The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-02-18
III RIOT 80 LONn0N.

English workingmen have made
vicious use OF = Well-earned triumph.
The appointment of Mr. Broadhurst a.
under secretary for the home Office was
distinctive success for the iaborinR
class. which he has represented In par
Lament. For the first time 9 working
man had risen from the humbleef rank
TO the position Of her msjeay's minis
ter. The appointment was interpreted
at once as an important concession to /
English democracy. But on the very /
day when 1t is announced . demonstra- |
strsIion OF the lAboring classes is con-
verted into formidable riot. Mr..
Broadhurst's first ministerial expert. /
ence must haye inspired feelings of NOR
LITIGATION as well as of responsibility.
Il WAS his public duty as q high official
Of the home department to take meas
ures for the repression Of the most tur-
bulent outbreak Of the working people
Of London known for q generation. The
triumph OF the Iaboring classes IN the
elevation OF their special representative
to the ministry IVES coincident with the
unfurling Of the red flag in Trafalgar
Square, the delivering OF socialist har-
argues TO a vast assemblage, and cries
for "bread riot" and scenes of violence
and mob rule.
The details Of this lamentable occur
renee show that the power of Socialist
agitstoTs has been moderated in Eng
land. They converted a peaceable de-
monstration of unemployed mechanics
into a reign of laWlessness. The leader
seems to have been bent upon forcing q
conflict between the multitude and the
police, and his associates persistently
seconded his sinister efforts to excite
evil passions and TO Infuriate an ignor-
ant and desperate mob. Their speeches
and resolutions were of the most violent
character. They talked openly of attack.
ing the bakers shops if the government
should refnse TO relieve the distress Of the
working people. aud warned the govern
ment that a revolution was imminent
such frantic appeals as these ma
turaliY led to demonstrations o.
mob violence which the polic'
for hours were unable 70 re.
strain. 1t has long been the boast o
! Englishmen that Socialism has no
. tainted the sober, phlegmstic IeboriDl
1 classes of their country and that the art
OF agitatOrs are pOwerless, even in Lon
don, which is q nation Of over four Mill
: IONS, rather than . city, The scenes of las
= Monday indicate that there Is such
!. thing as Socialism in England and ths
q 1t has organized agencies as well as dan
( erous tendencies.
8 The rioting in the thoroughfares @
1 London Is Of grave import, as furnish
ing evidence that the times are hart
that work is scarce and that wages CT
e very low. 1t Is stated that minute In
+" quiry in the working quarters disclose
g q most alarming condition Of Industris
J. distress; that from 40 TO so per cent {
= the skilled labor of the metropolis
= unemployed; and that the poor rat
Ie are exhausted IN meeting unprecedente
'e demands for assistance. The indusIri
condition of England can scarcely ia
to receive early attention in parliamen
1t is fortunate for the working class,
; that democracy is rapidly leveling p
litIcAl barriers and enabling them to sen
to Westminster their own Representa-
!, tives, men like Mr.. Broadhurst and NJ
Arch. to plead their cause.