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Hellraisers Journal, Wednesday February 27, 1918
Buffalo, New York – Kate O’Hare to Speak on Thursday
From the Buffalo’s Socialist New Age of February 23, 1918:
Tribune of The People,
–Speaker at Music Hall
—-Faces 5 Years in Jail
—–FIVE YEARS AWAY FROM HER CHILDREN
-KATHLEEN, JUST STANDING WHERE CHILD TURNS TO MAIDEN;
AFFECTIONATE, BROWN-EYED GENE, NOW NINE YEARS OLD;
KEEN, ALERT VICTOR, THE OTHER TWIN,
AND DICK, 14 THE ELDEST.
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Kate Richards O’Hare, who was considered the most powerful woman orator in the Socialist movement, and whose ability as a lecturer is comparable only with such men as Eugene V. Debs and William Jennings Bryan, will deliver one of her mastery addresses under the auspices of the Socialist Party in Elmwood Music Hall on the evening of Thursday, February 28th. Mrs. O’Hare is known throughout the length and breadth of the land as a most eloquent advocate of the cause of Socialism, and a fearless defender of the rights of the oppressed.
SENTENCED FOR
FIVE YEARS.Recently she has been sentenced to five years in a Federal prison for alleged violation of the espionage law, in which she was accused of stirring up opposition to the draft in a speech delivered last summer in North Dakota. She is out on bail pending the appeal of her case.
TRIBUNE OF THE PEOPLE.
John M. Work, of the editorial staff of the Milwaukee Leader and an author of world fame, said of Mrs. O’Hare after her sentence by United States Judge Wade:
Kate O’Hare is a tribune of the people. For years she has unselfishly devoted her life and talents to the great task of making the United States safe for democracy. In other words, she has steadfastly worked for political and industrial democracy, both of which are all but entirely lacking in this country. All believers in genuine democracy will hasten to her defense, in the hope that the appeal of her case may result in the reversal of the decisions.
MAX EASTMAN’S PRAISE.
Max Eastman says of Kate O’Hare:
If there is any way to strike at the heart of the Socialist movement in this country it is to put people like Kate Richards O’Hare in jail and keep them there. She is in the heart of the movement and she always has been. She has given her life’s energy to the cause of liberty for the working people. It is a tremendous energy and she can stand anything they do to her, but the movement can’t stand it. We can’t do without her and we won’t. That is the mood in which I contribute to her defense.
MAYOR HOAN’S EULOGY.
Daniel W. Hoan, Socialist mayor of Milwaukee, eulogizes Mrs. O’Hare as follows:
In this struggle to abolish wage slavery, Kate Richards O’Hare has been a brave fighter and her voice has been heard throughout the length and breadth of the land. It is with great sorrow that I learned of her conviction. If to raise a voice against the terribles laughter is a crime, then possible Kate O’Hare is guilty but we all know that history will not regard it a such. In any event, the women of America may well be proud of the brave fight which their sister has made throughout her life for the cause of liberty and justice.
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SOURCE & IMAGE
The New Age
(Buffalo, New York)
-Feb 23, 1918
https://www.newspapers.com/image/354187518/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/354187525/
See also:
For photo of Elmwood Music Hall
http://buffalonews.com/2016/03/22/torn-down-tuesday-elmwood-music-hall/
The Conviction of Mrs. Kate Richards O’Hare
and North Dakota Politics
National Civil Liberties Bureau, March 1918
https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=CKE0AQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA1
History of the Labor Movement in the United States, Vol. 7
Labor and World War I, 1914-1918
-by Philip s. Foner
Pages 321-323: “Imprisonment of Kate Richards O’Hare”
International Publishers, 1987
(Re: KOH speech July 1917, f/b arrest, convicted Dec 14, 1917 & gets 5 yrs, to prison Apr 1919 after appeals exhausted.)
https://books.google.com/books?id=cGPtAAAAMAAJ
Chronicling America
Search: Kage Richards O’Hare, July 1, 1917 to April 30, 1919
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/results/?date1=07%2F01%2F1917&rows=50&searchType=advanced&language=&proxdistance=5&date2=04%2F30%2F1919&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=kate+richards+o%27hare&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1&sort=date