The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-07
ALTGELD TO LABOR
THE PEOPLE, SAYS THE EX-GOV-
IsRNoR, FACE TO FACE WITH
A CRISIS.
QUESTIONS OF THE DAY.
NEWT TO THE MONEY PROBLEM
HE RANKS GOVERNMENT BY
TNJUNCTION.'
MIR. BRYAN ORATOR AT ST. LOUIS.
Free silver Speech Delivered by the
Late Candidate at Labor
Day Celebration.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Sept. 6.-Ex-
Gov, John P. Altgeld, of Illinois, ad-
dressed an audience of about 1000 peo-
pie at Washington park, on the Della
ware river. this afternoon. His sub
1ect was Municipal and Government
Ownership and Government by Injunc-
ton" The event which brought the
ex-governor here was the Labor day
celebration by the United Labor league,
of this city. President Ernest Kreft
occupied the chair and made the open
ing address, He then introduced MI.
Altgeld, who said:
Aside from the fnancis question the most
serious problem that confronts the people OF
America today is that OF resculng their cities,
their states and the federal government, in
Guiding the federal judiciary, from absolute
control Of corporate monopoly How to re-
store the voice of the citizen in the govern
ment of his country, and how to put an end
to those proceedings in some of the higher
courts which are farce and mockery on one
side, and Grim nal usurpatlon ana oppres-
sion on the other.
Corporations that were to be servants, and
begged the privilege of supplying cites WIN
conveniences. or OF serving the country d.
large, have become masters. >.
We have had thirty years of coloriess poll
tics in which both Of the political parles
we're simply conveniences for organized greco.
IhpPe
bering patriotism of the masses, and a race
of poIitic!ans came to the front many OF
whom had no convictions-but straddled every
proposition and then waited to be seouceu.
They were men who made every promise 10
the aborer and then betrayed him. Ihese
men became the instruments through wh en-
the corporations worked. Having learHSo
what vast sums can be eXtofted from tne
American people the mOnOpolles used part
of the wealth they got from this source to
corrupt khe peoples representatives, ana thuS
fyN1II md
almost every great city in this country is usd
and gagged, and cannot even enter protest
while being robbed
AS TO INJUNCTIONS.
The corporations discovered years ago that
to control the construction OF the Jaw WAS
even more important than to control tne
making of it as the federal judges hold oftlc :
for life. are Independent of the people III
surrounded by mOneyed influence, the cor
porations have constantly laborea 10 seG yoan
the appointment to the federal Dsnch OF Lneh
who thew believed would be their 1rlehus;
that is men, who by nature, eoucaIIoh anu
environment, would be in sympatny T Eii,a
them and they now fly to these courts IKE
fine ancient murderers fed to cites OF refuge
They do not buy the courts, because II Is hoe
necessary. -, so,,,5 u
the federal courts in their eagerness 10
serve the corporations. have usurpeu lhe
functions belonging to the legislative ana eA-
ecutive branches of the government ana nave
eminent by injunction. -, 49,:
Dnring fhe entire century in which tfls
continent was developed when our [ rail- ~
our factories and our cities were punt, no
government by injunction was hearu o. noI
Is it heard of in any other country TO-DAY. l ne
law of the land was ample Tor an PURPOSES St"s
fife and property were protected, ~oroer was
maintained law was enforced and our natlIl
became the wonder of the earth ana tne
law of the land as it existed for over ceA'Ni y
is ample for every purpose touay. .s,.,,
Ant w
began to pass away then there came 10 me
front a class of manipulators VINO knew
nothing about the art of building, but VINO
had learned the art of lagalzed ROBBERY anu
these manipuIators and plunderers demand
n new form of government. Inc former
leaders allowed the laborer little Oh Ine
broad he toiled for but the new manlpula-
Tor wanted it all. $500
THE Iaborers were entirely at the mercy
of these men. They first got hungry o.t anu
then restive-a whip was needed to restore
contentment and the federal courts promptly
furnished It, .h;
Government by injunction operates this
Way: When the judge wants to do some
thing not authorized by law he SIMPLY makes
a law to suit himself. That is ne SITS Gown
in his chambers and issues kind OF ukase
which he calls an injunction, against the
people of an entire community or OF the
whole state. forbdding whatever he sees Mt
to command and which the Law. does not
command-for when the law forbids or com
mands thing no injunction is necessary.
Shall the corporations of this land be
permitted not only to devour our substance,
hut also to destroy our liberties? My friends,
let us save our Institutions; government by
injunction must be crushed out. If the gov
eminent takes some of the great corpora
tions then there will not be many corpo-
ration men appointed to the bench. But the
constitution has pointed out the way to END
these usurpations without having the govern
ment take the corporations, and that way
is by impeachment. Every one OF these
Judges, whether of high of low degree, who
has been trampling on the constitution and
usurptng power not given him, is subject
20 impeachment.
THE American people can remove every
one of them and consign them to that in
fanny which is now embalming the MEM
DRY of Jeffries.
But this can not be done SO long as
congress is made up largely of men who
are mere corporation conveniences. 1t will
be necessary to send men 10 congress VINO
will be true to the people. This may not
happen at the next election, nor yet at the
next; but it must come, and must come soon.
Providence has ordained that nothing shall
so on forever. Our fathers said that every
lane had a turn We have been travelling
IN lane that has run in the same direction
for thirty years, and We are approaching a
turn. Yea, my friends, do not despair.
turn in the road is already in sight, and
if the American people are but true to their
nobler instincts they will soon be restored
to their Inheritance, while justice and lib
erty, equal rights and equal privileges will
cover our land with a halo of glory and
give our people a new century of prosperity
aud happiness.
But if they do not rise in their man
hood and stand for the principle of eter-
nal justice then all is lost
This is Labor day throughout the United
States and many beautiful things will be
said about the dignity of labor, but l want
to say to you that if our government is not
rescued from corruption and if the snake
form of government by injunction is not
crushed then it would have been better for
your children if they had never been born.