Workmen's advocate., 1888-06-09
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
PARN EIL-DANlII.

Mr. parnelI's speech at the Eighty Club proves the truth of what we have always stated n regard to this greatly oycrrated person. It was a speech of the regular political dodger who thinks he can gain his end by mere chicanery. It's main Oblec; was to check the revolutionary party and thus play into the hands of the wirepulling capitalist Liberals of the most offensive breed, whose dinner giving organization is the Eighty Club. The "plan of Campaign" was denounced, the Pope's rescript was acknowledged to be valuable criticism, all violent measures were to be eschewed. This with 6,0OO notices of eviction in Ireland at the present moment This with Dillon
 just condemned to six months i'm prisonment by Castle judge. The whole speech was in fact worthy of Mir. Parnell as we have always looked upon Mir Parnell. So far from being d democrat or reyolutionist, he IS and ever has been an arlstocratlc nationalist, and nothing more. As such his proper allies are the very swell, well-fed and wealthy young gentlemen of the Eighty Club, but assuredly not the people of England.
 If, however, Parnell showed his hand completely at the Eighty Club dinner and thus saved us the trouble of exposing him, Davitt also, who ought to profit by ParnelPs blunder- ing to secure the support of the Eng lish democracy while retaining his hold on the extreme section of his countrymen, has been talking very tamely. His lecture at Stopford Brooke's Debating Society on What a Home Rule Parliament will do for lroland," was the speech of polltl- clan, not of an enthusiast, of man who was ready to compromise in every way. It was in fact d mild echo of his speech at the Riding School, with Ireland instead of Eng land US it's theme Of course no man is bound to tell all he sees at all times. That is foolish. But
 Davitt positively proposed to create capitalist factory system in Ireland
 by State aid. We heard him with sadness and regret. That his pro-
 gramme is impossible does not ren-
 der it the less discouraglng. G. B.
 Shaw ably pointed out few of the
 mistakes our friend made, and Her
 bert Burrows disclalmed any sympa-
 thy with compensation for landlords.
 The other speakers were favorable tC Davitt; but there is no doubt tha,
 Davitt is moving back.-LoHdoi
 JNstlce.
 BOSTON OPINION ON "EIGHT HOURS.
 We believe the formal arrange |, ment of another attempt to reacE
 the eight-hour point is good polio, as well as good logic, it will be th' rallying cry for reorganization, thu commencement of a new impetus. Let the Kilkenny cats of discorC
 chew each other up, let the cheal politicians gouge each others eye
 out in the struggle for fat salaries but let the men who believe in tn, labor movement on principle joil } forces for the new onslaught on tn t prerogatlves of the capitalist.
 5 The logic of the eight-hour move ment is invulnerable. Learned pro , fessors cannot shake its economl,
 soundness; the tlighty arrows c i chaotic Proudhonians rattle harm 3 lessly against its battlements; 1t ap , peals to sober common sense anC : rests on solid ground.
 Will not the labor press of tn, country act on this suggestion 0 solidifying the ranks of organization Choose some date-May l5, 1889
 would do as well as any other-anC
 by virtue of agitation, persistent an' unceasing, arouse the needed sentl ment which shall win the battle ' ! Ba<fag3 J1hor Jeg,ier