June 10ths
6/10/1886 (AI-Generated) Brennan says his cousin fled to Milwaukee after the arrests. Fear spreads through the neighborhoods like cholera. Young Michael asks why the police carry so many clubs now. How does one explain the world's complications to a five-year-old? I tell him they're keeping everyone safe. The lie tastes bitter. [ Source ] 6/10/1887 Haymarket still in the papers. Whether Spies and the others actually threw the thing seems beside the point to most people. The point is that someone must hang for the general disorder. The lie is justified by saying they're keeping everyone safe. Brennan at the yard says his father came from County Cork with nothing but his arms and the idea that America was a country of laws. Cleveland's veto of the Texas drought relief bill last winter was a masterpiece of principled cruelty. "It is not the duty of the Government to support the people," he said. One pictures him sleeping very soundly. 6/10/1907 (Paris) (Kess...
