The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-09-05
BEACON ENJOYS A
BIG LABOR DAY
MUSIC, SPEECHES, PARADE AND
GAMES GALORE.
HON. N. E. KENDALL is ORATOR
Immense Crowd Attends and Every
body Has Good Time--ceie-
bration Is Success In
Every Way.

Every Way.
Oskaloosa citizens were strongly in
evidence at Beacon Monday during
the greatest celebration which has
been pulled of In our neighboring city
for q good many years and all were
well pleased with the successful pro
gram of amusements and addresses
with which they were treated. The
Iowa Brigade Band was faithful
throughout the day and enlivened the
patriotism and good spirit of the crowd
with their soulstirring music from the
starting of the procession in the morn
ing until the last of the crowd return
ed in the evening. The Beacon cho-
rus choir did admirably and their nu-
merous selections, especially Hail,
Hail." and the patriotic numbers, were
rendered beautifully and were received
with prolonged applause. Miss Jennie
Fry accompanied the choir on the
organ and also Mrs. d. G. Mcdonald
in her solos during the afternoons pro-
gram, which were excellent. The reel
tations were few in number. but in
quality much above the average chill
uren's declamations, and they were
any other numbers on the program.
Young John Kramer appeared In the
morning and Earl Dusenberry In the
afternoon, each with patriotic reci-
tation. The Kramer boy did excep-
tionally well and his professionalism
manner and oratorical delivery would
have done credit to speakers of many
more years experience on the plat
form. sp
The Big Parade.
William Baxter, president Of the
Beacon Local No. IT'S U. M. w. A,
headed the procession, winch formed
on the street west of the school build
ing and marched to the park, where
the exercises of the day were held,
and he acted as chairman of the day
and delivered brief welcome address
in the absence Of Secretary Edwin
Perry of the Mine Workers Union of
this city. The athletic sports during
the day continued almost without
break, except with liberal allowance
for dinner time. and ! the last ball
game in the afternoon occupied the
time SO completely that it was found
necessary to omit the miscellaneous
races and events, and that part of the
program will be carried out at Beacon
next Saturday.
Rev. Stacks Address.
Rev. Slack pastor of the Beacon
Methodist church, was the speaker of
the morning and he talked plainly on
the rights of the American citizens,
with the authority of zone of them"
He denounced the policy of the miser-
ly men, the capitalists and corporation
leaders and exalted the cause of the
labor men, the common people, who
are the main components of the ma
tion and the running gear of the gov
eminent. He considered it a privi-
lege to appear before an audience in
his home town to deliver his first ora
ton on the labor question, as he ex-
planned in the beginning of his re-
marks, but his effort was pronounced
hearts of his hearers as he declared
the rights of the citizens of the coun-
try and spoke of their prospects for
the future. ".
The Address of the Day.
Hon. Nate e. Kendall present speak
er of the house of representatives, of
Abba, delivered the address of the
day at 200 o'clock in the afternoon
and he was listened to intently by a
large crowd in spite of the fact that
the principal ball game of the day
was scheduled to be played at the
same hour. He dealt principally with
the cause of the laboring men and
their unions and only touched upon the
trust problem. He spoke openly of
his conception of the relations between
the operators and the unions, and said
that the latter had justified their cause
by the results they have attained in
shortening hours and increasing pay.
The operators will never concede any
Shih6 lhOAC bhdll Iuty are COulpeileu 10
concede; they never discuss the bet
terment of the poor ventilation, the un-
necessarily long hours, the unreason-
ably low wage scale, nor any other
complaints of their employees until
compelled to do SO by the repeated
efforts of the labor organizations. An
individual employee can accomplish
nothing in the betterment OF his con-
dition when working alone, but their
rights can only be maintained when
each workman co-operates with the
rest in forwarding the cause of their
union, whose aim it is TO improve the
condition of the individual workman
While twenty years ago. said Mr..
Kendall, the unions ordered numer-
GUS strikes which were fruitless in
bringing about any good for its mem
bers. he said that the fault was in the
men who represented their cause. In
the national Conferences which are