The Meeker herald., 1889-01-12
Get. Warm Under the collar.

Gets Warm Under ths collar.
During the arguments in Judge ru'
ley's cour, in Chicago last Monday, in
the matter of the application Of the An
archis,s for an injunction 10 prevent
the police from breaking up the public
meeting Of the so-called Artriter Bund,
the proceedings were eiitvesied bv Z
warm speech made by Attorney knight,
Assistant Corporation Counsel. Judge
Tnley has been putting some hyPothct-
teal cases and asking some Iucs tons
that seemed 10 Indicate that lie favored
giving the Arbeit-r Dund u chance.
After considerable discussion tie
Judge finally said: II know ~ well ~
anybody that tigh, rein mus, b.
drawn on violence. and that disorder
mus, b. held with nh Iron hard but l
know fully ~ well that the po,ic- must
not IL allowed la oyerslsp the limits OF
reason and law. The police ar. mp, Ia
grow In the belief tia, they Al. no, the
guardians Of the peace. but autocra,s.
and that their power IL unlimited"
Mr.. Knight arose and said: That
may BE-. bu; II the police do exceed the
bound, OF their authority they arc an-
swcfnbl. 10 the Court. i:nt Your
Honor is falling into the sam. rui that
the Master In ChaneeTy iuinhlci into.
You are saying In effect, Il believe
wha, ,hcs. Anarchists say when they
aver that they are assembling Tor peace
able purposes, and do no, believe what
the police say when they aver that ihcSe
pcopl, are meeting for unlawful pur-
Icsrs' OF more i,ni,,r; 10 ih- people Of
THIS State and city than interference
with the meetings u !,w fsbli An
arciists II tho principle that No court
shall interfere with tho executive al
minis,aa,ion Of affairs by tile city gov
eminent. IN ,hi, matter tire executive
says. i believe these men nr- criminals
doing or kc-kin. 10 dn rs did >pi-, AMI
Parsons Believing tins. the Nayui
put up ;iir hais a.ilns, these men ~ 10
many Mathematics, who prevent mill
ions 81 dollars from cain.n. Ia tilt, city
In the why o. capital. Tue Mayor has
Wt'lskEa Att 'htt7' VI b'H "aHk'e hfs
b.0ci IN spilled. NJ MIA dorc under tbs
Harrison naturalization. hut he has
suppressed Aparehis,ic plots In their
bud. You dare not. unless YOU usnrp
tho powers IL the executive. gran: THIS
Injunction. You viii not say. Il rs
Chancellor lc, these Ta;,lssnak-, ha;rl,
their Gags Of dcyilish ansschT.' II
makes n patriots blood boil, that These
criminals from foreign soil should ha,.
the impuicnec 10 frst p!o, 10 DESTROY
the law. AMI then seek protection. !
believe Your Honor has too much re-
spec; for ,lrccncy, order. and the dignity
Of the .Secn,iY. Of this city, Ia grant
sucl, nh injunction"
Judge Tu.ny listened 10 this Et-cci,
quietly. though several times the color
came aud wen, Ia lis face. When MI.
Knight had finished the judge said {:
"1hc temlFi. Of counsel are ipi-mlcr'
ate Tor lrgh argument. Public opin'
ion never las aud never will determine
tho law rs laid down from this bench.
n people who CON. 10 this country are
tho ycricst Of criminals that Europe or
any other country ever produced. and
whether they arc foreigners or natives.
they have equal rights In the protection
from imposition which the law affords.
There is no danger that this Court VIII
exceed It's Jurisdiction. !, may he that
II IA much more important that FREQ
speech aud the right of peaceful assem-.
biz shall not be iramplei into the dust
than that the police force b. perPcin-
aicd In power which appears To be cS'
,remc and antocra,ic. Let the Court
stand adjourned until tomorrow morn
ing