Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-11-06
vsuAS.s POLITICAL MEgrlSG II
PARA.

Tbs,s mare prsseuf q large audiencs-
more than half men bot after lev
words OF introduction By one OF the nc
publicau Socialist party vno oao CON
tined the msetiog. a President, snhee
Viee Presidents and Secretary, al
voneu. we're chosen, and all Vas sup
p.,.ed 70 be ready for the speecnes 81
Inc candidates. But first prominent
member of the party wished 70 MAKE
some explanatory remarks-s nano
sorse orsy haired old gentleman be vas
and I expected bis simple appearance
a. benevolent and dignined, would %
tain for him a quiet bearing. Bat no )
!, v.s time 70, the sses 70
a,aak ana no manly discourse vas
van,ad an he was at first politely asked
20 rstlr.. he refused, vhereupon. IN
ona h.ody. the President, the three Woe
pras,aents. the Secretary, and canol-
date mad one rush, seizsd the cid gen
,I.m an. and 10 less time tnsn 1t t-krs 10
,eiI n. d. W - drag zed, pulled. or pushed
A the stage and behind the scenes. 1 be
IN q otint,ss of hin vas Just as be dis-
.oossIed; sou chow, be had managed -
o., n Id of a chair which. as be backed
oot. ne hid up before him as some sort
Of nrot.ction. Ina. was the end OF
him ana MS speech. In the meantime
the uresi lent, the three Woe presidents,
and toe candidate calmly returned to
their places, paving DO attention 10 tie
TN ar ts.uty men Who nal mounted
she platform and were rushing about,
evidently in Wild search for the CAP
tive nan. As for the aHdieLce, all was
dire confusion. aud for halr an hour
nothing Vas done, nothing could BE-
heard out sries of Oh est Legras' (tns
mans of the old gsuti-manl; IN addme
d Presideate. oy est LegrH" lne fitst
vice president ruue wildly the presi-
dents big bell, which Vas supposed to
command order. The presidents baby
cried, and some kind soul IN the audi
suce handed no baby's bJttle. That
t,ckIed the eudi-nce into . better
hsmor. and after some time of waves of
noise and Intervals of comparative
quiet, II hA-ame suffi ,iently quiet to al
Low a commence meat of the speeches.
lh, 70 sere some half dozen. Every
one of The speakers spoke as easily as
though she was in her ewn room at
home, with but an audience of one. All
we're interestinQ-that Is to say, without
an atom of dullnesI-on the contrary,
bright, sparkling, vivacious. All used
excellently smooth, pure language. but
in more thaA one case they were illoei.
cal. The most interesting speaker fer
me was an interloper, that is to say, not
a candidate. They called her Louise.
she is absolutely the type of the vomen
of the First Revolution or the Con-
mune, / am sure. She il an avove d
anarchist and that there were many
anarchists in the audience was proved
by the attention and applause she re-
oeived. l should think she was Is y. ars
old. She had black hair and eyes, thin,
sallow face, a mouth so clearly cut, so de-
termined. Her words flowed faster than
thought almost, gestures accompanying
every phrase; the whole air, the intena-
ton, the manner, absolute defiance. 30
when finally she said: But why do We
listen to these candidates? What do WI
want of candidates? What do We want
Of House of Deputiss2 We want nc
rulers, but liberty, equality"-One wal
not surprised. Ii hardly took one BY
surprise, when, as finale to her speech
she descended suddenly by table anC
chair from the platform to deal sum
mary and personal vengeance on some
one of the audience who had dared il
an insulting manner to interrupt her
and who paid for his temerity BY beinG
obliged to retire earlier than he woulC
have preferred.-L. III. T., in Novembe,
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