Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-06-01

Floating i'm the Breeze at st. LOui'
Extensive COmmumistic Demon
StrntiOn, and Incendiary Speeches.

Extensive COmmunistic Demon
StratiOn, and Inceudiary Speeches
Special Dispatch TO the Enquirer
ST. LOUIS, May 19.-During the
past two months the Socialistic La.
Dor party of st. Louis have been
making preparation for their grand
procession and picnic, which came
off to-day, The various organiza.
tions were on the march at an early
hour this morning, and at nine
O'Clock began concentrating i'm the
open space between the south side
of Lucas, Market and Washington
Park. At ten o'clock the procession
| got in motion. It was made up as
follows:
The First Section, headed by three
Grand Marshals, was composed of
the WOrkingmen's Protection AS
sociation of St. Louis, South St.
Louis, Turner Hall Branch of the
Socialistic Labor Party, and the
Labor Protection Society of Belle
Vile, ILL.,, composed of 400 miners
now on strike for higher wages.
The second section was composed
of the st. Louis Bakers Union, the
Hyde Park Branch of the SOcialis-
tic Labor Party, the Lowell Branch
of the same, the Cabinet-makers'
Union, the Carpenters Union, and
the Bohemian Turner'S Society.
Section three was composed of
Teutonia Hall Branch of the Social
istic Labor Party, Topographic
Branch of the same, TailOrs' Union,
Coopers' Union and the Bohemian
Branch of the Socialistic Labor
Party.
Section four was composed of
Concordia Dodge No. 3, Seventh
Ward SOcialistic Club, First Ward
SOcialistic Club, Rockspring Branch
of the SOcialistic Labor party, Car
Ondelet Branch Blacksmiths, Car
ondelet Branch Wagon Makers,
Sixth Ward Club, and the Gravois
Road Branch of the SOcialistic La
Dor party.
The procession, which was. about
a half mile in length, was sup
piled with bands, and spOrted a
number of banners. The route of
march ran along Market street,
Third, Chestnut, Fourth and Fifth,
special attention being paid to pass
ing the Offices Of the daily newspa-
pers. About the middle of the pro-
cession was a wagon containing a
dozen beautiful Jewesses, and bear
ing the device: "JltCIe part AbteiL-
Ulg." Having paraded through the
business portion of the city, where
its passage caused no especial re-
mark, the procession marched to
Cass avenue, through which itpass-
ed to Lindell Park, a private pleas
ure ground leased for the occasion.
On its way through the northern
part of the city the demonstration
met with many expressions of en-
thusiasm on the part Of the people,
who, in this section, are almost en-
tirely of foreign extraction.
The park was reached about noon,
when the procession entered the
grounds and disbanded. fairgrounds
had been specially decorated for the
event, and quite liberal display of
red flags and the Communistic EN-
blems were placed in conspicuous
positions. Within one hour after |
the arrival of the procession the |
park was crowded, no less than |
seven thousand people being pres
ent. The crowd enjoyed itself for a
couple of hours, when at 2 y. IN. |
the orators of the day appeared ON
the platform, which had been erect |
ed for the occasion, and began to |
address the multitude.
The first speaker was Professor
Walster, the leader of the Social |
lists in this city, and one of the
most successful organizers of the
Order in the West. In opening, he
to the fact that the police
force was well represented on the
ground, and stated that the Police |
had held a special |
to consider whether it was
not possible to stop the proposed
but had been forced
to confess their inability to carry
out the design of those who had in-
duced them to consider the ques-
tion. He said that the demOnstra-
tion had been gotten up to teach
the people of st. Louis that the La
Dor party was a distinct and indie
pendent party In politics, and that
the leading German papers had
misrepTesented its purpose.
These papers had painted the devil
on the wall, and now they could see
that the devil was not one of law
but one who, in the land
of liberty and plenty, wanted TO
and would fight corruption wherev-
er found, and insist upon securing
an existence for themselves and
families. He insisted that all the
party demanded was their
rights, which they would have
They wanted no more mOnOpOlies,
and no more opportunities for the
of immense fortunes
Where in this country one man pos
sesses one thousand acres of land,
there are nine hundred and ninety
nine starving working men. lie
to the fact that tho statistics
of France ana Germany alone show
ed that the annual vintage of these
lands was sufficient to supply each
and every inhabitant of the globe
with a bottle of wine for dinnerdaily.
The workingmen of st, Louis did
not get and did not want wine, but
they demand that they had rlghttO
bread, and bread they would have.
The speech, which was greatly APP
plauded throughout, closed with
the words: "Stand by each other,
YOU who hold views in common, to
the bitter end, and by some means
an existence not beneath man to
accept will be yours,
The next speaker was Albert Cur
fin one of the editors of the NOlk-
stemni Des Western, the Socialistic
newspaper Of this city, and the most
impassioned speaker of the Social
lists in the West. He alluded, in
opening, to the fact that t,YO years
ago the Socialists had held a picnic
in this city, which was very small
affair compared to the present. He
called attention bitterly to the fact
that the police were i'm such force at
the picnic, and made a terrible at
tack upon the Chief of Police and
the Police Commissioners, who have
recently been charged with crooked
practices. He stated that, contrary
to what had been said by them, the
st. Louis Socialists-call them Com
if you will-did not desire
an appeal to arms; but at the same
time If the necessity was forced up !