The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-14
STEINER AUTOCRAT,
 MEMORIAL CHARGES

Montgomery, October 13.-(SpeclaI) > |Refferring to Gen. Robert E. Steiner, |commander of the Alabama. National IGuard as a military autocrat and declar- | ing that the Ntional Guardsmen in the local district of Jefferson and surround ling counties are violating the constitu- tions of the United States and of Ala |bama by denying the striking miners the right of free speech and peacable as- sem bly,, the representatives of union la |bor, who called on Governor Kilby We'd |nesday afternoon, offered a memorial which insisted that it is the duty of the governor to protect all persons alike and that such action should be taken now as would guarantee the miners the right of free sreech and peaceable assembly Sections of the constitution are sSt out ir the memorial, which was made public tonight, and the charge is made that the organic law is being violated by general order of the commander. which prohibits mass meetings and marching on the public highways. It is also ai- legged that the soldiers have entered the homes of private citizens and have sea rcted them and confiscated arms that the commander has usurped the power of the legislature by denying the right or citizens to march on the public hlsh"ays' by permitting the bearing of arms m de- fense. by disarming citizens by force' Dy denying the right of free speech ana as- sen1bly.
 .Yye has set at naught the laws guar anteeiug the sarctity of the home' con- t;nued the memorial He has over thrown the constitution which makes the military subordinate to the civil author ties by acting independently of them and d;sY,Ia rivf- then, hv r-i'itn~v force
 OvERRIDES CONSTITUTION
 .rhis military autocrat has set at naugft the 18th article Of the phl oi rirhts of the state and the first amend
 a.snt to the constitution of the United states in that he has denied the right of tha people to assemble peaceably for the eor,non good and to petition for re- aress of grievances or to remonstrate
 sra;nst wrongs and usurpation perpa-
 trated on them. The denial o1 the riSns
 os the ueople 10 assemble perpetrates double wrong in that v IS denia' or
 ,,o..o' ns.rh .s well. The rieht to f-ee
 .,a.,,, ;s 2 delusion and, mockerv when
 .x,s r;oht of the neople to assemble and
 hear it is denied"
 yt w,s charged that slaves were nor
 nar,n;sfrd to enter forbidden osaeeS- o'.
 t,.t tb,s is the first time 'n Ns'nry nF'
 frse men have hAen pron'nmeh iro.'
 ,,,eetinr in nrhlic nlacee WNer tne .',- i7ens of A'ahama ts -e'v sror" to IVY
 s,,,-.~~ thev have dAv-aAed themselves fn G0RQfIlf"
 ..~v. "a h. tree. continue the --erro- rs., Af%~r insnrr,;Ys the ~overnn-fs ~ '. ;s h,. duty to restore the constifuf'n-'
 .,1ararfees tn trn peon'e. the mernor'a
 sfF <. <xith the following arreal:
 g @aneal to vnu n ravoke apo s"- tese urwarrartAd rr''ite-v orders IS5 -.< 44t-e rs~st ~ free saeAeh. the -'~Nt E ,s ,.ss -s shfe asse-~h'v. trA -'~stf fo oAarA- st,v fr4r~h o- the r~N'ic hs~hwavs 'He rsrs,t fg The citizens to hear ars-'s in fne. ' svr defense. ,he risbt tc have they son.se rrotectAd s~o'rst rniH'arv searr'
 o@ sssSsre the risht to assemble an' 5-e1x fr their hnfr@s nrd lndees r-d in
 s.nsn. u. tout inte-e~-s--e or surveillance " ss military anshor'ties'
 --ts,se who siened the memorial were.
 4-@~is,k Waite W. w. Lane J. L.
 1S4sss~. ssobert F Moore. H. R. Eerna-
 ,~ts-. William l.. Harrison. R q Gladden., v ". Parker IT.. Geor~e H,lddieston. ' 1 r. EivAa L. Bowen. x1i of H.rm'ngham: R. ltcCiesty. Albany: Sam C. Hunt. rsssrsrce: J. M Miller. Gadsden: M F. pS sanisr, Montgomery: c. D. Dins-
 ss ,s-4 FaAlkville