The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-09-05
5000 Laboring
Men Celebrate
Annual Holiday
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must be CONQUERED The German peo-
pie must be compelled TO adjust them
selves to another. better and diff
ferent ideal of government. Until
that is accomplished. our purpose of
entering the war will not be realized.
Our fighting men in France have been
going "over the top and three-fourths
of them are laboring men. We have
great faith in their ability to go on
until the capital OF the kaiser has
been reached.
Propositions for peace will soon be
made by Germany. but we will not be
satisfied with negotiated peace.
Within the next three or four months.
Germany will be saying to Belgium:
I'VE will pay you $4,000. 100000 in
demnity if you will stop this war"
She will say to the Allies:
I'VE will withdraw our armies from
France. Russia and Belgium if you
will withdraw your armies and let US
alone"
When this time comes let US re-
member who started this awful war
without cause: who destroyed Bel
GUM; who MANNED and mutilated in
nocent children; who took boys and
girls and made them worse than
slaves; whose armies ii was that
struck down France. the lifelong
friend of America; who it was that
made ruthless warfare from the air
upon England and has conducted sys-
tematic piracy upon the high seas.
This war must go on until Germany
has been beaten down and a peace
can be dictated in Berlin.
I'VE. in America are mixed peo-
pie, yet we get along nicely. Five
millions Of US do not speak the Eng
lish language. Our soldier boys have
left for the fighting zones and many
of them will never come home again.
Our sacrifices are being made SO that
our people win not be submitted to
the indignities OF German tyranny and
not be compelled to fight any more
We want our boys to come home
bringing with them permanent peace
for all mankind"
Senator Frank A. Moore of Flor
ence, who has probably been as close
ly identified with the laboring inter
ests of the county as anybody else. for
the last 20 years or more. was the
next speaker and was listened to with
the utmost attention for half an hour.
Senator Moore's address was an elo-
quent one and we regret that we
have not space to lay resume of II
before our readers. He closed by
reading the Labor day proclamation of
President Samuel Gompers OF the
American Federation OF Labor. to the
people of the United States.
Only one speech was delivered at
the park during the afternoon and
that was made by G. Z. Miller. OF
Denver. who spoke for union labor.
Mr.. Miller is pleasing speaker and
made favorable impression on all
who heard him. The picnic dinner In
the parks at noon was a delightful
incident OF the days celebration and
was participated in by several thou
sand people.
The afternoon was given over very
largely to program of sport and en-
tertainment. altho there was an open
air dramatic production at the park.
entitled, THE Melting Pot" that was
one of the most interesting features
of the days celebration. II was a
sort of tableaux vivant in which peo-
pie of various nationalities were
shown as coming to this country from
their native lands and by the process
es Of melting and amalgamation to
which they are submitted here, event
ually converting them into patriotic
Americans. Fully fifteen hundred
people were present to Witness this
beautiful incident OF the Labor day
commemoration.
At 4 o'clock in the afternoon. a base
ball game was played on the High
and Coal Creek clubs. Altho rain in
terfered somewhat with the attend
ance at the game. at least thousand
were there to see IT, The game was
strongly contested by both sides and
was evenly matched: rendering It one
of unusual interest to spectators. 1t
was won by the Coal Greek team by