Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-07-05

such q fool a. bis aixteenth century prede-
cesscx.
They cal Il moastrous that the LordA
those Mlers living on the labor Of Others
should be continued in their privileges; and
that those men whose weIIfed wives and
daughters take up with their scandals the
time Of the Divorce Court and whose '
animaism Is q national shame, should be
allowed to run to earth, Is they propose to
do By q new bill, poor girls whom their soma
and perhaps themselves have forced sstrsy.
They bear down upon the bench. whose
sagscity Is well as impartiaity theyimpugn,
and whose costly and il-conditiored rules
of procedure they impesch. Their denuR.
Citations are deepdyed, yet not to be COM
pared either with the scorching fulmlns-
tons TO be heard at the clubs or meetings,
or with the grim hits ringing in proletarlsn
tayerns.
One night in Drury lane, at one of those
lively saloons where women demonstrate
that they ore as good as men BY drinking
as hard as men, l heard 8 thirsty creature
speak OF the Queen and of the presumphVe
heir in terms which would have enrsptured
even such fsstidious persons as the triceote-
uses of the FIST French revolution and the
petroleuses of the last oae The mixed crew
Of lsborers, artisans. clerks and women col
lected in the house were simply carried away
BY the girls undrsped sketches Of theroysl
persons. Some climbed over the partitions,
some stood on the casks, and all wanted to
hug and kiss her.
On the next morning | went to see Mr..
G. Foote, one of the sblest leaders Of the
revolutionary party. Mr.. Foote is q great
friend of Mr.. Bradlsugh. He is the editor
Of the Fr~sethinker and of Progress, and he
is one Of the best orators of the Socialist
meetings He has the mixed air and aspect
of q German st2dent and Q Congregational
list priest. He was sentenced to twelve
months imprisonment for blasphemy about
two years ago. He told me that he suffered
much during that time, which made me
conclude that be is possessed OF q
very robust constitution, for be certainly
wears no trace Of mischief now, neither In
his healthy complexion nor in the erect ath-
lelic body. Before entering into converse
ton with him | warned him that | intended,
with his permission, TO give you resume OF
our interview. he said that he had no OBJ
lection whatever ts having it reportsd IN the
Sun. | told him l remembered that he had
been conveyed to the same prison as Mr..
Yates-HOlloway-aud would Ike to know
If he had been treated there 10 the same
manner as the editor Of the World-lt he
had been permitted to avail himself Of the
services OF his own upholster, and so forth
"Mr. YATES" said Mr.. Foote, was placed
on the civil side of the prison; | on the
criminal one. He had o fine large room,
handsomely furnished aud well csrpeted; |
had q plank bed, a naked floor, and three
Tin pans. He had q whole library; | had
the Bible. de had cream, game, &e |
had the common felon's fare. BE received
bis friends every day, wrote as many letters
as be liked, edited his paper, and had as
much writing material as he pleased; | saw
my friends every three months, except on
one or two occasions for half an hour
through q grating in a box separated from
mine by six feet Icould not get my Jour
nal, could only receive and write a letter
every three months, and my writing msteri-
ais consisted of one slate and one pencil.
Mr.. Yates wore his own clothes; l the prison
dress with my number on the left
breast. Mr.. Yates served only half his time;
/, though my system was thoroughly shak-
en-, had 10 serve the whole of mine. And
yet lcok at the difference between our of.
fences. He had slandered 9 living Lord,
and | had only written the truth about q
dead one"
/ inquired what he thought was the res-
son why this distinction had been made be-
tween him and Mr.. Yates.
Mr.. Yates he replied, had plenty ofrich,
influential friends and journalists; | had only
at my back poor people, members of work;
ing mems clubs and radical societies inaI
was not in the swim with jourw e ANU
1 told him that l bed sen and heard
many things here E5hic6 had repeatedly and
moUS e me believe that a revolution
$50. sSeak out before the text sunrise or
- Mr.. Foote smiled good nsturedly and
said: Things do not go so swiftly with Us.
Our people move slowly. At the same
time, they rarely fall back. The progress
ofidess among the working classes has been
tremendous during the last years"
What do you think | put in, lis the
feeling Of the majority of the peoplsY'
81 candidly admit" replied Mr.. Foote,
that the majority is perfectly Indifferent"
"But then" l insisted, how can you ex-
pect to upset the present state OF things?'
None of the great revolutions, answer
ed Mr.. Foote, have been made by the ma
jority, but by the minority
what fault do you find in her Majesty
the QueenY' | asked.
"She has q most sinister influence" said
he.
81 would have believed" l remarked,
that she was one of the most Democratic
Britons alive. She is always mixing her
servants and giilies, and is never with her
sristocrscy."
she behaves ike that not from love, but
from taste" was the reply.
The English social Democratic agitation
hopes to make much progress this summer,
owing TO the organization Of open air meet
ings to supplement the sssemblsges indoors
ali over London and the country. The
leaders aim also at developing and encour-
aging the socialist propaganda abroad all
over the world, not excepting America
where they particularly refer their friends
to the private office of Burnelle j. Haskell,
l,236 Twenty-frst street, San Francisco,
Cal, and T. 7. Martin, room SO St. AIMS
Building, headquarters of the labor cause.
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