The Labor enquirer., 1886-03-27
An Address ON EARNED Reyolts"
Mother of the Colnmune''
Taking the Bastile."
The Marseillaise in English and
French The Great Speech Of
Patrick Henry.
CONSERVATION Shown by Capitalism
at the Orderly Government Of and
by the W0Ikmen.

Wonderfully rapid as has been the
growth of The Rocky Mountain Social
League and phenomenally as the inter
est taken by the public has increased
few were prepared for such a scene as
McClelland hall presented last Sunday
evening. About 200 extra chairs had
been crowded into the room in anticipa,
ton of a specially large attendance but
every chair was occupied and the stand
ing room was almost entirely filled
when the meeting was called to order, at
7:30 o'clock. Very few left at recess, and
the hall was literally packed with men
and women, whose faces beamed with
interest, until they were dismissed, at
10 o'clock.
Owing to the fact that the regular
chairman was upon the programme for
principal part in the evenings work,
the Provisional Committee had selected
Comrade Painter to preside upon this
occasion. The meeting opened by all
singing, Labor Free for ALL" The les
son for the evening was Revolution" ,"
repeated from last Sunday, because of
its peculiar appropriateness. Comrade
HYDE made the responses.
The chairman then introduced Com
rade Joseph R. Buchanan, who said
Comrades men and women, have nc
especial apologies to make upon this oc'
casion, but before addressing you upon
subject 80 full of interest and upon one
of which there have been 30 many con-
ficting reports, feel it due to myself
and to the Provisional Committee which
selected me to address you, to say that
nv time for preparation has been very
short-less than ten days. Several
weeks ago another gentleman consented
to deliver the grafton at this time; but
little over a week ago he notified the
committee that he could not be ready,
and I then consented to do my best to
FIJI the vacancy thus caused in the pro-
gramme. However, have to az ologize
to you upon this occasion for nv use OF
manuscript 1t g the first time have
ever written speech but did not feel
equal to the task of handling this even
ing's subject without first reducing it to
writing, my time being so short, and
there being such necessity, which is
apparent to you, for giving dates cor
rectly. The manuscript will serve one
good purpose, at any rate 1T will keep
me within the limi of the time alletted
me. My subject is, The Revvlts Of the
French Proletariat During One Hun
dred Years"
Comrades, twill be fifteen years to
morrow since the event which we cele
brate here tonight transpired. Last
Thursday marked the passage of a de
cade and half since that memorable
eighteenth of March when France wit,
messed the expulsion from its caoital
city of the tyrannical and inhumar gov
errment of Thiers driven from Pari:
BY the force of public contempt. ItwaI
four davs later-or upon the twenty
second day of March-that, while the
city was under the control OF the Cen
tral Committee of the National Guard
that the Commune was elected, and j
stand here tonight 'twixt the anniver-
sary of the day of birth and that Of the
full growth of al epoch in French his
tory and the advance of progress, which
though not remembered by the histo
rian, debarred from the educationa
channels of our civilization, unknown BY
our children whose future it has helped
to shape, Iiv' s tonight and occupies
warm corner in the heart of every love
of Liberty, Truth and Justice. .
In commemorating this event, which
seems to be chronieled unon yesterdays
page In the Record of Time, think we
can, with profit to ourselves, and in ap
propriate adjunction to oar subject. turn
to earlier periods i'll the life of France
and traverse, cursorilY, the important
steps in the progre's of a people whose
cry has since 's9 been "Vive la the Peo