The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12
SHOT DISTURBS
EHMA'S MEETING
Queen of the Reds Shows Her.
self a Mere Woman
After All.
TALKS ABOUT ANARCHISM
BLOOD AND THUNDER ELEMENT
UTTERLY LACKING.

Emma Goldman is a human being. She
demonstrated that fact last night in the
course of her lecture on anarchsm at
Eastman hall in State street, when a pis-
tOl shot was fired in close proximity to
the hall and whose report was heard with
startling distinctness in the hall Miss
Goldman was visibly affected for the in
slant, but quickly recovered and bringing
to her command the best of her voice
she urged the audience to remain in their
seats; that no harm betided them; that
the shot that was just heard was only in
evidence that the principles which she had
just been eXpOunding were necessities of
practice.
But when Miss Goldman heard the shot
she clasped her bosom in alarm. Was
there a woman in the audience that
Men leaped to their feet and started for
the door. but salm and peace was quickly
restored by the urgent advice of Miss
Goldman and her manager, stationed in
the rear of the hall that if everybody
would only keep quiet everything pres
emily would be all right.
And thus it proved.
Expected Melodrama.
Some there were in the hall who were
of the opinion that the firing Of the Shot
was "a part of the play; that it was
the resign TO start some hell a-popping'
people define the word. and consequently
to sell more tickets at the door and more
literature on anarchiSm and anarchy. EX-
pecting some sort of thing of this kind
these people remained quiet and peace
full as though they were witnessing "a
western melodrama in which somebody IS
killed every minute.
At any rate. the report of the pistol
shot marked the end of Miss Goldman
lecture for all practical purposes for
what she said afterwards was record
time conclusion about the lectures today
and the literature that might be had and
why it should be had.
Emma Goldman, she appeared in
Eastman hall last night is not the rOOtin
tootin' terror from Arhansaw that she
has been painted. In appearance Miss
Goldman is far from eligible as an as
pirant for first honOrs in a beauty con-
test where ones picture gets in the pa
action she reminds one of the little
mother with a comfortably large family
of children. PhySiognomists may write
her down as having the repulsive cast, but
there were few in last nights crowd that
will agree with them. The physiognOmist
of course. has the advantage of the closer
view. The anatomist will say in her ia
VOr that she does not lace tightly and
that she wears sensible clothes
Speech is Interesting.
She possesses a clear voice and a per
feet diction so far as her vocabulary is
exercised her foreign accent Is not SUI
ficiently pronounced to be displeaSing, but
often lends softness to the tone She is
not a ranter-at least, she did not rant
last night. She stated her propositions in
logical sequence and, whether right or
wrong, her sentences were clear cut and
mostly to the point She uses good Eng
fish. does not split the infinitive and ad-
heres to the rules of punctuation, espec-
Tally with reference to periods.
Miss Goldman's speech in itself was in
teresting. She preached the doctrine of
anarchism. but did not preach the prac-
tice of anarchy as it is generally under
steed. She maintained and contended for
the position that the absence of all gov
eminent is the only ideal system of living
and that the way to reach that condition
is TO make man-made laws unnecessary.
for. she says. no man will obey man-made
lawS-it Is not natural.
Il was asserted with vehemence~ and
with apparent effect that the vast ma
iority of the people are the producers and
the small majority reap the wealth that
is produced, adding nothing TO the pro-
ductiveness themselves. but holding the
position of master over slave.
Says Labor Is Degraded.
War was denounced as legalized murder
and the saving of human life was placed
in the foreground. The speaker declared
that labor mad been degraded to the ex-
tent that man is mere machine, a hand,
with not a single idea of his own. She
declared that mountain of things had
been built up, but at the expense of hu-
man life. The practice of the doctrine
of loving ones neighbor as ones self, she
said, was illustrated when you go to
church on Sunday and hear this preached
and while il is being preached are figur-
ing out how you can get the best of your
neighbOr on Monday"
Much more along the same strain was
said, but. as Miss Goldman herself stated
on the platform, those who came to hear
preached the anarchy of the brand the
nj nVnan1ifp IN
go away disappointed. many of them
pleasantly so.