The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-08
FERBER EXECUTION
CAUSE Of PR07[9|
Mass Meeting Is Held and Cd
ject Discussed at Unity ="
Hall.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
BY A UNANIMOUS yV0
Number of Prominent Soci,l;..
Are Heard During the
Evening.

In line with a movement, -,
going on throughout the ci,.ii,z,SalG
Il mass meeting was held al - Hte.I
tartan church Sunday cy-nIn- ue U
ing against the Spanish yoSe,s mo'ssI
execution of Francisco Forrer n's,a
addresses had been delivered bv "
Elmer |. Goshen. pastor of ,bs
congregational church; Murrsy y
Professor Milton Ecnnion of ,ba ,. A1]
sity OF Utah. and w. s. no,,mSS laai'|
lions were adopted in mcmorv =, 'sa'
cisco Fcrrcr. and protesting apsl,tn y, M
execution which was on Octoher is.s'
Francisco Frrrcr dared In ~, H
rights" said the Roy. Elmor iFH I
'He dared 10 establish schools lT.1s-
demand the privileges OK a fo. 's. d
rights OF all. That was Ills cr,,n1 ~ 1
that hc wns put To- death" III
declared that had Fcrrcr had a fs,se
impartial trial, which should he dr-...ss
in the twentieth century, ne wonlS
have been put to death, Such p,rl.
AZ this declared the spcakc, gg,Sss,
made until liberty is written Ivy. Ss
upon the pages OF history. sn1t
tests will he made until the ,im,
come when great men will moi n ~
dcrcd merely FOR opinions sskcs
Murray King Is Heard
In the course Of his remarks u,.
King declared that Francisco For.
Ing was not The power thai Far
fcrrcr dead IL. His DEATH tho .ss,;1
declared. has causcd such o dcr5or.
| ton rs nothing else could have dor.
class OF people wnicn has been n,,.
| Ing against the execution of rn,,.-
| the prolctarian type. or tho wars'
crs, Mr.. King declared The 49,
said that II was the most unlyers,l II
! spontaneous protest against ,he ,r
! MES of the Spanish govcrnmen, ssI
| has ever been made.
Prof. Benniop spoke hricflv sa-i,. i
the protest which is being made th,s,-
out the civilized world Will cause =,
which will cause the great hous. n II
To awaken from her tyrannlcal ,Iu1i
w. :. Dalton declared that Pe-rr, 81
killed because he tried TO cdurst. n
children of Spain While not asr,I
| directly with the SocialIs, moyem,s, n
| speaker declared that Fcr,cr was i
sympathy with II. His death" sag n
Dalton. does not stop the work he ~
ed. II has aroused the friends o, u
crty and progress al over The worg II
| increased their wdtchfulness and ths, u
termination to prevent or desllo. IA
union OF church and state which IN
produces misery, whether Il be In =.
Russia or Utah. F'crrers death 81
the beginning of the end for cerI1I.|
and monarchy in Spain
\. the conclusion OF Mr.. Dal,oss
dress the following resolutions n
unanimously adopted by the mas 2,
ing:
Resolutions Adopted.
"Whcreas. The founder OF the nol-|
schools in Spain and the foremost ~
in the movement for popular eiuc1I
In that country. Francisco Ferrsf. u
recently shot to death by ouier q 4
Spanish government: and
Whereas. Universal education In S;t|
as In any unlustly governed ccrI
means revolution: md
Whereas, This murder Is only n
thousands perpetrated by the rlllrs II
in Spain, In order that IL msy si.9 Il
masses in ignorance and so contrz
exploit a people already reduced % n
garv; and
"Whereas. The final reSponsibit Z,
this attempt To crush tho stuels 4
freedom and blot out the Hight Of nd
thought among the exploited pmSu1|
Of Spain rests upon two institutes
church which fears the light. and q /
which knows not justice; thereior
IL
/ ls'SpAN fu. lldl w. 'AtIsEAS v ~
Lake City. in mass meeting asstzaI
join our voices with the loysE <
erty and light everywhere In ad
protest against this attempt TO ssft-
popular education In Spain, and Il . |
Resolved further: That We "a
against the criminal methods fsiA
in the arrest. trial. conviction and -
tion OF Ferrer. and affirm ON
that n social order employing u
copdoning them is doomed: and 7 i
Resolved further: That. In Nic
the sincerity OF the foregoing -
tioDs, we here pledge oar fullest ii
pathy with. and our unrcmitti1i
in. the cause OF intellectual enlts,I
ment and industrial and political =.
cipatlon. which alone makes the rr.I
dom Of Fcrrcr a sacred thine
memory OF men: aud be Ii iuruS
Resolved, That Il copy o.
resolutions he sent To the Spahsa
bassy at Washington. D. {, aud
public press.
View Of Mr., Kenny
At the conclusion OF the meeting
ard Sylvester Kenny. the man s@
years ago debated ON the puolc =
OF this city with William Tenf:-s
certain religious questions. afsr
might be given ten minutes IN sL{
speak, and his request was srsnV
a few animated remarks he decAp.
in the execution of Ferrer lle vi
government was at faui lnl NJ
church OF Rome lie declared VI.
the militarism Of the Spanish
ment that caused FcrreTs deaui
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