Evening star., 1896-08-13
LOCAL SINGLE TAX LEAGUE.
Strong Resolutions of Sympathy for
the Dover Prisoners Adopted.


the Dover Prisoners Adopted.
The meeting of the Single Tax Club last
evening at Typographical Temple was on
account of the intensely hot weather, not
very largely attended, but those present
were very earnest in their expressions of
devotion to the cause. Mr.. ]. H. Ralston,
who, it had been announced, would attend
and give an account of the manner in
which the single tax speakers have been
immured in the Dover, Del, jail, was COM
PEELED to leave the city for Wilmington at
D pm, in order to be in court in that city
at 10 an today. to appear as one of the
counsel In the case Of the single takers,
brought before the United States court in
Wilmington on writs of habeas corpus to
test the validity Of the law under which
they were sent to Jail by Justice Of the
Peace Cooper.
In the absence of the president of the
club Mr.. r. ]. Boyd was called to the
chair, and made a brief address, in which
| he referred to the manner in which the
single tax speakers were treated in the
Dover JAIL and called especial attention to
the fact that Justice Cooper before whom
the men were given a so-called trial, had
from his place in the court room encour-
aged the hoo1lums and other disorderly
characters of the town to assemble with
the single takers and do all they could to
break up their meetings. In order to bet
ter comply with Justice Coopers sugges-
tion, he said, these people, blew tin horns
while the speakers talked, and thus drowned
their voices. The town constables then ar
rested those who were not committing any
offense. and let go free those who were
creating a disturbance.
Mr.. Peltrie, local newspaper man, made
an address. urging that the most enthu-
slastic support be given to the imprisoned
single takers, and said that the course
taken by the Delaware authorities toward
these men had advanced the cause ten
years.
Mr.. D. Webster Groh made a few re-
marks in the course of which he said that
the Dover authorities were anarchists in
that they violated their own laws.
On motion Of DR.. William Geddes, the fol-
lowing preamble and resolutions were
adopted by an unanimous vote:
whereas we are Informed that citizens
Of the United States, in the exercise Of q
conceded political right, have been, in the
town of Dover, state of Delaware, arrested
falsely charged with street obstruction
and bringing together Of noisy assem-
blages,' and sent to Jail because they un-
dertook to discuss upon the streets of said
town the principles Of the single tax; and
''Whereas we are informed that the au-
thorities of said town of Dover are melting
numbers Of young men to do mob violence
to the single tax speakers. and openly pro-
claim that they will afford no protection to
the speakers from such violence; therefore
BE it resolved by the Single Tax Club
of Washington, District of Columbia and
the citizens who have Joined in this meet
Ing. That we solemnly protest against this
bold infringement of the right of free po-
| litical discussion and speech, and we de-
nounce as dastardly the encouragement;
to mob violence given by the authorities
Of Dover. and we call upon all other polit-
ical associations and gatherings of people
to likewise protest against such infringe
ment of the rights Of citizens and incite-
| ment to anarchical disregard Of the prin-
ciples of social order"
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