The Arizona copper camp., 1918-06-08

w. and this hero fighting in France,
which of the two is the better citizen.
Grover Perry's Treason
Mr.. President, has it come to pass
in this great state that only that in
dividual who dares to be the author
of book containing reasonable re-
marks against the government can
approach the seat of the executive
power? May God forbid! But, sir,
nevertheless hold before me booklet
entitled "The Revolutionary l. W.
W." by Grover H. Perry, in which l
ind the following insult to our flag
"The flag and symbols that once
meant great things to us today mean
nothing but oppression and tyranny.
The Industrial Workers of the World
are laying the foundation of new
government; no force can stop them;
armies will be of no avail; capitalist
governments may issue their mandates
in vain" Those reasonable words
were printed in that book and circu-
lated in our state by Grover H. Perry
in the year 1916, and, sir, Grover H.
Perry is the l. W. W. in whose fond
embrace we find our chief executive
posing for a picture.
In view of these facts are YOU sur
prised, sir, that the governor of Ari-
zona on the fifth day of August, 1917.
wrote a letter to another l. w w. on
whom was found a picture Of himself
and the governor in affectionate en-
brace, in which letter the governor
said: Reason and justice seems to
have temporarily left her throne"
Thank God, that the dethronement of
reason and justice is only temporary,
that there yet remains in the hands of
the people the power to restore it.
Sees Dawn of Harmony
Mr.. President, l believe l see the
dawn of new day approaching in this
state, the dawn of a day when labor
and capital are going to get together
| believe the employers have reached
| that stage where they recognize that
in order to have peaceful industrial
conditions, the laborer must have
fair share of the wealth that his toll
produces. And on the other hand |
believe that the representatives of or
ganiZed labor have come. to the con-
clusion that strikes, and Tockouts only
result in loss to themselves; that they
are ready to concede that the investor
of capital is entitled to fair return
on his investment; that the laboring
men of this state are opposed to the
destructive methods of the /. W. w.
and believing these things, Mr.. Presi-
dent, / trust the day is not far distant
when there shall preside in the capitol
of Arizona a. chief executive to whom
labor and capital may go with full
confidence that their several causes
will be justly considered, and that the
I'll
will be one not based on class preju-
dice and hatred, but on justice and
fairness, regardless of the political eff
feet it pay have.
May We Keep the Faith
And now, Mr. President, in these
stirring times of strife when the very
foundation of our republic tremble be-
meath the shock of an oncoming foe,
let us all be united in our efforts with
but one end and one purpose In view
let us all be found standing somewhere
in the ranks, if not in the ranks Of sol
diers, then in the ranks of civilians,
backing up those soldiers with every
ounce of energy in us, so that when
the day comes that our harbors are
filled with a mass of ships returning
from abroad and bringing back our
boys, maybe with their ranks some
what thinned by sacrifice, but with
themselves glorified by accomplish
ments,' and those heroes step off the
boats and tell us that they have won
the fight for democracy in Europe, we
may be able to tell them in return that
we have kept the faith of democracy
at home and won battles for that cause
here while they were fighting there
and whep the rule of the people is es-
tablished in the world and in the flu
ture, history tells it's story, that Amer
ica, born in freedom and dedicated to
liberty, has saved that gerat doctrine
for the salvation of mankind-it will
then be said that in 1917 we arrayed
our nation and sent to war our sol
diers; that we sustained them by our
industrial enterprises at home; that
we kept our. national spirit pure and
undefiled; and that the dawn of liberty
for man all over the world dates from
that day when our soldiers landed in
France and began the final conquest
for freedom.