Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-01

come ,ncn an uprising as the wotIu
hBe never seen.
II d. not come to this convention t.
exploit scc|ai JsmUeracy or any other
movement. There In something greater
u TINS movement than any ole elc.
ment eau manaee-the' emancipation
OF labor, rhure IL NJ division hsrs.
Each man is entitled 10 ais own 0pit-
ION AMI his right t0express II, escn
man to speak as bee imes trat man. l
IN o trsde4mRu aui 3 icisl unioni,t.
[ Tremendous sppianse).
ABOLISH THE suPREME C)URr
"Wbeu yer tht trades unions dc lire
10 do battle with their comm n enemy
they can count upon US / c me tus
front auj take tnoir places side by aiie
with them and light with them. Never
Ia my life have been mUrs hope II ]
han now. l am not Riitud with great
visionary power, but / can se tbs he.
ginning Of the cad. (Cheer. THIS
mseting is IN Inspiration. Il " III lead
| - great results. Tnis NOV ,msnt has
| attained trenenuOu i'm petus AMI will
| 10 ahead with a rush. Wneu the
people are ready, aIu that day 10 uot
far of, my irienGs, there Will BIO a
spontaneous uprislnl, the Suprem
court will DC abolishei, Congress dis
peraod ami the sacred rights II Amer-
eau citizens and American frseJom
VIII be enIhroned. (GreRt appisuse.)
~ plead guilty tp the charge OF
being radical. l only wisu you would
allow me to be- more radical still.
Support us, gentlemen OF the coDveu-
ton, and l VIII promise you We Will
support the attempt 20 abolish govern.
mrut by iniuaciloD and the judges
who isGue them.
THIS CONDITION CANNOT LAST.
"Oi bearing atms, nope in tais
marcn OF com mon Intelligence we will
reach a point whore we Will be- able t.
settle these question: without appeal.
Ing 10 the sword or bullet. 1 cannot
tell. Certain 1t ", there are thousands
OF our fellow citz,ns ,ulfetlng, AMI
certain IL IL this cannot last. The
time will come TO iucite tbs popuisce.
Wnen this time comes you eau dspsn
on me. fCheors.) 1 Will not stand In
the rear aud ask you to go ahead.
will be In The front and say to you,
Come on.'" Renewed chsering.)
81 shrink from that bloodsbed," am
Mr.. Dsbs paused impressively, "but 1t
this IL necessary 10 preserve liberty
and our rights-in that event, l will
shed the last drop Of blood that COURSES
through my veins. Outbreak OF
oheering.)
"P.utocracy cannot buy mt; they
may seuJ me to jsiI, may Uslrnczs me
or hang me, but In the language OF the
Revolutionary heres do not propose
u part " i'm my seif-rrspect, inoe.
pendepce auJ manhood. We no longer
have republic, there lie not vesIige
Of Is left.
READY FOR CHAN gle.
"The judiciary Of the cIuntry has
placed paddock on my lips, forbid.
den me to walk on the public high.
wsye, anu des ,rOyed all OF my rights.
l submit because you compelled mo to.
am helpless. appeal 10 You aui to
the country to come TO the mont, take
this cause to heart ami these questions
will be tnrn solved. l will be- free anu
so will you. The people ara ripe Tor n
great change. All they lack ie dlrec.
ton and leadership. Let this confer
ence supply II. Let this con.
ference eel the pace. Announce
porariiy adjourn for three weeke to
to pledge himseli II be therr; come IL
you have TO walk, no one has right
to plead poverty"
Mr.. Debs went over the conditions
existing In Pennsy lvsnis. Wneu he
finished with that state he took up
West Virginia. West Virgins, he
said, had more government to the
tqusre inch than any other state In the
Union, and that meant lese liberty.
With lees lvernment, the more
liberty-the only perfect government
was no government at all. Ia conclu.
sion MIR. ID lbs sale:
"My friends, assist yourselves to en-.
force your cause. Let every mas who
can be as good as his word stand
erect"
Nearly every delegate In the ON.
vention rose to his feet and cheered
the speaker. AS Mr.. Debs finished
he delegates jumped on their
chaiis, threw their hats In the
air and crowded forward to
greet the speaker. Chairman Pomeroy
pounded vigorously for order, but il
was fully five minutes before the CON-
ysntion recovered from the spell
which Mr.. Dsbs's oratory had cast
about them.
After an hour OF two OF talk the laet
two planRs were agreed to az submitted
by the committee, aad the platform as
whole as declared adopted. 1t was
agreed that the basis Of representation
at the Chicago convention should be
one delegate to each local labor organ.
zation and two from each c0ngreesioD-
al district, every mau 10 bs wage
worker.
The chair appointed Messrs. Mahon,
Debs, Sovereign, Donnelly and O'Con-
nell = jmmittee TO arrange for the
Chicago convention and informed the
Convention that any money Intended
as contributions for the striking miners
should be sent to Secretary Pearce OF
the U nited Mine workers at Column
bus, y.
DENOUNCE NON STRIKERS.
Mr.. Mshon otferei resolution cal
ling upon the miners now at work In
Missouri, Iowa, ksnsss, Kentucky
and other fields to quit work anu de.
nouncipg them as enemies OF human
liberty so long as they Continued their
present course.
Notwithsts 5ding the convention
early In the morning had declined to
act on President Rstchtord's resolution
requiring President Mckinley 10 con.
vene Congress for the purpose OF de-
fuing the authority OF Judges in the
matter OF iDjunctions, u resolution to