The Labor enquirer., 1886-08-07

walk about two blocks. Nov you hear
the words pistols and police" said
Mr.. Foster When it Is shown, as it
will be, that Mr.. Schwab speaks very
little but his native language (German)
in talking to Spies, the evidence Of this
fellow Thompson will be found to have
no weight The defense promise to
prove that Mr. Schwab never saw or
talked to Mr.. Spies on the night of May 4.
These were all the really important
witnesses put upon the stand BY the
prosecution during the last week.
These two were depended upon TO show
the completely of the defendants with
the haymarket affair. The defense will
show how really valueless is this tes-
timony.
Against Mr.. Neebe the state has failed
to prove anything criminal. 1t has
shown that on the fourth of May he en-
tered saloon, took some revenge" cir
culars from his pocket and laid them
upon the table with the remark: '1t
won't be that way always" 1t has fur
ther shown that in search through his
house IA search made without war
rant) the rolice discovered an old shot
gun, sword and revolver. This is all
they have, or pretend to have, against
Neebe; and yet, on Saturday, July 81,
the Judge refused to allow any proceed
ings on the part of counsel for the de-
fense tending to a separation of his case
from the rest. He is therefore, presum,
ably, on trial for his life.
Bnt it may be asked if the state has
not proved that these men were en-
gagged in the manufacture and distribu
ton of explosives, that their speeches
and written sentiments were "incen-
diary" and that arms and dynamite
have been found in the possession of
some of them? Perhaps so. But this
simply shows them to have been Revo-
lutionists and not criminals. There is
broad distinction between men who
themselves prepare and advise the peo-
pie to prepare for a Revolution which
many see is inevitable, and those unfor-
tunate people who prey upon society, or
commit wilful acts of violence to crafty
their own malice. The right of Rebel.
lion and Revolution is inherent among
all peoples. When government ceases
to provide for its citizens "life, libe rty
and the pursuit of happiness"-or fails
to carry out it's guarantee-it is the right
it is the duty of the people to alter OF
abolish it, and to provide other means
for their security and welfare. In Ian
guage like this does the constitution O.
the United States speak to the people
and following out this grand idea the
colonists separated themselves from the
mother countrY-by Revolution. Who
can doubt that had the attempt been un
successful, George Washington and some
of his compatriots would have beer
hanged as rebels, and dangerous to th'
public peace.
Incendiary speeches and writings, for
sooth! The incen Iiary speeches of Pat
rick Henry and James Otis, and the pei
paintings of such men as Paine and JET
ferson are among the dearly cherished
things of the American heart.
The case as it still stands amounts t.
this: 1t has appeared that some Of tn
Socialists and Anarchists in Chicago
were actively preparing for the grea
Social Revolution soon to come. Tha
this Revolution was constantly bein
preached at the public meetings of tn
Internatlonals. That some of the mem
bers of the different groups had ampl!
provided themselves with the means o
warfare, and that very few, believing
the time had come for the conflict to be
gin, had prepared themselves for its in
auguration about the fourth of May
This, with the exception of the trumped
up stories against Fielding and Spies, i
all that has been or can be show
against the eight defendants.
But while the defense will argue
appears from Mr.. Solomon's address tt
the Jury on Saturday, that Socialism o
Anarchism is not on trial, and that tn
evidence must show murder was in
tended and committed, it is very evi
dent from the manner of his conducting
the trial and his opening speech to tht
jury that Mr.. Grinnell has placed tha
construction upon the trirl. If this i
not trial of Socialism and Anarchisn
and therefore of the right of the peo
pie to rebel against established wrongs
what, is the meaning of Mr.. Grinnell'
significant opening: "For the first tim'
in the history of our country are people
on trial for their lives for endeavoring tt
make Anarchy rule" Why were ban
ners and notices with Socialistic in
scriptlons brought into court? VIII
were translation5 of the Arbeiter Zeit
ung made and offered in evidence, pro
claiming Socialistic truths? Why were
the Six principles of the l. W. P. A. reac
and offered In evidence? Mr.. Grinnel
and the court and iury-as well as th'
outside public-know that this is really
trial of Socialism and Anarchism, ano