The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-18
cRANKs At WORK.
They Talked 10 WorkIBgmen and
Disguised Them.
From MONDAYS Now York Herald.

From Mondays New York Herald.
Cranks invaded Clarendon hall, in East
Thirteenth street yesterday in response to
the Central Labor Unions invitation 70
come and air their views at one time and
then pass away forever. There were
populists. socialists anarchists, free love
advocates, religion maniacs and cranks
of many other kinds, but greatest of all
was the free silver crank. He out-talked
all the rest, and was still on the platform
when the janitOr entered at o'clock in
the evening and demanded the hall for
another meeting. He was a tall, thin
young man of earnest cOuntenance and
bulging forehead He would not tell his
name.
The individual doesn't count in this
movement, he said. Il am lost in the
cause. Address me as Mr.. Lecturer"
Mr.. Lecturer was equipped with stereop-
ticon and stock of pictures designed to
show that a crime had been committed
IN 49,, and that the country was still
suffering from the effects Of it, There
was big colored picture of the stars and
stripes, and masterpiece representing
liberty trampltng on a British goldbug.
Difficulty in getting the stereOpticOn to
work caused some delay in beginning.
ana during this interval a frayed indi-
Nldual who had been sleeping in the rear
Of the hall woke up and asked, when is
dis distribution of free silver going to be-
GIN? lie was told he was in the wrong
hall, and he wandered out.
Mr.. Lecturer then began, and explained
that he had come to this city to instruct
laboring men, and had to take this method
as all the newspapers had been bought up
by the gold syndicate, and would not
place their columns his disposai.
We are losing the only gold we have,
said he. The banks lost SlO,0O00O0 of then
gold reserve last week"
Where did they lose it?" asked a dele
gate. Tell us and Wen go and look for
When the pictures We're thrown on the
scene II became evident that the man VINO
made them needed little instruction III
'tndebtorness" were samples of Mr.. Lee
turer's photography. A dozen men free
questions at him all at once and Mr..
Lecturer became hopelessly mixed. Thee
dore +. Cuno, who represented the social
Isl labor party, was the most persistent
questioner.
us it not fact" he asked, that all the
wealth of the country is in the hands Of
the sneak thief capitalistic class?'
Certainly" replied Mr.. Lecturer, land
If you make silver full legal tender you'll
get little of it,"
we mean to get it."
How will You get it? Steal it?"
mo; Wen vote the capitalists out or
the country and take it by right or emf
nent domain.
whats the matter with the peoples
partyY' shouted man with big whiskers
Isn't it sound on silver?"
NOME OF you KNOW anything about IT,
yelled a man who looked like John Most
and who said he was an admirer of that
anarchist. What we want is to abolish
the government. We want free land free
men, free love-
And free beerr' shouted a delegate.
Yes, free beer. too" agreed the anar-
chist. I'VE want to abolish Roosevelt
and Strong and open the saloons on
Sunday"
NO, you don't" shouted another. you
want to vote the liquor traffic out of exis-
tence and let silver alone. Liquor is what
is running the wOrkingman's home and
keeping him poor. The liquor drunk in
this country annually would clothe every
man, woman and child in It"
Its not liquor that's the trouble" said
another; its our iniquitous system of
taxation. Give us the single tax"
Mr.. Chairman. l protest against all
this" interposed Delegate Ryan of the
Photo EngraVers' union. ITS an out
rage to make honest working men sit here
and listen to this menagerie. l move we
adjourn
mo, we can't adjourn" shouted the
cranks in chorus. "Weve just begun.
No gag law here"
I'VE must adjourn" said the chair
man. our time is up and the jani.or
wants the hail.
The cranks filed slowly out and gath
cred in excited groups on the sidewalk
discussing silver socialism, free love, pI0-
hibition and anarchy.