Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-03
TROOPS TOO LATE
TO STOP CHICAGO
PAC|F|ST MEETING
Police Protect Delegates
While Organizing in De-
fiance of Governor.
SPEAKERS BEWAIL FATE
Condemn Government that
Permitted Them to
Be Chased.

CHICAGO, Sept 2.--After being
driven from three states, the Peoples
Council OF America for Democracy and
Terms of Peace perfected a formal or
ganization at u public meeting In Chi
cago today.
The session was held under police
protection, acting on orders from
Mayor William Hale Thompson which
were in defiance OF Governor Frank
Lowden. Four compaies OF national
guardsmen rushed from the state capt
tai on special train to prevent the
meeting but arrived after II had ad-
journed, Its purpose accomplished.
Mayor Dcfics Governor.
The clash In authority between
Mayor Thompson and Governor Low
den came as a result OF action OF the
police who. under orders from tho
governor broke up the pacifists meet
ing yesterday. The mayor today de-
clared the governor had exceeded his
authority and instructed Chief of Po-
lice Schuettler to permit the meeting
and to give the delegates every pro-
lection.
The pacifists Immediately made
preparations to hold the meeting,
which had been prevented In Minne-
sofa, North Dakota and Wisconsin and
had been forbidden as unpatriotlc and
disloyal by the governor OF Illinois.
The delegates gathered sNVrtly after
noon at the west side auditorium. A
score of patrolmen were on guard in
side and outside the building and fifty
more were held nearby to suppress any
disorders. Nearby streets were utterly
1aqerta1 40 tho HntaDa fnnk batr
places and were called to order by
Seymour Stedman, former socialist
candidate for governor OF Illinois.
Troops Arrive Too Late.
In the meantime Governor Lowden
had been notified OF the defiance OF
his orders and called Adjutant Gen
eral Dickson OF Illinois into confer
ence. 1t was found that as most OF the
Illinois national guardsmen had been
federalized, the governor had no troops
at his disposal In the Chicago district.
An effort was made to reach Major
General Carter. commander OF the
central department to obtain his per-
mission to use federal troops, but he
could not be found.
AS Governor Lowden considered i'm
mediate action necessary. four compa-
MES of the Ninth regiment of the Illi-
nois national guards which had not
been federalized were assembled at
Springfield and started for Chicago on
a special train at 1868 O'Clock with
orders to make the run in four hours.
AdJutant General Dickson, who accom-
panied the troops, had orders to break
up the meeting at once on his arrival
In Chicago despite the action of the
police and mayor.
They Arrived Too Late.
Committees were appointed OH
American libefs.c5, economic condi-
tions. resolutions and peacc terms.
ltaDbi j. l.. Magnes of New York Tn IN
delivered an address in which he said;
Thru free discussion the American
people might. while helping democ-
ratize thruout the world develop
rather than restrict democracy u,
home. Is II worthy of a democracy
that citizens holding divergent views
be driven from place to place to finu
opportunity for discussion? That they
be threatened with Imprisonment,
that they be spied upon and maligned
because in these miraculous days "a
change, OF death and OF life. of misery
and hope, as lovers of America and
their fellow men, they speak and la
Dor and struggle for democracy"
W. II. Mason. congressman at largo
from Illinois. declared there was more
misery in the country today than ~,
any time since Bunker Hill.
Only Bankers Welcome War.
But no worse thing ever happened
In the history OF the United States"
he said, than is happening now when
people like you are branded as GRIM
inals and denied the right OF free as
sembly." He also declared that the
only nann1a w M v,aIoAV,aI
were the bankers and editors and DE-
nounced conscription and the sending
of troops TO France.
J. ID. Works OF Los Angeles said:
II have never seen the time when
the governor of a state issued instruc-
tions to prevent the assembly of
peaceful people. We are not here to
attack the government. hut to defend
It. Governor Lowden should send
troops here to protect us. IL he fails
this meeting will result In bloodshed
and rioting."
Delegates Applaud Speakers.
The remarks OF all the speakers
brought wild applause from the dele
gates. about three hundred of whom
were In the auditorium
When Chairman Stedman an
nounced that troops were on their
way to break up the meeting. oiio
/ delegate proposed that the pacifists
remain in their seats until forcibiy
ousted. Mr.. Stedman said the meet
ing would have to adjourn before 7
O'Clock as the lease on the hall ran
out at that time and that the troops
were not due to arrive until some time
later. He told the delegates that IL
they challenged the authority of the
state at this time they would be de-
stroyed. He declared that their only
possible action was at the polls.
I'VE have accomplished our pur-
pose" he said in announcing adjourn
ment at $50 o'clock. But the au-
journment is taken because our lease
on this hall has expired. Our next
meeting will be announced secretly
by the heads Of the organization"
As the delegates quietly left the
hall. the principals OF a quiet Jewish
wedding party took their places.