Denver labor bulletin., 1917-11-17

OTHER GROUPS IN A COMMON ENTERPRISE
WHICH is TO RELEASE THE SPIRITS OF THE
WORLD FROM BONDAGE.
Il would be willing set that up as the final test
of an American. That is the meaning of democracy
have been very much distressed my fellow citizens
by some of the things that have happened recently
The mob spirit displaying itself here and there in
this country. l have sympathy with what some men
are saying, but have sympathy with the men
that take their punishment into their own hands; and
want to say to every man who does join such mob
that do not recognize him worthy of the free in
sttutions of the United States
There organizations in this country
whose object is anarchy and the destruction of law
but would not meet their efforts by making myself
partner in destroying the law. 1 despise and hate
their purposes but respect the ancient of
Justice and would be too proud not to see them
done justice, however wrong they are And so want
TO utter earnest protest against any manifesto
ton OF the spirit of lawlessness anywhere or in any
Democracy Means Control of Self
Why, gentlemen, look what it means: We claim
TO be the greatest democratic people in the world
and democracy means, first of all, that we can gov
ourselves. If men have not selfcontroI then
they are not capable of that great thing which we
call democratic government. A man who takes the
law into his hands is not the right man to cooperate
in any form of development of law and institu
tons And some of the processes by which the strug
gle between capital and labor is carried on are proc
esses that come very taking the law into YOUR
own hands do not mean for moment to compare
them with what have just been speaking Of but I
want you to that they are mere pradations ~
the manifestations of the unwilingness to cooperate
and the fundamental lesson of the whole situation is
that we must not only take common counsel but that
we must yield to and obey common counsel Not all
of the instrumentalities for this are at hand am
hopeful that in the very future new instrument
tahtes may be organized by which we can see to it
that various things that are going on shall not
go on There are various of the dution of
labor and the unnecessary substitution of labor and
bidding IN distant markets and unfairly upsetting
the whole competition of labor which ought not to 90
on mean now on the part of employers-and We
must lnterject into this instrumentaty of CO.
operation by which the fair thing will be done all
round. l am hopeful that such instrumental
ties may be devised but whether they are or not we
must use those that have and upon every occa-
sion where it is necessary to have such an instrr-
mentality originated upon that occasion if necessary
Wanted To Talk To Men Up Against It
And so, my fellow citizens, the reason that came
away from Washington is that sometimes get lone
ly down there There many people in Wash
ington who know things that are not So and there
are so few people in Washington who know ANYTHING
about what the people of the United States are
thinking about have to away to get reminded
of the rest of the country; 1 HAVE TO COME
AWAY AND TALK TO MEN WHO ARE UP
AGAINST THE REAL THING AND SAY TO
THEM I AM WITH YOU IF YOU ARE WITH
ME- AND THE ONLY TEST OF BEING WITH
ME is NOT TO THINK ABOUT ME PERSONAL
LY AT ALL, BUT MERELY TO THINK OF ME
AS THE EXPRESSION FOR THE TINE BEING
OF THE POWER AND DIGNITY AND HOPE OF
THE UNITED STATES