The representative., 1894-10-10
TREMENDOUS.
A VAST AUDIENCE OF CHICAGO
WORKiNGMEN
Swear With Uplifted Hands Never
to Vote an Old Party Ticket
Again-They are Populists.

Chicago Record. This is only one of
a thousand significant facts all show
ing that the Peoples party are about
to- sweep the nation:
Richard Powers stood before $500
persons at BricklayerS' hall last night
and bound the assembly by solemn
oath to renounce the two old political
parties and espOatse the cause of the Peo-
ple's party The scene was dramatic
in the extreme. The speaker had lust
finished an arraignment # the two
political machines, which he blamed
for the present depressed condition Of
the country. Then he told the assem-
blage to repeat the oath after him.
With my hand uplifted'-the null
tltude roared the Sentence-''and be-
fore the everlasting God!" The audi
ence repeated after the speaker, and
the noise had scarcely ended before he
continued: Il renounce all na1tles
-" The rest was drowned in the
shouting. Every hand in the hall was
held high and the rest of the oath was
lost In the noise. 1t was an indorse-
ment OF the Peoples party.
FILLED WITH CHEERS AND Kisses,
The meeting was strange mingling
of political and labor discussion. E,
V. Debs was lauded to the skies and
the very mention of President Cleve-
lands name was the signal for tor
rent OF Kisses and shouts of disap-
proval. Mr.. Debs had been advertised
to be present and all through the
meeting the crowd kept calling for
him. When the last speaker had fin
ished M. H. Madden, who presided,
announced that he had received mes
sage from Mr.. Debs and Mr.. Howard,
which said important business had
prevented their attendance. This did
not diminish the enthusiasm for tho
railway union leader, but the audience
adjourned, giving three ringing cheers
for the president of the striking rail-
way men.
Chairman Madden opened the meet
ing by saying that the laboring people
were making history. They were do
ing so, he said, by making a protest
against industrial wrong and tyranny.
Then he asserted that if the laboring
people made the proper protest they
could muster out the tyrants without
shedding one drop of precious blood.
The way to muster them out, asserted
the chairman, was by the ballot bor he
then reviewed the action of the Oh.
cals during the strike and declared
that only one opinion could be formed
from such course as had been
adopted, and that is that the presi-
dent of the country is no such friend
Of the wOrkingman as he is the friend
of corporate wealth.
Richard Powers, Of the Seamen's
union was the next speaker. He car
ried the audience by storm by the way
lie denounced the federal officials. He
referred In scathing terms to the or
nj Of I,n xrhn 1rA a
serted, there was no need for soldiers.
When the audience was worked to the
highest pitch Of enthusiasm he admin.
lStered to it the oath which 1t ac-
cepted.
Chris O'Brien made speech in tho
same vein, and W. F. Cooling, presk
dent of the Single Tax club, explained
that organizations connection with
the Peoples party. He held that cor
porate wealth had control Of tho
farmer and of the markets because 1t
owned the railroads. He denounced
the Democratic and Republican par
ties as being agents of great corpora
tions. Cooling then explained the
theory of single tax, and ended by ask
ing the people if they would assist in
bringing about what he had described
as the result of the adoption of hia
idea.
POMEROY SCORES A HIT.
The next speaker was William G.
Pomeroy. When he sarcaStically re-
ferred to Grover Cleveland the crowd
cheered until Chairman Madden
thought he was never going to secure
order again. "Some people think l
look like E. V. Debs," said Mr.. Pome-
roy in beginning his address. "If
have one part of his intellectual at
tainments the creator has been kind
to me-" The speaker then warmed
up to the scorching he was to give Mr..
Cleveland He told how there had
been no trouble in Chicago until the
president had ordered the troops here.
the battle Of the railroads. There is
way to stop such things. Use your bal
lots and put nle,, of your O1Un class INTO the
offices and they ,ciU make such things right
Elect man like Eugene V. Debs. He
would not forget you. The two old
parties are really one. Our president
was elected by Wall street and now he
says he is going to place Debs in jail
because he stood up for the working.
man. He says he has been guilty OF
conspiracy. Olney. that celebrated
corpora tion attorney, sends soldiers
where they are not needed to serve
two of his best-paying clients. we
were peaceful and law-abiding before
they came. They caused what acts q
violence were done. What spectacle
we have-an alleged Democratic presi
dent sending soldiers when Demo
cratic governor and Democratic
mayor both are asserting that bayo
nets are not necessary to run trains
A Republican president would have
done the same thing. Probably az
would have done it sooner, because NJ
would not be asleep or fishing. Now
the time has come for you to find faul
with yourselves. They will come anS
ask you to vote for them. They VII
tell you about Jefferson and Lincoln
and they will tell how the Democrat
invented the stars and stripes. ant
how the Republicans defended them
We love jefferson, Lincoln and the Oh
flag, but every time it floats over
Republican or Democratic meetlng l
has to be fumigated.
INDORsED THE SPRINGFIELD PLAT
FORM.
The following resolutions were the
I'D and unanimously adopted:
hResolved, That this meeting Q
Chicago wage workers halls with fee
ings of Joy the action of the represenl
atives of the trades union, the Farm
ers' alliance, the Single Takers. TN
Socialists and Populists in Joinln
hands in a common effort to restor
the liberties of the people by means c