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The Commoner.
VOLUME 12, NUMBER 20
roforondum. In repudiating thoso
platforms ho forfeited all claim that
ho might havo formerly had upon his
party and Is unworthy of any demo
cratic nomination. A platform that
1b not binding Is a fraud. The ob
taining of ofllco under false pre
tenses Is as roprohonslblo as obtain
ing money under false pretenses.
"Lot him moot the issues. His
complaint that I do not urgo the
nomination of any particular pro
gressive Is as unfair as his other
criticisms. Ho would accuse mo of
dictating if I did urgo any ono pro
gressive as against others."
Now Hampshiro delegates to
Baltlmoro gd unlnstructed but the
convention expressed preference for
Champ Clark.
Now Mexico's dologation to Balti
more was instructed for Champ
Clark.
the church the following named
bishops: Henry W. Warren of Den
ver, David H. Mooro of Cincinnati
and Thomas B. Neely of New
Orleans.
Tho Utah delegation to the demo
cratic national convention goes unlnstructed.
Tho North Carolina delegation to
tho republican convention was in
structed for Roosovelt.
The South Carolina delegation to
Baltimore goes unlnstructed, al
though tho state convention indorsed
Woodrow Wilson.
Tonnossoo's republican delegation
Is for Taft.
Tho Washington republican con
vention spilt: Roosovolt forces name
ono set of delegates and Taft forces
another.
Tho Michigan delegation to Balti
more goes unlnstructod.
Tho general conference , of the
Mothodlst church in session at Min
neapolis retired from active " ork in J
Tennessee's democratic state con
vention did not instruct its delega
tions to tho democratic national convention.
A San Diego, Cal., dispatch, dated
May 15, and carried by tho Asso
ciated Press, says: With Emma
Goldman and Bon L. Reitman, her
manager, safely In Los Angeles, the
oxcitement of tho last two days has
completely calmed down tonight.
Reitman was taken from his apart
ment in a local hotel last night, it
was reported today, by armed vigi
lantes, was placed in an automobile
and hurried to a spot nine miles
from this city. There he was given,
it is said, a coat of tar and feathers,
tho letters "I. W. W." put on his
back and left with only his railroad
ticket and money and virtually no
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clothing. He reached San Berna
dlno, twenty-five miles northeast of
San Diego, early this morning after
walking all night, bought clothing
and food and trudged on to Escon
dido, five miles distant, weary and
apparently suffering much from his
experience. There he boarded a
train for Los Angeles after giving
out a statement in which he de
nounced the vigilantes for the way
they treated him and bitterly ar
raigned the authorities of San Diego
for doing nothing, he said, to pre
vent the alleged outrage.
Emma Goldman was escorted to
the railroad station early this morn
ing in an automobile after deciding
to abandon the attempt to lecture
in this city. Inability to secure a
hall and the hostile attitude of citi
zens induced her at the last mo
ment, it is said, to depart.
The letters "I. W. W.," the ini
tials of the industrial workers of the
world, around which the San Diego
"free speech," fight centers, were
first painted on Reitman's back.
Reitman was kidnaped in an auto
mobile while Emma Goldman was
appealing to the police to protect
her from the crowd which had sur
rounded her hotel.
Answering a request by Miss Gold
man, Chief of Police Wilson went to
the hotel and was closeted with her
when the crowd seized Reitman, who
was on the street.
Reports that Reitman was "feath
ered" and that the vigilantes set fire
to tho feathers, burning him severe
ly could not be verified. It is believed
that Reitman secured a jumper and
overalls at a ranch . house near
Escondido.
The North Carolina delegation to
the democratic national convention
will be divided between Governor
Wilson and Oscar Underwood.
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A Sacremento, Cal., dispatch, car
ried by the Associated Press, says:
Colonel Harris Weinstock, special
commissioner appointed by Governor
Johnson to investigate the San Diego
"free speech" campaign, carried on
by the industrial workers of the
world, finds in his report made pub
lic recently, that the vigilantes of
San Diego have been guilty of more
culpable offenses than the industrial
workers, and recommends their
prosecution.
Commissioner Weinstock finds
that the industrial workers preach
the following doctrines.
A That workmen are to ra nnv
and all tactics that will set the re
sults sought with the least possible
expenditures of time and energy.
B The question of riehfc nr wrnn-
is not to be considered.
C Tho avenging sword is to be
unsheathed with all hearts resolved
on victory or death.
D The workman is to help him
self when the proper time comes.
E No agreement with an em
ployer of labor is to be considered
by the worker as sacred or inviol
able. F The worker is to produce in
ferior Roods and kill Hm in o.f-
tools repaired, in attending to re-
p,h vYuiii, uu uy u snent understand
tug.
G The worker is to look forward
to the day when he will confiscate
the factories and drive out the
owners.
H The worker is to get ready to
cause national industrial paralysis
with the view of confiscating all in
dustrial, meanwhile taking forcible
possession of all things that he may
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I Strikers am fn ritaM-,, j
treat with contempt all judicial in
junctions. t0il,
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iiiuiuuuLJuus uuu nominated? qasi. its
candidate for the presidency, Eugene
V. Debs, and as its candidate for tho
vice presidency, Emil Seidel, former
ly mayor of Milwaukee. An Associ
ated Press report of the convention
proceedings, says:
Aside from the nominations tho
only other business of the convention
was the adoption of a section of the
constitution which places the party
as taking a decided stand against
"violence as a weapon of the work
ing classes."
The session was the most heated
of the convention and tho section
was not adopted until after several
hours of debate, which many times
ran into personalities.
Personalities entered into the de
bate when J. O. Bentall of Illinois
charged that the board of directors
of the Daily Socialist, published in
Chicago, sanctioned violence in the
recent garment-makers' strike in
Chicago, and charged Mary O'Reilly
and George Koop as being two of tho
directors who favored the practice.
Miss O'Reilly explained Bentall's
charges as due to friction which had
resulted in Bentall being removed as
an editor of the paper. Koop also
denied the directors' sanctioned
violence in the strike.
Congressman Victor L. Berger of
Milwaukee declared those who op
posed the section belong with Emma
Goldman and are trying to hide be
hind "political action."
"There is no bridge between so
cialism and anarchism," said Con
gressman Berger. "Those who stand
for 'political action' are not for the
bomb-thrower and the dagger-wield-er.
The trouble is that there are
anarchists in the party who are try
ing to hide under the guise of the in
dustrial workers of the world."
Suffragists scored in the national
socialist convention, when they
amended the section of the constitu
tion pertaining to membership in, the
party to read "an unrestricted politi
cal rights for both sexes."
An Associated Press dispatch from
Lake Mohonk, N. Y., says: The
platform reported by the executive
committee of the Lake Mohonk con
ference on international arbitration,
for adoption, was in part as follows:
"Tho eighteenth Lake Mohonk
conference on international arbitra
tion expresses its profound gratitude
to the president of the United States
for his illustrious service for the
cause of international peace in the
effort for the arbitration treaties
with Great Britain. and Franco. We
believe, that the president in this
memorable effort represented the
great popular sentiment of the
American neonlA. nnrt finninrino- fho
defeat for the movement of his high
purpose we call upon the people for
unremitting endeavor to secure the
early conclusion of treaties of equal
or broader scope with the great na
tions of the world.
n "It Is Prominently the duty of
the United States to maintain strong
leadership in this commanding cause.
We record with satisfaction the re
cent ratification by the senate of the
united States of the declaration of
London, which makes it possible to
coluuuhu me international peace
C?U4lt and on tll evo of tlle creation
of the committee to prepare the pro
gram for the international con
ference, we urge such broad and ad
vanced American action as shall con
tribute to secure the most efficient
basis of organization and procedure
tor this annual conference, adoption
of a general treaty, the marked de
velopment of the international court,
the united action for the limitation
vi armaments.
"We emphasize anew tho need of
earnest efforts everywhere for such
a public opinion as shall compel .the
powers party to The Hague convdn
S??S !j respect the same In letter
and spirit and to resort to no hoafclli-
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