America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 446 Unity is Strength
When the San Francisco judge saw these barristers file into the courtroom, his eyes were straightened.

What lineup is this!

Usually it's hard to see one of them.

This is great, it's all here at once.

Among them, the gray-haired, well-dressed old man named Rums Field was also his teacher in the law school.

In his impression, teachers rarely take cases.

How much energy does the group of Labor Knights have, and they can invite such people!

Is this lawsuit still worth fighting?
And the process of the trial was not what he expected.

The whole trial has almost become a defense performance by several big lawyers.

These bigwigs quoted extensively from many sources, and defended Hawley's behavior from various angles such as facts and evidence.

The defense of each of them can enter the textbook of the law school.

Everyone present, including the jury, was dumbfounded and stunned.

Even their emotions have been swayed by these lawyers.

Whether it is in terms of legal provisions or morality, it seems that the labor leader sitting in the dock in front of him is beyond reproach.

And the final result of the trial, there is no suspense.

Hawley and the mayor's daughter were acquitted and released in court.

As the pair walked out of court smiling, the results were evident.

Once again, the crowd burst into enthusiastic cheers.

People seem to welcome the return of heroes.

While Hawley was in court, the state legislature was impeaching the governor.

Compared with Hawley, Stoneman is not so lucky.

The person who proposed impeachment was a Democratic representative.

This person has always been quite at odds with Governor Stoneman, so, in line with the purpose of beating the dog in the water, he did not save the governor at all during the presentation process.

In addition to instigating members of the Labor Knights to throw bombs, he was also charged with six other charges, including selling officials and conferring titles.

The governor even took out a position in the state that he could directly appoint for a private transaction.

Representatives tried to paint the governor as a cold, arrogant and lifeless executioner, a greedy and ignorant bureaucrat.

Naturally, the grumpy Stoneman would not let him criticize, and immediately retorted.

The Democratic Party saw that the governor not only pleaded not guilty, but also tried to quibble and resist, so they attacked him.

They started a wheel war.

The Republicans, represented by the speaker, said nothing, watching everything that happened in front of them indifferently.

They've decided to drop the troublemaker in exchange for a calm down and Democratic support for another important bill.

Plus behaviors such as selling officials.

They are really ashamed that they chose to elect such a governor at that time.

The lengthy hearing continued into the afternoon.

A second and third hearing followed.

At first, the governor also pushed back against the attacks made against him.

It wasn't until later that he finally realized the fact that he had been given up.

Stoneman chose not to struggle.

In the end, the state legislature passed the impeachment of Stoneman by a unanimous vote, and the governor's position was taken over by the lieutenant governor. As for Stoneman, the state court will try him later.

What the former governor will face may also be a prison sentence.

When the meeting came to the end and the matter had been settled, the speaker asked Stoneman if he had anything else to say.

There was no sign of repentance on Stoneman's face.

Having completely torn his face with the two parties, he gritted his molars and said:
"You short-sighted frogs in the well, do you think that those workers and peasants will give up because of your compromise? Just wait! One day, you will regret it too much."

Whether Stoneman's words are worrying or venting anger.

But Hawley did.

On the second day after the court pronounced the verdict, he and Chen Jianqiu met under the lighthouse in San Francisco.

"My suggestion to you is to integrate workers and peasants and unite all forces that can be united. Only in this way will you have the capital to fight against the inherent forces of this country." Chen Jianqiu leaned on the railing and watched the rough sea.

Unite the workers and peasants, as well as some small handicraftsmen.

But looking at individuals, they are all weak and weak, but collectively, they are a powerful force.

Except for those big business owners, I am afraid that there is no force that can compete with them.

And the biggest business owner in California is Chen Jianqiu.

It wasn't long before Hawley reshuffled the organization.

He and the labor unions in California collectively withdrew from the Knights of Labor.

In this national strike on May [-]st, except for California, the performance of the Labor Knights in other places was very poor.

Mr. Bodley, the head of the Knights, tried his best to prevent the following branches from participating in the strike.

This makes the contradiction between the grassroots and the leadership all the more apparent.

So Hawley decided to call it quits.

He discussed with Dunleavy, the California head of the National Farm Federation, and decided to integrate the two organizations into the Populist Party.

And use this as a political identity, as a third party other than the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, to fight for the corresponding rights and interests of workers and farmers.

At this time, on the continent of the United States, the "Popular Party" movement was in the ascendant, and various political parties of similar nature were gradually emerging in other states.

This movement reached its climax from 1892 to 1895, and for the first time in American history, important forces other than the Republican Party and the Democratic Party emerged.

Ten years later, Mr. Hawley Romney, who was the governor of California at the time, would bring his wife, the mayor's daughter, to the lighthouse to relax from time to time.

He still remembers what Chen Jianqiu said to him under the lighthouse.

He has always believed that it is precisely because he has been following the direction indicated by this sentence that the Populist Party has the opportunity to gain a place in the cracks between the two parties.

Besides meeting Huo Li, Chen Jianqiu also met another person.

That was the old detective of the Pinkerton Detective Agency, the living legend Hellman.

Chen Jianqiu didn't need to see him originally.

He had his sentence reduced for being a key tainted witness in the governor's and Brannan's cases.

You only need to stay in prison for three or four years before you can come out.

But the old detective didn't know whether it was because he didn't want to waste a little life or because he had a great sense of mission to restore Pinkerton's glory.

He escaped from prison.

The prison guards didn't take this matter seriously, and the police didn't take it too seriously.

Anyway, the west is so big, if you really run away, you won't be able to find it.

But Chen Jianqiu cared.

As we all know, those opponents who he put into prison cells or mental hospitals should still survive if they stayed honestly.

But if you want to run out and prepare for a comeback, then the end may not be very good.

The last guy to do that was Scott.

The old man's bones are still unknown where they are buried.

With Hanif's efforts, Heilmann was caught again soon.

He was tied up and taken to the edge of the cliff below the lighthouse.

Chen Jianqiu stood there.

"The loser eats the dust. I have nothing to say. If you want to kill or cut, it's up to you." Hellman took a deep breath and said.

"En." Chen Jianqiu hummed.

"I have one more question, is Lynch?"

"boom!"

Before Hellman finished speaking, a gunshot sounded.

His head was shot, his body tilted, fell off the cliff, fell into the sea, was hit by the waves, and disappeared.

Chen Jianqiu put away his gun, glanced down the cliff, and shook his head:

"Where do you get so many words?"

(End of this chapter)