The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-04-10
RAYMOND ROBINS. T. !.
INSPIRES AUDIENCE
Points Out Weakness of Good
Citizens" Who Do Not Stand
Behind Officials.

Before a good sized audience last
Friday night at the Auditorium Ray
mond Robins delivered one of the
most masterful addresses on the vot-
ers place in city government.
Declaring that the 'gang'' was al
ways organized and stood ready to get
behind any public official that would
do their bidding he urged upon the
good citizens to organize and get
behind those officials who endeavor
to keep the city clean.
Every administration enforces the
law" he said. why we have two
crooks In Chicago who have promised
to enforce the law-reasonably. Most
administrations use the word 'rea-
sonably' in describing their manner Of
law enforcement.
Mistakes in Duluth Campaign.
lone of the biggest mistakes made
in this Duluth campaign, if I have
been informed correctly, is that the
people have been allowed to go with
out learning what the present city
government has done and just how
good the present public servants are.
II look forward to the time wnen
1t will be impossible to beat a man
who has been a good, honest public
servant. Every office holder should
have confidence in the taxpayers and
feel reasonably secure, so long as he
does the work entrusted to him.
do you want me to tell what the
principal of bad municipal govern
ment in the United States for thirty
years has been? It is this: The
saints are divided and the crooks stick
together. The crooks "skln'' the
saints one fraction at time.
There are three weapons by which
we can beat the crooks: Investiga-
ton, publicity and education. Get
the facts.
know the story Of Du1uth's life.
Have a social survey made. The fu-
ture greatness of the city Is deter
mined by the proportion of defeated
men to the successful. The poorest
quarter in Duluth is the city's test
the number Of men in your police
court-and the number sent to the
penitentiary from the city-the
amount of waste in human lives.
That is the real test.
Plan for the Future.
'1n voting now you also should
plan for the greater Duluth-thirty
years from now. Get the best en-
gineer in the United States and have
him plan it all out, 50 that when youl
city gets older you won't have to tax
the people for millions Of dollars to
condemn land and clear congested
districts 80 that residents can breathe.
You can't escape the problem Of
making your city decent unless you
do it finally at the cost of your homes
and civilization. Democracy is going
to be tested during the next thirty
years, and. it will be tested in the
shadow Of our churches-for religion
is an essential part Of a city's life.
"Germany's ruling class has
dropped religion. For twenty years
Trietszke has told them that the
religion of the Galilean was that of q
servile race, and not for one domin-
ant as is Germany. That is why the
young German manhood is being
moved down.
1.-The same problems have to be
faced in this municipality
Mr.. Robins told of his life and his
experiences, starting as canal boy,
and then mine worker, and then an
Argonaut, who won fortune in a
scramble for gold along the Alaskan
coast.
Live leaders, are needed in the
Industrial, economical. political and
religious life of the country, accord
ing to the man who polled 100000
votes as Progressive candidate for the
United States senate in Illinois.
MTNEp9 m PEMEMPER,