The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-02

Pullman was victorious over the people.
III the laborIng classes of the country a
/ low capital to rule what results will iol-
| low: II one man like Pull imam can snap
his fingers IN the face of millions of peo-
pie, what will a few hundred of his kind
not dare to do?
Miss TIetjen spoke of the sugar trust
statesmen who thought more of specula-
ton than of iaw-maklng for the people.
and her remarks on the subject we're re-
celved with great applause.
James Persons was the next speaker,
and IN we'll prepared and ably delivered
argument he sad that in order to justify
strike the striking party must first have
| grievance, and second they must have a
reasonable expectation to win by the
methods pursued. The A. X. L. had
neither grievance nor reason to expect to
win by the methods employed. strikers
had right TO quit work, but they had no
right To say that their fellow workmen
should not work. The A. Il. U. men were
like the dog IN the manger. Tue dog said
that he should not. NJ cause Is right or
just where such methods are en-
pioyed. The strikers entered into
all kinds of lawlessness and
the A. X. 4. was responsible for great
many OF the acts and indirectly RESPONSE
BILE for all of them. They brought about
conditions favorable for the manifesto
ton of anarchy and any act that will
open the way for anarchy is not right or
Unsuitable. Anarchy can no more be toll
Grated under the stars and stripes than II
can in England or France. MIR. Persons
said his worthy opponent had spoken of
corruption among the law makers, but
had no proof to subsIantlate the charges
and he doubted If any could be furnished.
There were many people in the audience
who evidently had ideas of their own on
that subject and the young mans remark
yif no kar
SAID that If the A. Il. L. had contributed
to the Pullman strikers a very small por-
lion OF the money spent in the strike they
would have accomplished some good and
the strike at Pullman might have been
won.
Oswald Cohen, a bright young man
from the Anaconda schools. closed the
negative of the debate. He said the
Pullman men had decided whether it was
best TO stop work and risk starving or
starve while they work. The unselfish
acton and sympathy OF the A. X. L. won
the young mans admiration. He said
the question whether or not there was a
loss TO the railroads of the country did
not enter into the question of
the justification of the strike. The young
man spoke of Pullman as the whimpering
millionaire who established town for the
purpose of skinnlng his employees. He
skinned them on their wages and he
skinned them for their rents, and but for
the aid of the A. II. L. he would have
skinned them dead or alive. Mr.. Cohen
said he had not the gift of giving a hair
splitting definition of the strike, and he
left 1t to the audience to say if the strike
was right.
Mr.. Saville made an able closing argu-
ment for the affirmative and SAID he
greatly admired the arguments of his OPP
ponents, but he could not see "a single
convincing argument in the negative.
The strike at Pulma had nothing to do
with the debate, but the question was
whether the A. r. L. strike was justifia-
bic. The success of the strike dope nded
upon the stoppage of trains, intimidation
and violence, and such methods are never
justified. Mr. Saville referred to the great
strike of Satan and his angels, who we're
dissatisfied with the social conditions IN
heaven, and called the attention of the |
strikers 10 the result of it.
While the judges were considering their |
verdict, superintendent Kern of Ana |
conda made short address in which he
paid a handsome compliment to the three |
young men who handled the affirmative |
of the debate and also made a statement |
that the young ladies and gentleman from
Anaconda had participated in but two or
three debates before, an explanation that
was hardly required in view of the eX-
cellent manner in which they handled |
their side.
The ju iges decided the debate in favor
of the affirmative, which side, they said, |
had the weight of argument, but they also |
voted that the prize for oratory and |
rhetoric belonged TO the young ladies |
from Anaconda.
Several excellent musical numbers were |
rendered during the evening, including |
guitar solos by Mamie lines, piano duet |
by Mrs. j. p. Hendricks and Miss Belle |
Calkins, vocal duet by Miss Pearl Royce |
and w. ID. Fenner, solos by Mrs. Fitz |
Butler. and songs by colored quartet. |
After the close of the debate the young
people participated in a dance in the base |
ment of the high school building.