The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-05-04

strated and speechified to their hearts
content yesterday afternoon. 1t was
all the outcome of a meeting held on
the corner of Third South and West
Temple at which some of the widest
speeches in the history of this city
were made. The Herald came in for
a share of the abuse heaped upon the
officials of this territory and city and
of the Rio Grande Western. The
streets were paraded by nearly 600
excited men and women and during
the march the depot and Board of
Trade offices Of the Rio Grande West
ern were visited in the hopes of secur-
ing a personal interview with some of
the high officials of the road. A
friendly visit were also made at The
Herald and even the Tribune was not
forgotten in the rush of mad spirits.
THE MEETING.
The advertised time for the meeting
was II o'clock and at that hour about
500 people had assembled. The an
nouncement was made by John Stubbs,
however. that the ladies desired to
take part in the proceedings and an
adjournment until 1 o'clock would be
necessary. He further announced the
opening of the roll book of the home
reserve, and for the next hour the
registration of names was carried on
industriously. In the neighborhood OF
200 men signed the list.
GENERAL CARRIERS SPEECH.
General Carter had early made his
appearance upon the scene and shortly
after / o'clock took the Initiative,
mounting an improvised platform con-
structed from two large boxes and
located in the center of the open space.
Cheers greeted the leader of the Salt
Lake commonweal and when they had
subsidized he began with the statement
that the cares devolving upon him
were of such a weighty nature that
he found his thoughts moving slowly
and laboriously and for that reason
had reduced his remarks to writing,
some kind friend having copied them
upon a Typewriter. The general then
read the following address, which was
received with the widest enthusiasm:
Fellow Citizens-I speak to you TO-
night as a representative of the toilers,
the producers of the American nation.
We are here a small branch of the 3,
900, 900 unemployed, down trodden work
ingmen of America. The streets OF
thousand cities echo to their tread and
la thousand hills are lighted by their
campfires. Their voices join in a
hoarse. swelling chorus. sounding
Throughout the nation, a protest against
lplutocracy and the corporate power that
has ground them into the dust and
lmade them slaves in this land of the
free and home of the brave"
For twenty long years have the work
Iingmen of this country worked and
watched, prayed and Eoted, hoping for
the day of deliverance. But it has not
come. Instead our condition has be
come worse and our
CHAINS MORE CALLING.
Both of the great political parties are
! the servants of the money power. We
seem to have nothing to hope from
either of them. We are willing to work
but we cannot obtain it. We are hun
cry, our wives and babies are hungry,
We will not starve without making one
supreme struggle to better our condi-
ton. There is no need of these hard
times, this suffering, this restitution
1t is all caused by legislation against
the interests of the masses and in the
Interest Of the plutocrats and the big
corporations. The servants the people
have sent to Washington, to do their
bidding, have turned upon the people
land assumed to be their masters. We
cannot wait year to turn them out
| by an election We would all be starved
We desire to go to Washington to
ipresent a living petition to the national
government and we ask you to aid us
to get there.
If Congress won't make appropria-
| lions for roads and public works, it can
do two things that will start the wheels
of industry and restore prosperity and
happiness inside of thirty days. These
two things are: FirSt-PaSs a joint res
lolution that they will stop tinkerine
| the tariff for twelve months. Second
! Pass a bill for the free coinage of silver
at a ratio of fifteen and one-half to one
and then go home.
| If they don't do this, then the army
of the Commonweal goes marching on
and all the governors and banks and
railroads and trusts and corpora tions
will fail to stop them.
The war has begun. 1t is the battle
Iof the producers against the consumers
the masses against the classes,
MANHOOD AGAINST MONEY.
the people against their insolent, purse.
proud, would-be masters.
| Can you doubt the result? We hope
the result can and will be peacefully &c.
icomplished, but our cause is Just and
we must and can win
! Ii the piutocrats do not heed the
| signs of the times, but continue to Oh.
press, wrong and rob the people, then
Inc consequences be upon their heads
| Let them say whether the watchworo
snail be reform" or ''revolution!'
Arrangements had been made and we
would now have been far on our peace.
ful pilgrimage towards Washington
had not our governor governor by the
grace of Grover Cleveland at the he
hest OF his master, interfered with the
railroad companies and intimidatec
! them into refusing to carry us.
! Workingmen of Utah, we trust thai
you viii see, when you have a voice If
IchoosiLg your rulers and representa-.
tives, that this creature who seems r.
nave been born and has lived with :
government teat in his mouth. is rele
gated to his deserved obscurity. I an
no prophet, but 1 think l can safelN
! West. 7-''' w
We are going to Washington, anc
don't you forget it, and we are
! NOT GOING TO WALK. EITHER
The directors of the railroads are mo-
blind, nor deaf. They are holding val.
liable franchises given them by The
| people; they must see the signs of ths
! times. They must hear the clarion
voice of the American people com
manding them to carry us on our Jour
ney, and they will bow their heads AND
comply.
Comrades OF the commonweaI
thank you for your courage, your pa
tence and your patriotism. You hav,
| honored me with your confidence
have tried and shall continue to trJ
to deserve it. Faith and patience :
little longer; we must and shall sue
coed.
Workingmen of Salt Lake city anc
Utah territory, we ask your help. Won
sympathy, support and prayers. Yol
can help US in thousand ways, ant
we know you will do it, Our cause 4
your cause; we are fighting your bar
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