"The notorious organization called the Industrial Workers of the World," he said, "has for its well-known purpose the revolutionary destruction of our political institutions. In certain localities this anarchistic organization has gained an amazing amount of strength, and throughout the country it has issued membership cards to the extent of hundreds of thousands."
Many leaders in the socialism movement, the speaker declared, "are closely affiliated and in sympathy with the I. W. W." their attitude toward the world war, he said, "shows their class hatred, and opposition, to our existing form of government."
Leaders of the third, or non-partisan league movement, the speaker asserted, also are closely connected with the I. W. W. and the socialists. Their work, likewise, is being carried on "in practically every section of the Union for the purpose of uniting upon a basis of class distinction, the laboring elements of our cities and the rural population of the country."
"The end," he continued, "desired by the more radical of these discontented elements is the establishment in America of a bolshevik government similar to that in Russia. They believe in the rule of the minority and that minority should be the proletariat." The less radical seek, he said, to enact legislation placing all industrial institutions under governmental ownership, control and operation, "resulting ultimately in the complete surrender of individual rights."
Ample government authority now exists, the governor pointed out, to prevent any industrial monarchy and curb detrimental individual fortunes. 