socialism is the voice Of
the shop girl crying out for support,
the voice of the laborer working
under unrighteous conditions and
the voice of the thousa nds of laborers
never found in our churches. 1t is
this voice that the people of America
must hear
Here Bishop Fallows gave a vivid
picture of the life of the thousands of
child workers in the United States
declaring that women and children
were working from fourteen to seven
teen hours day for a mere living.
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Socialism lifts an indignant protest
to these conditions rather than dis
cordant wall against the best govern
ment on the face Of the earth. He
declared that such conditions we're
entirely antagonistic to the teach
ings of Jesus Christ and the Christian
religion.
In concluding his brilliant address
Bishop Fallows told the story Of the
great anthracite strike and paid a
tribute ito John Mitchell such as
has never been paid to LABOR leader.
He spoke of his own work IS mem
Der of the committee of one hundred
and how this committee had worked
with Mitchell. He showed that Presi-
dent Roosevelt had held Mitchell as
the greatest la boring man Of his age
and had declared him to be Zone of
the greatest men Of our country"
The bishop told Of the great work of
Mitchell in holding in check the great
army of workmen and how he stood
facing five thousand of these men and
declared, ssBefore I would have you
do anything contrary to the law,
would have the whole mine workers
union disintegrated. Men act like
men. =
This speech of Mitchell declared the
bishop, was worthy of the highest
place in the history of the nation.
"No man. said Bishop Fallows fever
I
living on the earth had greater task
than John Mitchell. He was the
general of one hundred and fifty
regiments, with hundreds of thou
sands of women and children suffer
ing in the back ground and to have
held these men in check like he did is
a feat offgeneralship never paralleled
in the history of the world. The
American people can not put too
glorious crown on the head of John
Mitchell. When another strike was
threatened a short time ago Mitchell
stood before the men and cried "Don't
strike" Don't strike" and the men
heard and obeyed and at this time he
carried out the statement of the presi-
dent that he was the greatest leader
of Labor the world had ever pro-
dnced."
In concluding Bishop Fal1ows said,
81 am no pessimist. There is not
vein of pessimistic blood in my body.
Christianity is marching on to
glorious triumphs and the set backs
are only temporary. shall be ready to
welcome the coming of the better
conditions. America is still destined
to lead the world in everything that
is good and I am glad TO belong to a
country for whom had thousand
lives | would be glad to give them to
preserve it and aid it to move for
ward.
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