The sun., 1908-04-05

Marty belisyss. soAttsrod through ~
han also are many plaln0iothea doteCtiVSs,
q W. doubg the servics which detSotlvos and
.sSptsa render 10 a useful class of soUiety.
hut wo assure them that thh audience
desires that the purposss Of i's nesting
s:elld be peacefully carried out ts
Morris Hillqut, tho boss Soolalist in
THE city. who was prevented by the Dolioe
hom speaking At the Union Square meet
ing. said that the Socialists oondsmned
tAS,bombthrowlng % strongly and a. en-
phatoally a. anybody.
'if the aut was committsd a. is clalmOd, >
ssid ne by an anarchist II was the aot
Of m irresponsible person rendered dea-
parale and mad by the police repression.
Il u not our affair IL Ia an affair between
the uniformed and unlniormsd anarchists.
, Tor which we assume no responsibility.
The, bomb explosion came in very Oon-
venient for the police a. an excuse for ita
inercusable conduct In the entire affair
HilQUit declared to all the forces OF re-
action which consider the unfortunate
incident in Union Square as a < cd preteXt
for campaign Of .slandeT and violence
against the socialistiC movement that they
have undertaken frultless and silly task
The $4,000 which the Police Commits
soner has applied for 10 ma BILE his sleuths
10 spy on the Socialist party would be put
20 better use II expended on watching
secret deals OF the Democratic and Repub-
iCan machines, the barter In public Ofiices,
franchises and legislation. Our answer
30 the OutTages uf last Saturday viii be
given on next election day and Il will be
louder than the bomb in Union square
Hllduit and all the other speakers con-
tended that the -Chl bing' by the poliCe
a. the Union Square meeting had gained
them thousands OF advocates The lead
ers had the tangible evidence Of this In
letters. and besides there was a new con-
vert, new comrads who was TO be eX-
hibiR,d At the meeting He had been on
the verge a good while and tottered over
after the Union Square "Outrages' He
WAS introduced as Henry Frank prom-
nent in literary and ethical circles, Mr.,
Frank, according 90 Chairman Lee, had
been 80 much affected by the police abuses
~ Union Square that he had written poem
MFR. Frank begged to correct Comrade'
Lee His poem was based not 80 much on
the Union Square incident although thai
had occasioned All explosion in his mind.
Hs il was on the Taft incident az Cooper
Union. Secretary Taft was asked what a
man .AOuld do who ia out Of work and can't
get job aud them as Poet Frank put it, the
dear old unctuous Secretary Of War threw
up his hands with holy horror and said,
God only knoWs."
That answer stirred in Franks breast,
and the poem ran on the end Of his pen,
In regard TO the starving workman he asks
Say. monsrchs OF money. piled mountain high DER
The skulls Of your victims or gain,
WhstNhsll he do
small he beg shall he Siaryr shall he cheat or
cen steal ana the onus Of crime assume
Tts: your guilt be goss'd o'ar by bis own reckless
I'D and cArp the yulpht's stain
Till the chuTchs anaMems and soclety's curse
q and the cloud OF disgrace DER him loom
The answers as given in later verse
by the proud pursed plutocrat is. God
only knows
Joshua Wanhope Of WIshngs Magazine
remarked that in these times the rich didn't
want the LazariSes lying at their gates,
and they have invented the police to drive
'ern away. But the trouble was now that
there were getting 20 be more LaZaTuses
than there are police. Mr. Nanhope aaW
4 conspiracy to suppress the socialist publi-
cation.
suppress u.s. said he, sAnd Wel give
you an underground press in this country
beside which that Of Russia is not to he
compared
AnoiudS -. lENlh, al upnObltieI Was
the speaker who suggested that Schmitt-
berger be put in the Statue Of Liberty's
place. II the police are going TO begin TO
club out anarchy, Lewis suggested they
start With the Democratic primaries and
then 20 down 10 Kentucky. But SChmitt-
berger. after all, in Lewis's opinion, vas only
an imitator When he said that the club
was mightieT than the Constitution he was
only cheap imitator President Roosevelt
had said the same thing Of the big stick
The resolution which the meeting adopted
condemned the oity authorities for failing
TO take cognizanoe OF the suffering Of many
thousands caused by the industrial crisis.
we accuse the Mayor with his clouded
title,' cay the resolutions "his imported
parlor soldier Bingham and the unRpeak-
able Sohmittberger of gross violation Of
The sacred right Of free meeting and free
speech, holding them responsible at the
bar Of public opinion. while reserving our
night TO take such legal proceedings a. We
may deem advisable"
The resolution further pictured Sohmitt-
berger as the savior OF society FOR which
part his Official record as grafter, oorrup-
ZIONIST and infomer seem 10 qualify him