Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-12-30
THE NEW YORK SOCIALISTS.


Tire New York Socialists have been hav.
ing one of their periodical eruptions. They
have adopted a ponderous series Of propo-
sitions, looking to the regeneration OF the
world through the abandonment of all the
principles upon which modern civilization
rests. They want, among other things,
such change in the Constitution as will
enable any half dozen "cranks " to as
semble anywhere and make laws, which
must then be put to vote before the peo-
pie. This would be very convenient
machinery for those rascals who harbor
schemes toe fiagrantly iniquitous to stand
any chance of passage through an average
legislative body. For it is very certain that
if laws were being continually sprung upon
the people in the way proposed, they would
before long cease to vote at such elections,
and then few affirmative votes would sui.
fee to enact the most mischievous laws.
The adoption of similar plan in regard to
the bills before Congress would produce
endless confusion. What the Socialists
mean by demanding political equality,
without regard to creed, race or sex, is not
quite clear. If they merely wanted the
suffrage for women, it would have been
better to say so. Vino are the people at
present DISTINGUISHED on account of creed
or race? Is it the Indians on
whose behalf the friends of Mr.. Justus
Schwab are SO enthusiastic And if not
the Indians, VINO? Leaving this conundrum
unanswered we proceed to other PROPOSE
tions. These Schwabites want National
Labor Bureau, which must provide work,
or at any rate wages, to all who apply
and the work need not be hard or heavy
so long as the wages are sufficient to pay
for plenty Of beer and tobacco. Then the
Government is to issue all the money and
of course must furnish it in amounts to
suit to every citizen who makes applica.
ton for relief. And as all the money is to
be +" fat" money, and capable OF unlim-
tied increase by the Government presses,
it will not signify how much the citizens
are given. In fact they may as well have
a wheelbarrowful as handful. No doubt
that is true, for the wheelbarrowful would
presently not possess greater purchasing
power than handful does now. Then
eight hours is to be a legal working day.
No children under fourteen are to work at
ALL Education is to be compulsory. Gov.
eminent is to print all the ballots at
elections. Everybody Is to be as good
as everybody else. Loafers and bum.
mers are to be elevated into respecta.
bility. Industry is to be handicapped.
The Schwabs and other vermin of society
are to control everything. And then will
come the Millennium. Naturally enough
the New York Socialists approve the as
sassination of the Gar and the Irish No
Rent programme. They believe in murder
and robbery, or they would not be true
followers of Schwab. But it is fortunate
that they are of class whose turbulence is
for the most part confined to the recesses
of beer-cellars, and who are incapable of
influencing politics or doing anything else
than demonstrating their own entire worth
lessness and folly. And no doubt it is the
best way to let these people explode when
they feel uncomfortably full of Socialism,
into harmless pyrotechnics of the kind we
have noticed. They might else be engaged
in cutting purses, or even worse, and their
bloviation does no injury to any one.