The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-11-11

Tne Dig man VINO mad broken the 81.
lence before now sprang to his feet
again. "Remington! Give 'em b.
Paul; give 'em h." The crowd took
up the shout. Remington! Reming-
tonr' While the applause lasted FL
eanor saw young man walk rapidly
toward the stage from bis seat in the
rear Of the parquet.
''Who is he?' she demanded Of her
brother.
"McAdoo's mouthpiece,' he answered
shortly, shifting uneasily in his seat.
AS he stood on the platform. waiting
for the applause to subside, Paul Rem
ington thrilled with the knowledge
that his moment had come-a moment
such as comes but once in a lifetime
and to but few men.
And before him sat the woman Of his
dreams.
He raised his hand. and the applause
ceased. There was an instant's hush.
II am not here to upbraid"-
The tragedy that had come into her
young life had left Eleanor Gilbert but
one relic of her girlhood, passionate
love Of music. As the first words fell
from Paul's lips she felt a thrill. For
a time. giving no heed to the sense Of
his words, she listened with the musi-
clans trained ear to the wonderful
voice, deep yet resonant and flexible.
under perfect col1>rol. carrying faint
ly minor quality. Gradually the spell
Of the orator took hold upon her.
when the American republic was
founded the triumph Of democracy
was believed complete. But eternal
vigilance is the price Of liberty. And
we-almost to our undoing-have
slept" In simple yet vivid words Paul
went on to describe the commercial,
industrial and political evils that have
taken root among us. ..... Dr..
"Yet these evils" be declared, ''per-
nicious as their immediate effects,
might be endured were it not that
they threaten the existence Of our vital
Institution. popular government. Time
was, perhaps, when our industrial
kings were content to build within the
pale of the law. But industrial condi-
tons and methods changed. The ma
chinery Of the law-government-ha
become the creature of corporate
wealth.
At this point in his speech Paul cast
aside restraint and poured forth tor
rent of invective against corporate
greed and its servants. At the conclu-
sion Of his climax not a sound could be
heard in the theater. His audience sat
wrapped in an ominous silence.
What do these things mean?" Paul
continued. "Of late new word has
come into use among US, plutocracyl
Government by wealth. for wealth-by
the very nature of the lust that gives
It birth, ever conscienceless, pitiless,
ever unutterably selfish, an enemy to
the equal brotherhood Of men!'
In plain. unmincing terms Paul out
lined the political history Of the state.
In It the forces Of plutocracy were
most strongly intrenched. For a gen.
GRAFTON, until the time when John
Dunmeade had dared to set his face
against the powers Of corruption, 1t
had lain PROSTATE, unprotesting, under
the heel of great railway monopoly.
This monopoly, abetted by the; steel in
terests Of the city, had robbed the
greatest state Of the Union Of its virtue
and independence. One man, by grace
Of his control of the railway, system
had dictated the choice of officers and
their official policy. Bosses might
come and bosses might go, but one and
all they owed allegiance to the one
master 400 miles away, whose wrath
was more to be feared by the political
~ ambitious than the anger of God
In return for their allegiance tho bosses
had been permitted to pillage the city
at will.
But" cried Paul passionately, ''thert
was man in our midst, bred in theil
school. who saw their power and de
termined to break it."
Simply, without exaggeration, Pau
eketched the local political history
beginning with Bob's open break will
MACPHERSON and leading up to his vic
tory in the recent primaries; wheI
Hemenway had been nominated. -,
this man Of steel, standing a1on.
against the corporate wealth Of ].
whole state, has put your enemy, Il
rout. TO william Hemenway he CAV,
the opportunity to do a great work Il
the cause Of the people. That oppor
tunity William Hemenway declines
for obvious reasons! What are 70,
going to do about it, Whom will 70,
choose In bis stead?
my friends" Paul cried, with
y sweeping gesture, that included th,
Il. galleries in his question, Il ask 70,
s!F5 who Of all our city is the one man lit
4 ted to stand at your head and >lea,
h your lght?'' b @1 81
He paused an instant 40 q murmu
W pf s1nbelieving wonderment passe,
. lYer the. audience Eleanor, tolloMinI