Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-11-20
IChicago dispatch.


sweep not for us when gone, but on
with the fghtl" These last words of ono
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 tho "innocent boys lying yonder," or
to sour brothers done to death, the / 900
listeners expressed their feslings 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
Ite airs of the wou!d-be social reformers.
Men wearing crimson committee" badges
sold round-trip tickets printed on Grim
son cardboard for so cents.
At the cemetery table, bench, aud
two chairs had been surrounded by a
rope alongside the graves of the "apos-
ties of freedom" The graves wero 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
pf the murder OF our brothers by capi-
talists."
He then introduced l.. S. Oliver, a
long-drawn-out individual, who aroused
great enthusiasm by heaping abuse upon
the Government, the law, its officers,
and other signs OF civilization now ex-
listing in the United States.
ave have no regrets to offer for the
buried" he continued. "From their
ashes in those graves comes the rebuke
to the perpetrators Of this hcllish crime.
Ii is sounding louder and louder from
one end Of the land to the other, ard
across the briny deep. When it cul-
inmates it will shake the earth from
pole TO pole. Rene ember that those boys
stood there and sacrificed their lives fer
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 villainy
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
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
70 or N los fHhnU
victed before tried; indicted for murder
and convicted of anarchy"
After brief intermission, during
which the singing societies sang and
Mauritz Schultz repeated a good deal of
divers speech in German, ii. f. Bar
tholmy, the orator of the cay, was intro
duccd.
Mr.. Bartholmy was formerly q lawyer
but gave up practice for the bench.
He is now tailor. He made deep inn
preston, his delivery being striking and
his diction admirable.
Emerson once said," he began, ait Is
not the fact so much as what you think
OF 1t. To thoroughly understand fact,
an event, or circumstance, it is neccs-
sary to have a clear conception of the
preliminary causes, coexisting conditions,
and succeeding effects A minute and
fought in the late rebellion would neces-
sarily be superficial, chaotic, and incom-
plete unless ii were supplemented by a
careful and candid review of the intel
lectual struggle and political activity
which was going on prior to its culmina-
ton in fraternal war. There are no
isolated events in the history OF the
world. The most obscure phenomenon
| bear an intimate relation TO the luminous
epoch, and apparently insignificant de-
tail is often an important factor in the
| consummation OF stupendOus scheme.
| This principle OF mutual dependence OF
one fact upon another permeates all
nature, the inanimate world as the So
cial organism, with its 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.
"I 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, insignificant event, but, on the
other hand, the most stirring, significant
and pregnant occurrence since tho hang
ing OF John Brown-the hanging of the
| Chicago anarchists.
Il believe that the execution OF these
apostes Of a new and higher civilization
was historical necessity, and by this
expression / do not mean that IL 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 tho gallows is more
eloquent in its silence than the orator
with his lips or the philosopher with
his pen.
"Who can fathom the psychological
effect of that wonderful event? Who
can measure the momentum IL gave tc
the thinking world? Who can number
the hearts that we're moved, the mind:
that were affected, and the converts thai
were made? At no time In the history
of the world did the execution Of mar
or number OF men create such a profound
impression. The thinking world shool
from center TO circumference Nov. IL
1887. do not believe that any of The
men whose bodies lie moldcring In peace
full calm yonder or those in Joliet to-day
werc guilty OF any graver crime thar
that serious offcnse I'm antagonizing pub
lie opinion I'm the causeeof freedom, ant
progress, and humanity. Did bcliev'
that fiendish appetite to destroy lif'
and property without regard for law
either human or divine, had captured thei
souls, and that with wanton reckless
ness they advocated the use OF force q
amelioratc social conditions, / woul,