Arizona republican., 1911-02-13
PHOENIX SOCIALISTS
ON THE WARREN CASE
Pass Resolutions of Protest at Mass
Meeting-chafin Makes Talk.


Chafin. once candidate for president of
the United states on the prohibition
ticket, resolutions of protest against
the conviction of Fred Warren, editor
of the Appeal to Reason, who published
an offer to reward any person kidnap-
ing former Governor Taylor of Ken
lucky, then a fugitive in Indiana and
under indictment in the Goebel case,
cialists held in the Majestic theater
yesterday afternoon.
There was nothing sensational in
the resolutions. They merely declared
clared the conviction Of Warren to be
the conviction of Warren to be I'M
| just and protested that since Presi-
| ident Taft had cOmmuted his sentence
to mere fine of 500 the stigma of
conviction should be removed from the
Appeals editor
The meeting at the Majestic was
preceded by a procession that started
from the court house at o'clock. In
the procession were two carriages. one
in front and one bringing up the rear
These carriages contained the speak
ers. About 100 people were in the
parade
Frank II. Brighton presided as chair
man. Frank p Cooke was introduced
as the first speaker. his subject being
THE Despotic Courts" He declared
that President Taft's own words, used
in the order of Communication, that the
court had gone beyond the evidence I'm
ringing a conviction against Warren
were in themselves evidence of the in
justice of that conviction.
f. Jackson addressed the audience.
taking for his topic 1.-The Warren Case
as an Old Soldier Sees It," His talk
made great impression. THE Warren
Case as Woman Sees II" was the
subject of Mrs. Jennie Horner. but her
talk was mainly on the socialistic idea
of government
Mr.. Chafin was then introduced His
subject was What Lincoln Would
Have Done in the Warren Case"
Loncoln. said Mr.. Chafin, was absolute
ly fair in everything and would have
said that Warren was either guilty or
not guilty. There would have been
no halfway measures with him. The
courts, he declared, were sacred Just
as long as they handed down Just de-
cisions. Lincoln, he asserted. had sup
piled a precedent for criticisms of |
courts. In his famous debates with
Douglas. the Great Emancipator,"
charged openly that Douglas, Pierce, |
Buchanan and Chief Justice fancy had !
conspired to bring about the bred /
scott decision.
The address of Mr.. Chafin was con- /
cluded with a defense of the Arizona /
constitution.
Chairman Brighton then spoke at |
some length of his own experiences 1
with the courts. He cited half dozen |
instances of what he held was judicial
injustice. After he had concluded his
remarks he presented the prepared
resolutions, which were passed unanim-
ousiy. Copies were ordered sent to the
president, Appeal to Reason and the
Associated Press.
At the conclusion of the meeting So
cialistic literature. consisting os copies
OF the Voice of the People and a PAM
phlet written by Mr.. Cooke, were dis
trlbuted among the audience.
Following is the full text of the
resolution:
The people have won! Let us re-
Joice! Our protest has become a iubi-
lation. The sacred ermine has made
humble obeisance to the men of TOLL
The storm of protest which threatened
TO assume the fury of a hurricane has
been temporarily allayed, Fred ID.
Warren is a free mani
The letters of tyrannical judicial
system, placed upon the democratic
aspirations of our forefathers by a
monarchy worshipping Hamilton have
been sundered. momentarily, and the
duty now devolves upon the people
TO see to it that the incubus of a
despotic and liberty hating judiciary
be removed forever from our people
In truly democratic republic the will
of the people must be supreme There
fore be il
Resolved. That We assembled citi-
zens of Phoenix, commend and in
dorse the acts of the said Fred d.
Warren; and. be it further
Resolved. That we condemn and re-
pudiate the decision of the trial court
as subversive of our most honored
free press, free speech.
and the equality of all r,en before TIE
law
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