Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-09-08
BRYAN TALKS
 TO WORKERS
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can do no wrong" can no more be spoken of group than of individuals. The labor organization is composed of men; its affairs are controlled by human beings, and human beings are not per feet. All that man touches is stained with man 's imperfections, and his frail- ty can be traced through all his works. But, fortunately for the laboring man, the judgment pronounced against his mistakes must be tempered by the fact that those with whom the laboring man comes in contact are also likely to err.
 It is the province of the law to place limitations upon both, and the security of our government is found in the fact that both employer and employee, in their calmer moments, will join in the enactment of laws which will restrain them in moments of temptations. -
 The important lesson to be learned by the citizen in government like ours is that the ballot is both shield and sword-it protects him from injury and enforces his rights.
 The first thing that is needed for a better understanding of labor questions is the recognition of the equal rights of all, and second, more intimate ae quaintance.
 On this day it is well 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. It ought to be easy to learn this lesson in the United States, for here, more than anywhere else, people feel their interdependenee. We have no law of primogeniture to separate the oldest son from his brothers and sisters; and we have no law of entail to prevent the alienation of an estate. There is no aristocraey resting upon birth or kingly favor; and if the people perform their civic duties, there will be no plu- toeracy ruling in the name of the dol lar Here the road to advancement is a public highway, and it is within our power to keep it open to all alike. Here, too, the government is within the con trOl of the people, and no department of the service is out of the reach of the voter or beyond the influence of public opinion. Under our constitution, some branches of the government are more responsive than others to the public will, but our government can be con trolled by the people, from the organic law which we call the constitution to the statute and the court s decree.
 l will not speak of the eight hour day or of the employer liability act, be cause both of the leading parties have endorsed these reforms; the only ques tion to be considered is: which party can best be trusted to secure these re- formsl l need hardly assure you that am heartily in favor of both reforms
 There are two questions, however, intimately connected with the labor problem upon which the democratic and republican parties do not agree, and l not only feel at liberty to discuss these, but, under the circumstances, l have no right to ignore them. One relates to the issue of injunctions, and the other to contempt cases arising under injunc- tions. The republican convention did not deal candidly with the laboring man on the subject of the writ of injunction.
 The democratic platform on this sub ject copies the language which the labor organizations submitted to the repub- lican and democratic conventions.
 The democratic platform proposes no interference with the right of the judge to decide the cases of direct contempt contempt committed in the presence of the, court; neither is it proposed to interfere with the right of the judge to determine the punishment for fndi- rect contempt. All that is sought is the substitution of trial by jury when the violation of the courts decree must be established by evidence.
 While the laboring men have been the first to complain of this denial of the right of trial by jury in cases of indi- rect contempt, it ought not to be con sidered labor question. The jury sys- tenn is so essential to the administration of justice that the subject ought to appeal to all who make a study of the