The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-07-19

are auxiliary and of almost equal i'm
pOrtance:
|. The right of free speech, and of
free press.
2. The right of the people to as
semble in peaceable manner to con-
suit for the common good.
These are among the fundamental
principles of government, and guar
anteed by our Constitution. Sec. II.
Art. 2, of the bill of rights declares:
''The people have right to assemble
IN peaceable manner to consult for
the common good, to make known
their opinions to their representa-
tives and apply for redress of griev-
ances. Jurists do not regard these
declarations of the bill of rights as
creating or comforting the rights,
but as guarantees against their de-
prlvatiOn or infringement by any Of
the powers or agencies of the govern
ment. The rights themselves are re-
garded as the natural inalienable
rights belonging to every individual,
or as political and based upon or aris-
ing from principles inherent in the
very nature of our system of free
government.
The governor here gives affidavits
OF merchants, butchers, and other
tradesmen to show how peaceable
men were brutally clubbed and
knocked down by the police, without
having committed the slightest Of
fense.
The governor further says:
RIGHT OF ASSEMBLY.
The right of the citizens to assem-
BILE in a peaceable manner to consult
for the common good being a cOnsti-
JutiOnal right, it can be exercised
and enjoyed within the scope and
spirit of that provision of the con-
stitutiOn, independently of every
other power of the state government.
Judge Cooley, in his excellent work
on "Torts," speaking (p. 296) of reme-
dies for the invasion of political
rights, says: "When a meeting for
any lawful purpose is actually called
and held, one who goes there with
the purpose to disturb and break it
up and commits disorder to that end
is a trespasser upon the rights of
those who, for the time, have the
control of the place of meeting. If
several unite in the disorder it may
be criminal riot"
So much for Judge McAllister.
Now it is shown that no attention
was paid to the judges decision; that.
peaceful meetings were invaded and
broken up and inOffenSive people
were dubbed; that in 1885 there was
a strike at the Mccormick reaper fac
geS, and some PinkertOn men, while
on their wa " fhnpn uaro hnofo of bu
some people on the street, when they
fired into the crowd and fatally
wounded several people who had TAX
en- no part in any disturbance: that
four of the PinkertOn men were in
dicted for this murder by the grand
jury, but that the prosecuting officers
apparently took no interest in the
case and allowed it to be continued a
number of times, until the witnesses
were worn out and in the end the
murderers went free; that after this
there was strike on the West Divis-
ion street railway and that some of
the police, under the leadership of
Capt. John Bonfield, INDUCED in a
brutality never equaled before; that
even small merchants standing on
their door steps and having no inter-
est in the strike, were dubbed, then
hustled into patrol wagons and
thrown into prison on no charge, and
not even booked; that petition
signed by about 1000 of the leading
citizens living on and near West
Madison street was sent to the mayor
and city council, praying for the dis
missal of Bonfield from the force, but
on account of his political influence
he was retained.
Continued next week.