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Hellraisers Journal – Saturday April 4, 1914
“Mother Jones, at eighty-two, I toss up my hat for you.” by Edmund Vance Cooke
From the Chicago Day Book of April 1, 1914:
TEXT:
MOTHER JONES!
-by Edmund Vance CookeMother Jones, at eighty-two,
I toss my hat for you,
Mother Jones.
Your old body holds the spirit
Of the freedom we inherit.
Was our Declaration signed
To be spat on and maligned
By some epauletted hind?
Is our Constitution void
When a corporate power’s annoyed?
Is our history a lie
To forget, or to deny?
Mother Jones, at eighty-two,
We forget it–but not YOU,
Mother Jones.Mother Jones, at eighty-two,
What they tell me may be true,
Mother Jones.
For your manners may be crude
And your tongue at times imbued
With a twang the world calls rude.
Mother Jones, at eighty-two,
Are they never rude – to you,
Mother Jones?Mother Jones, at eighty-two,
I would rather fare with you,
Mother Jones.
Fare with you, succeed or fail,
Win the fight, or win the jail,
Than with officers, gold-laced,
Than with judges, snugly placed.
History will yet acclaim
Yours the honor, theirs the shame.
Theirs? Nay, ours!
We free men pause,
We desert the holy cause
Of the LAW against the laws;
Leaving all the fight to you,
Heroine – at eighty-two!
Mother Jones!
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SOURCES & IMAGES
Quote Mother Jones, Ladies Women, NYT p3, May 23, 1914
https://www.newspapers.com/image/20380177/
The Day Book
(Chicago, Illinois)
-Apr 1, 1914
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045487/1914-04-01/ed-1/seq-21/
See also:
Edmund Vance Cooke (1866-1932)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Vance_Cooke
The Socialist
(Seattle, Washington)
-Aug 11, 1901, p8
“A Universal Owner” by Edmund Vance Cook
https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/thesocialist-seattle/053-SS-1901-08-11.pdf
The Public
(Chicago, Illinos)
-Apr 1904-Apr 1905
(Search: “edmund vance cooke”)
https://books.google.com/books?id=odgaAAAAYAAJ
“A Man is Passing” by Edmund Vance Cooke
Poem written on the death of Cleveland Mayor Tom L Johnson 1912
https://teachingcleveland.org/tag/edmund-vance-cooke/
Dec 1918 – Pearson’s Magazine: “Our Gene” by EVC
https://books.google.com/books?id=4pCTlmylhzkC&pg=PA91&lpg=PA91&dq=%22edmund+vance+cooke%22+%22our+gene%22&source=bl&ots=kd5OlVGu14&sig=ACfU3U277RwVtGAv-jYa-bLy2PL1A9Sbtw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjqic-XmK6FAxWxiO4BHfQ4DV8Q6AF6BAgUEAM#v=onepage&q=%22edmund%20vance%20cooke%22%20%22our%20gene%22&f=false
Hellraisers Journal – Wednesday April 1, 1914
International Socialist Review: “Mother Jones” by Paint Creek Miner, “Have you seen this aged fighter?”
Tag: Edmund Vance Cooke
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Tag: Military Despotism Colorado 1914
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Tag: Colorado Coalfield Strike of 1913-1914
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