The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-07-05

! A roKRESroNpENr OF che Cleveland
4 Le.rtsl writes as follows respecting Mr. A
NJ Foran. President Of the Coopers In
tcrnatiunai Union. the only Labor Re
former elected a. the Constitutional Con
yention 10 uhiu. The question under dis
cussiun Was 4 proposition t. abolish all
usury laws
The debate vas opened by Freib-rg. who
| spoke at length, quoting authorities, adyanc-
ing arguments and citing history IA support
Of his proposition, giving no very new thoughts
on the question.
! He was followed by Foran Of Cleveland.
/ whom many ~ his constituents doubtless view
as turbulent fellow, mbued with ideas
/ dangerous % society, and anxious t. ierment
disorder Foran Is not this kind of a man
/ His career here has stamped him as a young
man of promise and undoubted ability His
speeches show him to he a careful student, an
extensive reader close thinker, looking care
/ fully at all sides Of the question, but study
ing 1t mostly from worklngman's stand
| point. When he talks he is listened to wit a
! close attention, because his thoughts are
/ unique. something outside of the ordinary
| channel, and his efforts smack sometimes Of
/ reasonable utterances against the established
order OF things IN society. which show him to
| be possessed Of dream OF that happy state
Of society, (which is essentially communist
when, Ike the Disciples men shall hold all
things IN common. He argued against free
trade IN money, claiming that to abolish the
usury laws was to legislate in favor Of the cap
ltalist and place the poor at the mercy of the
rch. During his remarks he said 9 that their
was gulf in this country. between the poor
and the rich, between labor and capital, which
was widening constantly, and it would some
day be bridged by revolution. This is com
munlsm, and Rowland, free trade Methodist
/ statesman, from the empire of Hamilton,
boldly and scathingly denounced Foran
communist in reply to his speech. Rowland
is a savage in debate He is bound by no
rules Of politeness HI rushes on an oppo-
nent, and If he can kill him before he cries
/ for quarter, he does it with cheerful haste,
and no remorse. His language, in which he
termed Foran Communist, was unwantonty
severe and insulting. How anxious, as a class,
Americans are to extermnate man that dares
to entertain an opinion not strictly endorsed
by the American mind Foran has a right to
br Communist, and Communist member Of
the Constitutional Convention Of the great
State IF ono, and has a right to express his
sentiment, 10 that Convention If he does 1t IN
accordance with established usages, that is il
tins Is a free country.
Just t. think how poor Foran must have
WINGED when ths Methodist. Free Trades
bully denounced him As a Communist /.
What am overwhelming argument to be
sure If the utterance of a truth that is
every day growing more and more self evi-
dent Ms cupmunism then let Mr. Row
land and men Of his ilk make the most Of
1t. They will ind, however, that savagery
and backguardism in debate viii avail
them little wien once the masses are
aroused to action.
If Mr.. Rowland will send us his photo
graph We Will cheerfully publish it as the
likeness Of man who is directly respon-
sible for the existence Of communism.
Discovery o. Iron ORE.-A company
ct Pittsburgh capitalists recently leased a
tract Of land on Brush Mountain, nearly
opposite Upton, Of the Messrs McMul-
Inns, and another farm of the Messrs
Dyserts, tor the purpose Of manufacturing
iron. Both Of these farms contain vein
OF fossil ore 1--WE feet nine inches in thick
ness. These farms are within less than
one and half miles Of the Pennsylvania
railroad, and the lands are believed to be
literally ineXhaustlble Of that kind Of ore
and Of the best quality, We congratulate
the MIR. McMnllins upon their fortunate
discovery and its results We believe that
one-tenth Of the mineral wealth Of this
state yet remains undeveloped, and in the
course Of time We predict that Pennsylva-
MIA will be the largest manufacturing dis
trict in the world