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Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-03-08
THEY VOTE THE TICKET
ANYHOW,

For twenty 1.-TWO years our chief public
servants, so.called men appointed
through capitalstic influence to admi-
mister our national affars-have persis.
tently, boldly, impudently violated the
Eight-Hour law because its execution in
the Federal Departments might have
interfered with the rates of pay and the
length of the work.d day in capitalistic
enterprises.
For twenty-five years the successive
Presidents and Congresses of the United
States have permitted a Federal law to
be thus wilfully ignored, because the
workingmen "voted the ticket any
how"
At last, it is proposed to affirm by a
new law that the previous law was
indeed law. 1t is proposed also that
the defrauded men shall receive back
pay. Many Of them are dead, but the
collecting agents are alive, and four mill
lion dollars, which may swell to twenty
million before Justice" has thoroughly
finished its job, may be paid out under
this new law, thereby helping to reduce
our embarrassing surplus.
And what next if some other official
takes it into his head to infirm this new
law and all other new laws that may be
passed to affirm and confirm it? Will
not the workingmen "vote the ticket
anyhow
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-03-08
COMMUNICATIONS.
An Open Letter to =. Str0efY.

Dear Sir:-In the WoRKMEN's ADyo-
CATE of February /, you ash me:
as not cooperative production ad-
vantageous to every individual producer?
Must not the laborers cooperate because
of the very nature of the present means
of productions Is not cooperation the
necessary inevitable result of the develop
ment of society, Of human progress?
Yourself admit that only foolish men
would not cooperate. Are you then
pleading the cause of fools? According
to your statement this cause is the very
essence of Anarchy. Does it not neces-
sarily follow that your Anarchism is
theory Of the interests Of the fools--a
foolish theory-whereas Socialism, as
opposed to Anarchism, is a theory of the
interests OF sensible men--a sensible
theory"
These questions you follow with about
a column OF matter pertinent to them.
1t will only be necessary for me to an.
swer the questions quoted above. In
doing so have only to say that it seems
to me that it is not question of whether
men wish to cooperate, or should CO.
operate or not. Modern methods of pro-
duction make it absolutely necessary for
men to cooperate, if they wish to live
in society at all. The only question is,
whether they shall be compelled to co.
operate under circumstances which do
not please them or whether they shall
be allowed to cooperate as they like.
am Just as much OF Socialist as you
are. The only difference between you
and me is, that you believe in the neces-
sity for some form of compulsory govern
ment by physical force while do not.
You believe in cooperation under
authority while l believe in voluntary CO.
operation. 1t may be that, as you say,
do not understand what you mean by
Socialism. If SO, will you kindly inform
me how you think the form of co opera.
ton that you call Socialism will evolve
without the use of compulsory govern.
ment by physical force.
HUGH 0. PENTECosT.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-03-08
NOTES..

A Chicago paper Of some pretension
to economic knowledge derides the idea
that British capital has OF late years
been invested to any great amount in
this country. The result Of such invest
ments, observes that paper, would be
seen somewhere IL the balance Of trade;
they would affect our imports of mer-
chandise or money. This shows very
great ignorance Of actual facts. England
has long been a large creditor of the
United States and she need not send
here any merchandise or money on ac-
count Of new investments, for which
she can pay with the interest and divi-
dend coupons of the American securi-
ties which she already possesses. 1t is
in this manner that she ''invests money
throughout the world, while actually
parting with no money and no goods
On the contrary she receives more
goods and more money from the world
than she returns to it, yet grows Gre
ditor of the world to a constantly in.
creaslng extent, because she does not
| draw merchandise or bullion from 1t tC
the full amount Of the interest and pro.
fits due her. In other words, certain
amount of the property of her colonies
and foreign debtor nations passes an
nually into her hands in payment Of
profits.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-03-08
ADDITIONAL SUCCESSES IN
GERMANY.

The German Socialists have followed
up their sweeping victories at the main
election by a series of successes gained
at the re-ballotings that took place
within the last few days. They have
come out of the second ballots SO far
with gain of fourteen additional seats,
giving them now altogether thirty five
delegates in the Reichstag,
The fourteen additional delegates were
elected in the following districts :
Schulze in Knnigsberg, Kunert in
Halle, Heine in Aschersleben, Bios in
Braunschweig, Tutzauer in the Eastern
Breslau district, Joest in Manz, Hotf-
mann in Naumburg, Stadthagen in Me.
der-Barnlm, Ulrich in Otrenbach,
Schwarz in Lubbock, Schmidt i'll Frank
fort on the Main, Birk in Munich first
Distr.l Dreesbach in Mannheim and
Bruins in Bremen.
From the second ballots still outstand-
ing further gains may be expected. Our
German comrades have now obtained
control of most OF the important cities
of Germany, and in all the others they
have grown to be the second strongest
psrty. There are only two large cities
that have thus far resisted the wave of
Socialism, namely Dantzig and Aachen
(Aix-La- Chapelle). Even in Strassburg
they have risen from vote of less than
200 in 1887 to 1850 this year, and came
near carrying their candidate into the
second ballot. The three old Hanseatlc
towns of Hamburg, Lubbock and Bremen
have been completely captured by the
Socialists, as also Munich. Frankfort,
Breslau. Kenigsberg, Braunsa hweig
and Mayence. In Berlin the Socialist
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-03-08
MACHIAVELlSM.

The workingmen of Germany having
voted for socialist candidates instead of
humbly, meekly and thankfully accept
ing the plant instruments of imperial
benevolence, the Kaiser has again, with
a clear conscience, turned them over to
the tender mercies of Bismarck. An
anti Anarchist bill is therefore to take
the place of the anti Socialiss measure
which was rejected by the last Reichstag.
By merely substituting the word "An-
archst" for the word Socialist, the
new bill can be made lar more despotic
and cruel than the old one; and. thus
modified, it will be passed with clear
conscience by the unanimous vote of
the now terrified bourgeois who but
lately dared to resist the will of the blood
and iron Chancellor. We had all along
suspected that the disagreement between
the Kaiser and Bismarck was a piece of
Machiavelism - a well planned and well
played comedy. In this however, many
OF our German friends here and in the
Fatherland differed with us; anc, out of
respect for their superior knowledge Of
their own country, we abstsinei from
expressing publicly private opinion
which is evidently now justified by the
event. We should not refer to this in
cident were it not that it carries within
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-03-08

itself an important lesson, which we
must bear in mind at all times. The po-
icy of despotism and capitalism is every
where the same $3.50 deceitful, treacherous
and cruel, and they should at no time be
looked upon with more suspicion than
wheL they profess kindness and good
intentions.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-03-08
CELEBRATE THE VICTORY.

A grand mass meeting will be held
under the auspices of the Socialist Labor
party at the Cooper Union next Tues
day, March 18th, to celebrate the great
victory of our German comrades at the
recent Reichstag election. Shevitch
and DeLeon will speak in English, and
Grottkau will speak in German.
OF the success Of this demonstration
there is, of course, no doubt whatever.
The German workingmen Of this city
will turn out in imposing numbers, and
their long compressed enthusiasm will
find vent in tumultuous plandits. We
trust, moreover, that their fellow wage
workers OF other nationalites espe-
cially the American born will supply
large contingent; for many OF them
begin to realize that a victory won by
Labor in Germany is a victory won for
Labor throughout the world.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-03-08
MARCH s. 1890.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.

The WoRKMEN's ADVOCATE for the
week ending Saturday, March Is, will
DO an eight. page paper. Besides the
usual contingent of news and editorial
matter, it will contain an article descrip-
tive of the events that preceded, accom-
panied and followed the Paris Com
mune March IS, 1871; "A Century of
Revolution, by l.. Sanial; "Histori-
cal sketch Of Socialism in Germany, by
Hugo Vogt, and other contributions Of
great value by Prof. Daniel De Leon,
Mrs. Florence Kelley Wischnewetzky,
Thaddeus B. Wakeman, and other
eminent writers on social economy.
The price per copy will BIO the same as
usual g cents.
The demand from Sections Of the s. l..
p. and individual subscribers for extra
copies is already very large. Orders
should be sent to this Office as early Us
possible and no later than Tuesday
March rs, as we shall 20 to press on the
evening Of that day.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-03-08

An English paper-the Engineering
and Mining J0urnal-says that one of
the strongest evidences Of the great
revival in manufacturing industry which
is now taking place IN England, is the
fact that there is actually a scarcity of
labor" If its report can be trusted,
overtime is general in all the great works
and the application for skilled workmen
is such that the unions cannot supply
all that are needed. Even the voice of
the croaker," observes in conclusion this
malevolent but illogical organ of capital
ism, with its old time lie of million
men out Of employment is no longer
heard in the land" We congratulate
our fellow wageslaves on the other side
of the Atlantic upon their present good
luck and advise them strongly to i'm.
prove it TO the utmost by Immediately
demanding the highest possible rate of
wages. Now is the time to strike, not
only for higher pay but for shorter
hours. Should they fail to act promptly,
the voice of the croaker" will soon be
heard again, and his old-time cry of
"a million of men out of employment"
will then no more be "a lie" than it
has been in the past.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-03-08

THAT corn sells for thirteen cents per
bushel and coal costs twenty-nine cents
per bushel may seem to justify the
burning of corn for coal in Kansas. But
it does seem as if there was something
wrong in the conditions which permit
empty coal-bins in Kansas and empty
meal bags in Pennsylvania, while farm
ers in the former are burning corn for
fuel and miners in the latter are idle.
What is the matter with the theory of
exchange?"
So says the Aurora Times, who lives
in Missouri-a State that boasts of rank
ing fifth in wealth and first in the rate
at which wealth is increasing. AS if
replying to this doleful query the St.
Louis Globe Democrat observes in an
off-hand style:
"The question as to the reason of the
cheapness of corn is exceedingly simple.
1t is because the supply largely exceeds
the demand. The law which determines
the price of corn exercises the same
function over all of mans products"
But the Aurora Times may not find
this as simple as the Globe Democrat, in
its capitalistic simplicity, declares that
it is. Neither do we, If there is law
by virtue of which abundance of corn
and of coal produces empty bins and bags,
it must be very artificial one, imposed
not by nature but by men-and very
bad men, too. This so called natural
law of supply and demand" the right
name Of which is "the capitalistic law
of competition" cannot be too soon
abolished and replaced by the absolutely
natural law of social existence-co OPP
Grafton.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-03-08
Social Crimes-A Letter from the
Editor of The Newsman."

Your timely editorial in the Advo
cate of March LIST, headed Social
Crimes" deserves more than passing
notice. The spectacle of a great daily
newspaper like the World posing as a
champion of 1.-The poor Workman"
while reducing the hard earned pittance
of its newsboys is enough to make man
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-03-08

lose faith in the American people on &C
count of their indifference to it.
The fake newspaper is having its sun
shiny days. Honesty, worth and clean
ness will yet triumph in journalism.
S. j. DAILY.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-03-08

The receipt of sample copy Of this
paper is an invitation to subscribe.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-03-08
SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY.

NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, b J. GRErcn,
secretar- 25 East Fourth street, N. Y,
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-03-08

BOARD OF GRIEVANCES, ERNEST c. SCHNEIDER,
Secretary, IS Dover street, Boston, Mass.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-03-08

letarians In all parts OF the world. Letters re-
curing answers should contain return postage
Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1890-06-13
Martha Washington.

am glad to believe that Mary, the mother
OF Washington, will soon have her monu-
ment completed, although she has not had to
wait SO long for hers as her son did for his.
But why does not some one propose a monu-
ment to Martha, the wife Of Washingtoni
am aware that historians Of certain
school think that Lady Washington did moth
ing worthy Of marble. because her achieve
ments were chiefly domestic. But believe
that IL Washington himself could speak he
would tell us that he would not have been
Washington without her. Suppose she was
not as clever as Mrs Adams or as charming as
Mrs. Madison, was she not strength and sup
port TO George Wa3hington-his comfort and
consolationa .She was nothing but an heir
ess and housekeeper," sneer these scornful
historians But she was more than these to
Washington, for it is evident in all his letters
that he leaned upon her. Think what wo-
man she must have been who could counsel
and console, II not command, the greatest
Englishman Of modern days When the life
Of Martha Washington Is written as it should
be, II win be shown that she is even better
entitled to monument than u Mary WASH
ington. --Philadelphia Record
Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1890-06-13
old Settlers Of Kingsbury County.

Early Tuesday morning q special
train went from this city TO DeSmet
where the first annual Old Settlers
nesting oi our enterprising neighbor-
ing county was held. Among the ex.
cursionists Was the Brookings cornet
band and several prominent citizens.
Passengers we're taken aboad at Ar
ineton, Hetland and Lake Preston.
A Large delegation arrived at an early
hour from Esmonl and at 11.30 the
parade marched through the princi.
pal streets to the grand stand.
speeches we're made by the venerable
Squattsr Governor f. M. Zisbach. oi
Scotland and Hon. -. -. Brown, OF
sioux Falls. After other Interesting
exercises the immense crowd d,sband.
cd Tor dinner.
i Dinner over the sporting portion OF
the heprogram took place and occupied
the whole AFTERNOON. There we're
Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1890-06-13
The Drug store Directory.

People will soon cease Fostering the drug
clerk by asking for a directory, says New
York paper. The person who wishes to look
up an address will only have to 60 to the
corner Of the store. or step in front of any
hotel or public place, or 60 almost anywhere,
in fact. drop penny in the slot, and then
read the interesting volume for hours, II he
wants to. The directory lies on its side on q
small wooden box-like platform. The under
side is nailed fast TO the box, while curved,
nickel plated iron bar, which runs into the
box. presses down on the upper cover When
the penny is dropped Ia q catch which holds
the bar is released, the bar can be pushed
back and the book opened. The reader, how
ever, must hold the cover down tightly, for
the moment he lets go the bar snaps back,
and only another penny will release il =
Cxchange
Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1890-06-13
A Royal sporting Man.

The king Of Italy is really at heart and in
body first class sporting man. He loves the
dangers Of the highest Alpine passes, and
revels in unlimited snow. He is a mountain
eer among mountaineers-theirc companion
where the pinnacles are clad with snow,
around whose heights the eagle scars, and at
whoee elevated bases the channels, and the
still rarer ibex Tor .bouquetin) have their last
European resting places. The king appears
there once year, and the men accustomed
to the mountains-the gamekeepers and the
guardians Of these lofty kingly preserves
are almost always ''beat out" by the enthu-
siastic royal chAsseur The territory of this
preserve of wild game for King Humbert is
said to be the only one In Europe where the
long horned ibex still exists. The true ibex
Is still to be found In the mountains Of Judea.
King Humberts preserve for the ibex is to
be found In that massive mountain region
and its valleys, which goes under the general
name Of Le Grand Paradis, and which may
any clcar day be seen from the Capprcini OF
Turin, looming In snowy grandeur far away
TO the north. London Court Journal
Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1890-06-13
Had .Cns'' the slessenger.

John Gilbert Is character. In his peculiar
line he Is very funny, and he Is full Of quaint
mesmerisms and stories In the language Of
tho profession, John Originates all Of his
own stun, !" and he has had experience in al
most every line Of the business. In the old
days he played In one OF the many queer
stock companies which supported the ''stars"
who came along, and be was liable to be cast
for anything from ''my-lord-the-carria
waits" part to q leading heavy. Very often,
too, he was obliged, like the rest of the CONF
pany, to 60 on with strange star without .
rehearsal On one occasion Q tragedienne was
to open an engagement at the theatre in
Macbeth" One Of the company was sick,
and John was cast for Duncan. There was
no rehearsal, the star having arrived in town
at late hour, and John never saw her until
be faced her on the stage a. Lady Macbeth.
A messenger was to come on, and Lady Mac
beth says: "What are your tidingsf' to which
the messenger replies: 1.-THE king comes here
to-night" Well, John went on and was
staggered to hear her ask, "What are your
tidingsr But he, quickly recovering him
sell, hoarsely whispered: We're short handed
and we've cut out the messenger. I'm Dun
can; 60 on. Play ballr" The play proceeded,
but John never forgave the star for mistaking
him for messenger. Chicago Herald
Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1890-06-13
The n1antchoo BeIle.. Dowry.

About the most curious Of all sources Of
fur are the dog ranches Of Mantchoo Factory.
The animals, Of peculiar gray shaggy breed,
are raised expressly for their hides, four of
which make the favorite Tartar robe. Each
Mantchoo belle, who goes home to housekeep-
ing, is expected to fetch her husband at least
. dozen, which she has herself prepared while
In her fathers house, as the girl of civilized
regions laid up stores of house linen and
quilts. The dogs are fit for ski,ning ct
year old, and are fed mainly on the flesh Of
their predecessors. Some philosopher de-
clares that nothing is ever lost or can be lost.
A dog ranch run on the Manschoo principles
seems to exemplify the saying to nicely.
Russia, the fur bearer, is also the fur wear
or. The "White Gar" wraps him in price
less sable, the Moujii lives and dies in his
sheepskin coat. From ST. Petersburg to Se-
vastopol royal path might be paved with
fur. The commonest sleigh Is heaped with
fur robes, and in all the houses of the rich
they meet you at every hand Certain prov
inces send every year to royalty all the best
Of their yield. Select skins go into the royal
treasury, and when there is royal or impe-
rial wedding the bride gets such robes Of
sable and blue fox as no other womenkind
ever wear. They are not hers, however, but
the property of the house--to be guarded,
given and entailed like land, jewels or plate
On the whole, the American girl who gets
muf, cape and boa no doubt has more solid
satisfaction in them than the royal brides
have in all their sable splendors. Cor. st.
Louis POST Dispatch.
Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1890-06-13

horseraces. footraces, bass ball games.
pudding eating contests and other
amusements.
The game OF base ball between the
DeSmet nine and u pickednp nine from
BrOokinRs was very excit3ng. At the
BEGINNING the game Was rocky, but dur
ing the fourth inning the boys got
down to business and goose eggs ap.
peared on the tally sheet, two for
Bro0kings and three on che DsSmet
side. The game was close from this
on and when time was called at the
close OF the eighth inning the game
stood q tie with twenty ttllies each.
The Brookinos band gave street
concert in the evening and furnished
music for the merchants carnival,
which. by the way. was asimoat pleas
ing part Of the pr0graIh. The fire.
mems dance was we'll attended.
All in all the city did itself proud
and verybody hAd anicAtims. Long
live the Old Settlers.
Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1890-06-13
Pop Went the weasel.

A Bailey Hollow tPa., hunter recently saw
q weasel hopping over the dead leaves in q
piece Of wood near Dalton, dodgElg and sniff
fing at the ground as it ran. Soon the hunter
saw that the weasel was in pursuit Of rab-
bit, and presently he got sight of the latter.
When the rabbit discovered that it was be-
ing chased BY its deadly foe it darted into a
aels. The weasel followed it and staid in the
hole for several minutes. Then it skipped
into the hole of another rabbit, where it re-
,nained about the same length OF time.
When it reappeared the hunter shot it as it
was making for the burrow of another rab-
bit. On cutting the weasel open he found
that its stomach was chock full Of blood, and
the hunter made up his mind that the active
creature had gorged itself on the blood Of
two rabbits since he first caught sight Of it,
Exchange
Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1890-06-13


A new comic opera was in rehearsal. and
The composer, . well kRown American musi-
clan, was present at the reheersal. The con-
ductor Of the orchestra may b known ~
cmisl, and 10 W. unnoyfnS1y persfsterit IN
finding "reminiscences Of other composers in
the music bsfOre him. sA0h.r = did be, ..that
suggests Mozart; those measures are adapted
from Beethoven; that song b very like some
thing from Mendelssohn," and 50 on. Ths
composer stood these criticisms as long - .
not too placid temper would admit, and then
broke ont: Here, now, you never mind any,
Of those old fellows; but when you find any
thing that reminds you of one Of Smiths OPP
eras, just let me know, and III cut it out at
once, for dont amt my opera to be dead
before 1t has been produced" AS Smith was
the author OF an opera that had madea Q dismal
failure, the keen thrust went home, and there
was nothing more heard on the subject
New York Star.
Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1890-06-13
Plenty OF Moistare.

This part OF the state has had
plenty OF rain for present needs.
Farmers living in the northern part OF
the county report THAI much more
rain has fallen in their locality than
here and thai the water is standing
on the surface OF the ground. We
have never seen the trses bear sucn
dense foliage as they do at present
and the grass Is far ahead OF that OF
previous years. All kinds OF grain
look we'll and bespeak an abundant
harvest.