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Impression Made on All Who
“ , Heard the Address
The address of Rev. Charles S. Mac-
'arlund, pastor of the South Norwalk
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congregational Church. delivered yes-
terday afternoon at the mass meeting, .
in Music Hall, is printed ill fall below:
As mic looks backwur'drto the quiv-
ering events of onebalf alccntul‘y ago
and witnesses the. burning fiery fur-
nace of its" great moral movements.
heated 1aevon times not. and beholds
, ‘ within that furnace the forms of those
who bore “Shelli, tllcrc‘luovcs among
tholn,‘one form, above of: all others.
and it is like unto the Son of Man. it.
was that. suit of man born one hundred
years agolast Friday, Allrallitmdillr
coin. :'- “ " ‘
,cht to the Saviour of mankind,
who. more than he, fulfills the beauti-
rltl and splendid prophecy of tli'tyvthird
Isaiah? Born out of‘a lowly life, he
grew up as a root out of the dry
ground. Hot-had no form or comellucss
that nloawshould desire him. lie was
a manvof sorrows and acquainted 'wlth
grieLu'l‘ho proud and supercillbus
anions m'en bid. as it were, their faces
from him. ,Sal-oiy he hath borne our
griefsmnd carried our sorrows. He
was wounded for other mcn’s trans
grossiolls and bruised for theirdniqui-
ties. The chastisement ‘oi‘hn’ir peace
. was upon bil -ond~ with his stripes
men were he cd. lie was out off out
oftbe land; of the living. Yet God
has divided- hilll a portion with the
great, an herbal; shared his spoil
with the strong, because be poured
lll unto dcutb.
nong the great and aplolldill
uttcra as of tilis saviour of the'an—
normally such as these which i
ate. . ' . ,
, are isone point to which I ask
at iltion’." said Abrabamgldacoiu iu
55‘38 he behold the future problems
, our nation; “it is the effort to piacc
. capital‘on all equal footing with, if
not. above labor, ill the structure of
our government. 1 bid the laboring
people to beware of surrendering a
power which they already possess, and
which. when surrendered, will surely
{tilted to‘ close the door of n‘dVancc-
ment to such as they, and iix new
disabilities and burdens upon them.
till all ol‘llbcrty be lost. Labor is
_ prior to and independent of capital.
Capital is onlytbe fruit of labo‘ ulld
never cottld have existed had not labor
previously- existed. 'liilhm’ is much
the superior and deserves much the
_ higher consideration."
There may be those who are not
willingito go so far today as Lincoln
did then, but it is lit least not. inap-
propriate to quote his words, for it is
not tofbe forgotten tbat‘lu those same
troublous times, among those who
cried aloud for the abolition of slavery,
were the northern trades. unions of
that day and gcll‘crotion. and it is also
to be remembered that. the members
or the unions did not wait to bc draft:
ed fer the scrvicc of the nation, nor,
whenldrafted. did they obtain others
to render Vicarious sacrifice on their
behalf, as substitutes.
. Thus, the great man who saved the
one tihioa‘.‘the nation, also gave pro-
phot‘ic utterance to his profound faith
in the other union, of the wage carn-
ers fat that nation.
‘All the grcat movements of main
kind in the social and industrial order
may ,be, comprehended in the struggle,
n which'cur own not on is leading,
r the realization of .true democral
cy, a Christian dclnoncracy, UleeffOl'l.
to actually realize human brotherhood
under the divine fatherhood. There-
fore it‘ls not‘inappropriate that you
should invite me today to speakto
you,v_fo'r if tbcChristian minister of
Four-time has any vocation that is
worthbaving at. all, it is to do his .
,’ part,~Whether it; be small or great, ill
.. the realization of this democracy. The
Christian miniSIEI‘."flDillg-llls work in.
. thamidst Qf'an énvironmcnt like. our
iowb, mult learn to look ollt upon the
‘greatlindustrial life, in which: we live
and move and have our being, with .a
real... deep; affectionate ands abiding,
nterest..=-..As be.goes about upon our.
streets aadvhears the rythmic hum of
nurthusyzdactories he must learn to;
in terms of gratitude and of
.a. cello "(of the patient then and 'wo—
mimic there engaged in it“ great mu-
“his".
chisel-vice for their fellowmen‘.-- ,
to . ,
in ”all“ tiles
\o‘cra‘cy
ize ,
‘ ideallygthig‘ gift; of “therEterliu'l Father
So thereglnrev‘ma‘ny gospéls; and among
them is this great gospel‘of labor.» Lik‘e'
other gospels, perhati‘s’wit is not al
wayp‘ ’preachc'd;',a“igbt, but, neverthe
lasagaitrlllf'i it
amber
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be “the“ llll’tixiil'!
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South Norwalk Congregational Phsior
Tbe'lK‘in'gdo'm‘ of can is not‘coanned‘
' h‘e'f‘Chiji lan‘;Churcll.“ 'It' exists
. .. “ rent movements in our
indttstgi‘lail’tii‘iidisocial life towards the
realisation. ofihrotberhood a'fifi‘ofdenr
and towards'the. effort, to rcal~
lth‘at ‘eqllnlltyivumolig‘r nich“\Vhich is
; ill mate'ideals‘ a.‘1 great
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‘lnei ay. when there isltime,
andjyouriaborxmen and i can get to
gather} I want uptake” an hour or two
‘ ’ ‘ " “ t l behave should
, , to , ealsj of your more:
‘ aadjtif%ytiltlif,goépeil Sulfice is to
on ”y, ,ltlat'lab‘ellcvlr the «day should
‘- hen all m‘en’alld‘ women should
‘ stable to, lookapithgconii‘dence both
wrotbelrightlng of their wrongs and
‘ mongol. their differencesnto,
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preachers? 9
And yet
atoll you why I bellow ill tha‘gospcl
of. labor. For the Bake of those wild
sometimes ‘cqul chute and hesitate, i
1“ mil perfectly wl ing to admit. that men
of'labor sometimes avail themselves
of the divine right conferred upou bu.
" man beings of making mistakes. 1 pop-
" pose we all know that there are some
walking delegates who ride a mighty
sight more than they walk.
flint lot. us look for a moment at 2b...
pages of history. When we trace the
causes for the abolition or industrial
3' slavery illltllfltll‘i‘tlom‘ back to their ultl‘
mate economic cause we find it. to bc
'tbc natural grouping- of working men
togetheryfm‘ mutual aid and proton
tion. The knell of aerfdonl was sound-
cd when the primitive labor union
‘waa formed. Out of this pro cant be-
igllllllllg all industrial llplil' ngu illld
their historic association with moral
and spiritual evolution.
llllt have these industrial upliftings
any intimate relation with this moral
,and spiritual order? Here are some
‘parallels which are fllll of meaning.
John Wycliffe. loadings religious rov-
.(lllltion, stands side, by side with the
workman erecting himself from surf
dam, and cries. "Father lie bade us
call film; and lll‘astel‘s‘we have none.“
This historic economic evolution 1 find
to be. the attemptto express the spirit
of the Christian gospel in the terms of
industrial relations.’ We find the work-
‘ log people of England receiving the lm~
pulse and instruction for their lrlldc
union movement ill .lobll Wesley's
such‘sim‘l‘lltnneol‘ls npparltlons as “it?
ltcv. Frederick llcnlson Maurice chol
'l‘y‘, pls‘adihg‘i’roln ‘llls pulpit. and the
saving; ol'vljinglahd social order ill the
. early years of the nineteenth century.
On .ovcry hand we may ace the clear
chidcnccs of the close relation be
tween the struggle for moral and re-
llglotls i‘rccdomland the effort for soc-
ial and .iudnstriai bettcrlllcnt; and
thus, historically, the trade union
movement takes its place ill the his
tory- of morals; yellgion and the Chris
tian’ gospel. ~ .
. The great religious movements aim-
ing towards a lrucr application of the
gospel have risen and thrived among
the working people. and again and
again their voice has been the voice
of God. Side by side, upon the pages
ot‘ history. in the deepest mutual rc
latioll. have the 'l‘GthlllilOlli-‘l which have
Wrought. for moral and spiritual ad
lvan’cb bccn parallel‘ with times fol
such things as better wages and more
lclsurc.‘ It is thus out of the mouth:
of babes and suckiings that God bin
ordained strength.
. llut has organized labor won any
great victories that were morc that.
cconomlc‘.’ it has at, least played a
great part. ill ”10111. First. of all. it
has destroyed that llliscrablc obi him
of all lnllcl'cnt. difference between lin-
work of head and hand, and bus on
tubiished their equality ill tho hotter
meat of the world. ,
'i iblllk the most dalllnablc llcrcs)
that ever existed was that the bond
worker belongs over here and the ham.
worker over there. In it'tillll‘lllg be
fore the professors at Yalc the (libel
day. l solrlcu‘llat-lllilscllicvoualy re
marked that l was always glad to sun,
a bootblack who called hilllscli "l'ro
i‘cssor." because it was all intimation
that honest. faithful participation in
any form of human scrvlcc was “1,.
titled to equal recognition with till)
other form, _
i would like to sec, and i am not
sure that i may am. soo sonic day, out
versity degrees for craftsmen. 'i‘llc la-
bor union has gchlt dignity to work.
‘lls own grout issues, such as sweat:
lag, the" sanitary and other conditions
or laborgth'o rcgllluliml or industrial
relations betworul ‘l‘hcrsexoa, its lulla-
Nice in inducing men not to neglect
the divine right of suffrage, its sells-c
oil brotherhood, Its magnificent work ill
behalf of women and children, are all
gl’eat moral issues. Its splendid pro~
vision for sicknch and death benefits
'ur'e hotll moral and divine. its illllu-
mice in obtaining reduction of Sunday
lubbr has greatly belloiittcll both in-
‘bo’rlng men illid-itho, Christian church.
Economists are agreed upon its lu-
illloucc in behalf of temperance.
its moral influence is world rcacllv
lllg. The binding together of wage
earners of one country with another
ternational Peace, for when thus join-
ed they will refuse to fight each other
without justifiable reason.
But i go farther still. When the
politial economists declared that till-v
be higher, because proper care of men
and women would be expensive to cm-
plbyel‘s and would lead to loss wage-ii.
the unions accepted the alternative.
and agreed to abide by the issue, if it
sliouid thus be that spiritual gain
meant. material loss. _
The great coal strike. for example.
was a great. moral event and a great.
moral victory. Here it was:—-—Prcsidcnt
Baer said, "Mining is a business. and
~an a. religious proposition." John
Mitchell said in effect, that it was a
religious proposition. though he did
not use .those terms. , -
Du yonder hill there stands one of
par publicinst‘itutions which I love to
yisitfi "I ”clean our hospital. where men
arid womenral‘ei‘éaguged in carrying
‘y ‘h'av‘e‘ dolled unto th'eleast of these;
at brothel-ll: “ye have done it‘ unto: me."
and i "cannot ‘forget’, in these ‘ trying
day's inlour own city and towngthat
that: splendid institution was founded
byl'an "organization of‘women known
today as'thelipt Trimmers Associa:
tion of Norwalk, one of whose officers
islamong the dearest of my friends. ‘
Thus the Christian gospel and the
.' union of labor, in their best motives,
had in the will and heart of God. be—
long together. Aad "What God hath
-“ joined together let not man but asun-
dissolntlon of both. The gospel gives
the impulse and the aim. The union
furnishes some practical, machinery
for galnlngit. We must bring we two
together. .
And to any man. I say it unhesitat-
lngly, I say it solemnly and , in the
namelof (3911,10 on man. be he in the
church, or'ollt. of t a church, he he in‘
the union, or our ,ot the union. to any
man who‘will seek. in bitterness of
spirit, to separate, the two, I apply the
who);
I must take a moment at
chapels and class mccllngs, \Vc llC’hUld’
will do more than all else to settle in!
der conditions of neglect, wages would .
ou‘t ‘tbe‘Mn‘ster's words, “Inasmucn'as
tier." Estrangemcnt between the two‘
means the ultimate degradation and
. Elise 1.3909.
.wor $.15de G undertone belle ,
(Ol'j , .tlliltul hillstonclwerp hangs
child“ is Milk and he were cascluto
the depths of the sea.“ ~
“ ‘I reminded you that aermom went
down when the labor union arose, And
now I will remind you again that it.
was in that some century that the
'blind poet, JOllll‘ Milton, standing bo-
t’oro the parliament of England; gave
”immortal uttcratlce'llpon the great is-
"'c which we are here lo discuss this
i .crlloon. ill one of the most famous
...~',,..ullcnts ill classic literature,’ho
said, "(live me the liberty to know, to
utter and to argue freely according to
conscience, abovc all liberties." ,
It is bllt'lllli'ie Samucl (loumcrs. John
Mitchell. Frank Morrison anti . the
great host of mankind Whom they
honorably represent have, it. seems to
me, been, ill this twentieth century, dc.
nicd this llbcrty that we are here this
afternoon.
I aul here, first of all. bccallsc of lay
pcrsonal friendship for those men.
Witll'ono of them i have again llilll
again (littered. as i did ill his rcccl‘lt
political action. and yet with all nls
fought exterior, l bcllcvc be has the
(roost of llunrts, the bravest of spir-
lbs, and the sincerest of motives. I
mean Samuel (lompcl's. Another ol
the three is a mall to whom oven the
president of the United States looks
for counsel and advice, Secretary
Frank Morrison.
it has rccclltly been my privilege to
cnroll on behalf of organized labor, the
great university with which I am con-
nected. Swecl, lovahic. long suffering.
wise and strong, a man whom the Na-
tional Civic Federation has honored
Willi one of its highest. trusts, a man
who, only a few weeks ago, I saw sit:-
tillg side hy'sidc in (-onfcrellco with
the president-clout of the United States
and who has given himself, his great
influence and ills splendid talents. all
ol‘whicb he owes to llls‘lrninlag in
the labor union movement,fnot only
given in behalf of that lllbvcl‘n‘clll,‘hllt
ill behalf of the great ,issucs'of our
political life, a man who sits in (laiitv
collsnlltatiou with such 1110" as Seth
Low, Nicholas Murray Butler and oth-
er of our greatcst lcadcl's,‘hut who to
day stands sentenced to it months in
jail, John Mitchell. Wilcll three such
men as those stand before the people,
branded as criminals, the issue must
give us putisc.
And why lluvo they allowed them-
selves thus to suffer? i do not bclicvc
it. in nlcrc l‘ccklvssllcaa. it is 'llccuuse
they rculizc that to deny the liberty
which John Milton claimed, and which
they believes the constitution gives
them. of free speech and of iron press,
In to take away till- very best, if not
the last. optmriunity that organizod In
nor has of llminllllllillg not only its
powcl' llllt its life, for, ill the words of
Shakespeare:
"You take my house when you do take
the prop
'l‘llat doth sustain my haunt" you take
, my life i
When you do illki’ lilo lllcall‘g wllcrcby
I live."
I would not for onl- momcnr. stand
born this afternoon to collntcllallcc
sotliclllpti or violation of our constitl‘l-
:ion or our luwa. but i am willing “9
take issue with ”W illtcrl‘lrciation and
the appilcattioll‘ of those laws. and
when the illlcrprutation or the appli-
cation of a low violates, both the
constitution of the nation and tho
pollution. the issue is a serious one, ill
.hc interest of ltlw “EU”.
I do not know that i have any right,
out of my ignorance, to say that in-
junctions are lloccasurlly and ill (hom-
ywlvcs a grievous wrong, butl do know
that tllcir history loaves a dcviolls.
bllgllting trail or dark injustice, that
again and again it has laid its (feud
baud upon inc lustrumcuts of spiritual
progress. ‘
ill lbc curly days of the Christian
(gospel, i read ill the Book of Acts that
tho Apostll- Prior and another .lohn
wcrc billed before the court, and an ill-
lullclioll issued aglllpst thcm. llore is
the narrative:
"And they called tbcm, and coin
malldcll them not to spunk at. all nor
lcucll ill the name of Jesus. ‘
lint Peter and John answered and
said lllllo them. ‘Wllcthcl' it be right
in tllc siglllgol God to heal-ken unto
you morc than unto God, judge yc.’
" “For we cannot but speak the
things which we have seen and heard.’
“So when they (the court) had fun
thcr threatened them, they let them
go, finding nothing how - they might
punish them. ‘ll'ecaus‘é of the people;
for all men valoriflcd Godwi’or that.
which was donch-‘t ' . "~'
i do not forget that ‘in ,the dark
days of sluvcry’lllen‘were condemned
judicially by'court upon court for giv-
ing food callisbelter to ’the fleeing.
hungry; naked SillVES."'ATld men vio~
'ltlted the mandates of the court be
cause they had to (lo-:it. ' .. r
Certain it is that hill“? history of
'organiz'cd‘ labor, the‘ "ill'junction “has
been used by the court to violate til‘b‘
freedom of the people. . During the
New York, not. many years’ligo,‘°=th‘c
strikers and all others acting‘fbf‘theiflii
'werei‘Venjo‘ined' ‘ by the?” court, “not
only from being ill the vicinity-of
the factory, but also from being upon.
the street in Which théfo'lctdry'bt‘obd.‘
_Spithllt even the counsel for these men
was ~abt"-*allowed' to walki' lipoa " “the
,‘stl‘ect ,nponrambient-thel-factorvaas- why
,cated, The sameconrtjiunthcr issued
bin ‘lajuhctiou’forbidding" ”(as ‘illliori
rl~om‘~'givlng anyv’support' whatever my
nonrtlmoavmorkmcn. Wu. . ‘c‘
, i find that again andtbgain the courts
themselves. have~ deniedihe rights of
such injunctions. 'l’lS'in'lhc‘Case of the
conflict with the _ew York Suttfelh-
joiniug‘the union discounts from giv:
lag to the public theirside'oi thecon-
tmversy- with tlle‘Su’n, which injunc-
tion was reversed 'upon appeal.»
‘ N’i’hat wonder then.'that.wbea Mr.
.Gompers and his associates found that
the‘courts themselves were, disagreed,
,they shtiuldlall-i'ack upon the Coastl-
,.tutioa of the'Uhited States which de-
clares upon, the issue in . these ; terms:
ing the freedom of. Speech or of the
,agement oythe Erehidc‘at or the nation.
who“ ' his. psalms.“ hadl‘iurl deflated
with phasisythbt.the’.iiljlinctive pow:
{or was abused? so ”as to invade liberty
of aéllo‘h null 'oi‘ speech.
I want that We‘should have respect
0
third. as one of the lecturers of the‘
.‘Ullh'tlllllJOn or the moral conscience qt .
Cigar Makers” strike'at Bingh‘amton.”
or "ill “filly *way'r ill ' the‘lr“behall‘:-
.“Qohlfiwris shall pass no law. abrklgg
.preSsg'i. Indéed.‘ th'éy laid the encour?
a" , . .w,‘ w!" u .
.for our government. and for our laws.
Blitrl. remember that one of the old
New Haven divillos used frequentlyrto
pray: “land, keep us from deapiaing
our rulers,” un‘d‘thou he always audit
to add: “But, Ob lArd.:kecll our rul’;
ers from doing so many tillage that.
make us despise them.” So i would
pray that We may be kept front coll-
tcmpt of our courts but i also pray that
our courts may be clllolll‘otl from (lo.
lug those things which make us feel
contempt for them. - ~ ’ ‘
’l‘llo injunction upticr,,qucatlon was
sweeping. lt imposed . absolute al-
lcllce oi’ the fungus, and will-'1 prohibi-
tion of a single stroke of the pen. Mr.
(lompcre, as the president ‘of the Abl-
cl'lchn Fullcrution of Lbb‘or.‘ was en-
lolncd from nlnkinggauyi report all the
case to that body.‘ Thus these mcu
believed that it infringed the coastl-
t.utiollul gnuranty of both freedom or
apt-och and the freedom of ille,|ll‘ess.
'l‘llc Ann-rican Fodorutlonist. was pro
vented from making ally , otatclllcnt
that. it believed the business concern-
cll lll question to be unfair. 'i‘llc llt~
torncys for these men were llttmpcl'cd
ill their duty. A law was on the ‘stllb
ulca which declared that “a party can-
llot be adjudged guilty of contempt for
disobeying all order which the court
had no right to make." if it. was un-
constitutional the court had no right to
make it.
The question thus become a test
case as to whether or not the injunc-
tloll violated the Constitution. What
was there to do btlt to test it.
lllll there are other sutidcl' cllnptcrs
to this history which should not be
overlooked. Who are the complain-
ants against these men? The real man
back of it all is Mr. .i. W. Van Cleave,
:il man who has openly and confcsulldly
said that the aim of his um shall be
that industrial organizations of the
people. ”Ol'liltl‘pl’flpie and by the poo.
pic. known as the wage earnersshall
perish from the chill). llc has eliccrcd
at? the: “National Civic h‘cdcruilou.
“Through voice. through pen and press,
be has been giving of his time and of
his lllcalls and with ll great fund of
money behind him to this purposc. The
reason his colluucrcial enterprise was
placed upon tho, unfair list was be:
cause he has been knoml again and
again to discharge lncu from his car
ploy because they Wcrc“lllcmbcrs of
”10' Union. ‘ .
liptln one occasion ho wltbdrcw‘blu
patronage from a. printing ilrm be»
cause it granted the eight hour day
to its workmen. lls issued a circular
to ill] business men calling upon them
to take a similar action. He nondis-
cilllt'gcli nlcn from his employ and
has refused to have any dealings with
them bccullsc lbcy‘cnluc to him ill lilt-
l’ornl of conlnlittccs‘to sit down and
rcason togctllcr with him. i have read
his paper again and again and l buvc
uM‘t-r road lllliuircl‘ dcllllllcluliou nor
more bitter words tllun he has altered,
not simply against solnc particular ac.-
lioll of a labor union, but against labor
unions tbcmsclvcs its such. ‘ f
And It is to bc rclllculbcrcd that. ill
all this, the men thus attacked, buvc
ucvl'r sought lllly injunction against
him. They have hccn content with tho
liberty of reply and rojllllldcr lllli'il that
last llbcrty was taken away. He could
still vcviic. 'l‘hcycnliltl not dcfclld.
.Ailcmpts lluvo been lilildt‘ again and
again to injure the personal reputation
of labor loaders willow-were instigated
by him and those associated with him.
to buy them and corrupt tll‘cnl.
lint. the saddest thil of it all is the
sclllcllcc itscli, and l i only the son
lctlco itself, but the terms and condi-
tions of its issuance. For lllltcnlpcrcti
bitterness, satirical invmiivc. SWPt-pv
'ing denunciation, personal abuse and
'uui‘air installations. and specious, hag-
:al‘tl soplllstry, this opinion of Justice
Wright will cvcrvstand’ns it sud stain
upon the pages of the history of our
judicial tribunals. ’l‘llc jllllgtl should
have enjoined himself against such all
hilariously drunken passion. ' iic vol:
ominously quotca our» side and hardly
mentions the testimony of the other.
it did not colltlltc itscll‘lo the issue.
7t took up ullllrcpcalcll tbc vcry ut»
tcrauccs of abllsc which the cmnplallr
(int. Vain Clcavc has himsclf issued. lt
-rcfcrrcd to a book written by John
Mitchell ucven years ago to prove that
hf‘ intended to violate this order.
Judge Wright, it. is perfectly clear,
with tooling and forethought. arranged
.l dramatic scone instead of preserv-
ing the. calm judicial demeanor of the
judge.
lye witncsscs say that the utter:
all'ces were delivered with flashing
0W3. twitching lips and contemptuous
scorn. Anyone who reads this lo
markublc documcut can see between
wlhe lines the personal equation and
that it elnbodics a volcano of rclcut-
iessbatrcd. For two hours and twenty
m.uutcs, denunciation of these three
men, and of industrial organizations in
”general. was poured forth, and in that
"docdment there is not one word ill
evbn‘ a single minor mtg-according
my good whatever to these men or
to? the organizations that. , they reprc~
sou, Here are some of the expres-
sidns used, “rebel," "relentless blight."
“hideous pestilence." [torus ill such
“ternlsp‘as these that Justice Wright ce-
lbldéd 'ai momentous question to whiCh
should have been given. tbe‘most pa-
tient, and calm deliberation, the most
:pro'l'u‘ad , judicial balance: ahd the
mostguardcd utterance. ‘ '
‘t‘Bpt this is not. the worst. After
the delivery of this. sad abuse; before
rendering, and it would be supposed
before ultimately deciding. the penalty,
he callednpon the defendants to make
theiliia‘nswer‘.” ‘ * ‘ vi ‘ :9 -
*rSllppOsedly.-could they have? given
lany‘answer'tbnt whold modify the
judgment. the senteace‘would’i‘bo at
,least- itself modified. And here. _we
have the saddest evidence ill the whole
chapter—one hour before that time,
the newspapers of Wa‘shlngton had
published the sentence. in other words,
Justice Wright called upon those pris-
oners to "make their statement, which
was supposed to have something at
[least to do with the sentence, an hour
after that sentence had been com.
limply could not wait. i call that. a
wretched act. in the drama of justice,
allow” this be treason make the mos‘
ofit." A‘s Tile Outlook remarks: “The
iignlty of language was all nianit‘ested
by. the supposed criminals,“’imd"‘th'o
passion by thepjndgel" "Even theNew
York Post.“ Whlcbwb‘s's' kid‘sythpathy
with. organized labor. severely' Grill“
cized it; .
I‘am‘n'ot‘ a lawyer, but! do know
.nlllaicated to the Associated Press. ‘Hc ‘
1m. 9”.
_ nothln about what a, solculiod s '
milieu. grilotestlnlnpl'a case with
ltocdssarlly theillcflddoo‘oi‘ a luwfiliél'c‘
was a? cllsevwbcr’c conic of tbo‘ uhlest
counsel in ‘thc thud but] declared in
those three men that. the injunction
was lltlil and void because it impeach-
ed the (‘JollatituUtul of the United
States. Other courts had said so by
tllclr reversals. ~'l‘bcsc nlcll made it a
test case. Now i hPllcve it iii the cus-
toln ill such cascsdo impose what is
known as a nominal sentence, ‘lbt-
canes thcmaclvca being for the purpose
of: tlctcrllliulllg tbc lllw. '
'.lllot|cc Wright bimscll‘ refers to it
ill terms implying an initial test cane
and yet ill Ult' bloc of that be instills
(mo oi thc oxll‘cmcst ‘ f pcllultlcs. ‘
llcrc ”it‘ll, is our ssuc. A doubt-
ful legal case.
stituiionallt‘y. . .
A complainant whose malice is bit-
lt’r and whom- cod and aim is the
death of our industrial organizations.
A that cash visited with the ucvcrcsl
of l‘t‘hllltil.
A court whosv vcl'y decree shows it.
to iltl'dlil‘ltitlti to tho last dcgrcc. and
prejudicial to the very violation of the
rulcsiand customs at his sacred (lilies.
licl‘orc on. three‘ men of character,
illtcgl'lly and standing for thcir‘t‘cllows
in all bl‘nlorllblc cuusc.
To me. there are no shallows ill the
pul.b..
'l‘bcrcforc upon these grounds i am
glad of this privilege of voicing such .
prolcst as i may against this son
icucc. Ami still i‘llrtbcr of saying to
you (locally and frankly that l belicvt’
ill these men and ill the ultimate
locals for which they stand. 1 take
no stand for lawlessness. It is ool
wort-ll inc. ()ur unions must beware oi
its dangers. but our courts also mum
rcil‘aill from lawlessness lllld‘must l’l‘S
pool the Constitution. ,
I recognize that. this meeting is call
ed for this distinct purpose and that
no man who participates ill it is call
ed upon to declare himself yet upon
one other issue lll our midst which in
vitally affects our happiness and wcl
fare. Most ,of us feel that w“ hlivl
not yet bet-n suiilclenlly informed
about the issue between our Hatters
Unions and their employers. l corn
ostly hope that right burly sonic clcnl
stlltelllclli may be made which will put
that issue bctoro NS, for i believe that
in thcsc‘oucstions this public has tbl
right to know the very innermost Ht‘i‘
rots of tho issue.
May my tongue (-lcnvc to the roof or
my mouth, and this right hand iosc lit
cunning. before 1 shall ever by whispcl
or ,a sigh, disseminate disscnslol
among men. or which the divisions o
mankind. For above all things tilt
t‘brisliau minister must never brcult
the bruised l't‘l‘li of moral possibility
:lor quench tho smoking flux of laloll.
goods llc must oven learn to set.
the soul of goodness ill things cvil.
i own as' my rl‘icnds, and ulwlly.
shall, nlcn who Work in. the otllcb but
“it'll who stand at Ehfi‘lleiltfh. 3
l sec things in them both, some
Lilacs, which tho Gospcl condemns and
which ill its name :I should rcprovc.
.vithuul. any l'cgarll' whalcvcr to my
olt'll solely or popularity, whether it
in: tho grasping selfish clllploycr will
guts all he can ior'tbc least. llc cal
giro up, or the i'uilhiess cullpioyco will
gives the least be lull)". for the St‘t'lllllll.
fulfilment of his common, .-
l must regard them as workers to
author and so i do. the one with ”it -
.lulllc, right to soltqbis labor as the
‘otllcr has to buy fit and upon ,ahso
lutcly mtllli lerlli.s,3‘-ncitller owning tilt
other as his lord or master. This
much i can, for ulyscll' alone and rep-
vcsclltillg no other, any. that 1. corn
cslly bopc that it. may he spccllily set
filed with justice to both sitlcs. 1 corn
.lslly pray that rightful concessions
may he made and also that right, will
copies shall bc maintained an mattcl
what it costs. if in any point the cm
Dioytll‘l-i have bccll wrong i want then:
to give ill. ll' on.:ulty-issue the union
has done wrong, I want it to confess.
if either or both huvc done wrong and
cannot scc lit, tbcy should let others
decide it for them. This, however. i
do hope. that when it is settled it. may
be so that. every but that goes outoi
the shops of Norwalk shall, today as
yesterday if it be possible, bcar upon it
the mark which proves that it was not
made ill a sweat shop and that those
whose hands fashioned it did so under
generous provisions for theiritoil and
with sufficient leisure for their cul-
ture. .
I should like to settle the question
of'tbo open versus the closed shop.
it can never come, should never come.
by the dissolution of the“lllliOll.
Them in only one way. When every
workman owns ills share‘ of the profits
he helps create; when every workman
participates in every conference of
the business he helps build up. But.
more, when there is for every trade a
union and whensvcry luau of every
trade becomes a .‘member of‘tbe union
of the trade to which he belongs and
does his best to make his union good
and true. This is, the, only economic
solution and God speed its day. And,
ill this I am supported by no less a
pcrsbalhlm Andrew Carnegie. ‘
> May my closing word he tothc men
here this afternoon who are the lead-
ers; the movers and thé ,lnoulders, ill
these great causes. it ever in any day ‘
or generation. men were‘cmle‘d cinch to.
seok'the guidance of Almighty God, it
is our, Labor Union- leaders who (hold
such ‘nve responsibilities and who,
have in, their hands" sllch‘cternai“ des-
tinies of m'aakin'd’. ‘ T ‘ 1"" ~
, A d ,God‘grant that the day may
come. when all melt, employers and em-
‘ployed. shall be able to kneel down
together upon the mountain side be-
fore the Saviour of‘Mankihtl and to
pray as belhas taught men to’pray.
saying “Our Father."
FILES CURED IN 6 T014 DAYS.
PAZO OIN’I‘MEN'I‘ is guaranteed to
cure any‘caso of Itching, Blindpflleed-
lag or Protrading File» in 6th 14,days
or money refunded. .‘Btlc.’ 7
“i understand? said, the visitor,”
“hath Crimson Gulch is going to all-
torcc game laws." . -
t ”Yes." answered Bronco Bob, “We've
decided that birds and foul- logged
critters oughta't-to‘have all the pro
tendon», in: the interest otsport, We
decided to shut up the tarobanks and,
poker joints for a few weeks every
year, 50's to {title the early money a
chance to accumulate."———Washington
Stjll‘w‘ - j‘ ' 1 . .
Ip‘
All injunction which ‘
raises a question as to its own coll- _
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t :y l s ‘ry ‘ . V ,
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A Little Chat of
Spring Novelties
Some very new Satin Mes-l _ The Bordered Cotton Pop-
salines which have just iii-inns ("'0 Oi beautifulCl‘llorlugs
‘ ,tlilli tllc borders are cii‘cctiyc.
.‘ t‘t ') their tissue lilK‘l” , _ _ . _
K“ ‘ f“ m I ‘ |.\ 45—llll‘ll \vllllll \vlil pcrmlt
“T“l’llnll-Y" 3““ "VT." “‘“IV-llimtlf a skirt iicillg llllltlc with
llli‘ht'r‘. mil-‘1 c“imp” l‘lhl'li‘svltllc sillc hand at the bottom.
‘ ‘ ' l . ' . — ‘ -
soft and supple for i‘.lll|lll‘cl(.)lllt‘l wltltils arc 2, lllt‘llt‘n
gowns. 'l‘hc mp,” arc l1w:lll_lll lilc shades arc pulc blue.
qllccr tints oi' aloha-ring}”fl“ film! “hflnllliugm‘ “’l‘“,
' iilLl \Hiity lltlllltlh pl \vllltc
taupe. golden blown, "“"w‘nlltl black. 'i‘ilcsc urt- vcrv
livz-tllsll‘itlc,'liglli lllllc,rcscdzl, stylish. ' '
Il‘lllt‘iilyfit,‘ml(i ivory. 'l'llc
folds of this Mcssalillc as
Bandéaux for trolling coit—
l'llrcs arc in general use. 'l‘bcy
,arc liftcll Slillpit‘ :lllli slcllllcr
bands of gold likc ll tircck
illt‘l. ‘sonlctilllcs one. Mimi‘-
rillllt’fi‘ two lllllltls,_oflcll lilt‘l‘t‘
,zll‘c thrcc. llriiliallt l'illllt‘-
stones. alllctllysts anti silvcl‘
paiiicttcrz are sci till tilt‘rit‘
bands. which catch and l‘t‘llt't'l
the. light most charlllillgly.
Many of them are as clahol'~
die as tinras. 'l‘llcsc are at
the Jctvciry Scctiml.
(lrap‘cd how a silillllllcvillg
light that lllukcs lilclll Sillllt‘r
times changeable. $l.5ll :
yard.
._
The Dress Trimmings, tilc
lands and Appliqllcs are sim-
ply alluring and irresistible.
Tilt‘l‘c are some 'l‘ukio [lands
with elaborate clllhrohlcry of
gold. silver. and colored silk.
and there Vorc g tasscls and
fl'lllg‘t‘h’ of gull] gorgeous lic-
Tilc. llcts
Psyche Pins arc ill gcullillc
{or imitation shell, or even
gold, and are vcrlv bczlllliiul
and smoothly polls! l-ll. 'i‘llcy
1101]) to hold the knot ‘it‘Sitit‘i
lit-lug ()i'lllllllt‘iliill.
yolltl description.
and tissues of gold and sil—
vcr for yokcs lliltl plastmlls
arc so soil and phallic that
they call fucked and
Illilllt'li.
llt‘
~—»~——~—~-—~ Exquisite jeweled Vinai-
grettcs arc of crystal Ullt‘il““‘ti
ill gold. The top holds ..ll
:l‘lllcthyst; :l sappllirc, or a In
11:17.. and thc \vllnlc ililllgw
from a SlClllit‘l' gold chain.
Jet is used in l‘irbfuslnn,
and the bands and pendants
are brilliant and sparkling.
Thcrc have appeared lllllllcr-
ops clel‘llpics of lllc old iasllv
iollcll "bugle tl'illllllillg" ill
.;_.__.-..———
i’or rcnl lllilgillilt‘t‘llt‘t.‘ nlni
gilttcl‘illg' splendor (mc has
hilt ii) balk at tho Buttons.
gold and jet and tllc long gilt”
it‘l‘llll: llclltis arc. vcry ci‘i'ctv
il\‘t‘. ‘
‘. Read. C9
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wummogogmwuomuomowoouow
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Calpets.
' Rugs. .
on, out and Linoleum;
Curthin‘s‘ and Draperies ‘
Shades to Order a Specialty
* A Dickerman 81 Still
,. “1,8,4 Washington St. South NOMalk <
Telgpjypne 446 . , V
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, “"rwo WOMEN SEWtN,o,. ,
Non longago, iaoae- of. me beautif‘
fill public gardens. of Viéana, a Scam-
stresskfoun'd herself sitting beside a
quiet, plainly dressed woman who was,
sewing. . They got intiocdwnvetsation:
onjvdomestic matters and very‘ soon
were tolling each othcrbow théy made
their compasses 'sm‘l those or the
‘cllllcl‘ten‘alsd. , _ r , ‘
"I like to keep busy with that kind
of work,“ said. the seamstress. . ‘
“So do lI‘f agreed the other. "It
is a great pleasure." ‘ /
Then, as confidences were in order,
the seamstress continued: ‘
2H. .GE . T. n.
”$305 13mm ’
When one has just begun to acquire
superfluous flesh, ‘com‘picte abstinence
from sweets and starches, a moderate
amount. of toodfat‘alllgtimes, and daily
Eaterclse either _indoors‘ ‘or put will ,ei‘:
feet a cure. The effort,» however, must
be persistent, and [the "watchtulness
‘n'lllst coatinue”"even, after the desired
weight hasboen reached. Spasmodic
effortsat' diet or exercise will be at»
”salutely Without lasting effects. When.
pne’s weight has creptfarbcyond the
,‘uhrtnal ‘aniotlntj the~ restraillbill di‘et
must be strenuous and the exercise
injure violent. . ‘ ‘
pally News. .. .
'_‘My husband is a good man." CJ A 9,1329 28- I A- .
“Sons minefiflrespondédthe other. 13“" a. 1119 “my?“ 133‘? A!“ W!
"Mine, works at. tho-railwny station, 55mm“, .~ _ “ jg. ,
as his, rnlhsghla before lump. the d , 1m
Workms’fi‘loman. wanton. “My own . ww .
father was awoml, carve-l- What! Is frourlst (after long discussion with
yours?" ' ‘ ‘ station mastercwthe‘suwéctof catch—
ing a steamerl—So yon-'wouldwadvise
" 'l’yra‘lner lit Francis Josephs ”sum
‘ me to come back by the Sanday night
train in order to catch t e' boat on
the other, very simply) , .. ,
She was in fact, the Emperor ‘of
Austria's daughter, the Arch‘lltlclless Monday morning? .
Gisela. wife or Erince Leopold, son of . Station Master (Severely)——-'A won
the :rcgentybf {loyal-la, wholistamoua advise one man too profane the Sab-
oaths alostrdcmocratlc aadlanostonta- bath, but it’ll repeat—ii ye wait'tiil
Lions of, European royalties.-honcloa "nudity ye'll nae get the cohaectloa.~
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