The wageworker., 1908-06-13
the ,NsolENr ARMY.


Some Of these days perhaps, the
men who create the wealth of this
coantry-she men who toll in mill,
mine. shop and factory-win awaken
to the military menace that threatens
this country. 1t is common TO de-
nounce as an ~Slarnsst" any one who
calls attention TO public evils, and
when a labor paper or q workingman
protests against ~mifisarism" he is
usually denounced as an anarchist
ny those who put more reliance in
military strength than they do in jus
tice. The regular army has on more
than one occasion been used to break
strikes that were being waged for JUS
tice to the workers The Goldfeld
strike was 4 case in point. The Amer
lean Railway Union strike. some
twelve years ago. was anothercase.
The man who still persists that Presi-
dent Cleveland sent the regular troops
| to Chicago in order to move the
United States mails. and for NO other
purpose. merely convicts himself OF
utter idiocy or gross ignorance of the
facts. Cleveland sent the regular
troops to Chicago to break the strike
and give aid to the corporations
When the recent street railway
strike was on in San Francisco. Gen,
eral Funston. whose military glory
was won at the muxxle of typewriter
by the bravery of newspaper war cor
respondents, swelled up until his
brigadier generals uniform was as
tight as the head of q snare drum
and said something about the inso
lent mob" Now this same whipper
snapper soldier has decided that Z
private soldier shall suffer thret
! years Imprisonment because he has
the audacity to go and hear Emm,
Goldman lecture. and was so lacking
In patriotism rs to shake hands viii
; her after she concluded her address
. Private Buwalda has been q membe
. of the regular army for fifteen years
: and his record is as clean as n hound
tooth A few months ago he took n
J the study of shorthand. and for pras
! tice tried reporting various addresses
Recently Emma Goldman Lectures
on Patriotism" in San Francisco. an
Buwalda went to hear her and pras
| tice his shorthand He happened =
wear his uniform. private soldiers NO
being in the habit of donning dres
. suits for evening wear. He heard tn
!. lecture. he shook hands with the le,
E turer. Secret service men were o
hand and noted these things and B,
: walda was reported General Funsto
called a court martial and Buwald
was tried under article g. of the cod
|. He was found guilty" and sentence
to five years Imprisonment on Ale,
h traz Island Funston reduced the teri
to three years
Il Article g. is a blanket article" il
z tended to cover everything not othe
= wise covered. Buwalda's offense CO
= sisted in wearing his uniform to a pu
lie meeting. listening to an address {
q. Patriotism and shaking hnads wi,
r the lecturer afterwards
b Horrfbles
The lecturer was Emma Goldman
D. a woman who has been He'd abot
= traduced. nbeled and prosecuted wor
without end simply because the Dc
trine she teaches is obnoxious to tho
Who profit from special privilege n
at who are protected in their legaliz
II graft Emma Goldmann is an 4
g archist." to be sure. but her anarc
consists. not in teaching that proper
=. rights are superior to human rights
rs her opponents do. but in teaching Ii
humanity is more thar dollars
'e- teaches that the producer is super