The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-23
MITCHELL GETS
GREAT OVATION
reoM MINERS UNION IN CoNVGN'
TON ASSEMBLED Al
INDIANAPOLIS.
DUTY OF RESISTANCE
Reaffirmed in Cases Where oroer oe-
orivcs PEOPLE Of Constitution
al Rights--Charges
Cypress on.

INDIANAPOLIS Ind Jan. 22,-lGl3
Iva, John Mitchell day in the conV'h
tion Of the United Mine Workers OF
America. When the former pfesiaeh'
of the miners appeared upon ,"o
| aaye the thirteen hundred delegates
went wild with enthusiasm lheIc
WAS n storm of cheers and many oi
tho delogates wept from intense emo
tion SeIdema has such a scene beeh
witnessed in convention anu 'o''
Mitchell was made the nero OF the
largest labor organization IN the
world.
Thunderous Applause.
Mitchell, who was deeply moved
said:
81 feel keenly sensitive to the re-
ception you have given me TINS daS
# would sem that at least III
nine RS convention, a former leadel
# the laboring people loses none Oh
his mstrc because he is SENTENCED
to Jail" Tho
0 Nc was interrupted by another
@ thrnderous burst of applause, Whe'
the tumult SuDSliIh'
long speech dealing with the con
lditicns of the organization, but prlh
. cinaIlv with the sentence to jail III
nosed upon himself, Gompers an
Morrison, and his conception OF II
.iqpificance to the cause of argahize
o ,aho, and the freedom of speech.
n Unjust System.
IN Mitchell pictured what he cohs,
At cred the injustice of the system
4 which the constitutional rlghtS
u freq speech and free press were q
ne MED aud by which men could
lr- derived Of their liberty without III
nv iury He repuliated nothing
,ad said or written in his BOOK
the nast concerning the duty oil
sistancc of any order unJusuS a
~ pri,ing the people OF their co"S'''
: tional rights. .,,
IA IIn dent,d thee harse that laborll
pN men wish special privileges ul'''
II the law. but he declared that t"es
al wish rights guaranteed by the &C
ka. stitution to all men. lie deGlai ,,
1er that no one decried la" Niol"''
ca more than he himself
or Reviews Own Case
ON. He reviewed his own ease po'ht'
"a. ont that his greatest offense seem
wa to consist of presiding over
IN miners convention that last y
I nassed the unfair or poSoo
-" resolution against the product ol
alleged unfair concern
ar9 He declared that he had no kho
non edge of this resolution; that ne
al ,or assisted in preparing it, ana
ON simply presiding when II was
lin. sented He declared that as ma
paid ,s foct probably every miner III
ors. union last year was more gu'lty !
and no was. because, he pointed OUT
had not voted for il inasmuch as
was the presiding officer while all
inc lo,ber delegates did vote for II.
49, instrument Of Oppression
~" II, had no idea. he said, to m
az ,,a ne decried any system OF gov
=. mcnt that in such case dlu NV
SET" into consideration all the eiein
1--WE" that rightly would come peloI'
ent urv Mitchell dwelt on the tacI
1000 this was a day of a great hgh' io'
lcnd- rights that our forefathers oi
mend. country had aimed to hestoW OH
then reople. and for which many az
them his own father, had touei
soldicrs. Injunction. he deci
was not all bad; but he said !,
dora heen used as an instrument o'
alton pressiCn. ,...
agri. p. J. McLester delegate
. 80 Springfield. moved that pehuo
u nrcrared addressed to PRES
" Recsevelt and protesting agarhs
mum Wright decision. 1t is TO pe ,
r - nv every delegate and oqicer Il
SUI convention. -oo r
gricul- The convention voted S2.5oo l'
m Is defense of Gomgers. Mltcheil
year. Morrison. and specified that II
crease financial aid world be given II
Is Tor zary.