St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-07

was uellHeat6u at length ana the
Christian phases were brought out, and
the speaker said that he believed to be
Christian is TO love God and man.
Ives on labor Organizations.
I E. c. Ives, of st. Paul, needed no in
PRODUCTION. It is not likely that there
was man in the audience that did not
know him. He recited the efforts of the
labor organizations in sending MIR. En-
win to Homestead, and rehearsed the
incidents of the trials, there. This, of
course, was another seulogy of Mr. En-
win, and Mr.. Ives said that he believed
that had it not been for that brilliant
advocate some of the men, at
least. would have been convicted.
Mr.. Ives insisted that the organized
industrial classes never indOrse lawfeSS-
ness, out the employers at Homestead
had 10 right to import an armed horde.
When the men met the PinkertonS at
waters edge, they perhaps technically
violated the law, but Mr.. Erwin secured
their acquittal upon the ground of justi-
hcatiOn. The speaker made an earnest
appeal for the perpetuation OF the jury
system.
Il. y. Martin, president of the Trades
and Labor Assembly of Minneapolis,
said that resistance to tyrantS is alIegi-
ance to God. He delivered a set
speech, which had evidently been care
fully prepared. AS he concluded he
made the presentation of the cane, and
the audience actually went wild i'll
testifying its appreciation of the event.
Mr.. Erwin accepted The handsome gift
Ill one of the most timely and eloquent
speeches that has been listened 10 in
this city.
Ervvin's Eloquent Effort
He began by testifying that the gif
came t. him as ascOmplete surprise. He
had regretted that ne had been called to
seat upon the platform, and stated he
had had no idea of the purpose of the
meeting. Mr.. Erwin then modestiy
protested that he had received entirely
TOO much praise for the role that he had
played in the Homestead affair. Ex-
tending his remarks, lie said that there
is pOwer-that stands over this nation
that is paramount to the power that
declared for liberty in 1776, when they
declared themselves independent of all
monarchieS, aud when they banded
themselves together to establish their
personal, religious and political liberty.
Mr.. Erwin said that the Declaration of
independence breathed the spirit that
the GOd-made man should rise above
the man-made man. They were the
principles enunciated by the divine Sa-
vior OF mankind upon The hills of Judea.
This was followed by other
SMILES drawn from the BIZ
BILE. Moses taught the doctrine
of farce-that force is the active agent
that secures respect for the Jaw. He
went upon the principle that the pen
atty prescribed by the law alone Sc
cured that respect. Consequently con-
science was entirely left to itself, and
SD stood the world at the time of the
birth i'll the manger at Bethlehem. The
divine Son OF God illumined mankind
with the doctrines that frater-
nal love is the power that Sc
cures respect for the law. Mr.. Erwin
predicted at this juncture that the time
will surely come when there will be no
penalty. when righteousness and justice
will run in the blood of men, and then
there will be respect for law. Every
thing will be governed by the divine
teachings of fraternity. Christ taught
that paternal governments were wrong
in all their forms, and nations will
find their remedy i'll the love of men.
Moses, said the speaker. went parallel
to the law. and Christ perpendicular.
His teachings were divine, and they
were for fraternity. There is demand
IN America now for fraternal law, just
and equitable, SO that from love alone
men will follow it. That is the code of
divine power.
Nh Erwin then drew graphic picture
of that awful meeting at the waters
edge of 500 armed men with half
dozen rev0lvers and prayer, and he
said that it was that same divine power
that sent that thrill of fear into the
hearts of the invaders of the state. 1t
is that divine power declared from the
Imperial seat that new liberty be born.
Mir. Erwin closed by again abiding to
the present that he had received, and
with the prophesy that the kingdom of
God will come, and shat it will be
kingdom of fraternity.
MIR. Murray here read telegram from
Samuel Gompers, which said:
July stands in the annals of strug-
gle of man for liberty, equality and legal
rights. Long 1--we the memory of Home
stead.'