Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-13

/ because internal trouble in the coun-
try was imminent
Haywood asserted that the United
States had attempted to precipitate
war with Japan in order to procure
an outlet for American factory pro.
ducts, which were accommodating SO
rapidly. He said: "Our shoemakers |
maks so many shoes that our little |
children go barefooted; the clothiers
manufacture SO many garments that
our babies are naked; the farmers are
raising so much produce that our
wives and children are starving"
The Socialist Remedy.
| Mr.. Haywood then went on in de- |
tail to tell how the Socialists would |
remedy the distressing conditions |
among the poor in the larger cities, by |
turning the police department into a |
charity squad; the fire departments in
to sanitary committees and then
furnishing municipal work SO that the
men could have employment.
We don't ask charity" he stated.
4 we spurn charity. Justice, simply
justice is all we want. We demand
Justice and we're going to have It,"
He asserted that the capitalists had
demonstrated that they were not
capable of handling the factories of the
country and that 1t was high time the
Socialists took hold of the bigger in
stitutions and conducted them so that
the men who really created the wealth
OF the country could enjoy a share of
It. His remarks concerning the
Vanderbilts, Goulds. Morgans, Rocke-
fellers and othef millionaires were
caustic in the extreme He referred
to the women of these families as be-
ing fonder of dogs wearing diamond
earrings than babies. ITS a queer
condition of affairs when a bow-Iegged
ugly-jawed dog Is worth more than a
4 blue-eyed flaxen haired baby he
said heatedly. Its your fault these
conditions exist. By your votes you
I have made ugly bull dogs worth more
\ than babies'
He then told his audience that
neither Taft nor Bryan advocated any
4 measures at all that We're appealing to
4 the working people. Doesn't a
4 Socialist look fine hanging on to the
\ gilded carriage of the Republicans or
4 rafting around in the garbage carts Of
4 the Democrats?" he asked.
To Ill With Constitution.
\ ITO h-ll with the constitution, y
u "habeas corpus be id, we'll give
Il EN- post mortems" and a"d--d in
4 cendiary document" were some Of the
u quotations used by Haywood in speak
a ing Of the Colorado miners struggle
4 and the attending denuncaton Of the
% injunctions.
DO you know what an injunction
: is?' he asked in this connection "The
r constitution of the United States gives
y every man the right to a trial by jury.
The injunction prohibits that right
I punches out in Colorado. To h--lI
I with injunctions. Trample 'em under
o foot | tried to holer that loud
), enough so the supreme court could
s hear me--but it is taking three
> months vacation on full pay You are
y win a IN SoI a,o urhi IL
e BY the way, that is another little
J, luxury that the Socialists would do
s without"
s He worked the denunciation of in
II functions in with his history of the
:, Federation of Miners, which he wound
- through his address of the evening" He
~ save his prison career with all it's de-
e tails. He painted vivid word pictures
n OF the horrors of lead mining and the
II attending defornations which result
,r from the continual exposure to the
y, chemical ingredients of the ore.
- Miners Are Responsible.
70 Without the miners. Haywood assert
n ed. that railroads, cities, factories ant
ii all civic improvements would be ar
e utter impossibility. And how are we
" treated?" he went on. "1hey call theil
! mule jim, the horse is Charley, but we
between us and real slave is that the
~ slaves run away from their master,
II and the industrial slaves run to theil
ID masters for orders
n Haywood took great delight in por.
"a traying the detectives of today. "a
- detective is the meanest. littlest, lowest
u most despcable think that creeps o
= crawls. Take a hair, punch the pitt
lg out of it and put the souls of 10000
re detectives in the center and the hal
II. will still rattle when You shake il
re When a detective dies he goes so lor
nj that he has to climb ladder to ge
- into hell, and then the devil will Civ
III him fire and birthstone and reques
e. him to go and build another hell some
ry where else Take the virtues of a
ay the detectives in the world, boil Their
ia down, and the string Of q hornet wi
% hold 'em all, We're some Of the phrase
On applied to this class of men.
90 Protest Is Made.
OIL In giving his history Of the soldiers
lie part in the history of the Wester
Federation, Haywood presented tn
following protest to his audience, whic
was adopted by rising vote:
lb- 1--WE, the citizens Of Ottumwa. Ia
ho in u mass meeting assembled, hereb
lie protest against the sending of troop
At. into peaceful communities. We Wig
orously protest against the use
soldiers when the working class ar
ty endeavoring to improve their cond
lg, lions. And further demand the in
Of mediate repeal Of the Dick militaI
re- bill"
at. 1t was requested that a copy {
- this resolution be sent to Presider
he gresham from Iowa by registere
ro- mail
At the conclusion of the adore.
CT practically the entire audience crowde
of. to the stage front to shake hands wit
IN the speaker.