The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-09-07
Candidate Takes Advantage
Of Appropriate Occasion
TO Discuss Subject.
Tells Why Workers Should
Support Him for Office.
INCIDENTALLY RoAsTs TAFT

Chicago, Sept, t. William Jen-
nings Bryan delivered the following
speech here today on Labor"
Labor.
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies' and Gentle
Men:
Labor Day Is legal holiday and
Il was made 80 because the legisla-
tors thought the wage-earners
worthy TO have day specially set
apart for the consideration OF themes
that concern those who toll. l APP
preclate the compliment paid me by
the program committee OF this city
inviting me TO participate IN the
ceremonies OF this day. aud II was
gladly accepted, because Chicago Is
the second city in the union. and as
a labor center II is scarcely second
TO any city in the world.
II u we're proper 10 speak from a
text. I would select a passage from
Proverbs. for know of no better
one than the one furnished By the
words of solomon when he declared
that as man "thinketh In his
heart. so Is he" This Is Bible doc
trine: II Is common sense. and II Is
human experience. We think In our
hearts as well as In our heads--out
of the heart ARE the issues OF life"
u T. a poor head that cannot ind a
plausible reason for doing what the
heart wants to do begin my
speech with this proposition because
want to impress II upon the minds
OF those who listen TO me. and upon
those Who read what , say ~ You
The labor question H. more a moral
than an intellectual one
To,stol, the great Russian phioso-
pher, In defining the doctrine OF
bread labor" gives as one of the
reasons IN support Of Il. that per-
sonal contact With manual abor-
not a recollection Of former TOLL
but continued acquaintance with it,
Il necessary TO keep one In sympa-
thy with those Who work with their
hands. lie contends and Is II not
true7-that lack OF sympathy. one
with another, Is at the root OF most
of the problems OF society aud gov
crnment
The world Is growing toward
brotherhood. and our nation ls lead
lug the way. There Is more sltrulsm
In this country than anywhere else
In the world. aud more today than
there has ever been before. There il
more recognition OF the kinship that
exists between us. more thought
about the questions which concern a
common humanity than at any pre-
ceding time. The labor organization
Is part Of this great movement Of
the masses toward closer fellowship
n has worked wonders In the past
aud It's work Is only commenced.
The labor. Organization helps those
outside OF Il as It's members because
the increased wages and improved
conditions are shared by non-union
men as We'll as by union men.
DO not understand me 10 say that
labor organization is perfect
the king can do no wrong can no
more be spoken OF a group than Of
individuals. The labor organization
l. composed OF men: IFS affairs are
controlled by human beings. and hui
man beings are not perfect. All
that man touches Is stained with
mans inlperfectlons. and his fTailty
can be traced through all HIS works.
But, fortunately for the laborng
man. the judgment pronounced
against his mistakes must be tenn
pered by the fact that those WITH
whom the .aboring man comes into
contact are also likely to err When
the employe deals with the employer.
he Is dealing with one of Ike pas
sions with himself. Each Is likely
10 be insistent upon what he believes
to be right, and the opinions of each
as TO what Is right. is likely to be
colored by selfish interests and at
fectcd By Incomplete information as
TO the facts. IL the employer has
sometimes resorted to violence to en-
force his wishes, the employer has
sometimes employed his position to
secure an unfair share OF the joint
product. II Is the province of the
law TO pace limitations upon both
and the security of our government
is found In the fact that both en-
ployer and employe, in their calmer
moments, will join In the enactment
OF laws which Will restrain them in
moments OF temptation. Some as
sumo that labor is lawiess and that
to settle the labor question perma-
nertly we need only enforce the law
Vigorously. | Yield TO none in in
sistence upon obedience to the .aw
Law is necessary In human society.