The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-30

others as ye would that others should 90
unto you and come unto me oil we that
are weary and heavy laden and will give
you rest and tell you. my countrymen,
that Beyond and outside OF these proffered
truths there is no help and no remedy.
We can and should, here today, with e1rr-
estness, dignity and courage, express our
views upon the evils and the encroachmcnt
Of the remedy and process OF injunction
and protest against Its improper and IN
warranted application as a trespass upon
cherished personal rights--but 1t Is not
the only evil OF the hour. The political
demagogue, the constituencies politician,
| the BRIDE giver and bribe-taker, the de-
bauchtr OF the ballot, the seller OF his
vote. the political ward and county boss.
| the ioafing walking delegate and perpet-
ual agitator the open saloon. are all evils
| that an awakened public conscience should
smtte and destroy. Till this Is done and
| the principles OF justice. right charity fair
dealing and an enlightened humanity are
applied to all the affairs OF business. COM
| merce and labor. all else will be done In
vain.
The chairman then introduced Mr..
James Hays Quarles as belonging to
class Of workers who did not have sense
enough to organize writers.
Mr.. Quares made a telling speech.
After few facetious remarks, he quoted
Judge Stowe by saying:
II am both court and jury These were
the words of Judge Stove, uttered in re-
gard to the injunction proceedings
against the miners, who are now out on
strike because they refuse to longer
work for wages that are not sufficient 10
keep body and soul together. Fellow citi-
zons. the constitution OF the United States
guarantees TO every citizen liberty OF
thought and freedom of speech, and al
lows 20 all persons charged with crime
tho right of trial by jury. This Judge
stowe. and the corporations which control
the coal mines, would deny to those
common people" who earn their living by
daily toll beneath the surface of the earth.
Tho miners have asked for an increase
in wages 1t was refused and they havc
resortcd 10 that only method left to or
ganized labor, the strike and to meet
them the employers have gone to the
United States judge On the bench and by
his gracious writ OF Injunction" have
sought 10 throttle frcemen, and prevent
them using such argument among their
fellows that would induce others to Join
the ranks of those who will no longer
work for wages that are insufficient TO
provide for the families OF the army OF
employed that which Is necessary to sus
tain life In July, 1896. the democratic
party of this country, in convention as
sembled in the city of Chicago, adopted
a platform which in no uncertain lam
guage denounced government by injurc-
ton" tHere the speaker quoted the ia
miliar plank CT that platform And
when William Jennings Bryan the stan
dard bearer OF the party, went from town
10 town. ard from State TO State, speaking
N hS cd
an anarchist. he was charged with sowing
rcd handed the seeds OF anarchsm Eel
low citizens, the democratic party on that
occasion sounded the alarm of what we
have now to fear. That note of warning
was not Needed by abe people at the polls
and we are now brought face to face.
thirteen months after with growing ten
dency to an increase OF the evil which was
at that time denounced. We are met with
condition Wherein men are taken before
judge. who tries the case. pronounces
judgment and Is himself the executioner.
Is this carrying out the constitutional
provisions which We have inherited and
which are our right as American citizens
| say to you that the tlmo has come when
1t must be stopped or the result. viii he
Il condition worse than ever has bten
dreamed OF In this country. AS Is known
to you all, the miners OF the Pittsburg,
Monongahela, West Virginia and other
rent iron the company which employs
tham. The courts have stepped IN and
declared that strikers Ian not so to sea
! their fellow workmen who live in these
| corporation houses, asserting that II Is
trespass upon the property OF the COM
| pany. | say TO you that when the com
pany rents the house to The employee the
! title to that property passes 10 the ten
| ant and IL is his property and his home.
ard il Is no trcspsss upon the corpora
| tion II a fellow worker desires 10 come to
him and discuss matters of serious i'm
| portance to each of them,
Colonel w, i. Eend Is one OF the oper-
| etors who has invoked the aid Of the
| courts to win his fight. ana in The Post
this morning | find statement from him
which Ia the most incendiary article that
has ever appeared from the pen of man
| I quote It.
with all the grand eloqmence of patriot
ism the leading orators. born in Europe or
| of European parentage. VIII proclaim they
are being ropLed NJ the precious rights
| and priceless liberties purchased by the
| blood and treasure OF their American fore
| fathers"
| He may be true in one respect. Many
| OF those interested In this fight may have
| been born under another flag, but is that
| fault; Is that a barrier from good citi-
| zcnship? When a foreigner comes to this
| end Stripes. he at once becomes citi-
| Of the United States: he Is our fellow citi-
zen and we are OF tho same as he. We
are all one country, one people and one
| flag The United States was not settled
and civilized by natives of this great coun-
| try. Those who wrested this domain from
the American Indians were Of foreign birth,
and they came to these shores because
they sought that liberty OF action and that
| freedom OF speech which we all want to
enjoy, and which was denied them In the
land OF their birth. So It is that we have
! here the land OF the free aud the home
of the brave. but 1t will cease to be such
| IL We do not put stop TO the threads be-
| Ing made at this time into our rights We
have no cause 20 desert our fellows be-
| cause they We're SO unfortunate to have
been born across the sea, but welcome
them when they come to us desiring To
be good citizens and give them our hands
Further on In his statement Colonel Rend
| has this 10 say;
THE courts do not so far enough. They
should send TO the penitentiary the con-
| spirators that rob men of the right to use
what is their own by the laws OF civilized