New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-20

,bo ox,ension Of electora, lights to idiots. luna
tics and criminals. That would' "democr't@e
tho evs,en If Government to some purpose
Xor do 7 know that Mr. Hardc Is not in favor o'
i, mr. that # would be more foolish and wicked
than what he does in terms propose. he 'h'"S'
he tells us at the division of the nation III"
two parties Socialists and anti-Sociaiists. lie
leaves - IN no doubt As to what Socialism nl"""S
In MS mind. Il is an attack on property an"
the anti-Socialists ERE the owners anu "e
forders NJ private property" The object o. the
party as defined in IS Constitution u '"' '''
Iective Ownership and Control Of the Means 81
Production. Distribution and ENchahg'' "'''
If course. is in substance the programme of the
Norwich Trades Union Congress oi last @Nub"N'
or September-thc resolution which our friend
Mr. John Burns. turning his back upon himself
and hauling down his old flag. supported
may be useful to quote once more ire "N' "
that resolution
That in the opinion Of ms Nohsics" u "
essential TO the maintenance Of British ihcus-
tries to natonalizeSthc l8nd and the wnoie Oh me
means of production distribution ana eXcnahse'
and that the Parliamentary ComiIl,tet w IN; 81;
etructed TO promote and support legislation with
the above OBJECT .
That resolution was carried with iets IMAM
twenty dissentients in body supposed o"'
very enormously supposed, 10 represent Law
Trades Unions OF the whole country, whlch 'ne''-
selves are supposed. but very erroneousN sup
nosed TO represent the workngnen OF the w"o'
country They are important ana powerful o"'
the statistics published by tie free Lapo' V"
ovation sbow that of the whole body of working
men in Great Britain only II per ceh' are '"''''
hors 81 Trade Unions. The attitude of the great
majority of British artisans 49, thereioie "''
,orminod or uncertain But M. Hardie's atu-
which he runs is not uncertain. II WHAT nave
already quoted be not enough TO define IT. 'here
is at least no ambiguity about tine sixth article
of their creed: Taxation TO extinction o. VI"
earned incomes" Nor is there in the avowal oi
NJ, t1ordia that tho "sole concern" Of the indie
pendent Labor Party is tine reorganization o'
ON Industrial system on the basis of an in
dus,rial Commonwealth. in which the whole OF
tho wealth produced by labor shall belong To the
workers" That is Socialism In its most modern
and most mischievous form. namely, CollecuV'Sm'
and the principle of Coectivism involves '"e
nrlncip,e of Confiscaton without compensation
We come back therefore. 10 the vital question:.
What chance Of adoption has TINS pohey u
plunder? OF adoption by the nation ana oi W.
coming in shape or another law pe'""Ps
"a, ,,rch Sir William Harcourt has put part OF
II into his Budget. but Budget Is Only '''
,ear Whether IL may not be adopted DN paw
,s another matter Mr. Hardie's best passage
relates TO this: the onl' passage in his long
article which shows much capacity Tor poi'''o'
thinking He says ,,.
Radicalism has reached It's ultima Thuie II ~ ~
makes another step forward. 1t must be towaIu Il
moi into Socialism. The present haul'a' P
pran1me includes Home Rule. Payment oi Men
hers Manhood Suffrage. shorter fdiId"l,H'1h
Dises,ablishment Temperance Reform. 10 whrn
has recently been added the House oil LORDS ~
he e,ectors want a Radical programme here -
ono strong enough to satisfy the most advance
II the Liberals cannot win on TINS p,os "'
that &c there left TO be added? Only the tr""n,
and If the nation accepts the rule OF ,nc ~
~ isn't at all likely to object TO that OF .he
Craxn II the Liberal party be defeated al the
next election therefore Socialism remains az n ii
nniv hone What remains OF the Lioefd
nartv yynuld go to pieces. and the struggie IoI
sunremacv on the new issue or Socia's ',''
.nti Socialism would be fairly entered upon.
That is prospect upon which Lord hoseoe''
and his colleagues may prohtaby mediate
,rbev are engaged In an effort to abolish the
House of Lords. But. says Mr.. Hardie an
odstocratic hereditary House Of Lords IL much
,ass n be feared than bourgeois House Oh
commons" This is the spirit OF the frehch
Revolution over again. Not only a single cha'n
hor bpt single chamber dominated by slhg'e
class That Is the Radicalism OF the near future
ENGLAND.