The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-12
MINERS UNION RESOLUTIONS.

required to bring from the Butte Miners
union an expression of its sentiments
on the attempted assassination Of the
president. 1t has the reputation of being
the strongest labor organization in the
United States, and in the opinion of this
newspaper it has attained to that dis
tinction because of the patriotic princi-
pies upon which it is conducted. 1t is
protective order. 1t is a benevolent
order. 1t is an order having for its
foundation a respect for constitutional
government and for law. Though not
a political organization. the Butte
Miners union was created on a plan
eminent Of the country and respect for
dts chosen rulers. particularly for the
president, who, by virtue of his Office.
represents the sovereign people and the
law and order essential to the security
of their rights.
The president Of this country has no
truer friends than the toilers of the land.
When in Buffalo a few days ago, two
laboring men, while shaking hands with
Vice President Roosevelt, asked him il
he was not afraid Of being shot as the
president had been. He replied: mo,
sir; and I hope no official of this coun-
try will ever be afraid. You men are
our protection, and the foul deed done
the afternoon Of Friday will only make
You the more vigorous in your protec-
ton of the lives of those whom you elect
to Office
Viewing the resolutions of the Miners
union as typical of the sentiment Of
labor all over the land, it thus appears
that Vice President Roosevelt made no
mistake in giving expression to his
sense Of dependence on the loyalty and
devotion of American workingmen, a
loyalty and devotion which are as pro-
1ounced in the far west on the crest
Of the Rockies as in any other part of
this favored land.
On the subject Of the attempted as
sassination of the president, the world
will be at no loss to understand where
the Butte Miners union stands. 1t holds
there is no justification for the exist
ence of the 'red-handed assassin in that
form of government which has for it's
basic purpose the equality Of oppor-
tunity,' and where the rectification Of
any unjust conditions that may exist is
directly in the hands of the people,"
These are strong and truthful words.
The instrument for the righting of all
wrongs that may exist is in the hands
of the people, and it is not the knife,
tha pistol or the bludgeon of the assas-
sin, but the ballot. The attempt upon
the life of the president is characterized
as "depraved, degenerate and unspeak-
abe" The Butte Miners union is 4
firm and steadfast advocate of that
which is law-abding, and "denounces
in unmeasured terms the spirit of out
lawry displayed by Czolgosz." The
union goes further and says it will sus-
tain any effort upon the part of the
properly constituted authorities for the
determination and eradication of al
such unAmerican characters and pur-
poses that are in fragrant violation Of
men."
This country is safe as long as thu
true workmen of the nation display thu
spirit of the Butte Miners union. Th,
true men of the United States have II,
sympathy with anarchists or anarchist
ideas and that this republic may endur
anarchism must be obliterated