The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-13
TRUE TO THE RED FLAG.
ANARCHISTS AT THE TOMB OF
THE 'MARTYRS."


Speeches Made at the Graves of the
Executed Men-A Red Flag Waves Over
Mrs. Parsons House.
TChicago dispatch.
'sWeep not for us when gone, but on
with the fight" These last words of one
of the executed anarchists are typical of
the sentiments expressed by the speakers
at the anniversary exercises held at
Waldheim Cemetery over the graves of
the martyrs"
The demonstration, while orderly,
proved that the feeling of discomfort is
by no means dead. At each reference
to the "innocent boys lying yonder," or
to "our brothers done to DEATH, the 1000
listeners expressed their feelings audibly.
In addition to an express wagon load of
floral pieces, many of the women carried
wreathes. Tyres, and other designs, No
crosses, however, were to be seen. A
handsome wreath of immortelles was the
tribute of the socialists of Vienna, Aus
tria.
After circling Market Square twice to
get in good marching order the process
sion moved across Lake street, the bands
playing the Marseillaise and other favor
tie airs of the wOuld-be social refOrmerS.
Men wearing crimson committee" badges
sold round-trip tickets printed on Grim
son cardboard for so cents.
At the cemetery table, a bench, aad
two chairs had been surrounded by a
rope alongside the graves Of the "apos-
ties of freedom" The graves were COW
cred with flowers and the table taken
possession of by George Schmedinger,
who opened the ceremonies by referring
to the occasion as "the third anniversary
Df Of hO bVr0 nj
taliStS
He then introduced L. S. Oliver, a
long -draWn-out individual who aroused
the Government, the law its officers,
and other signs of civilization now ex-
listing in the United States
eve have no regrets to offer for the
buried," he continued. "FrOm their
ashes in those graves comes the rebuke
to the perpetrators of this he}lish crime.
1t is sounding louder and louder from
one end of the land to the other, and
across the briny deep. When it Gull
inmates it will shake the earth from
pole to pole. Remember that those boys
stood there and sacrificed their lives for
the freedom of those left behind They
faced the hangman with fortitude that
knows no equal They had no regrets.
Their silence has more force than any
words spoken here to-day. Our children
will wonder at the stupidity or Yillainy
of the people who applauded The work
of that horrible sacrifice. Though they
build scaffolds at every crOsS-rOad we
must go on, Courage, friends. onward!
Onward! These religious and legal
SuperStitions that ruin our men and
women must be swept away. Let us
say with Emmett, If this be treason, by
the eternal gods make the most of it. ,
Those who drove our boys to death man.
ufactured the law. They were con-
victed before tried; indicted for murder
and convicted Of anarchy"
After brief intermisSiOn, during
which the singing societies sang and
MauritZ Schultz repeated good deal of
divers speech in German, I'll. E. Bar
tholmy, the orator of the day, was intro
duced.
Mr.. Bartholmy was formerly a lawyer
but gave up practice for the bench.
He is now a tailor. He made deep inn
preston, his delivery being striking and
his dctiOn admirable.
emerson once said," he began. cit is
not the fact so much as what you think
of it. To thoroughly understand fact
sary to have clear conception of the
preliminary causes, coexisting conditions,
and succeeding effects A minute and
accurate knowledge of every battle
fought in the late rebellion would neces-
sarily be superficial, chaotic, and incom-
plete unless it were supplemented by q
careful and candid review of the intel
lectual struggle and political activity
which was going on prior to it's culmina-
ton in q fraternal war; There are no
isolated events in the history of the
world. The most obscure phenomenon
bears an intimate relation to the luminous
epoch, and apparently insignificant de-
tail is often an important factor in the
consummatiOn of u stupendous scheme
This principle of mutual dependence Of
one fact upon another permeateS all
nature, the inanimate world as the So
cal organism, with it's beauty and life
giving power, and is the foundation of
all institutions, social and anti-social,
which have thus far been the Scorn and
pride of the world.
81 prefaced my address with these pre-
liminary observations in order that you
might better understand the position.
occupy, or at least endeavOr to occupy,
in considering what | regard no ordi-
nary, InSlSHlHCdnt 0V0nU, DuG, Oh Gn0
other hand, the most stirring, significant
and pregnant occurrence since the hang
ing of John Brown-the hanging of the
Chicago anarchists.
81 believe that the execution of these
apostles Of a new and higher civilization
was a historical necessity, and by this
expression [ do not mean that it was
necessary to destroy them in order that
society might live, to hang them in order
that law and order might triumph and
the stability of our institutions be pre-
served. | mean that truth comes into
the world through pain and struggles:
that the blood of the martyr is the seed
of the church; that the gallows is more
eloquent in it's silence than the orator
with his liDs or the philosopher with
his pen.
"Who can fathom the psychological
effect of that wonderful event? Who
can measure the momentum it gave to
the thinking world? Who can number
the hearts that were moved, the minds
that were affected, and the converts that
were made? At no time in the history