Telegram-herald., 1886-10-11
SPIES IN GRID RAPIDS.
The Speech Which He Says
Caused His Trouble.
HIS VISIT 70 THIS CITY RECALLED.
6-ssf Sfaops.s CT the Address ~hicn
re Delivered "a Mstropottt4a
F14I Washington Birth
day. 885.

Ia ais address, ~ Judge Gary lAsl fhars-
d4g August Spies. tie condemned alarch-
st said thai he believed taai rhe prsse-
cglion of himself aEa sone 8f his eonpan-
ions sss based apoa tls speech 3llch he
delivered ia Gfaad Rapids. Mich. . Feb
fa4ry I>s5. fh- speech ~ snieh be al
lasied was delivered ia Metropolitan Han
ga sunday evening February - and fn~
Hraiag Ieiagra.a of Monday February .a
gave the following account Of the meeting.
August Spies, editor Of the Ifbs.ia
Z.ittts4 aud q prominent soslall2tie isa.ief,
81 Chicago. arrived in the cily yesterday
morliog tor Tie purpose % addressing re
laBoring people upon their present eoudi-
uon aud prospects f1F the future. re al
dressed iaFse audience at Arbeilrr Hall Ia
tne afternoon speaking in German. and ~
the esenlHx be sDoke Ia EnkiisA a. Metro
eolifan Hall o. about TAO hundred men aud
6sN ladies Mr spies il apparently about
thirty ave years old and ln genera appear
ance has .iitle ~ The German about him. lie
Is about i've feet six inches ta.l rather sparely
built With blue eyes and dark brown hsir,
which IS worn short and. inclined 10 curl.
he wear a m0u.iache. has high prOmin-
ent forehead and a general appearance Of
eafnrstness.
tie Nas introduced iast night BY Hon. l..
Y N0ulton uhO took occasion "a make
lev remarks up0n the hari times ant gen
eral tssconteut among labOring people
Mr. spies commenced his address oy say
ing. This DAY Is the anniversary OF The
birtn OF VI ashlngton. / need not 60 say Who
Washington WAS. AZ the time our
F.tHs| |H.tIl tI4fF
Adams Franklin and Others had learned
certain theories from French philosophers,
upon which they formed the basis OF
government which Was intended TO be Just
| - all Today We ind the condition OF a
majority 1T The people in a worse situation
I than we're The affairs Of tie common people
oF slaves IN the days OF ieudalism. l
think the Norkingmeu of today would pre-
Ter to return % the feuial system than 10
remain IN their present condition. In
/ i-utlAl times working people were
ROBBED Of One-tenth or one
eight Oi their earnings today, IN
this country and in Europe. they are robbed
OF fge eisnths Of all they produce. Why
/ do they submit Because they are ignor-
ant The press and the pulpit are
teaching the people that their sui-
/ ferug Is due % Over-prOducuOn, that De-
cause they work TOO hard and produce too
/
remedy Is proposed The only remedy
that can be proposed under present laws IS
/ 20 do What tue Germans are doing. To re-
/ lieye the working people of Germany,
/ King William has sent his uniformed
oarnariaus % the Congo country 10 force
the ignorant Africans 90 trade with Ger
\ many. OF course a few merchants and
/ and missionaries are sent along, and because
The negroes refuse 10 Ouy overcOats, which
they do not need. they are shot dOwh ana
\ their villages burned Yet this is the only
way the SverprOductiOn theorists can think
81 To relieve the working people. IL Is not
because they produce too much that people
| suiier. it - because their products are not
1 properly utilized Why are the people
Il ignorant Because information and knOwl-
/ edge are suppressed. John cWiutOn. when
/ he WAS managing the New York sun. told
me that he got so 90 in one year for
| suppressing the truth and there are about
/ two thousand such fellows IN this country
/ Then there are many more priests and
preachers who are doing the same thing.
! They tell YOU that because you are here.
YOU must be contented aud receive vOur re-
ward some time and somewhere IN the
/ hereafter The press prints columns OF
/ stuff about the tariff, but that Is OF no III
I feresf To- the workingman. 10 concerns the
robbers only But. YOU will say. what Is 20
De- the outcome? My friends when reason
I fails 10 rule mankind necessity
/ takes command Reason cannot rule
/ with ignorance Necessity Is a cruel ruler.
bnt after necessity has overthrown the pre-
: sent social structure. reason will again
/ govern Necessity. not reason causes all
/ social reforms. Ii i well enough To tai K
/ about iezrs alton. bat the State can not help
/ as IN eiSht-hour law cannot be enforced.
| lt would be evaded IN the present condition
Of society When people want 20 work Ou,
/ eight or five hours they won't work more
than five OF eight hours and no
law on the subject will De neces-
/ sary. Necessity viii yet and soon compel
/ the wagevOrkers 10 take back Z
part OF that which has been taken from
them. Necessity will yet obiige you 70 in
augurate a social reform which viii enable
you to work less than eight hours, and
compel your bosses % work with YOU. You
wi vet earn that no man has exclusive
/ right 20 control property. You will yet learn
that there il something rotten, not only lu
Denmark bat in this country. 10u ok.
pected would talk tonight about the eight
hour aw It Il useless. such a law cannot
help rs. and. II enacted, u would De
clearly unconstitutional.
There are men who are So audacious As to
say there are u0 classes in this country
let us see An 0pera comes here. The
tickets are g. each. Go down there and SOC
hoW many iabOring men are tbere. You
viii sea bankers and capitalists there. nu'
no iaborinz men there. This IS but one
out of thousands If Illustrations. When
| you become conscious thar You have The
power 90 govern the world. and have che
inclination fo exercise that power. then
YOU can see the opera
Mr. Spies was listened 90 with Gloss
attention and his remarks frequently ap
piauaed hy many Of those present. while
others seemed 70 be interested only from
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