The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-13
EMMA GOLDMAN IS
AN ANARCHIST YET
She Speaks at EaStman'S Hall,
DenOunCing Church and
King of Spain.
FERRER'S DEATH THEME
REFERS TO FRANCE AS CRADLE
OF LIBERTY IN WORLD.

Emma Goldman led an audience who
subscribed TO her own beliefs at East
mans hall last night through the tor
tuous metapnorical pathway of an
archy, free love and ungodly doctrines
which she Is pleased to call the mod
ern school OF thought. She upbraided
everybody from King Alfonso of Spain
to the humblest priest of the Catholic
church. She blaInes them for the con-
.-tions which brought about the execu-
ton of Francisco Ferrer in the city of
Barcelona. Spain, eight months ago.
While this firm-taWed woman was in
the frenzy of her denunciations she
was frequently interrupted by cries
from the crowd. You're all right,
Emma
In the course Of her address she COM
pared Ferrer to Jesus Christ and said
that Ferrer had died for far greater
cause than the Son OF God. She de-
nounced the government of the United
States and said that its police and
soldiery were legalized murderers.
What right has either church or
state to interfere with the relations OF
men and woman" declared the speaker.
Miss Goldman did not follow up this
line of expression. She simply injected
il into her lecture, and although there
were many men in the audience at
whose side sat their wives and children.
the declaration was applauded.
She referred to France as the cradle
of liberty and asserted that II was in
that country that man first proclaimed
the right of free speech and dared say
hat his soul was his own. She de-
hn
hemently and said that for centuries it
had stood in the way Of progress and
that the Vatican had hoodwinked the
world into conceptions which were OBJ
solete.
Mss Goldman discussed the work of
Ferrer as the apostle of the so-called
modern school. She dWelt upon his
early career, his trials and his per-
sistency In standing for a line of
thought which is vastly removed from
the general acceptance that there is a
God and that all men are not born with
evil intent.
Teachings Of Ferrer.
"Ferrer did not teach the children
that there is a God" said Miss Gold
man. why should he teach them
something which he did not believe.
Ferrer taught the children that it is
wrong for them to bear false witness
against their neighbOr; he taught them
that it is wrong for governments to
force men into sOldiery that they should
shoot down their fellow man. he taught
them that it is their privilege to bask
in the sunshine that nature gays them,
and to be happy in the hope that there
would be emancipation of mankind
Miss Goldman was introduced by the
Rev. ThurstOn Brown Of the Unitarian
church. Those who expected to see
an elderly woman in Miss Goldman
were mistaken. While she does not
glow with yOuthfulness she is far from
having passed that stage of life at
which cOmeliness departs. She is a
rather stout woman. When she took
the platform last evening she did so in
a sort Of professional swagger and in
a manner not only to indicate that she
had the courage of her own convictions,
but that she had the courage Of the
convictions Of others.
She speaks out plainly and firmly.
In her speech can be detected the oc-
casional transpOsitiOn Of words char
acteristic Of the Russian Jew. While
she speaks dramatically, she cannot
wholly hide evidences of the race to
which she belongs.
Miss GOldmen does not make eli
makes in her TRADE that the audience
may applaud. She is clever enough to
make her remarks continuous and does
not tarry for the glad hand. For a
woman she is a bold figure and one
whose fiery words carry conviction to
those susceptible to her teachings.