Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-20
BOB INGERSOLL'S HE'LL.

He Finds it In the Session of the Liberia
Leasue-His Counsel Rejected and III,
withdrsws from the Organization in Dis
gust-His Resignation Promptly Accepted
CHICAGO, Sept. l9.-The liberal league last
night discussed the proposed platform unit
after midnight. Col. Ipgersoll wished to sub
stitute for the plank abrogating the Oomstock
resolutions that the committee of defense wher.
ever it claimed that a person has been Indicted
and that person claimed to have been in an
honest exercise of freedom of thought and ex-
preston shall instigate such case. and if it ap-
pears that he has been guily of no offense. then
the committee shall defend him if he is
unable to defend himself. He said they wanted
it understood that the church power must not
| smother the literature of liberalism. They
couid not undertake to defend all the slush
that Is written in this country. They hadn't
! time to go into the question Of what authority
the United States may have over the mails. In
one sense the government assuredly had the
right to say what shall go into the mails. Un-
| til the Chri tian world should expunge OBJ
sceniIy from their books, they would demand
! that the law against obscene literature shall
be executed sgainst the bible. He had conf.
Gence in the federal courts to try these cases.
Mr. Wakemen in answering declared that all
jury ina State oourt found any man gull y let
him go to hell.
A lady delegate inquiring what the league
had to do with hell.
Tbs speaker substituted the eternal bow
Vows.
The debate became quite warm, Col. Inger-
soil protesting that he was trying tpkeep the
league from destroying itself and to knock
some sense into its head.
Mr.. McCracken offered resolution demand
irg such modification of Comstock's resolu-
tions that their execution will protect citizens
in their right of freely exercising their opiu-
ions and spreading them through the marts.
Col. Ingersoll and Mr. Green declared that
if the original resolutions we've adopted they
would withdraw from the league, which state
ments were greeted with applause and cries of
good riddance.
Both amendments were then voted down and
the resolution reported by the committee
adopted. Col. Ingersou then announced his
resignation as Vice President of the association.
The resi- gnation ws accepted, and Mrs. Julia H.
Severance, of Milwaukee. was elected in his
place.
The resolutions adopted in addition to those
already mentioned, declare it expedient for the
league to cooperate with political parties to
accomplish the objects of the platform, and to
nominate candidates for Office soon as they
have sufficient strength to make such nomina-
nominate man as President whom the entire
league pledge itself to support; demand
State and United States laws TO defend the
liberty of press and speech, and to allow free
circulati, through the mails OF publications,
irrespective of religious or other creeds they
contain, and declare that they do not demand
this to abet any frauds, lotteries, obscenity or
other wrong-doing, but on the contrary oppose
the dissemination by mail of obscene literature,
inspired or uninspired and call on the chris.
tian world to sxpunge the indecent parts of the
Bible. Such offences. however, should be
punished through the criminal courts and not
by persons responsible to a master of semi
theological criminal societies. Disapprove
the Comstock laws which are fraught with
danger to the rights and liberties of the peo-
pie for reasons seJ forth, and urge their repeal |
unconstitutional and as giving i'm. |
proper criminal Jurisdiction to United States |
courts, and as bringing the inviplabillty of the
mails into question. While not approving |
the offenses by Haywood and Bennett, yet they |
regard their conviction and accusation as out |
RACES far exceeding the offenses.
CHICAGO, Sept l9,-The third days session |
of the fourth annual congress of the National
Liberal league was held today at Graw's |
opera house. resolution was adopted ex-
pressing hearty symathy with all labor organi-
cations whose aim and intentions are the
dethronement of capitalist monopoly and the
emancipation of the wage workers from the
CALLING chain of industrial slavery. Mr..
Spencer then presented the following resolu-
tion:
Resolged That the national congress of the
Liberal league demand of all the people and
powers that the said congress
shall be empowered to go at
once TO work to remedy all the evils
and cure ell the ills of all the world according
to their own liberal and peculiar ideas respect
ing them.
The resolution resulted in lengthy discus
sion which finally ended in the expulsion of
Mr.. Spencer from the hail.