Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-19

elected as tool in their hands, to
thwart the action of the labor ticket
which had been elected In Shoshone
county. He then recited the horrors OF
the Idaho bull pens, and Of the suf-
ferings injured by the imprisoned min
ers, against whom, he said, no charges
were ever preferred, or trial allowed,
and said that some imprisoned miner
could easily have cherished the grudge
that resulted in the dastardly dynamite
plot.
The officials charged with the crime,
he declared. had no motive, for Steun-
enberg was not In the way of the
unions progress while everywhere In
Colorado were men 1t would greatly
help Meyer and Haywood to have out
OF the way. IL they were In the dyna-
mite business. Had they struck such
blow, they could and would have done
II much nearer home.
CHARGED CRIME TO ORCHARD.
Referring to the Independence horror.
he asserted that after that dastardly
crime, bloodhounds We're put out to
trace the murderer and the hounds
went right to the home of Harry Or
chard, Orchard was not wanted. He
the hounds were called off at once. Or
chard was allowed 10 disappear for a
time. and then went free.
The Commune In Paris, the Hay
market hangings, the Couer d'Alene
strikes, the formation of the Industrial
Workers OF the World, and the present
"Serse Of Meyer and Haywood
were all treated as outcroppings Of the
fight of the labor class, which is grad
ually shaping itself into form to as
sert It's power.
THE workers Of Colorado he de-
clared, had not fought the mine own
ers. Their leaders had said, 'Discre.
tlon is the better part of valor.' They
said, No, we must suffer; We must die
II need be In order to open the eyes OF
the other class. II We only hold the
fort Ions enough reinforcements will
come and victory will be ours That
day Is here"
Some men speak more eloquently
from the tomb than from the plat
FORM" he declared, "and these An
archists were executed for doing what
l am doing here tonight. They were
prototypes OF those who were TO como
and they went to their graves silently"
SHALL NOT COMMIT MURDER.
II stand here tonight to protest for
law and order. but where human life
Is at stake. when the ruling class ar,
not willing to abide by the law, then
II Is time for us to say, We have
played your game with the ballot ana
you have broken the law and denied
our rights. We are still willing to play
II because we know We will win, but In
the meantime we shall say unto them,
You shall not commit this murder
III they dare to carry 1t that far, once
again will you hear that old refrain,
Shall our leaders die?
Shall our leaders die?
Then there's half a million men
Shall know the reason why"
At this point cries came from all over
the hall, Two million! Two mllion!"
HAVE SOwN THE SEED.
In concluding the speaker advised
his hearers to vote together at the
next election for self-conscious
working class. I'VE have sown the
Seed he declared, Eve are now ready
the ballot box and next fall they will
carry Colorado and in 1898 they viii
not only carry Colorado and Montana;
they Will carry the United States, and
at last wen drive the capitalist to his
last stapming ground, the backward
South. and we will kill the beast in its
lair. Are you always going to carry
guns for them and never for yourself?
Go and vote and then back up that
vote with a rifle That vote stays put
and here's the thing that says so.'
Following the adoption of set OF
resolutions, expressing the feelings OF
he F.alt It,lt al. a H.
rendering OF two song selections by Mr..
Corbett, the meeting adjourned,