Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-09-01
GO TEND THE BABIES
lABoRERs ARE MERE SLAVES
Both Political Parties scored and
silver Question stsbbed--fisllot
Was the Remedy for Esa.

CaicAao.Ang al.-Mns Lease q ksn-
sas wss AZ the labor CONGRESSES today.
and she captured The meeting as sooa
As che got chance. She spoke on
the relation Of the farmers 10 the labor
question. and declared thag theY, and
they alone. can solve the great peobleul
When she spoke q the finan'sial trouole
she grew terribly in earnest She paceG
up and down the platform with iong
strides aud threw her voice out witt.
tremendous force. You in the cities
cannot s6lye the labor question" sha
said. I'VE in Kansas can do H. Tho
hydra head Of slavery dare not raise or
the sin-burned prairies 1t Kansas. fer
there the spirit Of John Brown stil sur
wives and goue overcome such oppres.
sion. You csub iaboreFs here ia Chi.
esgo. That way Of doing business IL
not tolerated Ia llee Kansas"
She alluded 10 the -contemptiile Roke
Smith journal" ia terms of particular
bitterness The republican and demo.
erat parties got severe dressing down
also.
Go Attend the Babics-
You men had d chance 10 escape
this misoratss condition Of things" slie
Kissed IN a rage. last fall You should
have voted for the friend Of liberty. but
you voted for your Harrison and your
Cleveland and now see what such action
has brought 10 You. IL Is fit rctribu-
ton. Go home and attend 10 the babies
and NO women will do the duty you
have not the courage 10 perform
Mrs. Lease spoke very rapldly. AMI
her ferocious onslaughts made many OK
the women in the audience visibly
quail. She denounced Colonel Hughes
who refused 10 obey the governors COM
mad TO muster out the militia against
the legislature which resisted the popr-
lists inauguration. Lahorng men. she
declared. are nothing more than slaves,
She advised the laborer To resort TO the
ballot 10 remedy the evil. With great
vigor she denounced the police for club
bing the unemployed. and declared that
there was no longer any free speech,
free press or free assemblage. She gave
the silver question a crack. too. and said
that both the old political parties be-
long body aud soul to Wall street.
General Weaver Talked
General Weaver was called upon and
pursued the same vein. Ito said thu
United States Is a republic only in name
now. The farmers whose conduct OF
elections is still honest. be asserted, are
the only ones who can save the country
from awful disaster.
On the platform was M. Victor Dele
haye OF Paris, the famous French labor
leader. and Thomas j. Wood OF Crown
Point.
Mr.. Wood spoke upon Labor and It's
Protection" Congress must awaken
A bureau OF labor should be established
at Washington as a part OF the agricul-
tural department Of the government.
This bureau can be constituted by
proper provisions OF law to enable all
parties concerned TO settle their differ
ences before il and by which the rights
OF all can be preserved.
M. Delahaye read an interesting paper
on The contemporary Struggle Between
Capital and Labor" in which be de-
tailed history OF industrial troubles in
Europe. Augustus jacobson, OF Chica-
go. read paper written by Felix Adler.
Of the society for ethical culture, Phila-
delphia. on the topic moral Forces in
the Settlement OF the Labor Question.
Tonight the congress discussed Pub
lie Schools and Industrial Conditions. y
The speakers were. the Rev. John II.
Coyle. OF North Adams. Massachusetts,;
Augustus jacobson. Chicago. and Prof.
T. W. Bimes. Of the University Of Chi
cago.