Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-09-08
LABOR DAY IS
CELEBRATED IN
GOOD FASHION
With Parade, Spe &c h s,
Sports and General Good
Time Sons of Toll Pay
Homage to Work Of Their
Hands and Hearts

good fashion, with pa:ades, band
concerts, speeches and sports, quite
the proper sort of a celebration. the
morning was one of those mornings
for which this delightful section is
famous and in consequence the
trades union parade in the morning
was splendid showing. .,.. ....
The line of march was well lined
with folk interested in the marching
men and many volleys of applause
greeted a favorite union as it passed
a particularly well chosen spot. The
display of the carpenters union was
the task of building a house during
tine parade, which they accomplished
in great shape. The Pioneer band
led the procession through the prin-
cipal downtown streets.
A crowd that filled the dancing pa
vilion to overlooking heard the La
tor Day address of Hon. William B.
Cleary of Bisbee the orator of the
day He was introduced by Hon. Bert
Davis, president of the Phoenix
| Trades Council and Arizona State
Federation of Labor, who took occa
sion to outline the plan suggested by
the council in reply to Governor
Hunts letter, as to what methods
should be employed to meet the pres
ent industrial stringency, and pub
licly thanked the governor for the in
terest he had taken in finding a So
luton of the problem.
Speaking on the eve of primary
election, Mr. Cleary began by de-
claring that politics would have no
place in his part Of the program, as
the day was sacred and consec:ated
to labor. Labor. he said, had first
place. as was evinced by the splen-
did parade of the morning, which was
hut one indication of the great ad-
vance made by organized labor in the
past few years.
Turning to the general war in Eu-
rope, the speaker devoted some time
to the arguments for industrial de-
.noc.acy presented by the conflict and
conditions arising from it. who is
right, l know not he said, but
do know all are wrong. Fifty or six
|
should go to war against the civiliza-
ton of two thousand years" Com
| pairing conditions in this country
with those in Europe, Mr. Cleary paid
a high tribute to President Wilson,
| whose love of peace and humanity,
he declared, had saved us from the
| horrors of a war for which there was
no lack of provocation
Mr.. Cleary then compared the pres
ent campaign for industrial democ-
racy to the struggle of the American
colonsts to win for themselves DO
ltlcal liberty, and said that now. as
then, there were traitors in the ranks
who would betray those loyal to the
cause The governments wa emer-
gency- measures in providing marine
insurance. he said, only served to
show that the government could on.
gage in business of any sort. This
ne argued. it should do, whenever II
was for the good of the many, with
out waiting for great emergencies te
arise.
The latter part of Mr. CIeary's ad.
Dress was devoted to a consideration
OF the labor measures which will
come before the people at the gen.
eral election in Novebmer. Beginnin,
Win the Dill providing that tn,
state may engage in business, he sal,
1t would tend to reduce the cost n
lVlng. He made a strong plea i,
laVor OF the ntiblackist law. de
, ciarlng that the unions were no
against the foreigner, but are TO
American labor first. Mr. Clea.r
onciuded with a word picture O
those conditions which the mother.
pension bill is designed to remed,
and made an eloquent appeal to al
! present to support the measures a
the November election.
: Sport Program
8 5o-yard dash for boys, II to 16
2 First, Frank Spear; second. .
. | Thompson.
2 5O-yard dash for BOYS under ~
$ Paul Lunsford. first; Walter Thomn
q son, second
G Egg race for boys and girls undo
Z-Maggie Hutchinson, first: Job
West, second
Inree-legged race for boys undo
lz-F1rst, Barnett and Hughes; sec
ond. 6. Thompson and w. Thor. -
l sack race for boys under 12-,
hughes, first; Thomas Frost, secon
Shoe race for boys and girls ur
u der 12-First, Myrtle Thompson: set
ond. L.. ShowIetter.
Lathers' nail driving contest f,
e women-First. Mrs. Schob: secon
'. Mrs Del Hoyais; third, Mrs. Mo,
1t geot.
a. Nail driving contest for women
Mrs. Van Meter, first; Mrs. Honkir
y second
Fat mans race. prize box ciga,
basWltz Cigar company-First.
Huxley
free-for-all race. prize box cigal
by Baswitz Cigar company-Won
r W. F Potts
Fat ladies' race-First Mrs vo
D. Cieman; second, Mrs Harry Lee.
Burro race for boys under 10 F
bert Voltz, first; George Beard. SO
I'd end.
" fony race for boys under 16
;" FIRST, Norman Force: second, Arch
u bratton; third, Clarence Rigbv.
Boys swimming race, Is years a
under-First, George Thomson. &C
=, ond, Dan Kinney.
a. So yard swimming race. open
- Comstock, first; Boido, secon
Belts, third.
Creased pole contest-Wop