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. VOL XV.
CATHOLICJONGRESS.
Largest Gathering of Any De
nomination Ever Held.
FIVE THOUSAND WERE PRESENT.
Cardinal Gibbons Delivers an
Eloquent Opening Address.
HE EULOGIZES GLADSTONE.
Able Papers Read by Judge
Morris and Edgar Gans.
CHURCH'S MISSIONARY WORK.
Chicago, if Sept. 4. —Standing room
was at a premium today in the great
hall of Columbus in the art palace on
the lake front. The occasion was the
Initial session of the Catholic congress,
the first national gathering of the lay
men of that faith since the appointment
of a papal delegate to the United States.
Interest was on tiptoe as audience
and delegates numbering far up in the
thousands crowded in. filling nearly
every inch of space. Sensational de
velopments regarding the school ques
tion and the alleged opposition to Dele
gate Satolli's mission were eagerly
awaited, and little attention given to
the papal yellow and white streamers,
the papal colors, mingling over the
stars and stripes, or to the bronze
busts of Cardinals Newman and Man-
s \, ning on either side. The feeling ot
suppressed excitement was particularly
noticeable when, in the preliminary ad
dresses Archbishop Feehan, who is
a warm personal friend of Archbishop
Corrigau, gave warning against the
utterance ot a wo**d in the congress to
wound or offend the Catholic conscience,
as he put it. A similar manifestation
was noticeable when Cardinal Gibbons,
whose friendship for Archbishop Ire
land is widely known, put forth a sol
emn caution to the delegates to avoid
personalities and be restrained by char
ity.
It was a brilliant scene when Cardinal
Gibbons, attired in his scarlet robes,
entered with Secretary Onahan, and
followed by Archbishops Feehan. of
Chicago, and Ryan, of Philadelphia,
in full purple. Just back of them, in
plain civilian attire, was
AJtCHUISHOP IBELAND,
his strong features easily noticeable in
a croup of oilier distinguished prelates,
each of. .whom, however, except him
wore some mark of ecclesiastical dig
nity.
Alter addresses of welcome by Arch
bishop Feehan. President Bonney, of
the ft world's congress auxiliary, and
lion. Thomas B. Bryan, who was the
special envoy of the United States gov
ernment and world's fair, in behalf of
the exposition, to Pope Leo, Cardinal
Gibbons made the opening address to
the congress. Cardinal Gibbons said:
What an inspiring spectacle is this.
Whether 1 consider the magnitude of
your numbers or your reuresentative
character— lor you represent almost
every state and diocese and city of the
Union— or whether 1 contemplate the
intelligence that beams on your faces, 1
cannot but exclaim: This is a Bight
well calculated to brine joy and glad
l.ess to tlie heart of American' Catho
lics. .V3_B
During the past four months millions
of visitors have come from all parts of
the United States, nay, from every
quarter of the giobe, to contemplate on
the exposition grounds the wonderful
works of man. They knew not which
to admire most— the colossal dimen
sions of the buildings or their architec
tural beauty, or the treasury of arts
which they contain. The caskets and
gems were well worthy of the nine
teenth century, worth y of the nations
that brought them, worthy of the in
domitable spirit of Chicago. No longer
the Windy City, no longer I'orkopolis;
let us christen tier with another name—
Thaumatopolis, the City of Wonders,
the City of Miracles.
But while other visitors have come to
contemplate with admiration the
WONDERFUL WORKS
of man. with the image of man stamped
upon them you have come here to con
template man himself— the most won
derful work of God. with the image of
God stamped upon him. others are
studying what man lias accomplished in
the material world. You are to consider
what man can accomplish in the almost
boundless possibilities of his spiritual
ami intellectual nature. You will take
counsel together to consider the best
means for promoting the religious and
moral, the social and economic well be
ing of your fellow citizens. It is true,
indeed that your deliberations will not
be stamped with the authority of legis
lative enactments like the proceedings
of congress and the decrees of a national
council. Nevertheless they will go far
towards enlightening public opinion,
and moulding and (shaping public
thought on the great religious, moral
and social Questions of the day.
When 1 look into your earnest and
intelligent faces, I am almost deterred
irom imparting to you any words of ad
monition. . But J may bo pardoned for
giving you a word of advice. In all
your discussions be ever mindful of the
golden saying of St. Vincent Lerins,
•'ln uecessariis unitas, in dubiis liber
tas, in omnibus ear it as," in essentials
unity, in doubtful things liberty, in all
things charity. .
Happily for you, children of the
church, you have nothing to discuss in
the matters of faith, for your faith is
fixed and determined by the divine
legislator,, and you cannot improve
upon the creed of Him who is "the
way. the truth and the life."
But between the calm region of
faith and the dark, chaotic region of
error there lives a vast region for dis
cussion. 1 should be very sorry that
any member or this congress should at
tempt to circumscribe
Tills FREE SPACE
by erecting his little fence of ipse dixit,
saying to all others, "1 am Sir Oracle:
thus far you shall come and no farther."
The cardinal, continuing, urged that
all the proceedings be marked by cour
tesy and charily, and by a spirit of
Christian forbearance toward each
other.never. descending to personalities.
.. lie added: "The edifice of social
: improvement which you aim to build
can never "be erected on the ruins of
charity. Perhaps the best model of
courtly dignity and courtesy that I
could set before you is Hon. William E.
Gladstone, the Grand Old Man."
The reference to Gladstone evoked
tumultuous applause. In conclusion,
Cardinal Gibbons said:
"God grain that our fondest anticipa
tions of your labors may be realized,
and that the invocation today of the di
vine blessing, which is so full of hope,
may be crow at the end of your sea
• . ■
sions by a Te Deum full of joy and grat
itude lor the success of this conven
tion."
A message from Pope Leo was read
by Cardinal Gibbons, giving his bless
ing to the congress, praying the Al
mighty to assist and illumine and en
rich with the treasures "of His choicest
gifts its deliberations and conclusions.
A communication was also read from
the papal delegate, Archbishop Salolli,
stating that pressing business prevented
him from being present on the opening
day of the congress, it is understood
that he will be in attendance tomoirow.
Considerable significance was attached
by many to the choice of a temporary
chairman. The selection, as expected,
fell upon Judge Morgan J. O'Brien, of
the New York state supreme court, a
delegate from Archbishop Corrigan's
territory. Addresses on special topics
chiefly occupied the remainder of the
day, the first, being by Edgar 11. Gans,
of Baltimore, on the "Relations of the
Catholic Church to the Social, Civil and
Political Institutions of . the United
States." Oilier addresses were by Father
Elliott, of the Paulist order; Walter
G. Smith, of Philadelphia; Judge Mar
tin P. Morris, of Washington, D. C.
Richard Clarke, of New YorK; Mary
J. Onahan, of Chicago, and George Par
sons Lathrop.
The first address of the congress prop
er was on the relations of the. Catholic
church to the social, civil and political
institutions of the United States, by
Edgar 11. Gans, of Baltimore. He said:
"We come in no apologetic attitude.
Itwas to the geuius and bold intrepidity
of a
catholic navigatob
that wo owe the discovery "of this conti
nent. The bones of Catholic Americans
whitened every battlefield of the Amer
ican Revolutionary war, and the names
of noble Catholics have from that time
until the present been woven into our
national traditions. We stand not upon
the defensive. We claim that a man
may not only be a Catholic and a true
American citizen, but that if he is a
good Catholic he is the best and most
loyal of all citizens.
The church has no direct relations
with any special form of civil govern
ment. Her empire is over the soul and
the conscience; her powera moral, not
a physical power. Her kingdom isa
spiritual kingdom. not of this world.
Her mission ot saving souls is a mission
to the whole of humanity, and wonder
fully is her organization adapted to ac
complish the purpose. Such being the
nature and such the mission of the
church, it is idle to talk of her as being
foreign or un-American. These terms
can be properly applied to those organ
izations only which have for their object
a participation in the civil government
of the world. Is it un-American to say
that there is a sovereignty higher than
the sovereignty of the people? Is it un-
American to acknowledge subjection to
God and to His government? The
American people are not, we think,
prepared to admit that atheism, infidel
ity and irreligion are part and parcel of
theii: institutions.
From whatever point of view we ex
amine our grounds, we find them sup
ported and sustained by the church.
The Declaration of Independence de
clares that all men are created equal, and
gives each man an equal voice in the con
ductof affairs by discouraging ranks and
classes, and by insisting upon perfect
equality before the laws of the land.
But this democratic equality pales
into insignificance, before that taught
and practiced by the church. In her
eyes ail men are equal, because they are
tue sons of the same Father, and joint
heirs or' the heavenly treasure. Before
her altars there is no precedence. Any
poor boy has a right to aspire to a seat
in congress, to be vested with the judi
cial ermine, or supreme honor, to oc
cupy the chair once filled by Washing
ton. So also in the Cotholic ehurcli.
Many of the most famous pontiffs have
been taken from the lowly walks of life,
whilst the cardinals have received their
honors, as a rule, solely as the award of
merit and learning.
Have we not in this beautiful land of
ours a most notable illustration of this
truth? An humble American citizen is
an august prince of the church. In him
we have a living proof of all the princi
ples for which we have been contend
ing, He is a prince of the church, and
yet, is he hostile to democracy? He is
infused with the very quintessence of
the Catholic spirit; and yet, is he not
the very incarnation of tine American
ism.* He knows full well the plenitude
of his
SPI RITUAL POWER,
its high dignity, its wonderful authori
ty; and yet, is lie an enemy of Ameri
can liberty? The whole country knows
and acknowledges that within the en
tire confines of the republic is no
more ardent, patriotic nor more enthu
siastic supporters of our American in
stitutions than the gentle, modest, illus
trious James Gibbons, cardinal arch
bishop of Baltimore.
An acute and profound critic of our
American institutions has recently said:
"It may be thought that a nation which
uses freedom well can hardly have too
much freedom; yet even such a nation
may be too much inclined to think free
dom an absolute and all-sufficient good;
to seek truth only In the voice of the
majority; to mistake prosperity for
gieatness. Such a nation, seeing noth
ing but its own triumphs and hearing
nothing but its own praises, seems to
need a succession of men like the proph
ets of Israel to rouse tne people out
of their self-complacency, to refresh
their moralities, to remind them that
life is more than meat and body; more
than raiment.
We have among us our prophets of
Israel, divinely commissioned, as were
the holy men of old, to guide, instruct,
ennoble and elevate the nation. And
the American people will have achieved
their highest glory when they seek the
words of wisdom and truth from their
lips— when they voluntarily submit to
the gentle ministrations of the priests
and bishops of the holy Catholic church.
JUDGE MABTIN F. MOBBIS,
of Washington, D. C, in-discussing the
"Independence of the Holy See," drew
the parallel between the city of Rome
and the city of Washington and the
District of Columbia. He said:
"The government or the Union might
perhaps have been carried on success
fully within the territorial limits of
some one of the states of the Union, as
was indeed done temporarily in the be
ginning, when the capital was located
first at New York and afterwards at
Philadelphia. But the better to secure
the freedom of the government and its
independent action, the founders of our
constitutional system, most wisely
deemed it proper and even neces
sary to segregate the small territory
of the District of Columbia, and to
devote it for all time for that pur
pose. It was not their idea to create for
the government which they established
any imperial domain, but simply to in
sure its independence of action. Now
white the possession of temporal power
as such by the church is not only not
necessary to it, but is in its nature in
jurious to the purity of its existence,
the possession of a locus for the free
and independent exercise of its func
tions is an entirely different matter. A
place for the meetings • of» its councils
outside the territorial limits of any
state or nation; a place for the transac
tion of the executive? business of the
church; a place for the _ session of its
general tribunals is a necessity. The
Continued on Fourth Page,
ST. PAUL, MINN., TUESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 5, 1893.
LABOI. MEN PARADE.
FIFTY THOUSAND CHICAGO TOILERS
HEADED BY MAYOR HARRISON.
GOV. ALTGELD SPEAKS TO THKJI
In New York and Brooklyn 30,
-000 Were in Line— All Busi
ness Houses Closed—Success
ful Demonstrations in Cleve
land, San Prancisco, Kansas
City, Omaha ami Other Places.
Chicago, Sept. 4. -Organized labor
of Chicago made one of the greatest
demonstrations in its history today,
massing in its parade 40.000 or . 50,000
men. Mayor Harrison headed the pro
cession as honorary marshal, while
practically every labor organization in
the city furnished its quota of men for
the big parade. This afternoon two
monster picnics were held at Kuhn's
park, under the auspices of the trade
and labor assembly, and at Ogden's
grove, under that of the building trades
council. Alexander Sullivan, ex-Mayor
Cregier and Egbert Jamieson were
among the judges to award prizes. One
of the speakers was Gov. Altgeld. lie
said: "We are at present in the midst
of a great industrial and commercial
depression. Industry is nearly --at a
standstill all over the city. The con
sumptive power, or rather the purchas
ing power of the world has been inter
fered with, producing not only a derail
ment, but a paralysis. Employer and
employe are affected alike. There are
thousands of honest, industrious and
frugal men who walk the streets ail day
in search of work, and even bread, and
there are many hundreds of the most
enterprising of employers who sweat
by day and walk the floor by night try
ing to devise means to keep the sheriff
from the establishment.
"You are not responsible* for this con
dition. Men hero and In Europe, ho
call themselves statesmen, have in
augurated policies of which this is the
natural result. Considering the in
crease in population, the increase in the
industries and commercial activity
of the world, as well as the in
creased* area over which business
was done, there has in recent
years been a practical reduction in the
volume of the world's money from 33
to 30 per cent, and there had of neces
sity to foilow a shrinkage in the value
of property to a corresponding extent.
Consequently, every little while a lot of
debtors who could no longer stand the
strain succumbed. The result was that
each time there was a flurry in financial
circles. Finally people who had money
took alarm and withdrew it from circu
lation. This precipitated a panic, and
with it a harvest of bankruptcies. If
for some years to come there should not
be a sufficient money in' the industrial
and commercial world to make affairs
healthy, you must console yourselves
with the thought that our country, with
all the other great nations, has been
placed on a narrow gold basis, and you
will not be troubled wilh any of those
cheap dollars that it is clamed you did
not want. Combination and concentra
tion are the masters of the age. Let the
laborers learn from this aud act accord
ingly."
NEW YOKK.
No Disturbance of Any Kind — Bus
iness Houses Closed.
New Yobk, Sept. 4.— Perfect weather
characterized Labor day here today.
At 11 o'clock the_^|»ig manufactories
are shut down. All wholesale establish
ments, business exchanges, down town
offices and most of the retail shops were
closed. Up town the holiday was not so
generally observed. Most of the places
of business there are retail shops and
they were open this morning. The state
and surrogate courts were not opened.
The United States court and courts of
general sessions were opened for a few
minutes only, business being put off
until tomorrow. labor parade moved
from Cooper union at Eighth street tothe
Battery. The parade had been massing
at the rendezvous since 8 o'clock. The
labor leaders calculate that 15,000 men
were in line. No disturbance of any
kind has been reported and none is ex
pected. The police were on hand, of
course, but they were carefully avoid
ing any appearance of force.
The parade was singularly free from
offensive flags and transparencies.
The colors carried were the stars and
stripes and the flags of the different
unions, together with a large portrait of
Washington by the journeymen plaster
ers' union.
The men in line were joined at the
Battery by their wives and children and
went to Staten island to enjoy them
selves.
The wage earners of Brooklyn turned
out 14,000 strong to take part this morn
ing in the two principal labor proces
sions. Besides these probably a dozen
trade unions paraded in numbers pro
portionate to their importance. Tne
demonstration of the Central Labor
union was the big one. Nine thousand
men were said to be in line.
The anarchists refused to take part in
the first parade because no red flags
were carried.
Dispatches from the various cities and
towns throughout the state ana New
Jersey indicate that the day was given
over to recreation aud out-of-door sports
by all classes.
Cleveland's Crowd.
Cleveland, 0., Sept. 4.— The L.abor
day demonstration today was the most
successful ever held in Cleveland. There
were about 8,000 men in line, and they
were as quiet and orderly a crowd as
ever assembled. No transparencies of
any kind were exhibited, and there was
not the least indication of violence or
disorder manifested throughout the en
tire day. After the parade in the fore
noon the men went to Forest City park,
where several moderate speeches were
made. ■-'...- ff f ■;-;-..
The Day at La Crosse.
Special to the Globe. . . •
La Cbosse, Wis., Sept. 4.— There was
a quiet, dignified celebration of Labor
day here by a large parade and picnic,
with concert and speeches. Legal holi
day was fully observed 'by business
men. * *l -, iv,'.:-.;:;',;;.
Denver.
Denveh, Col., Sept. 4.— Labor day
was observed here . generally. All
banks, business houses, etc., were
closed. The laboring iqep paraded the ,
principal streets at 11 o'clock. The. ef
fects of the hard times in Denver coa'.'
be plainly seen in this demonstration,
being scarcely one-third as many men in
line as a year ago. After the parade
the men with their families spent the
day at the suburban resorts. - ? 7 ■•iff
Duluth and Superior.
West Supebiob, Wis., Sept. 4.—La
bor day was observed here today by
the combined forces of working me.,
from Duluth and Superior, who formed
and inarched to the depot of-, the St.
Paul <& Duluth railway, taking train to
the picnic grounds at Fond dv Lac,
Minn. No serious accidents marred the
day's pleasure. Addresses were deliv
ered by Mayor d'Autremont. of Duluth;
Eva McDonald-Valesh, Rev. Sample, of
Minneapolis; Rev. C. S. Starkweather,
of Superior, and John Smartin. mayor
of West Duluth. Two horses were
killed by the engine on the return trip.
Quiet Day in Kansas.
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. The day
was generally observed in all the larger
cities of Kansas, and there were hit
parades in Leavenworth, Topeka,
Wichita, Emporia, Atchison, Fort Scott,
Newton and oilier cities.
No disturbances are reported from
any part of the state.
Davenport's Day.
Davenport, 10., Sept. 4.— The in
dustrial parade here was more than an
hour passing a given point. The city was
profusely decorated. Addresses were
made by the mayors of the cities ot
Rock Island and Davenport and by Gen.
J. Weaver, late People's candidate (of
president. The demonstration was
most impressive of the kind ever held
here.
In the Beer City.
Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 4.— The
parade of the Milwaukee trades unions
was not so large as some of the Labor
day demonstrations held in years past,
j but it was a very creditable one, and
thousands of people turned out to see
it. There were upwards of 2,000 men in
line. The parade started on Grand
-avenue from the Washington monu
ment. The workingmen are engaging
in a picnic at Schlitz park this after
noon. '?'. :->: '
Kansas City.
Kansas City, Sept. 4.— This is labors
gala day and the sturdy workers in
factory and shop have possession of the
city. After the parade, which eclipsed
all previous efforts of a similar character,
the men and their families went to Ex
position park, where they indulged in
social pleasures.
Omaha.
Omaha, Sept. 4. — The Labor day
parade was the most successful dis
tinctively labor tournout ever seen in
the city. There were over 5,000 men in
line and the five-mile lineof march was
packed with people. Picnics at tlie
park with addresses on labor subjects
will complete the day's programme.
San Francisco.
San Fbancisco. Sept. 4.— Labor day
was very quiet here. There was no
parade of organized labor, but the un
employed marched through the streets.
Tonight there is a ball and concert un
der the auspices of the trades unions.
At Eau Claire.
Special to tbe Globe.
Eau Claibe, Wis., Sept 4.— Labor
day was generally observed. Hundreds
of workingmen joined in a procession
and enjoyed a huge picnic. The chief
speaker was Mayor O'Keefe, of Ash
laud.
State Bank Tax.
Special to the Globe.
Washington, Sept. 4.— The report
that Secretary Carlisle last Saturday
held a conference with certain of the
leaders of the Democracy in the lower
house to consider the matter of repeal
ing the 10 per cent tax on state bank
circulation is partly true. Such a con
ference was held, but the repeal of the I
bank tax was not considered. Congress
man Hall, of Minnesota, who was pres
ent, asked regarding the matter, said:
"I am opposed to the repeal of the tax
on the circulation of state banks. 1 re-"
pudiated that portion of the platform in
my campaign, and have not since'
changed my views." ;•-_■'
Mr. Hall believes that a. general re
vision of the currency laws is neces
sary, and will be undertaken as soon as
the Sherman law is out of the way.
Pettigrew Lays Down.
Special to the Globe
Washington, Sept. 4.— Senator Pet
tigrew today laid down in his fight
against the confirmation of Capt. Hass
ler, of Forest City, S. D., as receiver at
the Enid, Oklahoma, laud office, and the
public lands committee reported back
his Humiliation favorably.
Dr. Stain m at The Capitol.
Special to the Globe.
Washington, Sept. 4.— Dr. Slamm,
of St. Paul, arrived today to attend tin.
Pan-American medical congress, and
is the guest of Col. Kiefer.
Ex-Sheriff P. P. Swenson, Minneapo
lis, is here on business before the in
terior department,
Stevens Resigns. .
Special to the Globe.
Washington, Sept. 4.— R. N.Stevens,
of Lisbon, N. D., formerly speaker of
he legislature, who has been in the
office of the attorney general, has re
signed and goes back to Lisbon to
practice law. •.'*. .:;-'?
New Postmasters.- 1
Special to the Globe. -
Washington, Sept 4.— South Dakota
postmasters appointed were at Wessing
ton, W. W. Reed; at White wood, Mrs.
Uhlig.
North Dakota: At Dunseith, J. C.
Tacker. : -? «fi \
Coming; Home.
Special to the Globe. ' *
Washington, Sept. 4.— M. O. Hall, ,
the Duluth banker.is in Washington on'
his way home from Europe. <Vz
Killed and Mutilated. ff-ff-i
Special to the Globe. '"*;
Woodstock. Minn.. Sept. 4.— M..
Passer, a young man living in "Rock
township, a few miles north of, here"
was hunting in a road cart yesterday.":
His gun dropped through the slats in
the bottom of the cart, and while .'at
tempting to pull it out it was dis
charged, the ■. load entering- his side,
causing instant ; death. His brother,
who was with him in the cart wheu the
accident occurred, got scared and ran
to a house, leaving him on the ground, 7
and a herd of cattle gathered : around
and tramped the body, mutilating it
badly,-;--
ERWIN ON EVOLUTION |
Of the Freedom of Labor in
Modern Days.
ECONOMIC FAILURES RIPPED UP.
Doctrines of Canonists and
Physiocrats Analyzed.
HUMAN HAPPINESS SECONDARY
To the Selfish Maintenance
of National Pride.
LABOR'S SURE WAY TO TRIUMPH.
A pre-eminent master of tho music of
a golden tongue spoke to the assembled
multitude of workers at Wildwood yes
terday. W. W. Erwin, though he pos
sesses the unique distinction of having
secured the acquittal by juries of more
men accused of crime than any other
single advocate, never addressed a more
THE ORATOR OF THE DAY.
interested audience than he faced yes
terday. The prattling babe was there
because its mother was determined to
hear Erwin on a burning public ques
tion. Men of prominence and national
reputation traveled to the picnic ground
to enjoy in critical mood a taste of the
tested and approved mettle of the "Tall
Pine," and his eloquence and logic well
repaid the trouble. Betweeu these two
extremes there was no gap. Fathers
and brothers, sweethearts, wives and
sisters, the apprentice and the journey
man of experience, the skilled mechanic
and the street shoveler— all these were
massed in and about the pavilion iv an
uncomfortable crush. Yet everyone sat
through the hour and more occupied in
delivery of the speech, with flattering
patience. It was a masterly argument,
however viewed, and is here printed in
full for the benefit of Globe readers.
The evolution of free labor must be
traced in the advancement of true
morals, as evidenced in the tendencies
f iiJ 1 11/, 1 1
II )/ ,
11) _*k
TBESIDENT BLACK OPENS THE
EXEBCISES.
of public thought, in the condition of
conscientious liberty, personal liberty
and political liberty, and is best re
flected by a study of the political econ
omy of the great eras of history. -
The almost infinite series of conditions
and circumstances which have ever and
and will ever surround mankind—in
cluding man's relation to his Creator,
the rights and duties of the individual
to himself, his family, his government,
his neighbors, and to mankind in gen
eral—which the moderns name social
science, can never be . perfectly har
monized by finite thought. To approx
imate,to attain it would be to evolve
Heaven, or the conditions of thought by
which perfect peace is defined to the
human mind.
; The loftiest ideal is to do the best we
eau do as we pass through our individ
ual lives, calmly, and always consider
ing both our rights and our duties, both '■■
to ourselves and our neighbors. This
can best be done with our ■ best intelli
gence:, arid we can use our best intelli
gence only when we reflect the best in
telligence of those who have preceded
us in this life struggle of our race to at
tain wisdom and to know God. It is
A STARTLING TRUTH
that there was never any thougrnr. never
any system of political economy until
after the Divine Sou of God had de
clared the fundamental principle of
human happiness to be a faithful prae
tiee of the principles of Iraternity and
brotherly love. The whoie field of an
cient Greek and Roman literature only
leaves first hints or rudiments of
economic truth, such as these, that the
extension of labor within any branch of
production mates the products cheaper,
that such extension is limited to the
market, and that labor cau be farthest
extended in manufactures.
It is a startling truth that political
economy has only risen in states which
are built on the new foundation of the
Christian faith. In Christian Europe
and America alone has that science
been evolved. Political economy seems
to be the tirat national sequence of the
life of the Divine Martyr.
The development of the Catholic in
stitutions and the gradual establish
ment and maintenance of a settled order
after the dissolution of the Western em
pire absorbed the powers of thinkers
and practical men of several centuries
nfter Christ. The first mediaeval phase,
from the commencement of the fifth
century to the end of the seventh, was
occupied with tha painful anjl stormy
struggle towards the foundation of the
new ecclesiastical and civil system;
three more centuries were filled with
the work of its consolidation and de
fense against the assaults of nomad pop
ulations; only in the final phase of the
middle ages during the eleventh, twelfth
and thirteenth centuries, when the unity
of the West was founded by the collec
tive action against impending Moslem'
invasion, did it enjoy an existence suf
ficiently secure and stable to exhibit its
essential chasacter and produce its
noblest pebsonal types.
The elaboration of feudalism was, in
deed, in progress during the whole
period, showing itself In the decompo
sition of power and the hierarchical
subordination of its several grades, the
movement being only temporarily sus
pended during the second phase by the
j necessary defensive concentration un
der Charlemagne. But not before the
I first century of the last phase was the
feudal system fully constituted. In
like manner, only in the final phase
could the effort of Catholicism, after a
universal discipline, be carried out on
the great scale— an effort forever ad
mirable, though necessarily on the
whole unsuccessful.
-No large or varied economic activity
I was possible under the ascendancy of
feudalism. That organization, as has
been abundantly shown by philosophi
cal historians, was indispensible for
the preservation of order and for nubiic
defense, ; aud contributed important
elements to general civilization". But,
whilst recognizing it as opportune and
relatively, benidcent.we must not expect
from it advantages inconsistent with its
essential nature. The class which pre
dominated in itwas not. sympathetic
with industry, and held the handicraft
in contempt, except those subservient
to war or rural sports. The wholo Drac
tical life of the society was founded on
territorial property: the wealth or the
lord consisted in the produce of his
lands and the d-ies paid to him In kind
this wealth was spent in supporting a
body ot retainers, whose services were
repaid by their maintenance. There
could be little room for manufactures,and
less for commerce, and agriculture was
carried on with a view to the wants of
the family, or at most of the immediate
neighborhood, .not to those of a wider
market. The economy of the period
was therefore simple, and, in the ab
sence of special motors from without,
unprogresslve." Yz-ff-Y'
History here strangely narrates a cir
cumstance which as yet seems untold
in the sequential character of the times,
the circumstance of national and in
dividual life which ever follows the
life and teachings of the Divine Martyr.
The crusades, animated by the vulgar
thought to maintain the possession of
the earthly tomb of the Divine Martyr,
possessed - -Y'Y:
AN EVOLL'TIONABY POWER
far beyond the thought of the actors.
These crusades undoubtedly produced
a powerful economic effect by trans
ferring in many cases the possessions
of the feudal chiefs to the industrious
classes, while by bringing different na
tions and races into contact, by enlarg
ing the horizon and widening the con
ceptions of populations, as well as by
affording a special stimulus to naviga-
Ton; they tended to give a new activity
to international trade. The independ
ence of the towns and the* rising im
portance of the burgher class supplied a
counterpoise to the power of the land
aristocracy; : aud J the strength of these
new social elements was increased by i
the corporate constitution given? to : the
urban industries, the police of the towns
being also founded on the trade guilds,
as that of . the country districts was on
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THE WORKERS' WALK.
Labor's Annual Parade Day
Well Kept in St Paul.
MULTITUDES OF MEN IN LINE.
Lately Organized Unions Pa-
rade Like Veterans.
UNIQUE IDEAS NOT WANTING.
Thousands Go to Wildwood to
Rest and Celebrate.
THE GREATEST LABOR DAY YET.
It was a triumph of toilers, peaceful,
complete, forceful
The fifth Labor day that has been hon
ored in St. Paul, and the first under
the statute making it a legal holiday,
was celebrated in a liberal and broadly
fraternal spirit that will long reflect
credit on even the most humble of the
marchers.
Conditions that all men enjoy alike,
sunlight, balmy air, clear skies, blessed
breezes to temper the heat rays— were
all propitious. Add to this tho fact that
Labor day is now so universally popular
as to be a national holiday, and that
public sentiment sanctions it with ac
claim, and it is seen nothing was want
ing to encourage the fullest success.
Almost at sun-up membere of the va
rious craft organizations were astir in
the streets perfecting the final details
of the parade. For an hour before the
time announced for moving unions
were marching and countermarching to
position. The four divisions were
formed on the streets about the capitol
under the direction of Chief Marshal
M.E. Murray and aides. J. C. Stuhl
mau and J. H. Crowii9ver. There was
little delay in starting, and when the
long line began to tramp, tramp, tramp,
it kept going without a halt. A good
idea of tho extent of the 'parade can be
formed when it is stated that a Globe
reporter started from the capitol while
the last ol the marchers were passing
the building. He went directly down
Cedar to Third, and on arrival there
the second division had passed along
toward Minnesota and the third was at
hand. The route of march spread the
men over Exchange. Ninth, Fort and
Third. It was a turn-out "for your
life,-' in the classic language of the
slaug slinger?.
There were -about .forty, distinct or
ganizations in line, besides the half
dozen fine bands and several fife and
drum corps. A platoon of mounted po
lice led the line, followed by two car
riages, the first containing Hon. W. W.
Erwiu, orator of the day, and Joseph A.
Black, president of the trades assembly;
in the second were Oscar Lienau ar.d
wife and Miss May Griffith, accom
panied by Vice-President Matt Bantz,
of the assembly. Kleist's band led a
full representation of the trades as
sembly delegates; and in the position
of honor after the assembly marched
about 30 members of the St. Paul Fire
men's Protective union, in citizens'
dress. A stalwart fireman bore aloft a
handsome banner bearing the name of
the union, with the insignia of a fire
man's helmet in the centre.
The second division was composed
exclusively of the allied printing crafts,
with Typographical Union. No. 30 over
shadowing all others in number. Not
far from 300 men wore its badge and
stepped to the music of Seibert's First
CHIEF MARSHAL MURE AY.
Regiment band. President Harry
Franklin was marshal, and had under
his eye the German typographical,
stereotypers, mailers, bookbinders,
press feeders and pressmen's unions,
Tom Tould marshaling the last-named.
Each organization made an excellent
showing in numbers and personnel, al
though only the pressmen sported uni
forms. z-ifz Zf.
At the head of the third division, fol
lowing Pankopf's band, came the
sturdy bricklayers, with over 100 men
in line. Then the iron molders swung
into view, wearing black shirts emblaz
oned with the initials and number of
the uuiou. Machinery molders, seven
ty-five men, came stepping ..'jauntily
along behind their ; handsome banner.
The painters and decorators and paper
hangers turned out surprisingly well;
and the Switchmen's Mutual Aid asso
ciation'gained much praise for number
and appearance. In this division
also. were the grey-uniformed street rail
way employes, fully equipped as when
on; duty. . The large outpouring of
"blue-label boys" was preceded by a big
open van, from which : union : cigar
makers distributed smokers of their
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own manufacture. Blacksmiths, tin
sheet iron and cornice workers, steam
fitters, switchtenders, stone masons,
waiters and laundry workers, all ap
peared to excellent advantage and
marched with commendablo precision.
The marshals In this division were i
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AN INTEBESTED GROUP.
Martin Weinirarth, William Brown,
Henry Manke, F. A. Schaller, J. O'Con
nor, C. E. Hare, S. M. Massey, F. Eha,
C. L. Tillquist, J. F. Kreiger, R. A.
Rainev and li. C. Emory. i
Over a dozen organizations were rep
resented in the fourth division, with
three-score bakers leading off, mar
shaled by John Reichel. "We Work
Eight Hours" was the greeting borne
by the plasterers, James Mcßean mar
shal. Cheers creeled the bearer at,
every point. W. H. Dressel marshaled
the machinists, while R. Stark performed
a like service for the plumbers aud gas-
. ■
A PEBSISTENT FISIIEB.
filters. Both organizations were out in
force, but their numbers looked small
compared with the boot and shoe work
ers. Marshal J. J. Beh had close to 250
of the footwear builders in line.
The tailors marched like veterans.;
and were dressed in a manner befitting
their calling. As usual, the retail clerks]
were tothe fore.lookingas well groomed
as a summer girl and as numerous asl
the cut price cards in a big department^
store. Jim MeGuire and Tom McDer-1
mott, tall as a fisherman's yarn and ; ,
straight as the "tall pine" led the col :
umn, and Jim Morrow took care of thb !
last files. The machinry woodworkers,*?
Marshal F. W. Nordquist, were out sev
enty strong, and the boilermakers had
sixty men in line. L. W. VVeihe was iqu
command of the barbers and had no]
trouble keeping his intelligent artists in I
good marching order. It must have ,
puzzled unshorn and unshaven people
to secure a barber's services yesterday,
judging from the number on parade. • ■
FEATURES OF THE PABADE.
The Early Breakfast stoves, in differ- j?
ent designs, were shown to splendid j
advantage on a float preceding the
molders' union, and were favorably j
.commented on all along the route. None
better can be turned out by workmen 1
anywhere. ' • • \' : ?
Clothed in tin would almost apply to
the tin, sheet iron and cornice workers.
They wore nobby-looking, if uncom
fortable tin dicers, nobby canes and
belts of the same material, and coat and
vest was laid aside to show a clean
white shirt on every man. The effect
was unique, and the tinkers gained
applause from all sides.
In white and black the bakers were
clad— white shirts and jaunty bakers'
hats topping black trousers belted at
the waist. Four score pale but vigorous
men marching in this costume attracted
lots of attention, were rather envied
by those who carried more clothes.
The brewery workers looked like
yeomen of old in blue blouses, but their
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LEARNING HIS GIRL TO SWIM.
sturdiness of gait was not at all ham*
pered by the loose, hanging uniform.
Uniforms were not liuiuerous yesteiti

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