The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-15
ID SOCIALISTS
OWN THE PARK?
This Question Is Now Being
Asked by Residents of
the City.
,JOSEPHITES ROASTED
FOR CALLING MEETING
Socialists Refuse to Give Way,
and Neat Little Row
Results.

That il makes all the difference In
the world with the Socialists as TO which
organization exercises the right OIL Tree
| speech and pcaceable Assembly was
| shown Sunday afternoon III Liberty Parh,
| when Socialist speakers refused 10 yieiu
the tlp1c between 4 and o'clock TO elders
| OF the Josephite church. after the ms
sonary meeting had been announced ior
| that time. ... -,
| cause they had developed the Location
| they were entitled TO the use OF tIat pn,I
ton of the, park near the , DanS Socisiist SeInJ
| meeting commenced at about o ociock'
but when O'Clock came round the speak
ers showed no disposition 10 yicld III
favor Of The other organization and con
| tinued so late that Elder Chase Oh ti!e
Reorganizcd church was compelled 10
forego the meeting he hed Saitsds iaitsss and a
bitter attack on Elder Chase Tor having
the temerity to hold what the SoclaIsts
| termed an Opposition" meeting, result
ed in a spirited controversy between the
| Socialist speakers and Elder Chase the
latter struck out straight from The shoui,
der and declared that the SOCIALISTS nsn
| equal chance for all and that they had
not acted in a manly way in the mat
sorenson Is First Speaker.
Alfred Sorenson was the FIRST speaker
at the Socialist meeting. In his remarks
| MIR, Sorenson grouped murderers, robpers
| and soldiers In the same class, declaring
that all were the result OF the capital
istic system. "Those who live by the
sword" said he, cannot expect anything
else than to die by the sword
| Among other things Mr. Sorenson said:
Tho leayen OF today is the social un-
rest among the classes OF people. Even
the multi millionaires with their monkey
dinners and their dog funerals are dis
"The revolutions Of the future will ho
started as In the past by the iaboring
class. The capitalists have no humanity
IN them. This is TO be seen easily, on
| visits to the steel mills and the tin fac-
tories. The revolving conditions therd
prove the truth of my statement. There
| Is only one solution Cor the problem that
confronts the country today, and that is
the Socialist way"
Brown. who was the next speaker, was
| devoted principally 10 discussing the right
| of free speech and peaceable assemblase. d
He said that he had learned through the'
daily papers that $. NJ Barlow. chief Of
| police, was. intending to stop the meet
| ings on the streets on the ground that
they tended to inoite their henrers to acts
of violence. He said further that 1t was
his understanding that the stand OF Chler
Barlow was taken because of the recent
attempted assassination OF Mayor Gaynor
81 should like 10 see him try To stop
| this exercise OF our constitutional rights,
said Mr.. Brown. Il believe that Mayor
Gaynor is a good man and that nc can
give Il good many points to the officials
of this city,
Declares Gallagher Tool.
'It looks to me as though Gallagher,
| the would-be assassin, was simply tool
| OF the corrupt police force OF New York
| City, One OF the reasons why they want
ed TO get Gaynor out of the way was be-
cause he refused tn sustain them in their
| action IN stopping the Socialists from
! holding street meetings. On one occasion
| a Socialist street meeting was stopped,
and the next day committee from the
| HnIs. ict Tod iAn sTnr VI,
| formed them that the police had no right
TO stop these meetings and that he would
he not intcrfered with. Naturally, this
made the police force angry.
| The police force OF any city gets in
brutal part of our capitalistic system.
| and the exercise Of brutality In any form
brutalizes the person that uses it,
| by committee OF the Salt Lake Fedora
action of Chief Barlow in stopping street
meetings was condemned. were read by
Mr. Brown.
Mr.. Brown made the announcement
that in the latter part Of September,
| Lake City modern school, following 10
| Il great extent. the idea OF Francesca
Ferrer Evolutionary ideas IN all lines
OF scientific eudeavor will be presented
| at this school and special attention Will
be paid to acduaintlng persons who go
social problems of the day. Mr.. Brown
declared that in the common schools chill
Gren could not obtain facts concernin!.
many of The important things OF life. He
said that these schools were merely an
annex Of tho modern capitaistic system
When Mr. Brown had concluded his ad-
dress, ii was seen that party OF Joseph
ties bad taken their position on the band
! stand preparatory to starting their serv-
ices. which were scheduled for o'clock.
Watts's Triad of Abuse.
-, Before any attempt had been made by
George Watts, a local Socialist started n
TRADE of abuse, which was directed
against the church members for having
the temerlty TO trespass on sacred Social.
list ground
These meetings here are for the edu
cation OF the workingmen, and are not
Mr.. watts. by way or introduction "The
emancipation of the laboring class will
nol be made by the JosephItes. the Brig
hnlnltes' or by any other religious organ
izdtion. who wants TO be filled win all
i!is iHis missionary mnush. or sky-pilot talk?
right here" -''a'e"
A. t:25 o'clock. Elder Chase. who had
through with their meeting finally de-
cded that. inasmuch as the band would
cor SOnnilhehcc me Paving soon. 1t was too late
'or MS meeting. so the organ was closed
up. ana the little band of church peopls
le!t the stand
Alfred Sorenson, a Socialist. then MI.
the vote To Socialist meefinp uha,bar
enoSc present would not rather hear n
Socialist speaker In Liberty narl, Svn5a
afternoon than speaker of some other
orsanizalon- Tho vote was affrmatiyn -
or course. ''"''''o' 7
Elder Chase Replies. 80
ticer Chaae was then given five min
utcs 70 reply To Tho attacks thar mad
pSen made on him and to give his ideas
91ou, aim the right TO hold meetings there,
-, ,"iu mat they had been granted the
''sht pE The park commission To hold
a meeting on the grounds. but that the
as{Il'ude NJ OF the Socialists had prevented
th!S meeting from being held
II seems 10 me that todav.s ,o,i.,,f =
90. o"'nes - very bad grace from a body
VI People who declare that some one IA
''i7 ~ H'uEsIc thom. The Socialists