The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-04

out some immediate results Of the agitation.
California, all told, has twenty-ssven clubs,
active and militant They all adopt sub
stantially the declaration Of principles
Get forth by the Boston people year and q
half ago. with some notifications here and
there. induced by special local issues. Other
States and Territories affected By the arita-
ton to the extent Of having clubs are Oonneo-
tlcut New York, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota,
Michigan. Missouri. New Hampshire, Ohio,
Oregon, Colorado. Pennsylvania, South Da-
kota. Tennessee, Washington, Wisconsin. and
the District OF Columbia,
Some OF the people actively Interested in ma
tionalism and members Of clubs in Boston are
the Rev. Edward Everett Hale, the Rev. W. ID.
P. Bliss, Rabbi Solomon SCHNEIDER, who has
translated Looking Backward into German
Thomas Wentworth HiGginson. Mrs. Mary A.
Livermore. Miss Anne Whitney. the sculptress
the Rev. Phillp l. Moxon. the leading Baptist
clergyman: Sylvester Baxter. Gen. Arthur +.
Devereux. James jeffrey Roche. Mrs. ABBY
Morton Diaz, and John Boyle 0'Reilly. Al
though Mr. William Dean Howells ia not q
member OF the organization, he is reported to
be in quiet sympathy with 1t, and several Of
tho younger professors at Harvard are SUM-
ciently interested to subscribe for the maya
zine. In New York city there are already
eight clubs and one in Brooklyn.
80 many clergyman in Boston extended their
cooperation to the Hationallsts that It was
found advisable to form separate society for
their efforts The result is the organization
known as Christian Socialists. This society
aims for the same changes in the body polite
that the Nationalists advocate. In fact. tho
Christian Socialists are Nationalist. but they
maintain separate organization In order to
work through religious channels. They. too.
publish o periodical which is even more extern
sivey circulated than the Nationalist maya
zine. They have begun q series OF Sunday
services which are based upon the declaration
that Tho Church OF Christ In her true spirit
is q Christian Socialist Church" The sermons
are addresses upon Christian socialism, and
the service that Of the Episcopal Church.
Besides all the people mentioned and others
whose views are given below. THE Sun re-
porter found many men who privately confess
to o lively interest in nationalism, but do
not yet feel prepared to come out openly for 1t.
Among them are one or two who might prop
erly be classed as politicians from the fact that
they have been In public office for years For
obvious reasons they hesitate to identify them-
selves with the new movement but they assert
that 1t is only q question Of time when 1t will
prevail in Massachusetts. at least Two meas
ures have been considered by the Legislature
which have the active support OF the Nation
Rlists. One was introduced at their instance.
and the other they took UP as soon as the bill
was announced. There is every prospect that
at least one Of these measures will become q
law at this session.
1t is customary to associate Socialists in this
country with the foreign born population. for
many thousand immigrants now citizens were
Socialists In Germany, or Russia. or France,
and most Of their publications in America are
printed In foreign languages, Nationalism.
however. Is American. root and branch. 1t 10 q
fact that the leaders mention with evident
pride that nearly every one OF the prime NOV
ers Is not only an American born, but that his
for generations back were Ameri-
cans also. Some OF them trace their descent
directly from families that came over from
within twenty years after the May
flowers first voyage. They have not the
slightest objection apparently to the coopera-
ton Of men and women Of Irish. German. or
other foreign extraction. but they feel that the
Is doubly worthy OF respect because
it Is purely indigenous. uninfuenced in its
origin by any agitation from abroad
The leading agitators are by no means
united in every respect, as will be seen from
the statements made by them to a Sun re-
porter. To very great extent the movement
10 sentimental and not political or scientific.
Pow even Of the leaders seem to have in view
any definite plan OF campaign. They declare
that nationalism. as an end. will be attained
by the natural evolution Of society. and that
as society progresses the details will shape
They interest themselves. there
FORE in setting to work mighty engine OF
agitation with sentiment back Of it and an
ideal before II. and leave it to run its course as
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haphazard policy. and as the movement grows
there may be developed a more systematic
plan OF action. Just what the most active
among them want and how they purpose to
attain 1t will be found In the reports OF con-
versRtions that follow.