Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-12-02
The Comxa,anists.
Although the Communists have bee,

The Comnaunists.a !
Although the Communists have been
n"minally quiet during the lsst summer.
and bu, li,,le Of startling nature has
been heard from them, yet i must not be
surmssed that they, have cefsd % exist,
Or given up their fanatical and insane
ideas as regards the division Of property
and the rights Of workingmen. On the
contrary, there Aas been more agitation
and activity in their ranks during the last
few months than there has been ever be.
fore. and developments Of startling ma
,ure will have to be looked for during the
coming winter. The leaders Of the Com
tnunists in this country, though fanatical
In the extreme. are men of considerable
ability and determination. They cling to
the idea that their mission In the world IA
10 reform the present state Of society and
create an Eldorado where workingmen
need no longer earn their living by the
sweat IF their brow, but will 1--we in COM
fort and have plenty by dividing the prop
erty ef the rich equally among all. The
leaders are willing to endure hardships,
and even imprisonment, for the
sake OF their peculiar ideas, Nothing At
all can deter them from the path they have
laid out for themselves, and if they are
wiped out at one place they are sure t.
turn up III another. Most Of the leaders
in this country have been driven out OF
Europe for trying to revolutionize the
world, and if they were driven away from
here, they would undoubtedly turn up
else and continue to preach
their crazy doctrines. The fiasco they
they have made IN this city during the
last two years has not in the least subdued
their ard"r. On the contrary, it has only
increased their determination to win or
perish. They have, however, learned q
lesson by their repeated failures. No
longer d. they work openly as they have
been doing. nor d. they allow outsiders
like Hoffman, Oelke, Gruenhut, and others
to get into their ranks. All those who
have been found not to b. actuated by a
pure desire to benefit the workingmen,
but rather BY desire to obtsin promi.
ncnce or gain by acting IN harmony with
them, have been turned out They know
now that it would take days, months and
years before the workingmen "fthis c''un.
try could be imbued with their peculiar
doctrines, and the idea to get up demon
str..ions and res buttons Ut certain points
only would invariably result in defeat
No more mas>-meetings are held, bu, 1
20 ps Of men has been regularly trained t.
act rs agiiat"rs aud make Converts all
over the world. The Workingmen's par
ty of Illinois, as tie Communists Of thi.
city styled themselves, no longer act rs ar
independent organization, buthas placed
itself under the prolectorate Of the Socie
ty of Internationals. wl,icn has branches
in every prominent city in the w"r'd.-
The Executive Committee Of the Society,
which formerly resided IN Paris, France
and Leipsig, Germany, has now its head
quarters NJ New York, and its mandates
arcsimplicitly complied with by all The 10
cal organizations without the question o1
why or wherefore. The Central Commit
tee believes that the com. .ng winter will
see an unusually large number Of work
ingnen out Of employment, and hence il
is thought that it viii: he the proper time
to strike a blow. These men are convinc
ed that after opening the ball the unem
ployed laborers will rush tO their aid, and
that no better time than the coming win
ter could b. selected to commence opera
tions. For months they have been organic
ing military companies in nearly all the
large cities to serve as nucleus for new re
cruits. In striking this blow, however
they will come as thieves in the night, land
their presence will only be known when
they hoist The red flag, with the battle.cry
Of "Liberty. Fraternity and Equality
over the ruins of the PALACES and store
houses Of the capitals 8. It sounds strange
but it is nevertheless true that these fanat
les are maturing plans to burn the princi
pal cities of this and the old country a
thessame time, and thus destroy n large
part Of the capital Of the world. They be
lieve that it il the capital alone which
holds them down, and after destroying
this they would have but little trouble in
enlisting all the workingmen in thei
cause and carrying out their long cherish
ed plans. Secret meeting in r gard t
this matter are held in the various cite
nearly every week. A meeting Of this
kind was held yesterday afternoon be
tween the local Committee Of the 1nterna
tionals and the Executive Committee o
the Workingmen's party Of Illinois, a
No. 40 West Lake street, at which tim
plans were laid 10 reduce Chicago to
heap Of smoking ruins whenever the sig
nal is given by the Central Committee o
the Internationals. That this is no, idl
talk is shown by the fact that at lat
meeting of the Labor Reform League,
branch of the ln,ernationals, at Boston
these came matters were discussed, ant
one Of the speakers publicly daclare'
that the Chicago Communists were th'
best organized and might be deputed t
commence the work of destruction in thi
city, which would be the signal for tn
Communists of o her places. This ma!
be considered all talk, yet it will be vel
for the authorities to keer sharp eye Of
those fanatical reformers.-Chicago Tri
bune.
Thanksgiving in Danbury.
Danbury News. ),
:. Il lsjpst as necessary to; have >poultfl
for Thanksgiving dinner % i isito hav
light. A Danbury couple named Brigham
were going t" have poultry for their din