The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-01

This meeting is an inspiration, 1t will
lead to great results. This movement
has attained tremendous impetus and
will go ahead with a rush. When the
people are ready-and that day is not
far off, my friends-there Will be q
spontaneous uprising, the supreme
court will be abolished. congress dis
persed and the sacred rights of Ameri-
can citizens and American freedom will
be enthroned- Great applause).
Il plead guilty to the charge of be-
ing radical. L only wish you would
allow me to be more radical still Sup
port us, gentlemen of the conviction,
and / Will promise you we will support
the attempt to abolish government by
Injunction and the judges who issue
them
"On bearing arms, 1 hope in this
march of common intelligence we win
reach q point where we will be able to
settle these questions without appeal
ing TO the sword or bullet. I cannot
tell. Certain il is that there are thou
sands of our fellow citizens suffering,
and certain it is this cannot last The
time will come to incite this populace,
When this time comes you can depend
on me. (CheerS). / will not stand in
the rear and ask you to go ahead. I
will be in front and say TO you, Come
on (Renewed cheerfng).
THERE IS NO REPUBLIC.
Il shrink from that bIoodshed,' and
Mr. Debs paused impressively, "but if
this is necessary to preserve liberty and
our rights that event L will shed
the last drop of blood that courses
through my veins. Outbreak of cheer
ing)
"Plutocracy cannot buy me; they may
send me to Jail; may ostracise me or
hang me, but in the language of the
revolutionary heroes do not propose to
and manhood. We need no longer have
republic; there is not vestige OF
it left
The Judiciary of this country has
placed paddock on my lips, forbidden
me to walk on the public highways and
destroyed all of my rights L submit
because you compelled me TO. I am
helpless. I appeal to you and to the
country to come to the front, take this
cause to heart and these questions will
be then solved I Will be free and so
will you.
The people are ripe for great
change. All they lack is direction and
leadership. Let this conference supply
it. Let this conference set the pace.
Announce to the world that it will tenn
porarily adjourn for three weeks to re-
new preparations. Ask every man to
pledge himself to be there; come If you
have to walk; no one has right to
plead poverty
Mr.. Debs went over the conditions ex-
listing in Pennsylvania. When he fin
ished With that state he took up West
Virginia West Virginia, he said, had
more government to the square inch
than any state in the Union, and that
meant less liberty The less govern
ment the more liberty-tfe only perfect
government was no government at all.
In conclusion Mr.. Debs said:
My friends, assist ourselves; enforce
your cause. Let every man who can
be as good as his word-stand erect. -
NEARLY AL AROSE.
Nearly every delegate in the eonven-
ton rose to his feet and cheered the
speaker As Mr. Debs finished the del
egates jumped on their chairs, threw
their hats in the air and crowded for
ward to greet the speaker. Chairman
Pomeroy pounded vigorously for order,
but it was fully five minutes before
the convention recovered from the spell
which Mr.. Debs' oratory has cast about
them
One or two substitutes for the last
two pIanks in the platform we're intro
duced but not adopted. and the chair
man recognized Patrick DOlan. Of
Pittsburg, who said the injunction
business was a gigantic bluff. He said
he had been going against them for
two months and here he was express
ing himself. He deemed ii unnecessary
10 talk about the matter.
Then there we're more amendments
and substitutes. none of which was
adopted, and after an hour or two or
talk the last two planks ware agreed
to as submitted by the committee and
the platform as whole was declared
adopted.
Then it was agreed that the basis of
representation at the Chicago conven-
ton should be one delegate 10 each
local labor organization and two from
each congressional district, every man
to be a wage worker
The chair then appointed MesSTs-
Mahon, Debs, Sovereign, Donnelly ind
O'Connen a committee to arrange for
the Chicago convention and informed
the convention that any money intend
ed as contributions for the striking
miners should be sent to Secretary
Pearce, OF the United Mine Workers at
Columbus o.
ENEMIES OF LIBERTY
Mr.. Mahon offered a resolution call
ing upon the miners now at work in
Missouri. Iowa Kansas. Kentucky and
other fields to quit work and denoune-
ing them as enemies of human liberty
SO long as they continued their pres
ent course.
Notwithstanding the convention early
in the morning had declined to act on
President Ratchford's resolution re-
curing President Mckinley to convene
| congress for the purpose of defining
the authority of judges in the matter
Of indunctions. resolution TO that Ell
fecf but authorizing the chairman of
tha conyention to ask Mr.. Mckinley to
act in that direction, introduced by
| M D. RYAN. of Illinois, organizer,
went through with a whoop, and short
ly before Z o'clock the convention ad-
| iournpd sine die.