The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-15
Beveridge Speaks at Meeting
Specially Arranged and
Conducted by Coal Diggers
at SheIburn, Ind.
FIVE THOUSAND WERE
THERE TO HEAR HIM
iSenator Tells Of the Fight La
Dor Has Made for Recogni-
,:on and Opposition to Good
Legislation.
Especial Correspondent With the eev
eridqe party.)

Especial Correspondent With the eev-
sridss PartyJ
shelburn. Ind. Oct. 15.-Probably
the most unique meeting that will be
held In this campaign was held in the
baseball park at this place Friday ev.
ening when Senator Beveridge ad.
dressed the miners of Sullivan county
under their own auspices. The meet
ing was political In the sense that III
was In the interest OF Beveridge, but
II was absolutely divorced from the
control OF the anti.political organiza-
tion. Not even the republican state
committee had anything to do with 1t.
Some time since delegation from the
miners of this locality visited the
state committee and made n request
for one date for Beveridge. accom-
panied with the statement that In ev-
ent their request was granted. they
would not want the state committee to
attempt any further arrangements or
interference with the meeting. and
that no other speaker than Beveridge
should be assigned to the meeting.
The miners representatives said that
owing to Beveridge's record they
wanted to have him address the Sulli.
van county miners. The request was
granted and all arrangements were
made by the miners. They went farth-
or than they anticipated. Owing to
the wreck upon the Pennsylvania near
Knightstown Friday morning Bever.
idgs was unable to get from Rich.
moud. whore he remained at the close
OF the Roosevelt trip, to Terre Haute
In time to make connections for Shell.
burn.
Hired . Special Train.
To enable him to fill the date q
special train was hired by the min.
ers managing tie meeting. which car
ried him from 'Terre Haute to Shell
burn and l s. IN. The senator and the
party accompanying him were met at
the station by a brass band and he
was taken Immediately to the ball
park. where stand had been erected
upon the diamond. The grand stand
and bleachers were filled and several
hundred stood surrounding the speak
er's stand. There we're between 5000
and 1000 present and those in charge
Of the meeting said the crowd was
about four times as large as the
crowd which greeted Governor Marsh
all at Hymera. the day before. Over
fifty conveyances came from Hymera
filled with people to attend the Shell
burn meeting and large number Of
delegations were present from adjoin.
ing mining districts. GARY Littlejohn.
q prominent miner Of Hymera and
one Of the national organizers, was
chairman of the meeting. After tell
ing those present OF the purpose of the
meeting. Mr.. Littlejohn introduced w.
j. williams another prominent miner
Of Sullivan county. Mr.. Williams pre-
scented Senator Beveridge to the audi
ence. The address OF the senator was
devoted almost wholly to the labor
!, problems or to economic conditions
that directly effect laboring classes.
The central thought of his address
was the new idea about labor and
laborinG men. Formerly. he said. Ia
Dor was considered a commodity like
a sack Of flour or a hog or piece of
iron. II was to be bought and worked
70 It's utmost and when 1t had be-
come deprecated II was thrown away.
Labor Now Disnlfisd. .
Today labor is recognized as digni.
fled. The working man Is now recog.
mixed to be human being with aspi.
rations. rights. liberties and the de.
sire to improve his condition mental.
~ and spiritually: to be something
more than q mere machine. He should
no longer be the object OF spoilatiou,
no longer recognized az the legitimate
victim Of greed. The influence of the
labor union was traced as q factor In
bringing about this change. As a con.
tract between the old and new ideas
Senator Beveridge cited the fact that
for nearly half century after the or
ganisation Of this government 1t was
lawful to imprison working men fol
debt and the practice was followed
He told OF the hard fight necessary
to rid the nation OF this blot which
todoy would be intolerable. He ther
took mp the various questions OF to
day that effect labor. He showed the
progress which had been made In la
bor legislation and in other lines o.
legislation that vitality and intimatcl,
effect the working classes. Some o.
those. like the meat inspection law
the pure food law and the sixteer
hour Law for railway employees. have
been about perfected. but many othel
reforms which have been instituted
have not been completed. as for tht
example the eight hour law. the EN-
ployers' liability law. the working
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