The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-15

The elimination OF a Series of at
tempts on the part OF the salt Lake
police department and the board of
park commissioners TO stop the inner
tied right OF an American citizen TO
free speech and free assemblage came
yesterday at Liberty park when the
Socialists dared the park commission
ers 10 drive them out OF the park and
then read resolutions adopted by the
Federation of Labor cOndemning the as
seruons made by CHIEF OF Police ;. NJ.
Barlow that he would stop public gath
erings on the streets OF the city.
The meeting held at the park yester-
day was a spirited one: The Socialist
meeting was progressing favorably
when Rev Chase Of the JOsephites APP
peared on the scene and the can OF
good feeling, which had previously been
filled TO overlooking in favor of the
Socialist movement. was upset by the
rabid and uncaned for assertions of
George Watson, one Of the Socialist
speakers.
Socialists Kept Talking.
The Socialist meeting was called for
o'clock. The board OF park com
missiOners had given Rev. Chase an
option on the benches and the speaking
stand from o'clock until o'clock.
When the time came for the Socialists
10 give way and allow the Rev. Chase
10 eNpounG his doctrines, they refused
10 move. After waiting until 4.4O
o'clock. Rev. Chase went TO the Social
list speaker and asked permission 10
speak for a few minutes. The request
was granted. When he had finished
his talk, George Watson, one OF the
Socialist speakers. arose and con-
demned what Rev. Chase had said and
also condemned all religious teachings
as the mushy-mush OF the gospel for
the saving or souls in heaven.
Leayen Socialist Unrest.
The first speaker Of the afternoon
was Alfred SOrensOn. He said in part.
The leaven Of today is the Socialist
unrest OF today. Our mllliOnaires, with
their monkey dinners and their dog
funerals, are the most unsatisfied peO-
pie living. All royal families are men
tai and physical degenerates. The
ROthschild family. which attempted to
retain all OF their wealth within the
family, are now lot OF degenerates
ana are paying the penalty for their
sins MuTderers, robbers and soldiers
all belong 10 one and the same class.
The manufacturers are progressing
with greater speed than are the con-
sumers and the final outcome viii be
that we will have the blOOdiest war in
the history of mankind"
The Rev. William ThurstOn Brown
then delivered the principal address OF
the day. He said in part:
DefieS Chief Harlow.
"Opr chief Of police Is trYiRg 10 st0Q
the expression Of free speech. l saw
he can't do il. II he tries he will have
of the little end OF the horn. If he
thinks he can stop the expression of
our constitutional right, j would like
10 see him start The police depart
ments of all cities are the brutal end Of
the Capitalistic government They WELL
their clubs and knock men down for
the love OF the pleasure they get out
of it, All of them cannot read or write
and ! do not believe that one in one
hundred can tell the meaning of the
constitution OF the United States. 1t
is just such men as this who are rep
resented in salt Lake by Chief Bar
low"
He then read the following resolu-
tiOns. which were adopted by the Fed
Grafton of Labor yesterday;
Resolutions Vitriolic.
Resolutions adopted by the salt Lake
Federation or Labor August II, 1910:
Whereas. il has been stated by the
press of Salt Lake that the chief of
police OF this city cOntemplates using
The police force 10 prevent the holding
of street meetings, and whereas. the
reason given for this contemplated
action is the recent attempt at assassi-
nation of Mayor GaynOr OF New York
city by discharged city employe, and
Whereas, Mayor GaynOr, chief eXecu-
tive OF the largest city on this CONT
nent, has recently expressed his en-
phatic approval of street meetings for
the discussion of the conditions and
problems or the working class and
promised his protection Of all such
meetings from interference by the po-
lice of New York city, and.
Whereas. all such meetings are the
exercise of the constitutional right.
eE1.
Whereas. this constitutional right.
vouchsafed 10 all citizens OF this re-
public by its founders, is stiu relished,
valued and cherished by the great
working class of America IN its strug-
gle FOR a higher standard OF living;
Therefore, be II resolved, that we,
the representatives Of organized labor