Workmen's advocate., 1890-05-10
WALT M WAKES UP.
AND ORGANIZES A SECTION
 OF THE s. L. p.
A First Meeting Full of Promise Speeches by Comrades Taylor and Robinson.

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 As a result of the Faneuil Hall meet ing to protest against the Russian out rages Section of the s L. P. was or- ganized in Waltham, Mass, by Comrade H. w. Brown on Sunday afternoon, April 27. At the above meeting a letter of sympathy was received, signed by fifty women of that city. Some of the members of the Boston Section, seeing that there was an opportunity to extend the work of socialism, wrote to one of the signers of that letter Mrs. Mary F. Cunning, concerning the matter with the result above stated.
 The Section organized with thirteen members. Great credit is due to Mrs. Cunning, for on her devolved all the necessary preliminary arrangements She is a noble, publc-spirited woman, and has the courage of her convictions. She feels that Socialism is her religion and that in working for it's consumma- tion she is manifesting the truest patriot ism. One of her family was a minute man at the battle of Bunker Hill and she feels that she must be minute woman in the fight of labor against capital for it's rights. Waltham is a good town in which to carry on socialist agitation, for it is said to be mass of responsibility" Its natural character istics are beautiful. But to the senses, on the day of the meeting which was held in Music Hall, the largest hall in the city, everything outside the city was far from beautiful. It seemed almost as if Nature wore pall as if she was intent on showing her disapproval of any at tempt at innovation in this conservative town of watches. It rained so hard all the afternoon that the mere look
 might have supposed that Nature
 self was shedding tears. But Socis
 are impervious to the weather Adf nothing daunts them. Accordingly th& committee from the Boston Section plunged in nledldS res.
 Mrs. Mary F. Cunning called the meeting to order and introduced Com- rade David Taylor as the Chairman. On rising Com. Taylor spoke substan- tially as follows: Many centuries ago Cicero, one of the greatest products of Rome, said, For as much as Nature 
 hath implanted in man desire after the discovery of Truth, we naturally learn to love all truth for its own sake while we hold in adherence what ever is empty, deceptive, or untrue And so l trust that before this meeting is over, what may be lacking in members will be made up in enthusiasm for truth and justice. Such enthusiasm has inn pelled us to come from Boston today to expound to you the principles and aims of Socialism, and to see if there cannot be organized right here in your own city of Waltham Section of the Social ist Labor Party. can imagine how many of the residents of your city have regarded the announcement that there was to be Socialist meeting in this hall today. First one and then another said: I don't think it is quite safe to be seen at such meeting just yet, think 1 will wait and see what MT. Jones or Mrs. Grundy thinks about it, and whether it is likely to become popular Some are so shallow in their thinking and so limited in their observation as to be unable to see below the mere surface of things. They see not the truth rum ming in and through all great move- ments, which has been ever lifting hu- , manity to higher and higher levels. Some appear to think there is no more truth to be discovered and that things are as they should be. Others there are who feel that all is not as 1t should be in our modern world, but they say 1t is impossible to effect any change for the better. Things have always been as they are and any attempt at deviation
 will be failure Such objections and obstacles and many others every reform has had to encounter. Although the love of truth is innate with man. every new phase of 1t has had to fight it's way inch by inch. From its very nature reformatory movement cannot be popu- lar at the time of its inception. At first it is espoused by comparative few who . Lave sufficient courage and independence } of character to stand aIoof from the majority ard the new truths and pro-