Telegram-herald., 1891-06-04

too long To- read. sud, undoubtedly,
most OF You, Al nst al. read II At the
tme- 1, hoseyes, Will quote from IL.
Alter reclung tie excess anu criminal
actions, this proclamation proceeds 10
state:
.'The public authorities Of the city
wall employ ali the forces al tier COM
mand preserve the peace, 70 prevent
disorder, 10 suppress riots aud rioters,
and 10 protect the person or the citizen
from assault and his property from IN
Jury, anu take vigorous measures 10
meIe out 1T punishment 10 all sioiatofs
of the law. | call upon ali the people
al thls Juncture 10 cooperate WITH the
pabllc oislceTs IN ali endeayor 10 dis
courage and prevent ali exeesses, aud
refralu. as much as possible from
coagregat!ng "a large numbers
upon the streets and IN other
public places. and to ailay rather than
aggrayate the existing excitement. lhc
question now Is, not who Is responsible
tor the ulftcr nee between the street
railway company and ITS employees II Is
tbs; shall the good ganle OF the city
be disnonoTed, Shall our people DC as
saulted and beaten, Shall their prop
erty Ice laid waste. AS To tins question
| there can be no difference of view. In
rs proper solution there will be but Que
course OF action. Respectfully,
sEpwIS r. UHL,
"Mayor."
| And have been criticised IN address
| ing that communication, which was ad-
dressed To all the people, because | said
"Hespeotfully yours" tApplause.)
| You will r,ardOn me, my friends,
| for reading from this proclamation at
! tins Tune aud from tins platform. l
| have done it for the sole and Only pur-
/ pose that may ask each and every one
| OF you whom | now face, my fellow
| citizens, interested IN the welfare OF
TINS city, interested III It's coed name,
| TO make yourselves committee or one
| 10 help carry 1t into execution. Ap-
| pause Noices-"Good." l have
| full confidence IN your cooperation.
Upon the same day-to the credit OF
| your organizations be 1t said-the
Central Labor Union passed resolutions
| deprecatlng these outrages and offering
| 10 cooperate with the public authorities
| in an endeavor to preventa a repetition.
| Applause. To the lire of that procla-
nation. in its spirit and letter, l have
constantly adhered; from 1t l shall
never swerve. lAppl;lusel. All the
| power that | am able TO employ, relying
| If necessary, upon the stronger and
greater power behind me, shall he IN
voked to strike down and beat out all
unlawful conductand riotous endeayor.
| And | again say it has been matter OF
| the greatest satisfaction 10 me, when to-
night have listened to All expression
in the line OF that proclamation, and
| heard the responses enthusiastic from
your lips. am perhaps TO be pardoned
when refer to Saturdays meeting, 10
say that in the midst of its criticism,
and of its condemnation, not n solitary
suggestion was made, save that Of I. ID.
Gilbert TO help the existing situation.
1t was o meeting, ostenslbly called to
aid the existing condition, but in my
| Judgment, it was soon thereafter
captured by aspiring politicians. VINO
thought they saw an opportunity to
catch the tide which ''leads on to for
tune" [Applause.l Not one of them
has since been heard from in the direc-
ton OF advising the authorities, or
aiding them. lApplause. refer now
| to the violent speakers VINO denounced
the authorities and simply condemned.
| Not one of them had made inquiries ut
i
| learn what extraordinary measures had
been taken, or what had been omitted
that should have been done, to prevent
disorder in the existing troubles. And
now, with pleasure, | congratulate you
upon the temperate utterances of your
| organization in the past, and urge your
cooperation with the pubic authorities
in maintaining good government IN the
4 / Mood rs
by the convictions of your own souls
! [applause that good government
| should be maintained alone by the
reverences of the people for the law
| itself; their devotion and loyalty to the
| power that shields and protects them;
| their love for American institutions,
and their desire to preserve and per-
petuate them for themselves and for
their posterity. This alone in an lntelli-
/ gent community like ours should dictate
| to all respect for the law, and to those
who will not respect 1t a vigorous prose
cution. But, failing IN that respect, the
| government and the good order in the
government will be maintained at all
| costs and at al hazards by the employ
ment OF all agencies necessary therefor.
1t is hardly necessary that | should
| counsel at your hands moderation. 1t
is hardly necessary that | should
admonish and enjoln upon you that If
any citizen IN another meeting has
become heated and lost his head; if he
has said unkind things; if he has said
| harsh words, to remember that he repre-
sents only himself. Laughter. And
we will appeal from Phillip drunk to
Phillip sober" [Applause.1 Let no
word OF bitterness escape your lips.
Let no overt act be permitted to your
knowledge.
began by saying that | stood here,
not 20 take part IN the discussion of the
| real questions between the company
and yourselves, but to say that it has
been my ann, from the beginning 10
| end, to maintain position upon those
| questions OF strict neutrality, but not
lend myself as the subserv.ent tool of
any man or set OF men. Loud ap-
plsuse.l To see that no harm comes TO
| the state; that no harm comes TO the
city that could be prevented. / need
| not longer stop TO recte or TO
| refer To- these excesses that have
| occurred. As Mr. Moore said the other
night, they took the city somewhat un-
awares; IL took little time TO be abso-
lutely prepared; 1t took time TO obtain
additional men; we have them now.
We have not only the men upon the
force aud at our back, but We have
| what we have had ali the time-the
| moral support of the laborlng men of
| the CITY fAppiauspl The moral sun.