Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1914-09-18
SENATOR yARDAMAN.
Pays Eloquent Tribute to the Labor
ing Man.

ing Man
Following IS at extract from
speech by Senator Vardaman in re
cent debate on the floor Of the Sen
ate, in which he pays tribute to the
laboriug man Of the country:
Mr.. President labor is the source Of /
all wealth. I believe the largest free /
dom and the widest latitude should !
be given the toilers Of this country
in working out their moral and ma
terial salvation. | believe in the
amendment offered by the Senator
from Iowa, for the reason that ii
recognizes that fact and vouchasafes
to every citizen that opportunity.
1t is a well known truth that the
laboring people Of America for the
last half century have not shared
fairly in the products of their own
toll. Others have grown rich from
the fruits of their labors while they
still eat the crust of poverty. The
only hope for the amelioration of the
condition of the laboring people of
this country, the only means by which
they will ever secure social justice,
equal opportunity, and a square deal
generally, is by organization. | am
in favor of the organization of labor
into compact, harmonious and per-
feet body, so that it may move as one
in the contest for the protection of
their just rights against the exactions
of the concentrated cooperative wealth
of the country. This is a govern
ment which derives all of its just
powers from the consent of the gov
erned. 1t is also true that all the
wealth of this country is derived from
the toll of the individual laborer. Wait
Whitman said: "The whole theory of
the universe is directed to one single
individual" How much more true is
that principle when applied to our gov
eminent. The whole theory Of the
government, therefore is directed to
one single individual. The object and
purpose Of every law is to protect man
in the enjoyment of his life, liberty,
the pursuits of happiness, and the
product of his toll; anything that
man may do which does not trench
upon the rights of somebody else look
ing to the improvement Of his own
condition is justified upon the theory
! if no other, than that the whole coun-
/ try will profit thereby When the
/ laboring people shall by law be Sc
cured in the enjoyment of fair share
of the products of their own labors
there will come marked improvement
+ in their condition-the mental horizon
Of the toilers will be broadened and
all the nobler faculties Of the soul will
be released from the pinch Of poverty
and the degrading influences Of in
digence and squalor In all legisla-
ton we must not lose sight of the
man. If the man be improved, society
will share the improvement and the
moral sentiment will write the laws
of the land
/ have not words with which to
express the intensity Of my interest in
The welfare of "that bold peasantry.
the country's pride" whose toll feeds
the world in time of peace and whose
strong arms fight tie nations battles
in time of war
Mr.. President, the debate on this
MEASURE has been long dawn out. It
ought to pass. This piece of legisla-
ton should be put behind US. am
not going to continue the discussion,
but I want to say that no provision
of this bill. nor has any measure been
considered BY the Senate Of more i'm
portanee, far-reaehing in its good re-
suits than that which. in my judge
ment. will flow from the adoption of
this amendment. | feel that am
doing P service 70 everv patriotic citi-
zen in America when I cast my vote
in favor Of it.