The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-03-30

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cnrAao. March % 81 am an Anarch-
IL. ssi them stran Il me II they dafc!r
shouted Albert Curtin. the Anarchist cd
itor. % the crowd assembled IN North
Side hall last evening. Anarchy was hav-
ing : holiday. with no attempt at con-
ceAInent- IL VAS the seventeenth ami
vsr~arv a the French Commune. and che
''Reds" held an indoor picnic The Central
Labor Union assumed tho responsibilities
of she affair and arran ed the programme.
winch was termed COMMUNE festival.
There were fully fifteen hum
dred persons present. including al
the prominent Anarchist in the city and
tho relatives Of some q the men executed
last November. The red banner o. the
Central Lalo Union 6ustsrsd q the On
trance TO the hal. Al each side Of the
stage we're pedess ais draped in ilooi-red
bunting and hearing . card inscribed
November II. 1SSs". These bore the
basts Of August Spies and Louis Langx.
zach head vas encircled with = wreath
OF myrtle. . sash Of ths same somb
leaves entwised with rcd r.bton being
knotted diagonA'ly across the breast
Later in the evening lifesixs bust oil
paintings Of Spies. Parsons. Lingg and
Fircher were In turn displayed upon the
stage and received with transports Of de-
light.
After . long programme Of sonrs and
recitationS the -iestivai address, Vas
announced. and las dsIverer, Curtin. was
received with r. .mendous cheering. Cur
lin spoke in German for over half an hour
IN = most impassioned manner. The sub
dance Of his remarks vas - follows:
''vive II Commune! Aye, vive IL Conn
mune! This glor ons sentence thundered
upon the ears Of the tyrants and money
graLbers Of seventeen years ago The
world tremb Cd ~ the sound The thievss
Of the bourse. the puIpit and the press
shook like autumn leaves In . high wind"
Curtin then gave what he sail was an
account OF the events Of the Commune
how the French and Prnssian tyrants
combined TO crush out s'the ratrios prois-
tariats". and how. ~ the fal'. workmen.
their wives and children. 70 the numbsr
Of at least eighty thousand, we're siaugh-
tered
ssThs oreis Of blood finished" he con-
timed, N ~ the money! bag ari~tccrats
ard the priests shook with iaue hter! How
they boasted of the downfall Of the sup
porter Of the whole social system! Did
they laugh with reason, ID they kill
Anarchy at the stamping out Of the COM
mune~
mo. mol" and ironicaI laughter from
ali Tarts Of the In L
sNo. faieed.S thun Tered Curtin. san
archy and Socialism have marched right
onward Oar PRINCIPLES a-sab % Ia the
world. AMI s-e undying. They can mot be
stamped out"
The orator then reverted 10 the trial
and execution OF the Chicago Anarchists.
and worked his auditors into
white heat. ssWhaf say you. you
citizens II this glorious Rsrnbl c. 20
the murd = Of your trefhrens Are Ne
cowedy Have thew spread terror in our
rankss Do we kiss the hand that shed tbs
best blood among usy Do We grovel BE-
fore those Who have placed our cham.
pions beneath the cold sod or behind iron
harss Are there no Ionger Anarch st. in
Chicagof There IL on an m An
srchiss. Let them sfrsngie me II they
i4rf (aprt 4u<e ana SHOUTS in<ttm< ue>- =
tuo minuses), and an not The cn'v one
We live and will live 70 scf - becom :
~ The combat between barharity and
Justice u not ended Past events were
needed 20 strengthen us for she struggle
There has been TO- much wind I'm our agi-
tat on. Too much merry-making. We
have talked and danced while our OPP
pressors have worked and staid upnights
to ind means for our continued enslave-
ment The fruition Of their labor has
been the erection Of five rsllows-trses.and
the hireIing press laughs and tries 20 per-
su.de them that they have reached the
end
Curtin then spoke Of the conspiracy
avs enacted bv the iG>< Leg stature Of
Illinois. and said: The man who would
of,rv o. allow himself 60 b. cowed BY
such Z .tard laws IL . coward and pol
sroonr. He closed with . strong appeal
frr renewed action and union among the
rad cal host. "The tins has come when
We must range ourselves in serriei ranks:
no beating about the bush II we are An
archists. let Us nvow Il 20 fhs woslL Our
m artyrs live in our midst Long live An
archvl Long live Socialism, vive 70
Communev!
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