Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-02

shall be done and least OF all should we
allow the whole weight OF the burden to
fall upon the shoulders least able to bear
1t. II a man is killed in an industry, in
stead of leaving HIS widow and children to
bear the whole burden l would have IL
distributed over the whole industry by
making the employer pay certain amount
Of compensation. 1t is not fair that a man
working on a railway who loses. his arm,
should pay all the penalty by being Grip
pied all OF his life. while the railway pays
nothing.
ut is not fair that a girl working in a
factory which renders her liable to suffer
injury, shall go on in life MANNED and no
one else bear the burden for her. The
burden should be distributed when work
man Is injured or killed in his employ
ment. There should be no question of re-
sponsibility. He should receive compensa-
ton for the injury he has suffered and II
he lie killed his family should receive such
compensation. 1t should be the duty of
the government to see that he Is paid He
should not be left to bring a lawsuit.
There are admirable lawyers, but not many
are found following the profession of am
bulance chasers. The lawyer who makes
his living by hunting up accidents and by
carrying on lawsuits which may be justi-
fable or unjustifiable is not as a rule one
whose interests 1t Is necessary to con-
slider"
1--WE should have the compensation act so
fixed that the wage worker would get his
share, and none Of It should go to a man
who gets him into the law suits in connec-
ltion with it,
II do not want to penalize the corporation
by making 1t pay an excessive amount.
want to see that what is paid goes to the
injured and to the injured mans family.
Therefore, 1 want to eliminate the lawyer
completely from the transaction. gas
Control of Corporations.
II am emphatically for progressive legis-
lation as regards the control of the cor
poration, as regards the adjustment of our
relations with the corporation. but, friends,
do not forget that no LEGISLATION will ever
avail unless we have the right type, OF
men and women on whose behalf the iegis-
lation is invoked. fT4fTSf.' 70 sf"s
THAT is the keynotel'' shouted d man in
the rear Of the auditorium.
Yes, that is the keynote answered Col
onel Roosevelt. 1--WE must haH9 good laws
we must have laws that win prevent men
expressing others or taking an simproper
share of what IL gained thr6hgh the eRer-
else Of their joint energies But the law is
only q help. If the man has not the right
stuff IN him nothing can be done for him
and II our men think the, law alone, or the
exertion of anybody but himself will enable
him to make a success OF his life then thai
man may make up his mind that he is due
to failure from the outset,
Millennium stim Far of.
DO not trust any man who tells you
that any change in the law Will bring abou
the millennium. That Is some distance of
/ yet. De not trust him IL he tells you thai
any system or law viii serve as a substi
tute for both men and women doing atheii
duty in the position which. they. occupy.
! IF the man has not got foresight thrift
and power to work hard, he is not going I,
make success. You cannot make an!
corporation employ him permanently IL he
is not worth employing 'ft Tt.y
80 it is with the woman. want 70 see
the womans burdens lightened as far al
possible. / have no sympathy for the mar
who is always complaining about the so
cial injustice to which he is exposed, and a
the same time is in idleness while his wife
takes In washing. aasf
II think we all know certain men to bt
found about the corner grocery and in sa
looms who declaim on the injustice OF oul
present civilization. but somehow leave