Evening journal., 1916-01-27

voice that tells you that you had bet
ter let, somebody else hear this case.
hear this controversy and give their
judgment upon it with the assurance
that both sides will submit to that
judgment-there is no other way un-
der heaven given among men by
which society can be saved.
And it is for that reason that
| hail with the greatest pleasure every
new instance that comes to my
( knowledge where a serious contro-
versy of this kind has been submitted
to disinterested men-men who have
no interest on either side, who give
their calm, unbiased judgments upon
J the merits Of the question. We had on
) that commission men from all over
this country, seven men. Mr.. Clark,
who at the time he was appointed,
] was the head of the Conductors
! Union; General Wilson mot our be-
4 loved and citizen here, but General
Wilson of Washington, who was at
. one time head of the Engineering De-
partmen); and good Bishop Spah-
/ ing, of Iowa, a Catholic bishop whom
we all learned to love. We had a
/ geOlOgist-enough to make up seven
men-all liable to err, but not one
of them but listened TO every word
/ Of that testimony, / sknow, without
prayerfully considering it, and with a
! full sense Of the responsibility that
rested upon him.
"And after a full hearing they came
to that conclusion which has proved
so satisfactory and which has done
so much for industrial peace in the
anthracite region.
THAT award expires again in April
next. I see in the paper today that
there is a chance that that may be
settled without a strike. Mr.. Com
pers tells me that a conference is
about to take place in the early part
of February, at which / hope (and
God grant that il may be true) that
work will continue while the nego-
tiations for a settlement are going on,
! tremendous Applause). And there
will be no coal famine in the eastern
part of the United States, and God
grant that the negotiations may come
to a point where if they are unable
to settle by personal conference that
they will, on both sides, have the
wisdom to refer TO arbitration to set
tle-5, 6, or z good American citi-
zens brought up under our institu-
tions, instinct with the liberties of
this great land, sympathetic with all
ranks and classes of their country
men, and who, before God, would
never have given other than an honest
and conscientious award.
81 think we all wish that the spirl
that animates the labor unions more
and more in this country could have
only animated that ruling cast which 81
insolently and so arrogantly has brough
about this great cataelysm in Europe
(Applarse) that has drenched one Of tn
fairest portions of the earth with blood
and made widows and orphans by TIN
millions. The obligations OF humanity
of international law, all required an'
demanded the dynastic ambitions. tina
military power, that the spirit OF wa
lust should submit at once to what poo
little Serbia dcmanded-that one littl
demand made upon her that she coul
not quite accede 10 might be submitte'
TO Fhe Hague Tribunal.
at is a solemn thought when we thin
how easily all this bloodshed might hav
been avoided and how all this sufferin
that we can see no end TO now Nigh
| have been prevented. But it is the grea
spirit bv which men consent and subml
differences which they cannot settle :
arbitration which was invoked and re
, fused.
J Gentlemen, it. is very solem
! thought, and while the arbitration O
labor disputes has never gone to the eN
tent that has brought bloodshed or in
Volvod the peace and good order of th
} country, vet we all feel that the sam
} spirit which animatcs us-animates 70
and me-should animate those who hay
: control of the destinies of nations.
prolonged Applausel
= Judge Gray was frequently inter
. rupted with applause as he spoke. an
e there was long and continued applaus
5 as he concluded.
, "The Financial Side.r
I "The Financial Side" was the sub
I ject of the toast responded to b
Frank A. Houck. financial secretar
e Of the Central Labor Union. The inn
q portance Of the financial side of th
labor movement, he said, could not b
= overestimated. Finances, he said, wer
a Ntlg htNNoottAe aNjbllNAs "A ANoNA '
= fund or war chest must be secured
n A war chest and strong member
r ship in labor unions made strikes i'm
I probable. During the year he said tn
b American Federation of Labor ha
paid out $3.41S,O0O in strike benefit
n and $2,19O.OOO in death benefits. H
s expressed the hope that the labo
S movement would continue to improve
/ sPrOgreSs Of UniOniSm."
u II. A. W. Behan, Local No. 634. Hous
e Painters, spoke on what Unionisl
: Has Accomplished" and said so ver
t aptly. He stated that only few year
a ago a union labor man was locke
u upon as an undesirable citizen, Will
n a labor agitator was given two hour
I. in which TO get out of town. tn
Il gathering last night, Mr.. Behan SAT-
u which was attended by the mos
n prominent citizens Of the city an