The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-15

this stormy petrol with her gospel Of
despair and distrust
She was at San Francisco with her
speech during the trial Of the nnt0ti-
GUS Mooney case, and them hearing
Of Bowman. she dropped into that
little nest OF discord.
Conception OF Bowman.
Her conception Of Bowman may
interest the people who graciously
entertained her there: "a little, sor-
did, sun-blistered, wind blown, FROST
SCARED frontier" ordinarily beneath
the notice Of one OF the cardinals OF
the socialistic hierarchy, but made on
this occasion because there existed
there one who had shown unusual
loyalty to the cause.
"A solid, substantial, stolid, COM
monplace farmer-type Of crowd
greeted her there. The meeting was
commonplace, and the audience was
commonplace. There was nothing TO
overbaIance my reason and smite me
with the hydrophobia Of treason"
She Praises the League.
The Nonpartisan league came in
for fulsome praise. She referred to
it as "the greatest and most revolu-
tionary phenomena of the age" She
dealt at length with an alleged post
office tight at Bowman, out Of which
she declared the whole "grotesque'
charge grew. All of this portion OF
her harangue was read. "rhe Bow
man postoTfice was given to the wife
Of a leader OF the new order, and 1t
created bitterness and hatred and
venom said Mrs. O'Hare. Mrs. Tot
ten went to her lecture, said Mrs.
O'Hare, and appreciated ii and APP
proved it and applauded it, just as
did others who had been raised in
the same school And this strange,
grotesque thing that is the outcome
Of this hysteria is that Judge and a
jury and the prosecuting attorney
should seek to usurp the right of
God Almighty"
The defendant waxed eloquent
as she compared herself with Moses,
Sparticus, Watt Tyler, George Wash
ington, William Lloyd Garrison and
that Son of God whose name her
Socialist publications so frequently
have taken in vain. =
She told OF her life work. How, as
a high school girl she stirred up
sentiment against the saloons, and as
"
wife against the wrongs of the
workers, and how she carried her un-
born babes into these meetings and
these campaigns and even OF her
motherhood made sacrifice:
Her Threat.
And then came this threat against
the government of the greatest re-
public in the world: Passions are
running high. Consider well, whether
my conviction will unite the people
of America or disunite them"
Consider the effect Of this verdict
on the people.
If the cause of this nation is just
and righteous, is my conviction nee
essary as a sacrifice?
"One hundred thousand or more
people in America know me person
ally. have carried my unborn chill
dren into the struggle for the work
ing classes. Not 10000 judges nor
10000 juries can convince these peo-
pie nor the millions who have read
my works that am a criminal.
The government has referred to
me as a dangerous woman. thank
God that I am dangerous to the in
visible government of the nation, and
to the profiteers who rob the people
0AA 0AAG manu- anu ASpdSG the EONGIu~
ment on the other, and with their
filthy and blood stained gains in their
pockets shelter themselves in the
folds of Old Glory.
This whole case has been moth
ing but an attempt on the part of
the war profiteers to get out of the
way of a woman dangerous to them.
This thing win be burned into the
souls Of my people. You have learned
in North Dakota what happens when
the working class has these things
burned into their souls.
Our Prisons.
Down in the dark, noisome. loath-
some heils we call prisons there may
be a greater work for me to per-
form. 1t was necessary that Jesus
come down among men in order that
he might serve them. It may be nee
essary that go down among the
criminals and the unclean that / may
save them.
you can send me. but thank God
You can't send a great principle to