Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-08-10
THE CONG RESS.
PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE
S. |. P. DELEGATE.
COmrade BusChe's Views of the Great
Labor Parliament-Text of Res.
Olutions Adopted - Amer.
lea the Hope of OPP
pressed Nations.

The following communication, dated
Paris, July "a, was received by the
National Executive Committee from
Comrade Busche, who represented the
S. L. P. of the United States at the
Paris Congress. From a subsequent
letter we learn that he expected to re,
turn to New York on the steamer that
left Liverpool on Aug. 7.
DEAR COMRADES, 49, Notwithstanding
that the International Congress has ad-
journed, find myself still in Paris. |
would have been in London by this
time, had | not understood that there
would be another conference of mem
bers Of the international Committee
some day this week, and | expect,
therefore, to postpone my journey till
Friday or Saturday.
You will see by the two sets of resolu-
tions which were adopted, and which
enclose herewith, what the tactics of
the Congress were, although it may be
remarked that the resolutions offered by
the American delegates, representing
directly and indirectly, respectively,
the Socialist Party of the United States,
were not submitted until it became evil
dent that the Congress would have been
satisfied with the less dstinctively
Socialist-Party resolutions of Messrs.
Bebel and Guesde, which We're sub
mltted as generalization of the various
resolutions offered by delegates of va
rious countries. You will see that they
comprehend fairly our Social De,
mands' used for general agitation.
Imust mention that on the last day of
the Congress a determined effort was
made by a few so-called anarchists to
prevent the passing of resolutions. 1t
came to such a pass that few of them
lad to be placed outside the hall. We
heard the same insane talk about rev
oluhon," etc, in anarchist variation,
which has grown SO "chestnutty' in the
United States. These people, it seems,
have reached the end of their wits and,
consequently, comprehend nothing be-
yond those circumscribed limits. Phrases
and tiresome relCeratiOn of frenzied
words mark their case.
Last Friday evening the delegates to
the International Congress attended a
reception extended to them by the mu-
nicipality of Paris at the Hotel de Vile
City Hall, We were received at the
head of the grand staircase by Comrades
Valiant, Longuet and others of the
Municipal Council, and were ushered
into the brilliantly lighted halls of this
most palatial edifice, the like of which
have never seen. There were over three
thousand persons present, mostly men,
bers of Partisan organizations of labor,
and we wandered in and out of the
various salons, listening to the music of
two bands and of local singing societies.
The MdrSelllatse was heartily enjoyed
and participated in by the numerous
guests. That which particularly inter.
ested me, however, was the fact that
Socialists delegates of the congress of
jail birds as the Partisan edition of an
American paper called them) were thus
entertained by the Municipal Council of
the French Metropolis. To be sure, it
is said that political capital is made out
oft by politicians, but still there remains
the public recognition of organized
workmen. even Socialists.
On Monday evening there was a ban
quet at the Salon deS Families on the
Avenue st, Mande, participated in by
the delegates of the Socialist Congress
and their Partisan comrades. On the
same evening there was a banquet of
the members of the "Possibilist" Con-
gress.
On Tuesday morning a large number
of carry-alls conveyed great party of
delegates to Versailles, where they were
shown the splendors of what remains of
the ancient court of Louis XIV, a