Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-01-03
MADE GOOD HER BOAST
Anarchist Parsons Widow Talks a
a Socialist Gathering.
SHORT AND VERY BITTER.
In "a DiDgy Little Hail, Scarcely a BIocI
from the Mayors once, Four Hum
dred People Listen to Her
Burning Words.

CHICAGO, Dec. 3t-Anarchist Parsons,
the dark-skinned widow, made good
her boast. that she would speak in
Chicago in spite of the police. 1t was
in Waverly hall, one square from Mayor
Roche's office, and is the same place
which was closed against her one week
ago. -Four hundred people We're crowded
into the little auditorium, and scores of
others choked up the entrance and stood
upenthe stairs. The meeting was one
called by the Socialistic Labor party ''to
transact business and for the promotion
of socialistic doctrines" The proceedings
opened with the introduction of a reso-
luton condemning the police for their
recent '.lawless" interference with pub
lie meetings. The resolution was unani-
mously adopted. Tommy Morgan, a
socialist, was the first speaker. he said
the employment of force byworkingmen
was futile. 1t appealed to the lowest in
stincts of mankind and was wrong from
the moral, intellectual and practical
standpoint. It's impracticaEility had been
demonstrated in this city by the Hay
market and its results. The hanged an
archists az proof enough that force was
impracticabla.
The meeting was then open to anyone
who wanted to talk ten minutes. Mrs.
Parsons rose. The crowd cheered when
1T saw her familiar face. 81 should like
very much some of these days to answer
the assertions Mr.. Morgan has made
against those who are dead" she said,
'sbut the ukase has gone forth from
Roche and Lord Bonfield that ! am never
to make another speech in Chicago, and
that | am forever to be deprived of that
right under the constitution. But / can
not sit here quietly and hear it said that
those who are dead and silent in their
tombs, had anything to do with the
throwing of the Haymarket bomb,
though in the war against tyrants all
things are Unsuitable. Those who say
anything else are ours. They were mis-
erable'curs who on last Sunday night al
lowed themselves to be driven away
from this hall by the police"
Mrs. Parsons then read what purported
to be an extract from the speech of
Thomas Jefferson, in which occurred the
following words: ttGod forbid that our
country should be for twenty years with
out a rebellion" s.Did Parsons or Spies
ever utter anything more revolutionary
than that?' said Mrs. Parsons. cit has
been said that dead martyrs are no good,
put tHelf memoir Is deaf TO us, and a
perpetual Inspiration, because they died
before they would ask pardon for deeds
they did not do. When liberty shall be
crowned with Immortality, the brightest
names. IN her crawn win be those Of
Parsons, Spies, Fischer and Engel, who
died for her. Cheers. / am for peace.
on principle. If you see two
rival armies approaching each
other and take, a poll of the
men, youwil find that nine-tenths of
them are for peace, but they are borne on
by irresistible forces to the conflict. Be-
fose we can have peace in a society like
own, rivers Of blood will have to.
run Applause.
The chairman interrupted Mrs. Par
sons and said her ten minutes had ex-
pired. A number of detectives were
present, but made nc, attempt to inter-.
fere. After a number of other speeches.
some in a decidedly fiery vein, the hall
was cleared and a private meeting held by
prominent members of the Socialistic
Labor party. When the conference
ended it was announced that arrange
ments had been made to continue the
meeting every Sunday afternoon