Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-19
LABOR pARTYS Bio MEETING. 5
Probably 1000 People Listen to Open-air
orations at Fifth and king Streets Last
Friday Evening. itr ri t.

ShbnerlnB Oh cltllenS attended hL flltn
and King streets Friday night to listen
to- orations on the great labor ques-
tions of the day. The speakers were
from outside. One was Lucias Sanial
of New York, q naturalized French
man, with a slightly broken accent, but
possessing remarkable power and an
immense fund of statistical information.
The other was Hon. j. II. Turner Of
Georgia, secretary of the Peoples party.
The large crowd filled the whole
quadrangle formed by the intersection
of King and Fifth streets and was
strung up Fifth towards Market, A
large platform adorned with the ma
tional flag and bunting was prepared tor
the speakers. A band from the Labor
Lyceum on jackson street marched
down and serenaded the gathering.
The officers of the meeting who sat
upon the platform with the TWO speak
ers We're: Alonzo b. Foster, who pre-
sided, Richard Menck, Harry Hollis,
George Renicke, s. A. Bennington, Il.
j. Sweenry, Benjamin Fried, B. A.
Haines, Il. IL. Kane, w. d. Underwood,
L. Il. Roberts, w. Barnes, J. f. Edwards
These represented the different labor
organizations of the city, all of whom,
1t is understood, had joined for the pur-
pGse of bringing the orators here.
Alonzo B. Foster called the meeting to
order, which was done punctuallv ON
time. lii doing so he said to the effect
that the workingmcn OF the city are
disappointed and disguised with both
Democratic and Republican manage
ment Of public affairs. He hoped by
k,N1,N - n,4t I,Nf hpNF
would place in power men who repre-
sent the masses and not the classes. In
| closing Mr.. Foster announced that the
| speakers did not intend touching upon
local questions.
He then introduced LUCAS Sanial of
New York city. Mr.. Sanial is q heavily
| built, thick.set man, very much Of the
style Of strong wurkingman. lie
began in sarcastic vein, calling himself
Il foreign agitator. Then, suddenly
| changing, he went on to the effect; 1t
is true | was born in France, ! came
to this country during the time OF the
civil war. | have been an American
citizen Tor thirty years | have tried,
and propose to live up to all that that
high ideal means. | hope to leave TO
my children better country than we
now lind it.
The speaker then referred to the past
season of business depression. SEINE
doctors who have prescribed for the
trouble, said, "ltepeal the sherman act.
But it turned out to be plaster applied
to wooden leg Laughter The
speaker considered the crisis VIII grow
as long as the present economical
system exists. You are Shaving in the
midst of plenty. Hore is a railroad
built Of labor First comes the engi-
nccrs, we include intellectual labor.
Then the laborers dig the road. They
cut the tics in the neighboring forest.
They delve in the iron mines to get the
iron, and then comes the labor III the
toundries TO make the rails. The rail
road is all fairly made by labor from
beginning to end, and not by few
capitalists who run away TO England,
an honest days labor.
They stano ut all the avenues of trade
demanding 10 per cent on this and 10
per cent on that. They place their tax
on all-on everything. He gathers his
millions together and then looks around
TO sec what public franchise he can
make use of. He puts million dollars
in his pocket and purchases tine vote
and interest of your unfaithful legisla.
tors. You workingmen must creep on
the stomach to meet him. Three per.
sons present themselves to the capitalist
the man with wife and children
making So day for mis- little family;
the married man with wife and no
children who gets $3.50, and the single
man who comes for 81 wage. He is
dropped as soon as work slackens.
What becomes of him? What if he
steals he is hungry and must eat. The
police are there. What if he murders
why, the hangman is ready
Just here there was slight inter.
ruption caused by the arrival of band
In resuming, the speaker said; Friends
/ hope that there will be music next
year to celebrate the victory of the
people over plutocracy. Applause.
There was music in the air in Chicago
last week. But the music was drowned
by the guns of the police force. Al
public force is in the hands Of the plu.
tocracy, whether it be Democratic OIL
Republican.
Then the speaker paid his respects tc
the plutOcNtic bosses of both parties
There is Boss Plat of New York ant
Boss Brice of Cleveland who combine
for the sucking of the blood of the
workers in the mines they own in Ten
nessee and Alabama.
AS you have placed public power il
your masters hands You will necessaril,
be in their power. When you don
yourselves desire to assert your indie
| = ,,,l.
the throat will not let you 60. AT tn
! time Of the beginning Of the republic
E there was little wage labor. To-day man
. cannot 20 on the land What he cal
gain for a livelihood is nothing agains
/ the steam plow. He can't compete viii
) the bonanza farms. The farms through
4 out the West arc wiped out Of cxistenc
e by machinery, just as the machinist i
wiped away by the machine. Now it
the machine that makes the machine.
In the great machine shops Of Mex
4 York in 1880 there were 600 less machin
{ lists employed than in 1880 And thi
{ although the production was 100000
a more The only resource is the retur
E TO the original purpose that is the pui
v SUIT of liberty and happiness by putin
!. it within the reach of production to /
/. done only by the cooperation of lnbO
# 1t is as easy to cooperate in that way
d to cooperate in the establishment of cit
waterworks, or public schools, Or othe
everyday affairs. Some call this paterna
ism, it is not. What we have now
i. paternalism. The capitalist is a ba
:, father. lie is a father-in,law [Laugl
, ter.
= Hail to the republic that viii own il
i; own railroads, electric railways, its q
i and water works and all that is no,
r used BY the monopolists to fill the
!, pockets. Keep yourselves well poste