The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-07-24
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resulting almosh Immediately, or so
soon thereafter as u was possible 10
get the import Of his words 10 the
men Of his command which occurred
so soon as the land mob fostered and
inflamed by the paper, realized how
we'll fortified they we're In the secre-
tary's words, In the saeking and de-
struction by fire Of our several organi-
zation headquarters, valuable records
and papers, damage to buildings leased
by us, several libraries, bookstores,
pianos, furniture, office appurtenanoes,
community kitchen and equipment,
ETC., an itemized list of all of which
so nearly as Is possible will presently
be presented to the war department.
We question the practice of govern
ment officials speaking on public
questions to private clubs from which
the public Is excluded. This address
was delivered in the Rainier club, a
private organization whose member
ship were the very men who lowered
to the last moment of hope about the
unhappy fortunes Of the notorious fed
era Judge, Cornelius n. Hanford, un-
iii he was driven from public office
and from public life under charges
which we had formulated and which
are abundantly sustained in the Con-
gressonal Records, report No. 1852,
second session Of the Sixty-second con-
gress, under just such an inquiry as
we now invite, Mr.. President. Al
though delivered to the private club
extracts of the speech quickly APP
peared in all newspapers and the Sc
attic Times eagerly published it in
full with the lawIess and destructive
results outlined. Due directly to the
official eminence of the secretary, his
authority and Influence over such a
large number of naval men, not ordi-
nariy contingent of the city's popu-
lation, the secretary's word afforded
Just the spark needed to infIame the
conflagration, and at the
same time had the effect of making
towards of the civil police and render
ing them unable to cope with the pro-
gram of riot, arson and destruction.
Fifth. That secondary aiding
cause to the secretary's speech was
an occurrence ordinarily Of minor i'm
portance, when two or three sailors
to interfere with street
lecturer and who we're, as 1t is re-
proted, summarily handled by men,
bers or sympathizers of an organiza-
ton with which we have not the slight
est connection in the world, and which
therefore cannot be presented as an
of the laWless, riotous and
interference with our or
derby and lawful process by naval and
fragments under what appears
to have been probable foreknoWedge
upon the part of those in authority,
for at the very time the riotous de-
struction was proceeding the secretary
and Admiral Reynolds we're dining to-
gether aboard the West Virginia.
We therefore, after due and serious
delberation, place responsibility upon
the secretary of the navy, Mr.. Joseph
us Daniels, who is already making eff
forts to explain, but we submit, Mr..
President, that no amount of explain
ing can restore to us our estate in
both moral and physical particulars
held by US prior to disasters resulting
from his remarks.
Very sincerely,
SOCIALIST PARTY OF SETTLE,
Hulet M. Wells, Chairman.
Attest:-Frans Bostrom, State Secre-
tary, Socialist party.
M. e. GILES,
H. M. WELLS,
l. E. ALLER,
SAMUEL SADLER,
State Executive Committee.