The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-19
Is the National Labor Party Ashamed
of it's Communistic Allies2

OF It's COmmun1BGlc Al11eSf
OF course it is not pleasant for the
smooth tougued, elegantly dressed, pro-
fessionaI gentry who have taken charge OF
the workingmen's party and profess to be
its representatives, to be confronted with
the rough exterior and uncourtly phrase
ology of the Kearneys and Schwabs of
their party. The elegant fastidiousness
of style and purity of speech, as we'll as
polish of manners, which they assume In
their character of respectable leaders of
great and unmistakable revolution of polit-
ical conditions and parties, Of necessity,
stands ready to ignore the great drayman
of the Pacific coast who wears a dirty
shirt, swears like pirate, and murders
the English language in the most fearful
manner, But their denial of brotherhood
with a man whom all the world knows has
organized the movement on the Pacific
slope, and has given it all the vitality and
strength which it possesses in the
far west, only shows that the lead
ers of the movement else
where have less of real sympathy and
less of actual contact with the class of peo-
pie of whose cause they would like to APP
pear to be the special champions. 1t GER
tainly is not very popular in some localities
to confess either sympathy or utilization
with the Kearneys, the Schwabs, or even
the Pomeroys of the party, but when such
men are left out Of the list the names of
distinguished leaders of the new departure
become few and little noted. 1t is tb'
bold aggressive men like Kearney who &C
complish the work of revolution.
His utterances have the ring of lead
ership among the class whom he seeks Il
organize and array against the other 30
litical parties. He has at least definite anC
positive convictions, he makes no false anC
hypocritical statement of his intentions
his purpose is to kill off the influence o
capital and substitute the dictation of la
Dor. He goes straight to the point anC
openly ayows his object. He stride
across the continent, fresh from the field o
his labor on the golden Shores. ant
in Fanuel Hall declaims to the gathered
crowd with all the vigor, profanity, ant
demagogical dislike of culture and inteli
gence which had distinguished him amonG
the sand lots and slums of the city of tn
Golden gate. He disdains culture, an,
he says so; he is in earnest to secur
supremacy and success and he advise
boldly and to the poiut,-"pool you
issues" is his motto; il is class, nc
measures, whose interest he advocates
and whose success he seeks. There is lif
and vitality in such appeals and such kin
of political efort,-it enkindles life an
heat, and awakens enthusiasm and belle
in the possibilities of success. 1t is a lonI
ways more manly and more attractive t
the multitude than the aristocratic air ant
unsympathetic propriety which Drofesse
to be anxious to accomplish the same emf
but looks down in constant fear and Del
sonal disgust on the unwashed an
unlettered Kearney and denies his bein
leader Of the party. 1t is men like Kearne,
who build up parties out of tt
material he labors with, and for the pu
poses at which he aims. Men with ari
tocratic leanings and dainty and class
hands, may talk ever SO glibly and ever
fair of speech, and yet, the people reco
nize instiuctively that they have no re
heart in the notions and theories viii,
they advocate, that they have no real syI
pathy for the poor, or any hearty dispol
ton to alleviate their sufferiDgs, or to 8
their wrongs righted.
1t is very common remark that Il