The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-14

thetiC Audience.
 A large audience gathered at the Fly
 perion theater yesterday afternoon tC
 honor the memory of the late ex-Gov'
 ernor John P. Altgeld of Illinois. The
 exercises were impressive and the en-
 tire audience was one which sympa-
 thized heartily with Governor Altgelc
 and the ideas and principles which he
 represented.
 The meeting opened shortly after
 o'clock, when Frank J. Horan president
 of the trades council called to order
 and introduced Charles Gay as presid
 ing officer After briefly stating the
 object of the meeting he introduced
 Rev. W. F. Dickerman, pastor of the
 Church of the Messiah, who offered
 prayer.
 A quartette consisting of Miss Ger
 trude Kapitzke, Miss Flora Rawson, G.
 Wesley Kirschner and l.. W. Sullivan
 sang America" after which the prin-
 cipal speaker of the afternoon, George
 Fred Williams of Massachusetts, was
 introduced and greeted with enthusiasts
 tic applause MT. Williams address
 was a most able and interesting one and was frequently greeted with ap-
 plause from his sympathetic hearers. He spoke of Altgeld's early life and then went into an eulogistic account of his ife's work in the interests of the masses. He referred to the pardoning of the condemned Chicago anarchists and his protest against the sending of federal troops to Chicago to overawe the strikers. Speaking of the execution of the four anarchists in Chicago, prior to the pardoning of the others by Gov ernor AltgeId he referred to it as a judicial murder and spoke of the reas- ons advanced by Altgeld for pardoning the others, the chief reason being that the men had not been regularly con- victed but by a jury packed by the judge in that the latter directed to serve on the jury men who had &C., knowledged that their minds were al- ready made up as to the guilt of the accused. The characterzations of the executions as Judicial murders was applauded by the audience. tThe yer dict" said he, remains an awful blot on the page of our judicial history
 After speaking of the pardoning and reasons for it he said: From that day Altgeld was bounded by a hostile press and held up as a professor of anarchy" He said that Altgeld stood bravely and unf1inchingly against vio- lation of the United States constitution in sending federal troops to overawe citizens. He pardoned men unjustly condemned and defended the constitu- tion. Others have done the same with out social and political penalties, and speaking of the mob in Chicago he said: There is something terrible in 9, mob but the things that cause mobs are more terrible" and later in speaking of the sending of federal troops 70 Chi cago he said: 'The first steps in mili- tarism are the supreme danger. Not few but thousands fell when the brutal shots were fired at Homestead and at Latimer which invited to death thousand of Filipinos." He said; If the laboring men of the United States had supported Altgeld in his protest against sending troops to Chicago we had not to-day cast the Declaration of Independence In an ash barrel. The soldiers in Chicago grew into the sol diers in the Philippines. There are probably men here in this hall who have voted for the conquest of a for eign people and who vainly expect to escape the shackles which they have forged. Who cares for a workman or two when we are shooting down Fili- T,, aIo Williams said Make his (Altgeld's) teachings the reality of q future day"
 At the close of MT. Williams ad- dress the quartette sang Nearer My God to Thee" and then Talcott H. Rus sell and Alexander Troup. both of whom knew Altgeld personally, made brief remarks. The following resolu- 1 tions were then adopted and it was voted to send copy to Mrs. Altgeld;
 Whereas, The hand of death has taken from us our friend, John P. Alt geld. and
 Whereas, We believe, in him human- ty has lost an ardent champion; our | nation, a self sacrificing, courageous 1 patriot, and faithful public servant; he home, loving husband; and truth, | | 1eHTleSS duNOCdltt
 Resolved, That we the citizens of New Haven, Connecticut, assembled to do honor to his memory desire, irrespect- we of party or creed, to express to his beloved widow and friends in this our great common bereavement, that no praise however great can equal the re- ;pect all good men and women must eel for Gods noblest work, an honest nan. who ever did in life, as he had ,een given to see the right; and be it 
 Resolved, That a copy of these reso- utions be forwarded to the widow of Tohn P. Altgeld, and to his lifelong riend and law partner, Clarence $. Oarrow. And
 Resolved, That copy of these reso- ution be printed in the daily papers.
 The officers of the meeting were:
 President-Charles Gay.
 Vice presdents-Frank J. Horan, Charles Spreyer. Samuel Johnson, F. G. Frederick, Thomas F. Hare, William F. Irff, George Wallace, Frank Chandler, oseph Mulvey, J. Cassereigo, Joseph searbalter, F. H. Brethauer Edward Iinnix, F.. Buxbaum, A. P Kelly, ;eorge Bohn, John O'Brien. John H. Idams, Edward Mullen Charles c. Al