New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-19
BEER AND SooIALIsuC RHETORIC.
A CHARACTERISTIC GATHERING AT TURTLE BAY
PARK.

A CHARACTERISTIC GATHERING AT TURTLE BAY
PARK.
About three thousand men and women and
one thousand babies made grand demonstration az
Turtle Bay Park. Frstave. aud Fortyhrdst, yester-
day afternoon by way OF celebrating the success OF the
Socialists in the recent elections in Germany JustuS
schwab ad his fratorna beer drinkers the orgna-
tors of the festival Turtle Bay Park pcturesquely
situated on the sloping bank overlooking the East
River, offers the German laborer every facility for
enjoying himself precisely as he would In the
old country, as TO beer and song. more
peaceabe and harmless looking 1000 were
scarcely ever gathered together. Democratic sOcably
was what the German father aud the German MOTHER
with her numerous brood, in search Of To all ap
pearances not eligible to the festivities OF
the park unless she carried baby ia her arms with
from two TO three little toddng at the husbands
heels The men, rule were dressed well ana OoKeu
wel-fed Just look at the babies" said rhapsodleal
German pointing TO the long lines OF tables ana Dehehes
they'll be Social Democrats, every one Of EN- That's
the way to build up a party" A low mum
of conversation and occasional laughter filed
the park. Beer walters FASTENED here AMI
there with six trimming glasses in each hand shont-
ing "Geich geich TO impatient thirsty ones The Ger
man mother after tightening the frothy glass. would
give the smallest child, not more than year old, the
next drink and then serve the older ones In turn
Justus schwaD, at three O'Clock, on the corner or
the Park where the Brooklyn Socialists had pitched
their tent and hung out the red flag singing new song
with Gothic ustines schwab had taken OF his coat and
rolled up his sleeves show his sauesque arms lie was
very neatly dressed It might be said that the youthful
Mrs sehwab who had her arms full ot-babcs, would
appear be little on social democratic equality
with tho Citizen" II che only shared his fine clothes
Many Of the red ribbons In their buttonholes
biz red sik flag hung from the speakers PAVILION,
and a small piece OF red flannel shared the place OF
honor in front with an American flag and PATCHWORK
OF flags OF all naionatles big dlnnerbell called tue
asscmbuge TO order az o'clock, but did not divert AZ
once, Schwab's attention from fresh Gag which had
voung MIR Glebe OF Newark, spoke frat, and
dealt in German sociaists-Amercan sympathy-battle
greatest success of the century-made the rights or
labor tell-Cranky Bismarck-dssouiO OF the Reich
m only had 100 and could elect all OF them 10
the Recnstag then shouldn't have any more trouble"
lie called out three cheers at the close.
The ahOrerE Club then sang viii be free and Os
horne Ward OF Brooklyn summoned by tue dinner
bell 10 the platform He has been travelling with kear
new and has learned how TO make political speech. lie
national history In mixture OF coloquia and dictionary
English going back to the DAYS OF that great monarch
- Charley-Ainnn," and even To "a more remote period
when the wandering Gcrmanc tribes practsed primitive
socialism.
George Winter then made nhammatory speech which
half pun for hts newspaper copy OF when ne oc-
casionaly 6randshe and half for bread or blood
He knew his had read all about the Socialist
cess In Germany In his newspaper Getting excited, he
aid we demand our daily bread! We demand, we
don't beg" lVOcfercus applause. He recOunted the
prosecutions which the German Socialists were enduring
cheers for the Social agitation and three more for his
newspaper ---
called The Fight between King Hunger and King
Mummon" A large poster beginning " WOrkngmen
arouse and shake of the shackes OF slayery-FollOw
the example OF your brethren In Germany gave notice
place September D.
tFor Wrangies IN ne Labor Purity Second Fd0Gl