Workmen's advocate., 1889-05-18

this city and leading member of the Nationalist Club, being called upon. responded in a short but dignited and able speech in support of the lecturers position,
 DISTURBERS.
 The hour of adjournment having ar rived, the chairman called attention to the fact, and stated that the speaker would conclude the discussion. There upon, apparently in accordance with prearranged plan, number of non members demanded the floor, declaring that the chairman had no right to re- strict free discussion, The chairman again reminded the audience that tl.e hour of adjournment had already passed, and that the Section was com pelled t0 hold business meeting, and that for this reason 1t became abso- lutely necessary to close the dehate also that we had decided at the last committee meeting to select hereafter the speakers whom we wished to con duct the debates, as the freedom we had formerly accorded to outsiders at our meetings had been abused. and re- douIded to our detriment Even these statements were not sufficient to main tain order, and only through the exer- else of his authority and the determine tiOn and frmness for which he is so justly noted, which his friends admire and his foes contemn, was the chairman able to obtain for Mir. Hamilton the right to close the debate
 ANARCHISTS AND HEELERs.
 There Is a certain element in this city which has attached itself successively to every labor party which has ever been formed here for the purpose of advanc. ing its ends through political action. The connection of this element with these organizations has been prompted by the sole motive of serving, directly or indirectly, the interests of the old political parties, The consequence has been that labor parties have been sold out over and over again to the "demo- crats' or republicans, which ever was inclined to bid the highest for them; the tricksters and wire.pulIers who manilil- lated these organizations being repeat edly rewarded with good-paying gov ernmental positions.
 It was this element and it's emissaries who yainly endeavored on the present occasion to break up our meeting. The straight political action which the Socialist Labor Party has decided upon is particularly distastefu to them, and they propose, if possible, to break up our meetings and disrupt the organiza- l ton, In short, to check this contempt 1 ible move, the Section at the ensuing business meeting passed the apparently arbitrary but really necessary, resolu- 1 ton that hereafter at our meetings, known office-hOlders and office seekers should be denied the floor; it being, of | course. understood that the Section re- serves to itself the right to exercise its l discretion in the carrying out of this resolution, either in the direction of modifying or simplifying it, to meet any emergencies which may hereafter arise.
 THE PARTY CONGRESS-.
 The special business brought before | the Section was the vote on the ques- tion of the advisabiity of calling a Con- gress. The twenty members who were present were unanimous on the three points that such a congress should be held; that It be held in the month of September and in the city of Chicago.
 It was decided that steps should be taken to obtain the vote of absent mem bers on these questions during the com. ing week, and when these have been re- ceived, an invitation will doubtless be extended from the local Sections to the Party to hold its congress here, which your correspondent trusts may be ac- cepted. W,