The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-31
Rich AND PooR IN ENGLAND.

Hun AND fUOh I'm 6Nd1ANU.
The Introduction of the proposed parade on
the part of the workingmen of London on
Lord Mayors Day, when the great annual dis
play is made with all the attendant pomp and
circumstance of the occasion, and with all the
empty and unmeaning glitter and formality,
is something calculated to arouse that spirit
Of resentment that BODIES i'll for hereditary
glory without corresponding worth and desert
On this side the Atlantic it is difficult to see
why the workingnen of London should not
make the same use of the streets of that city
as anyone else. The world turns over in a
day and night, and is rapidly and surely
rolling to democratic government-the
rule Of the people, IN England the progress
in this direction has been comparatively
slow, but it is encouraging to note that there
has been no backward step in that country in
this respect The people in England have
heard from ether peoples, and are restless and
dissatisfied. 1t is poor policy, at this time,
to attempt any arbitrary measures of repres
sion of the people in their demands for the
the unemployed workingmen of London
parade through the streets they have helped
to build? Why is it that the expensive and
sensSaess fummery attendant upon the parade
ca the occasion of the Lord Mayors induction
into Office may be and must be observed with
Punctifious fidelity, and then refuse the poor
privilege to the working classes of marching
plainly through the same streets on the same
day7
1t is not thought that the authorities are not
willing that the workingmen should parade at
all, but it is possible that they do not wish to
have the two displays in such startling juxta-
position. The glitter and tinselry of anti
quatad custom would not look well in contrast
with the plzioer appearance of the men who
have made London mistress of the commercial
world. The laboring men of England have
been thinking about these things for some
tame, and will not always patiently and unre-
sistingly submit. 1t is not much to be refused
10 walk in columns through the streets of the
metropolis, but the question naturally arises,
Why may not the workingmen march if the
lords and aldermen do? England has still
many things to learn, and the lesson will have
10 be conned with an earnestness that prom
ises to make it memorable unless something
like justice be conceded speedily to the masses.
Bat the edict has gone forth that the working
men may not parade on Lord Mayors Day,
and they probably will not attempt to--this
time But the day Will come when they
will have somewhat to say themselves about
such privileges, and there can be little doubt
thntsit will not be many years until the Lord
Mayor will not parade. The people are &C
curing very practical views about such mat
ters, and cannOt.see why money should be
wasted on such empty and senssiess displays
at times when there is perjury and distress
among the masses. There has got to be lev
cling, and if the lords and aldermen cannot
tlft the masses up to their plane, they must
descend to some place nearerthe level Of the
people. The prediction is made that the fool
ishness and extravaganza of Lord Mayors Day
villa not survive dozen years longer, while
the people viii cenle neErcr the high plane now
.spOOpoitzec by +herfew. The day win come
vixen tSe streets osa14ondon will belong to the
TtcsAsSsAoe As Anarchists or Socialists, but as
man-and woEnen, ssn5ued with just sense of
thsiR sigh$s, and dstermined to have them.
Rsgezmd Is as certain To become democracy,
popular government. az time is to roll round.
The people are-preparing to march, not only
through the streets Os14ondon, but TO the goal
IF every right that belongs to humanity in
somnon.