Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-09-08
SPEAKS ON INJUNc.
TIoN QUESTION BEFORE BIG
CROWD AT FOREST PARK
VIEWS PARADE.
{ PEERLESS LEADER
sUCCUMBS TO BOILS
ON TRIP FROM LINCOLN THEY
GET HIM IN THE NECK AND HE
WEARS HANDKERCHIEF INSIDE
COLLAR AS HE TALKS.

Chicago, Sept. 7.-William Jennings
Bryan was today the center OF
Labor day celebration that outranked
similar celebrations in Chicago for
years past. From the moment OF
his arrival except for the hour that he
spent as the guest of the Iroquois
club at a luncheon he was in the hands
Of labor men practically all day. His
first public appearance was on the re-
viewing stand on the balcony before
the national Democratic headquarters
at the Auditorium Annex where the
Labor day parade with approximately
10000 union men and women in line
passed i'll review before him.
Booked for Three Speeches.
Bryan was met at the railway sta
ton by a committee representing the
Injunction reform league, which or
ganization was his host for the day,
and escorted him to the Auditorium.
After the parade he was whisked
away to the Iroquois club for luncheon
where he made a brief talk.
He then entered an automobile
which conveyed him to Forest park
where he is to address the union
men at o'clock this afternoon on
the subject of the abuse of the In
junction in labor disputes. This eve
ming he will speak to the electrical
workers at Brands park. The Labor
day parade was the greatest event of
the sort numerically at least since
1892.
Bryan Has BolIs.
On the trip from Lincoln last night
Bryan became victim of boils and
when the candidate stepped from the
train handkerchief protected the
back. Of his neck from contract with
his coat collar. Bryan's visit here
marks the beginning Of three week 8
speaking tour through Illinois, Indiana
Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland, Della
ware, New Jersey, Rhode Island and
New York.
The World Growing Better.
"The world is growing toward broth.
erhood, and our nation is leading the
way. There is more altruism in this
country than anywhere else in the
W
ever has been before. There is more
recognition of the hnship that exists
between us, more thought about ques-
tions which concern common hui
manity than at any preceding time.
The labor organization is part of
this great movement Of the masses
toward fellowship. 1t has worked
wonders in the past and its work is
My commenced.
"The labor organization helps those
outside Of it as it's members because
the increased wages and improved
conditions are shared by non-union
men as well as by union men.
do not understand me to say that
a labor organization is perfect; the
king can do no wrong can no more be
spoken of a group than of individuals
The labor organization is composed OF
men; its affairs are controlled by hui
man beings, and human beings are not
perfect All that man touches is
stained with mans imperfections, and
his frailty can be traced through al
his works. But, fortunately for the
laboring man, the judgment pronoun
ced against his mistakes must be TEN
pered by the fact that those with
whom the laboring man comes into
contact are also likely to err. When
the employe deals with the employer
he is dealing with one of like passions
with himself. Each is likely to be in
sistent upon what he believes to be
right, and the opinion of each, as te
what is right, is likely to be colored
by selfish interests and affected by in
complete information as to the facts
If the employe has sometimes resort
ed to violence to enforce his wishes
the employer has sometimes employed
his position to secure an unfair share
of the joint product 1t is the prov
ince of the law to place limitations
upon both, and the security of oul
government Is found in the fact tha
both employer and employe, in theil
calmer moments, will join in the en-
actment Of laws which will restrain
them in moments ofatemptation. Some
assume that labor is lawless and tha
to settle the labor question permanent
ly we need only enforce the Law