The advocate., 1894-03-07

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those who have and fail to give" il
disgraceful; nevertheless it is hi
opinion that enough have given tC
avert danger.
But what Mr.. Dspsw vaguely hints
in the above, Ward McAllister clearly
proclaims. He says:
lido not hesitate TO say that when the win.
ter opened there was much apprehension
felt By all Glasses Of society that the fnsn
Oial panic would put an end TO all entertain
ing. have personal knowledge that many
Of the milliOnsires Of this city anticipated
bread riots and lswlessness. But the riOE
men of this city are, as a rule, quick of per
ceptiOn and full Of energy to carry out 9
project once planned. II this were not true,
many Of them would never have been rich
Under the circumstances they resolved that
there was but one thing TO do, and they did
it. All knew that Chicago was the head.
quarters of anarohy-that If the spirit OF
lswlessness could have started and gained
any strength there, il would have magnifed
thousand fold and spread over the entire
country with enormous rspidity. Hence
these men took measures to suppress any
uprising Of the revolutionary class in that
city. Their foresight nipped in the bud the
attempts Of the large GLASS Of ignorant dis
organizers TO stir up dissension. The task
was unusually difficult because the closing
Of the Worlds Fair in Chicago left stranded
large number Of unemployed, who could
have been easily induced TO take part in any
scheme to appropriate to themselves por-
tion of the wealth Of the rich, no matter
how lawless the scheme might have been.
Il may be a fact not generally known that
several of our richest men directed their
personal attention TO this matter, and by
going to Chicago and lRboring hard there
actually prevented any such uprising. No
wave Of socialism was permitted TO rise and
gather strength and burst upon US here.
Commenting on this paragraph Mr..
Buchanan observes:
Mr.. MCAllister arouses my curiosity. ]
would like TO know what ii was the rich
men did that was 80 successful in snufing
out the inCipient revolution. They went to
Chicago and ''labored hard" says McAllis-
Ger, but il is such an unusual thing to assO-
oiate the millionaire with 'labor" that one
is at loes to know just what 1t was they
did on that sus--auspiCious occasion. Pos
sibly the explanation is TO be found in an
other Of Mr.. MoAllister's statements, in
this one, for instance: Socialism has been
suppressed, and the unemployed have been
brought to realize that the rich man is their
friend" One thing is sure, and that is that
bringing the unemplOXedto such a resliza-
tion would offer TO the rich men large
field Of "lsbor" in Chicago or any other
place.
But find more 10 interest me in Mr.. No
Allistsr's reOitals of the evidences Of fright
made manifest in the dOingS of the rich
than in trying TO think out what it was the
millionaire New Yorkers did in Chicago to
suppress socialism. He said society people
had refrained TO a great extent from dis
play at their banQuets and other blowouts
Let me quote his exact language;
"In New York City the great financial
crash has naturally had most depressing
cot on society. To say the least, it has
been considered in bad taste TO make any
display in entertaining. l should not care
to be authority for the statement that there
are persons in society who left off wearing
their diamonds for fear Of arousing the ire
Of the unfortunate. Il is not unreasonable