Workmen's advocate., 1890-10-11

that power IS slipping from the fingers of the plutocracy, to raise the false cry of "stop thiefn', and mislead the awakening ranks of labor.
 Politicians and capitalist newspapers will gabble about more school room un- til election, but take care not to furnish any.
 The Baltimore Americah of Sept. go, contained the account of a meeting largely composed of orthodox Jewish Poles and at which Michael Cohn, Pre- sident, and Miss A. Netter, Secretary of | the WOrkingmen's Educational Society undertook to express sOcialistc views. Much confusion ensued and the police arrested a number of the disputants, who were taken before Justice Hobbs. We quote;
 Justice Hobbs, at the conclusion, re- | viewed the evidence and said Il am sorry that the police department did not have every man who was in the hall arrested. The people who were there assembled for the purpose of discussing questions that should not be discussed in this free and enlightened country. The subjects were "Is There a God 2 "Anarchism", and Socialism" The | persons who were there were assembled for unlawful purpose. The majority of | the people were foreigners who are not even naturaized, and they had no busi. ness to discuss these subjects in a Chris lian country. We don't want such peo, pie here, and we won't have them If you are not all satisfied with the laes and the government of thls country, get out! We don't propose to have the scenes enacted in Chicago repeated here, and have our streets running with blood AnarChlsm and Socialism should not be discussed here at all, particularly on Sunday nights. propose to punish all such people brought before me. It may be that some of you went there under misapprehension. In consideration of this fact 1 will fine you each $1 and costs, with the exception of Benjamin Arustan, who is fined $l0 and costs" Arruslan was in the middle of the crowd in the hall He is abought eighteen years old, and was one of the principal dlsturbers All the men paid thelr fines There as great crowd of fsympathizers | around the station house door. It got rumored around in the crowd that the men would be hanged, and some of the women could not restrain their tears.
 This man Hobbs may be fit judge in State where the whipping post is still fourishing. But like the whipping post and other legacies of the middle ages, he 1 should be abolished. He is, in fact, greater disgrace to his State than the whipping post; for, while the whipping post is disgracefully legal, Hobbs showed himself disgracefuly illegal. He had an unquestioned right to punish breach of the peace if there Was any; but he had no right to speak as he did. He assumed to lay down the law as to what the peo- pie of Baltimore should or should not discuss on Sunday. We trust that Col lngersoll, among other champions of free speech, aill go to Baltimore and challenge Hobbs in his den.
 Why are not tenants in tenements allowed to use stationary tubs for bathing purposes without extra water tax, Mr. Gilroy?
 The Sun says the Socialist candidate for Comptroller has list of all the city officers that Meyers refused to pay weekly.
 Ono million four hundred thousand dollars were last year appr priated no minally for the purpose of repaving our streets, in fact, however, for the pur. pose of throwing pretty round sums into the laps of pet ''contractors." It is now discovered that with connvance of the Department of Public Works the con. tracts made were so worded as to carry out the real purposes of the appropria- tion, and that bluestone, which crum bles, is substituted for trap and gneis. To fix this job much cleverness was needed and towering individualities Hence one may approximately guess the reasons why this gentry is so bitterly opposed to Socialism, and why they foam at the mouth at the bare thought of having their swindling individuallties suppressed,
 The coal bar ons having determined to advance the wholesale price of coal 10, 10 and 20 cents per ton according to size | and quality, the coal dealers have deter mined to make corresponding" ad- vance of 50 cents per ton all around.