The herald., 1896-09-28
-JftLABORING MEN
Meet and Applaud the Name of Bryan
10 and the Silver Advocates

The Labor Congress had charge Of
the meeting at the Wigwam last even
ing, and right lively meeting it was.
There were 5000 people present. and
they were Bryan people and they were
for silver. -. Il
Oscar H. Hunters acted as chairman
of the evening and A. Vinette as sec
retary.
Mrs. Maynard was first presented. She
made brief talk for woman suffrage.
William. Weed the fusion nominee for
the assembly in the Seventy-third dis
trict, was to have had q joint debate
with Mr. sMcCuilough. his Republican
opponents but Mr.; Mccullough was not
on hand. The Republican county COM
nittee refused to permit him to ap-
pear. Mr.. Mead, however, made brief
talk pledging himself to vote for
silver man for, United States senator
and to favor all reforms demanded in
the interest of the laboring man.
Judge j. N. Phillips was the speaker
of the evening. The judge made one of
his humorous talks, which embodied
great many sound logical facts and
which caught the crowd. The judge
talked for an hour and he was fire.
quently interrupted by applause.
C. E. Fisk, president of the Labor
Congress, made brief address, in which
he said he was unqualifiedly for Bryan.
E. L. Hutchison was the last speaker
of the evening. He talked Bryan and
silver briefly but to the point.
The meeting MaS a great success.
Another one will 'fbel held under the
auspices of the Labor Congress next
Sunday evening
THE EDUCATIONAL LABOR ASSO-
CITATION
During the afternoon the Wigwam
was occupied by the International Ed
ucational Labor Association with a dis
cussion of the silver question by Frank
Jones! j. oD. Steele, j. r. Armstrong,
j. d. Bailey, w. HgStewart and others.
Mr.. Jones, who opened and closed the
discussion, showed how free coinage of
silver would transfer advantage from
the posesssors of money to the produc-
ers of wealth by making money more
plentiful and by putting the workers
of society in position to take into
their hands the administration of af-
| fairs would give labor the possession of
the mechanical power of the society and
also the land itself by the single tax or
supported by the speakers who followed
The following resolutions were Their
unanimously adopted relative to the I'M
warranted arrest OF Mr.. s. e. Fulton
secretary. of the Peoples party county
committee on Saturday, and the arrest
yesterday afternoon of NJ. w. Wilkins
and two other members of the Socialist
Labor party for speaking publicly neal
Central park on Fifth street.
Whereas, Certain police officers of the
city of Los Angeles in supposed per
fermance of duty did on September q
arrest and imprson s. E. Fulton, secre
tary of the Peoples Party county cen.
tral committee, for supposed violation
of city ordinance, and more particu
larly did imprison said Mr.. Fulton NOR,
for the reason that, on his arrest, he ex.
ercised his right of asking for a receipt
for the bail money deposited by him
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r. Whereas, Certain police officers did
likewise in supposed performance of du
ty, arrest and imprison, on September
27, Messrs. M. W. Wilkins, ]. E. Higgin:
and A. McGinty for publicly speaking
on Fifth street in said city; and
Whereas, Unless checked in time, re.
peated interferences on the part of off
GERS with the rights of citizens to lib
erty and free speech, will bring into ba6
repute public servants entrusted will
the enforcement of law and, besides
will endanger the liberties of the people
placing the people entirely at the indis
cretion or ignorance of their public ser
wants and practically nullifying the con.
stitutions of the United States and the
state OF California, so far as public dis
cussions of political questions are con.
cerned; therefore, be it
Resolved, That we condemn the CAPT
talistic class of our citizens for using
as we believe, the police force of our fail
city, to deprive well meaning person.
of their opportunities for public discus
sion by preventing free speech, and by
denying to citizens individually theil
recognized right to liberty of person
and
Resolved, That, while we do not in al
cases hold police officers, individually
personally responsible for exceeding tht
authority vested in them by this com
munity, yet in the case of Mr.. Fulton.
Imprisonment for merely asking for G
receipt for his bail money, we believ>
the offending officer can not be too Sc
verely censured and we demand that ht
be reprimanded.