Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-09
Death of A Recent and Prominent
Convert 10 Socialism in Lynn, Mass. :.

Death of A Recent and Prominent
Convert TO Socialism In Lynn, Mass.
| have been tempted several times of
late to write you a short article on the
progress of Socialism in this city and
longer. The death of one of our noblest
workers In the cause has made it a duty
which it would be nearly a crime to
neglect.
In the newspaper clippings which |
enclose, you will notice that one of the
resolutions on the death of our late
Comrade was passed by Republican
club of this city. This may require ex-
PLANTATION. The facts are as follows:
Comrade Dryer had been member
of that club for many years and although
it was known to its members that Com
rade Dwyer was a member of the Nation
alist Club Of this city, yet think there
were few it any Of them who knew that
he was also an active working member
of the Socialist section. But it was
nevertheless fact that he had been a
voting member of the Section since last
winter and held paid up card of mem
bership at the time of his death. He
had been for some time previous to his
demise contemplating to publicly with
draw from the Republican club and had
told me personally that he would do so
at his earliest convenience The kind of
a man that Comrade Dryer was is
truly set forth in the enclosed articles.
Abel &. Courts. who is a member of
the Nationalist Club of Lynn and the
brainiest man that has welded an edito-
: rial pen in this city for the past twenty
years, was his warmest friend. SO you
can well see how it came about that he
was member of the Socialist Labor
Party. He was of that sort that always
discovers the right path and dares to
pursue it, let the consequences be what
they may; for Socialism is not a popular
movement in Lynn to-day, although the
results achieved here in the past two
years are far beyond anything we had
reason to hope when our Section was
first formed.
The City Fathers have seen fit to
refuse us the use of the Common to
preach the doctrines which are substan-
TALLY those of the Christ that some of
them profess to worship. But the time
is not far distant when men elected to
office in this city as the peoples servants
will hear and understand the peoples
voice.
l shall try and keep you posted in re-
ord ~ in Far,
also in regard to the progress of the
Independent Labor Party, with which /
C operate while it moves in our direc-
ton. Its platform is all right as far as
it goes, and we hope its work may be
right also. Yours fraternally,
c. N. W.,
LYNN, Mass, Aug. 1.
The following are extracts from the
clippings above referred to:
"An ardent patriot, as exemplitied by
"a his spontaneous military service for the
Union, he was yet cosmopolitan in
spirit, his humanitarian promptngs and
katholic ideas rendering him true citi-
zen of the world. The recent National
istic movement toward a grand commu-
nifty of interests took so strong hold
upon his sympathies and his fancy that
the lifelong diffidence which had SO
hampered him was banished, and he
threw himself into the work with an
ardor born of his enthusiasm, doing yeo-
man service by voice and pen.
"Chief among the distinguishing traits
that did him honor was an exalted ideal
of, and reverence for woman, which
pllced her far above her masculine con-
SON in all that goes to make life sweeter
and higher and holier Feeling thus. il
followed as a natural corollary that he
warmly espoused the woman suffrage
cause, to assist in placing her politically,
socially and industrially upon an equal
footing with men.
ABEL G. COURTS.
At a meeting Of the Lynn Section of
Socialists, held July 90, 1890, the fol-
lowing resolutions were presented and
adopted unanimously
Whereas, In the death If our late
co,nrade, J. Henry Dwyer, we feel
Leenly the loss of one of our most eff
Gent and faithful workers. 4 member
with heart always responsive TO the