The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-15

one. l know / should not like to DO
compared to him. He has appealed to
the patriotism OF the jury, but in an
swer to that shall quote from an English
statesman: Patriotism 10 the last resort Of
n scOundrei.' Tic system Of wages Is the
root Of the present social niQuitics-iniqui-
ties 50 mOnstrOus as TO cry to heaven. Grim
nell has informed US that anarchism was ON
trial. Anarchism belongs to speculative phil
osophy, and not q word was said about
anarchism at the Hayniarket. But IL
anarcllism is on trial am proud to say / am
an anarchist You may pronounce your sem
tence on me. honorable judge, but let It be
known that in the year 1886, in the State Of
Illinois, eight men have lost their faith in
human progress.
concerning my associates. will say
this: never saw Lingg but twice before
my arrest have not been on speaking
terms with Engel for over a year, and
Fischer, my lieutenant, went about making
speeches against me. II you think you can
crush out these ideas, which are gaining
ground every day, by sending us to the gal
lOws-that you can suppress truth-fOr that
Is all we have been preaching, you will fail"
Then, furnishing his arms wildly, Spies
fairly shrieked: Il shall die proudly, def
antly, for the cause of justice. There is
Socrates. there is Calico. there is GiordahO,
Bruno, there is Christ-why, the number
tr0dden in these paths, and We are ready to
follow them"
MICHAEL. sChwAB.
Michael Schwab then TOOK the floor. ut
is not much have to say, and would say
nothing at all did not fear silence would
look like cOwardly approval of what has
been done here. l am condemned to die
for writing newspaper editorials" The
anarchist then went ON to justify these ar.
ticles by going over in detail all the real or
imaginary evils Of the accumulation of cap.
ital and tile unjustness of the relations be-
tween employer and employed. He said:
81 lived among the tOilers; was
one of them; 1 slept in their gar.
rets and cellars: saw the prostitu.
ton of female virtue which had no
honest means Of support, and strong men
starve and die. But that was In Europe.
But found the same state of things in
existence on coming to this country" The
speaker referred at some length to the con-
ditiOn of the labOring classes of Chicago, OF
which he drew dismal picture. He said:
"rhere are more socialists natives of this
country than there are foreigners from these
causes. but the capitalistic press screens the
fact very carefully" Then followed a dis
QUESTION OH the principles and theories Of
socialism and anarchy. He concluded by
disavOwing all knowledge Of the man who
threw the bomb and protested he intended
to do no violence at the Haymarket
OSCAR NEEBE.
Oscar Neebe, the next speaker, had no
sooner taken the floor than he burst into
violent abuse, calling States Attorney
Grinnell a cur, his assistants. Messrs. Walk
er and Furthman, sc0undrels; saying there
was only only ono gentleman In the crowd,
and that was Mr.. Ingham. The police were
assaiIed. and in short, Neebes speech was
a perfect TRADE of abuse. villifying the
police and authorities. He said: II have
found out during the past few days what
tile law is. l know now that 1 lave been
arrested, charged, and convicted on
account pf having known Spies and
Schwab. This time 1 presided at
q meeting on West Lake street, to which
your honor, as well as all the other capital.
lists and judges Of the city, were invited.
considered it an honor to be- elected chair
man of that meeting. acted as marshal of
tile procession of the work ingmen of the
city of Chicago to protest against their
wrongs, and l, an American born, for tile
first time learned that 1t was against
the laws of this country. The friends OF the
labor agitatOrs and the marshals of labor
demonstrations will know in future that it 10
a crime.''
Neebe then went on to describe the man
ner in which the Arbeiter Zcitung office
was raided by the police. and abused
them for their action on that occasion.
He said the police were always able to
catch workman, q poor, dOwntrOdden
wretch, but though there were 200 police
men In the CITY. who had ever heard of a
policeman catching burglar? They could
make out case of burglary against a
man. but who ever heard Of them catching
burglar? Then Neebe abandoned himself
to a wild appeal for the judge to hang him
with the others. He cried: ut would be
more honorable to be slrangled by the neck
than to die by inches. My wife and chill
dren will then get over it some time, but
they can never get over 1t IL their husband
and father Is sent to Joliet Hang me,
your honor, with my comrades"
ADOIPH FISCHER
AdOlph Fischer's turn came next, and he
was on the point Of admitting his connec-
ton with the Revenge" circular when
Saloman, mindful Of the bearing it might
have before the Supreme Court, tried to
check him. 1t was useless. Fischer said:
''YOur honor, you ask me to say why sem
tence Of death should not be passed on me. |
l will not talk much. protest against |
being sentenced to death because 1 have
committed no crime. l was tried in this |
jury room for murder and was convicted |
for anarchy. don't deny that l was one |
Of the parties who Summoned this meeting |
in the Haymarket but know no more |
about the throwing of the bomb than Mr.. |
Grinnell does, perhaps. 1t is fact, and !!
do not deny" |
Here Mr.. Solomon rose, and going over |
TO Fischer. whispered something in his ear. |
Fischer. turning round, said sharply: |
Don't interrupt me. know what am |
talking about"
Il do not deny that got up the circular |
and had line put in calling on the work.
ingmen to come armed. l had my reasons. |
All not convicted because am q murderer. |
am convicted because am an anarchist.
have never been a murderer, but |
know a man who is on his way to becOm-
ing a murderer, and that is States AttOr-
ney GrinnelI, because he has placed |
men here upon the stand whom he knew
would swear falsely in a case where eight
lives were at stake. An anarchist loves his
principles better than his life, and am
prepared TO die for the principles on &C.
count of holding which am sentenced to
death. That is all have to say"
LOUIS LINGG.
Louis Lingg, the bOmbmaker, expressed
a wish to have his say in German. and an
interpreter was placed at his service. In
dee!.chested tones LiDgg exclaimed:
Court of justice. with the same con-
tempt with which l have tried to
live humbIy Oh this American soil,
am now granted privilege to
speak. II do speak it is because indigni-
ties have been heaped upon me in this
court" Lingg declared it had not been