Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1891-03-28

| is gaining recognition. Many one,
not wOrkingman, is admitting that the
Socialist platform is the only sensible
one in the field, Furthermore, the
Nationalist Club of this city has come
out hat.footed for Morgan, it has en-
dorSed the Socialist platform and pledged
1t its support The Nationalists here
have not yet ripened into the position of
those in New York, nor can they be said
to be doing quite the work of their brave
brethren in Cleveland. Yet they do a
work that is very valuable. Besides
their not stuItifyin themselves by be-
coming appendages TO the old and cor
rupt Republican or Democratic parties,
and their recognition of the necessity of
an independent party, their agitation is
quite effective as a means of disarmlng
opposition. They have access to spots,
men and women and societies which the
Socialists cannot reach, and there they
SOW a seed that never could otherwise
have been sowed.
There is one element noticeable in the
field here that might discourage some,
but that probably is only symptom Of
health No end of clubs exist in the
city where social questions are debated
As soon as election time comes, these
clubs, in their anxiety to do something
good, JON this, that or the other party
often demanding certain pledges from
the candidates. This method of at
tempting reform is dllettantish. That
the clubs exist, however, shows a dispo-
sition to think-to activity of the mind
and body. Quite possibly, experience
may teach them the futility of their
present conduct. At any rate the foun-
dation of the Socialist party and its in
eyitable growth will greatly aid in caus
ing these clubs to drop their nonsense.
That the party is bound to grow here
in Chicago, a look about demonstrates.
This is the city of capitalism without
disguise or varnish. The monument
raised at the Haymarket the murder
Gus police is typical and 5mblematlcal.
Its cheapness, its lying inscription
RAISED by the city to its defenders" -
its awkwardness and clumsiness, its
undisguised brutality and challenging
show of brute force, denote the rough
eat, rudest, most unkempt and swagger
ing instinct that may well be expected
from the pork packing mobility of the
place. Ignatius Donnelly laid the scene
of his Caesars Column in New York,
but walk on the fashionable thorough
fares of this place shows that he took
his types essentially from Chicago. The
square jaws and hoggish faces of the
women that peer out Of the COstliest of
raiment are shocking and repulsive,
while looks unmlstakaby lascivious en-
counter you where you least expect
them and point to a moral turpltude
that speaks volumes. In New York
there is at least the pretense of refine
ment; here it is Maximin of Roman days
wallowing in vulgarity and proud of his
exCesse-. Extremes meet The very
effect of such a sight produces a revul-
sion. True men and women outside of
the working classes are gathering their
forces for agitation and resistance So.
cialist speakers are invited to address
them and are listened to attentively and
approvingly. | was invited to address
one of these bodies, consisting of ladies
exclusively, on Saturday in the after
noon at the parlors of Mrs. Corinne 5.
Brown Some hundred and more were
present The interest they manifested
in the subject of the Labor Movement
and Socialism shows that here, too, there
is that fragment minority at work that
helps to carry society successfully
through the evolutionary crises. The
conception of this meeting was greatly
applauded by the rank and file of the
workingmen in the Socialist ranks, Nor
gan and Berlyn especially. 1t is hoped
it will bear fruit To give one instance,
in closing, of the corrupt condition of
things here, and of the need of an
element to Introduce the purely moral
sentiment into the ruling class, the So.
csaIiSt purity has felt itself constrained to
incorporate itself msder the ld10s of the
State. 1t felt that unless it did SO, its
name might be stolen by the politicians
and confusion within its ranks would
have inevitably ensued.
Fraternally,
ID. DELEON.