Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-10-31

Then Mr.. Goudy proceeded to give
his reasons for believing it was the
act Of that organization First. he sub
mitted that no one else had any mo-
tive.
Second, II the mine owners were the
guilty parties. as the opposition claims
how did 1t happen that only non-un-
ion men were killed?
How did 1t happen there was not a
single union miner in the lot?
Did the mine managers caution the
union miners to stay away?
Did they put the union men on?"
Then he read a number of affidavits
from people who can still be found in
Cripple Creek, and they were to the
effect that certain women, upon hear
ing the explosion, ran to their neigh
bors houses. near the depot, to see If
any of their friends were injured
And they had not been in their
houses that night at all.
They had gcSlr way from the danger
before the explosion took place.
Other women, upon hearing the re-
port exclaimed THAT Is the work OF
the union" and similar expressions,
showing they had been informed by
their husbands and were expecting it.
Then the speaker read a list Of the
names of the men killed and told
whether married or single, and the
number of children left They were
neary all men of families. And the
outrages heaped upon these poor. sor-
rowing women and fatherless child
rem by men and women whose hate
made them unworthy to live. made
the blood boil in the veins of the au-
dience as the story was told.
Now while you Democrats are
sympathizing with the 43 ex-convicts
deported, just ask you to divide your
sympathy with these poor widows and
orphans"
We'll " say the Democrats. didn't
the Western Federation sympathize
with them?"
No" said the sepaker empratically
a penny towards helping these women
and children whose bread-winners had
been blown into enternity."
Then talk to me about sympathiz-
ing with the men deported!" said Mr..
Goudy with scorn. "If hornet ever
stung you or one or your friends you
knew it. You couldn't tell which partic-
liar hornet it was, but you knew that
Ill the other hornets were aiding and
ibetting and giving consolation to
that one hornet, and if you got chance
20 break up the hornets nest, you did
il. And it is the nest that Peabody was
after"
THE military debt is great bug
aboo Why, If every one of us had to
pay orr proportion of it tonight. it
would amount to just s12O a piece.
would gladly double mine. yes. treble
and qnadruple it if necessary, for the
satisfaction it gives me-
And then he went on to show how
the debt would be paid so gradually
that the heaviest taxpayers would
never notice it.
But with all this militarism, which
the opposition is bowling about. there
has been one union miner killed, and
that was in battle with the national
guards. One union man killed. But
look on the other hand and count, If
you can. all that have been killed
whose sole crime was exercising the
right to work"
Several cases were cited to show
precedents for deporting dangerous
characters. from the time of General
Washington and Abraham Lincoln,
down to the present
At the beginning of the rebellion.
Mr.. Goudy, said. some mot alb Demo
Gratis said: why don't Lincoln send
some U. S. marshals down there to
Fort Sumter and arrest those fellows
and turn them over to the courts. The
| reason was the courts. like those of
Telluride and Cripple Creek, were in
the hands of southern sympathizers
and it could not have been done.
I'VE are frequently asked why a
change of venue was not taken from
Telluride or Cripple Creek, and the
case tried in some county where the
union was not in control The answer
is that change of venue, according
to our laws, cannot be taken except
TT 'hS 'NiuNst vi thS uClthudut
I'm view of all these outrages in
Cripple Creek, with the final blowing
up of the Independence depot, can
you wonder how the people of that
camp controlled themselves? In the
period of eight weeks 1855 men were
rounded up and 23S of them were
sent out 43 OF the number deported
being ex-convicts."
AS to the statements by Demo
Gratis that Peabody intended braking
up all unions. Mr.. Goudy quoted the
governor to the effect that he had no
quarrel with the unions so long as
they were conducted within the
bounds of the law. The governor had
told him that II he had ten sons and
they chose trades and there was a
reputable union representing the
trades, he would advise his sons to
join the unions. But if those unions
should ever come to the point when
violence and outrage and murder
became rampant with them, then he
would advise his sons to come out.
I'VE are nearly across the stream
now: why swap horses?"