The morning call., 1894-07-07

then when civil or foreign war arose 10 send
| their slaves as soldiers TO defend ana pfotect
the property so taken by mon cpOly from LABOR;
| and whereas. such military service snoulu
| properly and logically be based upon the auty
OF sending first to war such persons as nave the
most property to defend, and at the peril Oh
war, and such a system, in addition to being
! just, would soon put an end to war, therefore,
| be iE
| Resolved That we demand that the military
| service of this State and nation be remodeieu so
as to provide for the classification OF regiments
! In such manner that men who have the most
| property shall be drafted first into the militia
and army, and that such regiments must nrst
be ordered TO the front in case OF insurrectlons
aud civil and foreign war.
| Chairman Thompson presented the re-
| solutions. Amid chorus of yells. shrleKs
and cheers they were seconded and adopted.
Then said the chairman: There Is one
more matter we shall attend to.
I'm voice that can be heard from here
| to Fourth and Townsend streets, give
three cheers for the American Railway
| UnionP' In an instant the command was
obeyed, and from thousands of throats
| broke forth cheer that made the windows
rattle and the walls tremble.
| Colonel +. r. Collier was then called
upon to address the meeting. BE said he
was hoarse from addressing the overflow
meeting, but he didn't care; he meant TO
speak anyway. This was fight, he said,
which lay between capital and labor; be-
tween manhood and money.
| Let the men remember the old fight
| against English despotism. Let them show
the same grit now. and the fl ght is won.
| ja iuh Snnfhnrn
Pacific. The latter company owns three
| fourths of the stock in the Pullman organ
| ization. That is the truth. The Amerl-
eau Railway Union stood ready to carry
the United States mails. But the oil
garchy that sits on top of Mob Hill says:
No; you carry the United States mail
only with Mr.. Pullman!
"It we had a President, men! If we had
a President like Lincoln, gentlemen! we'd
have man who'd say: Men, remember
you are American citizens" The speaker
then referred to the trouble caused by
! having a railroad lawyer for Attorney
General, a railroad lawyer for Secretary
of the Navy, a railroad lawyer for Secre-
| tary of the Interior. and so forth.
"But there has arisen man, the new
Napoleon Of the West. His name is
Eugene V. Debsp' Loud applause.J "He
fought the Great Northern Railway. and
after struggle of ten days victory
crowned the banner of labor! Now he
has buckled on the armor of good faith
and with one blow be has struck down
George NJ Pullman and laid him to the
dustv
The speaker likened the present situa-
tiop m thot which Onnurrpd i, tho daya Of
Cromw well, when old Iron sides" went to
the House of Commons and told them that
so far from being q blessing, they were the
greatest grievance the people had ever
seen.
Chairman Thompson next announced
that interesting speakers at this meeting
had been stopped in Oakland. That was
good news. and showed that the big Oak
land tabernacle was being well used
NJ. l.. Farland, from the Federated
Trades, was the next speaker. He re-
minded his hearers that they were MEM
bers OF greater union than could be
sgnifed by the letters A. R. u. they were
mem bers of the Human Rights Union. 1t
was time the people set to work 20 regain
now what they had lost through their
want of vigilance.
At the conclusion of the last speaker 8
address Chairman Thompson was again
On his feet. he spoke of the Musicians
| Union. He said that the present assem-.
| blage had no means wherewith to engage
| a band, and the Musicians Union had no
right under lis laws to offer its services.
But they found way and got round the
Law. turned out eighty strong and whooped
things up. a hearty vote of thanks was
accorded to the Musicians Union.
Hon. j. T. Rogers was then called upon
| to give the meeting an intellectual treat.
| He commenced by reference TO Napo-
leon as a man who believed in the divine
right of the people to choose their own
leader. Then the speaker passed on to
matters of history, Bunker Hill being
made the chief example of nations
grand struggle for independence and
glory. 1--WE do not want king" said the
| people; I'VE want TO govern ourselvesp
That was a supreme moment" said
the speaker; now there is another su-
| preme moment at which has arrived his
seventy million of people. This question,
| this broad proposition of the mail! 1t is
said now that postage stamp is not
sufficient; 1t needs Pullman ear, men -
Needless to say this thrice-told suggestion
was received with uproarious cheering
"When a man has lost the privilege of
| quitting the employment of the railway
what is the difference between him and
the old-time slave? Tell me the diff r
ence "a voice: There is nonev'] No. srs,
there is no difference. The old-tine slave
lives to-day. Let me read you some stat
istics from our good Government" Ironi-
cal cheers
The speaker then quoted figures to show
that the railroads totaled up net profit of
5000. 600 year and yet were coming to
Congress, with tears in their eyes, plead
ing that they could not pay their debts.
Mr.. Huntington the speaker mentioned as
having gone to Congress and there stating
that competition was dead. Mr.. Hunting
ton was right there: be showed sense
competition was, indeed. dead and monop-
oily held sway. What if Uncle Sam held
the road? Would not that be an improve
ment?
Would Uncle Sam shoot down forty-tive
innocent citizens in Chicago because they
were clamoring for b read? No! He'd
give liberty of action and thought to every
one, to think and do as pleased. Il
is the great law of common sense. No law
that is not so based can receive the ap-
proval of the American people.
The speaker made some humorous al
Iusions to Adolph Sutro, and bis gift of
$1,000 to the union. he supposed the multi
millionaire would lie held In contempt of