The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-06

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dfen out to such temptations as that is
not worth respecting. and the man who
| will not try to change it is no man.
Talking with those children as I went
home with them, for thev lived not far
from me, could note the comparative
boldness in the two children, they being
of the same age One of them told me
she had been working three years, and
! the other year. There was, that shy
ness, at least something remaining of it,
the coyness, which is about child Of
tender age to stranger, about the one
that had only been away from the
hearthside one year but the one that
had been away thres years. there was
not particle OF it, and she was head
shorter than the child that had the ad-
vantage of living at home two years more
of her existence.
Carter Harrison noticed the degraded
condition of a class of persons in this
community and he called the justices Of
the peace of this city to consult with
him, a year ago last winter. They
wanted to get rid of the street-xalkers
who were so numerous that it was dis
grace to the CITY. It was very laudable
in Harrison and the justices of the peace
to get rid of them If they could.
The remedy proposed was to arrest
them and the first time fine them not
so much and the next time fine them
more, and they would keep on fning
them more and more until thev got rid
of them. 1t is known fact that there Is
no possibility of young, unmarried
woman who mas not brother or a
father to assist her, getting a living in
the city of Cnicago, with few excep-
tions. A friend Of mine. labor agitator,
was asked bv Young lady to procure
large establishments, and they said
Yes, we can give her position, but she
has got to dress tastily and nicely and
neatly, and look well, and we will give
her from $3 to SIS week" and you pro-
pose to get rid of these things bv fning
those who were compelled to resort to
such extremes to live. | show you
these things to show YOU that the ques
ton is an American question. 1t is a
question of the nineteenth century.
am charged with having made some in
hammatory harangues within the last
few years 1t has been testified here that
l made speech at the Twelfth Street
Tuner hall il 1885. The language l
used on that occasion has been referred
to. To show the character of that meet
ing and that of the organization to
which l belong, l have only to
say that that meeting was called in pur-
suance of desire on the part ofthe So
cialists to find out whether they were
right or wrong, and to compare their
views with the views of gentlemen who
continually asserted that they were
wrong. Those gentlemen were invited
there to discuss the question, and would
have been given an opportunity, aud as
much time as any SocialistiC speaker in
that meeting to reply to the creed of So
cialism. l do not think it was claimed
that said anything there very lntam-
matory at that meeting The city was
placarded with bills inviting the profess
sional aud business men to come there
and discuss these questions with US.
They did not come in any great force.
l was charged with having, at Mueller's
hall, as chairman of the meeting, called
upon the audience to dispute with the
Socialists and controvert anything any
thing that might have been said in be-
half of private capitalism, and that this
was the last opportunity before we be-
gan to take their property. The man
who testified to that knows under what
circumstances it was said, because the
critics have said IN their editorial offices
and written about it, and had not exam
ined the question; and the audience
understood it was a joke-as sort OF
take off on the criticisms on Social
ism. It's we'll known that the reporters
of the papers are a most intelligent
class of men. do not know any class
of people among whom found 80 mapy
stupid people, and l have very e1tens-
i've acquaintance with them.
With regard to what was stated about
me at one time, wheR 1 was charged
with making infammatory statements
here, l wish to say that at that time l
was in Cincinnati, and l can prove it by
Mr.. Spies, who went with me and bought
me a ticket. l will say little further
about nv friends, the reporters. becau SO
the reporters have been depended upon
to produce the conviction in this case.
1T is we'll known in this aud every read
ing community that reports in the news
papers cannot be depended upon. There
Is not public speaker In this country
but what has had cause to complain of
the reports of his speeches in the news
pspers. So intolerable has this become
that the chief magistrate Of this country
less than a year ago stated, and it was
published all through the country, that
there never was an age in the world
when newspaper lying existed to the
extentthat it did now, and there never