Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02

prehension of each other, understanding
and serving the world. America did not
come into existence to make one more
great nation in the family of nations,
to show its strength and to exercise
mastery. America opened her doors to
everybody who wanted to be free and to
have the same opportunity that every
body else had TO make the most of his
faculties and his opportunities, and
America will retain its greatness only
so long as it retains and seeks to real
ize those ideals. No man ought to suf-
fer injustice in America. No man ought
in America to fail to- see the deep die
tates of humanity.
Mr.. Gompers was referring just now
to the sixth section of the Clayton anti
trust law, the section in which the OBJ
vious is stated, namely that mans Ia
Dor is not a commodity, but must treat
it as if It We're a part of his life.
am sorry that there We're any judges in
the United States who had to be told
that. 1T is so obvious that it seems to
me that that section OF the Clayton act
We're a return to the primer OF human
liberty; but if Judges have to have the
primer opened before them, | am willing
to open it. If any part of the United
States, thru habit. thru ancient preju-
dice, thru long addiction to technical
ideas, insists upon living in an age
which everybody else with his eyes open
knows has gone by why, then, we have
got to sound some great note that will
wake them up. but wake them up al
ways to the same thing, with which we
should thrill as well others; that it
is take as well As give; that the other
man has as much right as we have; that
we are not to seek for an advantage,
but for an equality; that tho We have
been put upon, we do not desire to
see any other man put upon, or any
other class, but that we should all have
as our highest ideal merely to bask in
that only nourishing sun that has ever
shone upon the human heart, the sun of
Justice and of truth and of humanity.
Mr.. Gompers spoke just now, and
dare say truthfully, as if it We're some
what a matter of surprise that the Pres
ideht of the United States should recog'
nize the great labor movement by his
presence on an occasion like this. L am
sorry for any president OF the United
States who does not recognize every
great movement in the nation. The min
ute he stops recognizing it he has be-
come Il back number. And how anybody
could overlook this movement | can not
imagine-a movement SO fraught with
all sorts of things that appeal to the
reason and to the heart. You can not
20 deep into any argument with work
ingman interested in the rights of other
workingmen as well as his own without
finding that deep emotion underlies
the argument. And my fellow citizens,
| want to remind you that we are gov
erned by our emotions very much more
than we are governed by our reason. 1t
is very dangerous fact, but very pro.
foundly interesting one. that II man fol-
lows his heart more often than he fol-
lows his head, and when he follows his
heart it is of primary Importance that
his heart should be right and not wrong.
Somebody said to me once that this
was the day in which mind was mon
arch. and I replied that if that was true
/ ventured to say that mind was one
| of those modern monarchs that reigned
but did not govern; that, as matter
of fact, we were governed by a great
popular assembly made up OF the pas
sions, and that the most We could ef-
feet was that the handsome passions
should be in working majority. 1t is
the business, therefore, OF every organ
| iZation like the American Federation OF
Labor to see to it that the handsome pas
sions have a working majority, and to
summon everybody with whom they deal
| to put their best representative hand
| some passions into the conference, so
that heart may meet with heart as well
as mind with mind, and one great emo
tion shall at once sway and unite us,
the emotion OF mutual affection and a
mutual comprehension"