Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-09-10
Mr.. Bryan Before a Great
Gathering In Chi
Ca5O Today.

sistent upon what he believes to be
right, and the opinion OF each. as to
what is right, is likely to be colored by
selfish interests and effected by incom-
plete information-as to the facts. If the
employed has sometimes resorted to vio-
lence to enforce his wishes, the en-
ployer has sometimes employed his
| position to secure an unfair share of
the joint product. 1t is the province
of the law to place limitations upon
both, and the security Of our geveen-
ment is found in the fact that both en-
ployer and employee, in their calmer
moments, will join in the enactment
of laws which will restrain them in
moments of temptation. Some u
that labor is lawless and that to settle
the labor question permanently we
need emily enforce tho law vigorously.
/ yield to none in insistence upon
obedience te the law. Law is neces-
sary in human society, and its enforce
ment is essential to peace and order,
but we must remedy abuses in law if
we would insure respecttor, and obedi-
enc to, law.
"The important lesson to be learned
by the citizen in a government like
ours is that the ballot is both shield
and sword-it protects him from injury
and enforces his rights.
1.-The first thing that is needed for q
better understanding oflaborquestions
is the recognition Of the eqnal rights of
all, and, second, more intimate ac-
quaintance."
ION this day it Is we'll to emphasize
the fact that we are linked together by
bonds which we could not break if we
would and should not weaken if we
could. Its ought to be easy to learn
this lesson in the United States, for
here, more than2anywhere else, people
feel their interdependence. We have
no law Of primogeniture to separate
the oldest son from his brothers and
l sisters, and we ha We no law of entail
2 to prevent the alienation of an estate.
+ There is no aristocracy resting upon
birth or kingly favor: and if the PEG
pie perform their civic duties, there
! will be no ~plutocracy ruling in The
name of the dollar. Here the road t,
n advancement is a public highway, an,
e it is within our power to keep it ope1
t to all alike. Here, too, the govern
ment is within the control of the PEG
pie, and no department of the servie'
IS out of the reach of the voter Or be
yond the influence of public opinion
Under our constitution, some branches
o OF the government are more respon
sive than others to the public will. bu
our government can be controlled b.
the people, from he organic law whiel
we call the constitution to the statut
q and the courts decree.
ga long step toward the elevation o
q labor to its proper position in the ma
tons deliberations is to be found il
e the esta enlistment of a Department o
k Labor, with a cabinet officer at it
head. The w-age-earners deserve thi
, recognition, and kths executive is en-
t titled to the assistance which sue al
official could render him. 1 regard th'
~inaugurations of kthis reform as thu
opening of a new era in which thos'
who toll have a voice in the delibera
q tions of the Presidents council cham
n Der.
e 1.-The labor organization has beer
e seriously handicapped by the fact tina
S it has been-and I am not sure that i
. hasanot been done unwittingly-yok
n ed up with the industrial combination
known as trusts. . The proneness O
trust defenders to use the labor organ
ization as an excuse for com inationl
in restraint of ftrade5 has aroused thu
s suspicion that they have been classst
together for the purpose OF shielding
9 the combinations of capital.
. eff the labor organization needs t.
be regulated by law, let it be regulated
by o Law which deal with man A. man
a and nots by . law b a was aimed t,
. prevent the sornsring OF commodity o:
. the forestalling of the market.
ST shall n~otIspsaksot the eight-hou:
8 day, Dr. of the employers liability act
because lboths of the leading partie
u have endorsed these reforms; the onl,
n question to be considered is: whisl
party can sbest sbe trusted to secure
these reforms? / needb hardly assur
you that I am heartily in favor Of boil
It reforms.
"Thers are twoEquestions, however
g intimately connected with the labo
problem upon which, the Democrat
n and Republican parties do not agree
and 1 not onlyIfeel at liberty to discus
these, but, under the circumstances,