Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-16

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although the strike had necessarily low
cred the price Of everything. No, the
new tariff for wood was not acceptable;
it was only a disguised economy; the
company wished u steal from each nan
an hour of work per day. 1t was too
much, The time had arrived when the
miserable people pushed to an eXtrcm'
ity would have Justice.
lilo remained standing with out
stretched arms. At the word Justice,
the throng swaycd slightly and then
burst out into laundering applause,
while voices cried:
"Ycsl 1t is time for Justice
Little by Little Anton had warmed up.
He did not nave the easy flow of speech
of Rassenour, He was often at II loss
for words, his sentences coming Out
with an effort. Only he was so en-.
ergctic and so much in earnest that
he won his audiences; his elbows were
turned in; then doubling M and throw
ing his fist forward, his jaw was extend.
cd and his words rang out They all said
lac was not great, but he made them lis
ten to him.
"This paying wages is only a few form
of labor, ~ said he in II loud voice. THE
mine should belong to the miners as the
sea does to this fisherman, as the ground
TO the farmer. Do you hear? The mine
belongs to YOU who over Il century ago
paid for it with blood any misery"
Then he discussed some obscure CUES
tons of right, tho special laws of the
mine, in which he became lost. The
ground below as well as above should be
long to the nation; it was wrong Tor the
state to give the monopoly to compani es,
rs to MOntson, for instance. But the
mining people must conquer this estate;
and with outStretchcd hands he indicated
the entire country beyond the forest. At
that moment tho rising moon, pccping
through the high branches, lit up the spot
on which he stood. When the crowd,
still in darkness, perceived him standing
thus as in Il broad light, distributing for
tune with his open hands, they again APP
plaudcd.
Yes, yes, he's right, bravo"
At this point Anton mounted his IA
vorite hobby, the ~prcrogativo of instru-
ments of labor by COLLECTIVELY, which he
repeated in a phrase whose r~oughncss
grated harshly upon him. At home the
evolution was complete; leaving the
softcnod fraternity of the catcchumenS,
seeking to reform the pay department,
he ended in the polite idea of suppress.
ing it. Since the reunion at Bon-JoyeuX,
his COLLECTIVELY, still humanitarian and
without formula, hal Ghrystaliz4l into 4
complicated programme. of which he
scientifically discussed each article. In
the first place, he held that liberty could
only be obtained by the destruction of
the state. Then, when the people had
the reins in their hands, reforms would
commence. They would return to II
primitive community; they would sub
stitute family equality for family immor-
ality, and instead Of oppression, absolute,
civil, political and economic equality;
they would guarantee individual indie
pcndence, thanks to the possession and
Tl,, .,FfrN ,N,,nIt,At'nnE of th.. instr1t-
mcnts of labor; and finally y, professional
education would be gratuitous-paid for
ont of the common fund. This involved
an entire reconstruction of the old rotten
society; he attacked marriage and the
right of making II will; he regulated the
fortunes OF each; re-razed to the ground
the Ubiquitous monuments of the dark
ages, with Il grand gesture of his arm
always the same, the gesture of the now
err who sweeps down the ripe harvest;
and then, with the other hand, he recon
structcd, he built up the humanity OF the
future, the edilice of truSh and justice
rising in the dawn of the twentieth cen
fury. The excitement of his brain was
so great that reason wavered, and there
remained only the fixed idea of the cX-
trcmist. The %scruples OF feeling and
easier than the realization of this new
world, he had provided for everything;
he spoke of it us of Il machine which he
would bring out in two hours, and neither
fire nor blood were worth a thought.
"Our turn has come" shouted he in IA
final outburSt. Power and wealth are
coming to US at last
From the depths of the forest an accla-
nation reached him. The moon, now
silvering all the glade, defined in sharp
outlines mass of heads, rs far rs the dim
underwood affair off, between the gray
trunks. And below were furious faces,
sparkling eyes, open mouths, Il crowd of
people, men, ome and children, fam
ishcd and ready to regain by force the
rights of which they had been dispos-
sGsed. Cold was felt NJ longer; these
burning words had warmed them through
and through. A religious eXaltatiOn
raised them above the earth; the fever of
hope known to the early Christians OF
the church, awaiting the coming reign OF
justice. Many obscure phrases had es.
capped them; they understood but little of
those technical and abstract reasOnings;
but even the %obscurity, the abstraction,
enlarged the field OF promises, dazzling
the imagination. What Il dreams to to
be masters! to cease to suffer; ut last to
eniov
That's right; we're with you. Death
to the people who leave US to staryel'
inc women were especially cNclCcu.
Mrs. Mahon lost her usual calmness;
sick from hunger, Mrs. Levaque screamed
with I'LL her might; old Brule waved her
witch-like arms, and PhilOmene was
overcome with IL tit of coughing while
MoQuctte became so aroused that she
cried tender words to the orator. Among
the men, Mahou was frantic with rage
nj Peters, who was trembling, and Lee
vague, who had cried out too soon, in
terrupting the speaker; while Iachaire
and Moquet, though i'll ut ease, laughed
with astonishment that their comrado
had been able TO speak so long without
n drink. But Johnnie, on the woodpilo
made the most noise, screaming at Rob
ert and Lydic, shaking the basket in
which lay 20 ogne.
The uproar could not be Gained. An.
ton r~cioiced at his popularity, 1t was as
if he held his power there materialized
in these three thousand breasts, whose
hearts he could move with a single word.
Near him, Jouvarine had applauded his
own ideas as soon as he recognized them,
contented with his comrades progress
toward anarchy; sufficiently pleased with
the programme, except the article on ed
ucatiOn; the remains Of sentimental
folly, for holy and ~salutary Ignorance,
ought to he the bath for reinyigorating
men. But Rasseneur shrugged his
shoulders with disdain and rage,
'NkNili Won allow ma TN sneak ~ said he