The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-08
KILLING
IS DENOUNCED
Resolutions Bearing on Subject
Are Adopted at Meeting
Held in Unity Hall.

Denouncing the Spanish government
as one ruled by ignorance, tyranny and
priestcraft, and rejoicing in the fact
that the "proletariats" of the whole
civilized world have joined hands in
general protest against the killing or
Francisco Ferrer on October 1S, six
speakers were applauded to the echo
by a crowd of about 1000 men and
women in Unity hall last night Fol-
lowing the lead of other cities in the
United States and Europe, the follow
ing resolutions were passed, which win
be seUt to the Spanish embassy ct
Washington:
Whereas. the founder of the modern
schools in Spain and the foremost leader
in the movement for popular education
in that country, Francisco Ferrer, was
recently shot to death by order of the
Spanish government; and
Whereas, universal education IN Spain,
as in any unjustly governed country,
means revolution; and
Whereas, this murder is only one Of
thousands perpetrated by the ruling
class in Spain, in order that il may
keep the masses in ignorance and so
continue to exploit a people already re-
duced to beggary; and
Whereas, the final responsibility Tor
this attempt to crush the struggle Tor
freedom and blot out the light of mod
ern thought among the exploited probe
tariat of Spain rests upon two institu-.
tons, church which fears the light
and a state which knows not Justice;
therefore. be it
Resolved, That we, citizens of Salt
Lake, in mass meeting assembled, Join
our voices with the lovers of liberty and
light everywhere in earnest protest
against this attempt to suppress popu-
lar education in Spain. and be it
Resolved, further, That we protest
against the criminal methods employed
in the arrest. trial. conviction and exc
cutiOn of Ferrer. and affirm our belief
that a social order employing them or
condoning them is doomed; and be it
Resolved. further, That in token Of
the sincerity of the foregoing resolu-
tons, we here pledge our fullest SYM
pathy with. and our unremitting effort
in, the cause of intellectual enlighten-
ment and industrial and political eman-
cipatiOn, which alone makes the mar
tyrdom of Ferrer a sacred thing in the
memory of men; and be 1t further
Resolved. That a copy of these resolu-
tions be sent to the Spanish embassy
and to the public press.
Henry w. Lawrence was in charge
of the meeting and made a short ad-
uItoSs EAUtdliAlalE llS puI pO0Cs AlS SelAO
two-thirds of the people of Spain are
not able to read or write and it was
this condition against which Ferrer
strove, and for which he gave his life.
He declared it was a disgrace for the
United States to maintain friendly re-
lations with two such powers IS Spain
and Russia, whose governments had
brought about the deaths of thousands
who had contended for free speech and
liberty.
The Rev. Elmer L. Goshen eulogized
the life and work of Ferrer. 1T mat
tiers not whether Ferrer was guilty OF
innocent" declared the speaker. The
fact is that he was not given a trial
and he was found guilty and killed for
nothing in the world but fighting tC
raise the oppression from the people
whom he loved. II that is the style OF
the government of Spain, then the soon
er that government falls, the better for
the people and fer US ALL
Francisco Ferrer alive and Francis
co FeTrer dead are two different
things said Murray King. francisco
Ferrer dead becomes a social force
which VIII go down in history as one oil
the greatest and most universal awak-
enings in the history of the world" Mr.
King said the nrolotariats would MAKE