The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-11
Two Prominent socialist leaders.


Chicago Tribune
Burns and Hyndman, the leaders of the Lon
don Socialists, are well-known characters in the
English metropolis. Burns has been accused of
accepting money from the Tory clubs for run
ming as parliamentary candidate in one of the
English boroughs-Nottingh gham-thus splitting
the Liberals, in the hope that Tory might get
in. The vote showed G. Seely (R. J, $500; E.
Cope, u.s. 3,797; Burns, 598. Burns acknowl-
edged that he got the money but claimed that
he did not know whence it came. Though not
an Irishman. he belonged to one of the Irish
leagues In London, but was expelled at the in
stance OF T. P OConnor, M. p, on charges re-
Meeting on his political and personal honesty.
He has, since his expulsion. in the columns of
the London Times, abused the league and its
officers. He is professional workingman, and,
were he resident O Chicago he would proba~
bly, be called TOUGHER" Hyndman, his asso-
ciate is man of wealth, and of considerable
literary capacity. He is the author of most of
the Communistic tracts scattered broadcast
through Great Britain and Ireland nowadays, in
order to propagate Socialistic ideas. He is
HeDrew-without religion. He used to belong
to the Positivist coterie of which Frederic
Harrison is the high priest but becoming
too rash for his associates he was frozen out"
He edits the London Communistic paper, for the
support OF which appeals are made nightly at the
gatherings of the hungry workingmen." A
couple OF years ago Hyndman contributed to the
Nineteenth Century q somewhat startling arti-
Gle on Socialism under the caption, 1.-THE Dawn
OF Revolutionary Epoch" In this article he
maintained that never perhaps has the certain
ty OF approaching trouble been more manifest.
1t will be strange if the next few years
pass over peacefully. The crowded
room, the dingy street, the smoky atmosphere,
the gradual deterioration of offspring y
are noted and brooded over by men who are be-
ing steadily educated to understand the disad-
vantages of their position, and are also being
drilled to right them" Mr.. Hyndman looks
upon Bismarck as the greatest domestic revolu-
ZIONIST of modern times" In France the impris-
onment OF the Communists some years ago was
the martyrdome of a new social faith" Aus
tria and Italy are falling into line for many
reasons and through many causes-the principal
ones being agrarian. AS for Russia Nihilism in
that country may possibly be ''the spark to fire
the whole European magazine of combustibles"
In London the Socialist from Germany tho
Communist from France the Nihilist from Sus-
sia get known to one another, suggest ideas for
common action, and keen one another informed.
The materials for "a confagration" in London.
as the events of Monday show, have been gath
cred and are almost ready. Mr. Hyndman takes
credit for his own race as furnishing the leaders
Of the new revolutionary movement Here is
remarkable passage from his pam mphlet:
whilst on the one hand the Jews are beyond
dispute the leaders of the plutocracy of Europe,
HoluiuS III large as WoIl dS III small IuaCterS, IN
the great centers as we'll as in the villages Of
Russia -Roumelia, the power of the purse, an
other section of the same race form the leaders
of that revolutionary propaganda which is max
ing way against that very capitalist class repre-
sented by their own felow-Jews. Jews-more
than any other men-have held forth against
those who make their living. not by producing
value but by trading on the differences of value;
they are at this moment acting as the leaders in
the revolutionary movement Surely
we have here very strange phenomenon"
Mr.. Hyndman's "remedy"is is state socialism.
The principle of state management must extend
to all property, 'for the benefit of the masses"
This may involve anarchy and bloodshed" in
the beginning. yet at period such as the pres.
ent anything may be tried" The old days of
aristocracy and class privileges are passing
away. The government of the day, Mr.. Hynd-
man insists, must learn how to deal with the
growing democratic influence with steady de-
termination at the outset to satisfy the needs
and crafty the reasonable ambitions of all"
1t only remains to say of Hyndman further
that he made desperate effort to break into
Parliament last December, but Mr.. Cham oerlain
courageously opposed his political scheme, and
succeeded in keeping him out