The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-08-15
AN EXCELLENT PROGRAMME.

Park of strictly enforcing the ordi-
nance of this city regulating public
speaking on the streets, is undoubtedly
a commendable one. The ci;:v has not
had much trouble IN this respect here
tofore, and open door meetings have
been common, so there has ensned a
slackness In the enforcement Of the
ordinance that is found to be produc-
tive of trouble and abuse The riot
of Tuesday night was the direct out
come Of this tolerance and negligence
in the enforcement OF the ordinance.
However, after this experience, recent
and direct, the municipal commission
is fully justified in the position an
nounced by the Mayor, that the ordi-
fact, this is what ought to have been
all the time, but as usual when there
is no abuse of privilege, the restric-
tions made by law regulating that priv
ilege are apt to fall into neglect
But it is stated that the /. W. W.,
which is a direct challenge to orderly
government and menace to commun-
ity peace wherever the speakers of
that organization appear, contem-
plates bringing in hero considerable
number of their disturbers, and of
making Salt Lake City in a way
headquarters for what they call free
speech. This free speech consists of
personal abuse. attacks upon society
and upon the political organization
and government Of the country, from
city, county, and State to the Nation.
In behalf Of this assumed liberty to
assail all government and the constl-
tuition. the privilege of free speech
granted in the constitution is appealed
to. The logic which would use the lib"
erty accorded in the constitution to
destroy the constitution is characteris-
tic of the ]. w. W., precisely as is the
Of that and other anarchis"
tic societies to appeal to the law for
protection, while at all times breaking
the law and doing everything possible
to undermine it and introduce chaos
into the social and governmental or
der.
1t is one OF the remarkable things
Of the time that all of these societies
and organizations which are aimed at
the destruction Of existing govern
ment and law appeal frantically and
TO the very law which
they would undermine, for their pro-
lection when they get into trouble.
,l,of lao ~ ha
strike, appealed to the law for his
freedom upon his arrest, and during
the trial he wrote a poem setting forth
his contempt for the law, his scorn of
The Judge aud of the rule under which
he was being tried; but was very glad
al the end OF the trial to receive the
acouittal which that judge and those
laws gave him. But the logic of the
situation whereby these traitors ap-
peal to the law for their protection,
while seeking to abrogate the law and
bring on reign Of terror and force,
is remarkably illogical in itself. One
would suppose that men who denounce
the law, who wish 10 suppress govern
mcnt and TO install new order of So
ciety and Of government, would cut
loose from the old before becoming
such strenuous advocates of the new.
But not so with the I. W. w. and
their kindred anarchistc organiza-
tons. They wish TO avail themselves
Of every protection OF the law while
dcfying and destroying the law, They
wish all the protection which the bull
warks of society and government can
give them, while they pull down these
bulwarks and bring on a reign of ter
ror and bloodshed. The French revolu-
ton would be mild, indeed, compared
with the villaiuous order OF society
which these marplots would inaugu-
rate. In their frenZicd hate of eX-
listing order and Of law, they stop AT
nothing, and refrain not at the most
scaudalous abuse OF every one who
stands in their way. Nor do they
pay the slightest attention to the law,
until they get into trouble and then
evoke the law for their own protcc
ton. Cowardly and illogical as all
this is, the position Of the l. w. w.
is precisely as stated,
The speakers of this organization
always stir up trouble wherever they
appear The dispatches show this
from day to day, and any city does
we'll to protect itself against the
threatened riots and turbulence, which
the presence Of the !. W. w. and their
frenzied followers always stir up. And
so VIC commend the commission Of this
city for its determination to enforce
the ordinance strictly and fully with
respect to public speaking on the
streets or in the public parks Of this
city. This is found to be n necessary
and the citizens Of Salt
Lake will unquestionably support with
practical uuauimity the determination
OF the municipal commission to free
this city from this sort Of turmoil and
uproar, that the presence and speaking
of the I. w. w. disturbers would nee
essarily bring.
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