New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-26
SOCIAL DEMOCRACY
N ITS ENGLISH FORM AND IT'S LATEST
PUBLIC PERFORMANCE IN TRAFAL-
AR SQUARE
London, Novem


calling and chanting We've got no work 20
doo They almost always look well fed, and are
NOT always addressed Their appeal to the sensi-
bilities Of their fcllow-citizcns brings them in
mbstantial sums. Bcggary is known to be d
profitable industry, whether open or disguised
heard yesterday Of crossing sweep-hiS is a
Orm of bcggary very slightly disguised-who
armed each week 81 at his crossing, and each
evening 81 80 by going out as waiter. His i,
probably an exceptional case, though not in the
amount Of his earnings with the broom. But
the sympathies OF the public, and the charity
which flows from them, are alike ill-regulated.
The stalwart tramps at the West End are but
A. many scouts from the great army of The Tn
employed at the East End. That is the name
they delight to give themselves. The army itself
made it's appearance in Trafalgar Square on Sun
day and again Monday at Tower Hill and
once again by deprivation at an interview granted
them by the Works Committee of the London
County Council. They appeared, it is true, under
different names. In Trafalgar Square they pre-
scnted themselves TO the public as the Social
Democratic Federation. Elsewhere, they chung to
the title above mentioned. The name matters
chiefly 10 themselves, but l apprehend there is no
doubt that, though under different leaders and
with different banners the bulk of the army is
made up of the same persons. Between Tower
Hill and Trafalgar Square there is something like
jealousy and the labor bosses who run the West
End demonstrations look, or profess to look, with
dsfavor on the proceedings Of their brethren
beneath the shadow Of the Monument But the
public regards all these gymnastics as similar if
not Identical The managers of them made still
a fourth appearance not the least important
before the Labor Commissions this fourth time
In the single person of Mr.. Tom Mann. l dare
say II will occur TO you that in all these nearly
Simultaneous demonstrations in these various ways
there il evidence of organization, and perhaps Of
the influence Of a single directing mind.
The Trafalgar Square meeting had purpose
beyond mere charity; it was partly political
and TO a certain extent revolutionary. The
Social Democratic Federation marshalled its
forces. and that is a body of some authority
among that portion of the citizens Of London who.
in Mr.. Gladstone's phrase, known as the
masses. One of their two chief objects on this
occasion was to celebrate what they call the
partial recovery of the right Of public meeting
in the historic Open-air forum of London. This
phrase is more sonorous than accurate. There
is no such right. There have been several un-
successful attempts 10 claim TO create one
When this Government came in, il was understood
they would be expected to satisfy, in what
measure they could. the restless agitators who
wanted TO make themselves heard in Trafalgar
SQUARE deputation waited on the new Home
Secretary; the rising young lawyer whom Mr.
Gladstone promoted at one leap from the ranks
10 one of the two or three most difficult Offices
IN his gift. Mr. Asquith told his petitioners
plainly they had no right to the square; but
that they might as an experiment as a privilege.
and as an evidence of the good will Of Ministry
which owed its existence TO agitation. come
there Saturday afternoons. or Sundays, or BANK
HOLIDAYS: and at no other time. They were to
give four clear days notice Of their intention
10 hold a meeting, and they were 10 submit
themselves to the regulation of the police.
This Of course, satisfied nobody. The re-
.pectable classes thought it a weak concession
10 the clamor Of the mob. The mob. when
wanted a triumph over society and the poilce
perceived that their triumph was extremely lm'
perfect 1t is the fifth anniversary OF what thcv'
IN their mock-heroic style, call Bloody sunday III
memory of the blood which, On the lo'h Vi
November, 1887, flowed from sundry broken
,eads DIR. Aveling told the Home Secretary they
could never be content till they had asserted
their right" 10 meet whenever they liked, ana
with No nolice 10 modest or make them afraid.
When Dr. Aveings millennium arrives. the police
are TO be under the control Of the London county
Council: and the London County Council Is 10 De
elected by the heroes of Trafalgar Square.
The number present Sunday Is recKohe"
,oosely al 10000: perhaps a fifth Of the numoel
present five years ago, when the Ioush appeared
On something like its full strength. This tlmc' see
inc no fair prospect Of fun Of plumber he stayed
o,yav There were police, but they were kept
mostly out of sight. There was no disorder eA-
cent what proceeded out OF the mouths Vi Wv
.roal,ors. ,rnonr whom were five members Of tho
1ondon County Council one N. p, four women
and Mr. John Burns There was also Mr.. queen
still engaged in his unfinished business Of NIal'-
ouelling He belongs, az do his ichae dlN'7'
n the class Of ELECTRICIANS who thlnK grievances
We Oi''' oI.1eeo1 b,, strono language The
sbopkccpcrs he sid, were opposed u lileSe meet
inrs because they did not want to see 'he nlscr'
Of the people whom they had roppc"' III
historic forum he might have remembered 'h"'
il was the shopkeepers VINO were io''ou' "0'
seven years ago, In the February rlo'h' p"O !"
was for violence, IL appeared, oil allhosO any
kind Society is rotten 10 the core anu WI
Ouolcb < nrcpared 10 make it sound again by
cartridges. and BY drilling and arnihe' III oi"o'
10 take posscssion of the sources Of production III
. o.,...i,otiorol manner Mr. w. Parncll was
moro vornacular: he wanted the whole hog oil
rioht Mr. Uvndman, who may be trusted 10
appear when there is no danger in the ar an
nounced that, though the England Of to-day De-
longed 10 the aristocracy of wealth, to-mofao"
it would belong to the aristocracy Of labor Inc
morrow has come and gone and Mr.. Hyndinah
prediction remains prediction still. Some oi
these gentlemen tackled the question oil nhulhs
employment for the unemployed. MT hShu-
man demands that men who are out oil "orN ny
10 fault of their own, should have remuheiauN'
work found for them. OF similar OPINION !
Mr. Frank Smith. of the London county Oo"ncn
on the ground that hungry men cannot "c pr"
vented from being angry men, ana therefore ""n-
acrous men, land an Englishman has no rIs"' ~
stsrye in quictncss.
Who nons.ns.. Of that kind il going Mr.. John
Burns i. sire not to be Gar of. He has new
programme once a week; at present ne wonId DC