St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-05
ANTE-AN xEfSTS.
Form ii on at Chicago of a Patriots
League TO Combat the Machina-
tion> of Social and Political

CHICAGO, Dec. AT a me citing held in this
! city this afternoon to set on foot Il movement
| to counteract the influence of socialists ant
their teachings. the name patriots League
was adopted. Gen. John L. Thompson was
elected president. and Col. Fl. W. Jackson
treasurer. An executive committee and 8
committee on publication of principles and
purposes was adopted.
Any person may become member of this
| league by signing the platform, setting forth
its principles and purposes. Any person
contributing money 10 this league will be EN-
| titled to receive its publications to the full
amount of the money contributed. The pri-
mary object of this league shall be:
FirSt-To support and defend the govern
| meut, constitution, laws and institutions of
| the United States, national. state and munic-
| ipal as administe red through the three nee
! essary and well defined legislative, executive
| and judicial departments, and TO furnish a
| channel th ough which the order loving and
| law honoring sentiment of the country can at
| all times express itself and make its conyic-
tions and strength known
| Second-To oppose anarchy, socialism.
communism, Mormonism and despotism OF
! all kinds. and all kindred social and political
] evils that tend to destroy the peace of society,
| the authority OF government, the sancuty of
| law. the rights OF property. the liberty OF the
| citizen and the sacredness of the family, and
| to serve due notice on anarchists, socialism
| ond all other lists and ''ismS' Lhat human
| liberty, as represented by American free in
| situations, has cost too much and is too val
liable and too sacred TO allow it to be over
| thrown, undermined, endangered or desc
| Grated by foreign agitatorS and revolution
| lists, or demagogues OF any creed or descrip-
| ton.
Third-To disseminate sound views and
practical and accurate information on politi-
cal. social and economic subjects by means
of carefully prepared books and pamphlets,
to be published and sold at the bare cost of
production and distribution, and thus place
the means of political education within the
reach of all; and ia general to promote and
encourage the study and rational discussion
of social, political and economic questions,
by the whole body of American citizens.
In response to criticism of the meeting of
socialists at the Twelfth street Turner hall
last Sunday by mOrn ng paper, the Arbeiter
Zeitung prints the following:
Right here it may be plainly said that we
consider the bomb throwing justified. 1t was
a necessary act The police committed high
treason in attempting to break up in violent
fashion peaceful meeting OF citizens 1t is
known that the police marched to the Hay
market for the purpose of exterminatiug
socialists. Had not the bomb been thrown
to-day. in place of eight police. hundreds of
useful citizens, women and children would
be lying dead. What will become of the
rights of the citizens of this land when the
latter fall and leave them unprotected to be
tyraniZed and abused by horde of hrelings?
What will become OF the right of assembly
free speech and personal security? If any
one is responsible for the death of the eight
policemen it is Bonfed, Setback and the
swarm of rich oppressors behind them. The
bomb thrOwer bears no responsibility and far
less the condemned anarchists.