The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-21

its life gained an amazing irno-..
plan has been work vro-t, - ~
members. many Of them scho,s-s It's
voted every moment Of their is SAse a.
spreading the propaganda :. .S.s1se %
issuing tracts which have sn,s alssra
NOUS numbers al a penny eaeh. NOS eass-
speeches IN halls and even .ssNNss
crowds or street corners. Ar srw. saas
eiety was made up entirely AZ 49, ~ %
men. The meetings were hass ss-ss-se
drawing rooms Of the menbars J. ~
or course. prevented workinss,,aa .a's.
Joining the organization. II .si5 - Foa
ever. prevent the Fahians from 49, So, aefs
work.ngmen'S societies, and tbas -. taN Ne
with a viii, pledged TO carry .. Icy -
campaign OF "Educate aelta4s yer
Al FIRST they planned 10 bring ah,,,
men6ous sInash-up 81 existing s<Sss.s n
be followed by complete saesaI;s,.. = .
then the expectation Of many Of H. {. VS.
hers that the social revolution w., 'aeas-
quickiy-1SSs. the centenary ~ az - 80. aeTs
revolution. being freely fixed a. :. 's''ea
Il soon became evident. however 49,. az
bloodthirSty. sentimentallv enth,.sa..ss
notions OF the original socie,v w. ..'se
going 20 accomplish real good.
IL was then. as Mr.. Webb s-ri.ss
OF his reviews Of the work. thar 80 -
ely contracted the invaluaSls 49,.
laughing az ourselves. which has go 49,. =
from becoming hampered by the s,,ss .
enthusiasts, who mistake their on,
tons for public movement From Ire e..
such people fed after one glance al ms =
clarlng that we were not serious O.
preference for practical suggestions 80
criticisms, and our :mpatlence Of an 81 s.i
class aspirations not 10 mention os,r -
of chatting our opponents in yr..erea,s y
denounc3ng them as enemies OF The hss~,ss
race, repealed from us some warm. bse..aa
and eloquent socialists, TO whom !, sss....
callouS and cynical 10 be even connso-s.
self-poSsesSed in the presence Of The 80
ferings upon which socialists naaka a..
But there was far too much EQUALITY -
personal intimacy among the rahians !.
allow of any member presuming to 70, :.
and preach at the rest In the ssshsss
which the working classes sin feas~s..
submissively from their leaders. We re-
that a certain sort OF oratory was psesal
for stocking up pubic meetings; Apt "a
needed no stocking up, and when any Ga.
tor tried the process on us We soon ,nsa.
Rim understand that ne was wasting il
time and ours. !. for one. should be very
sorry 20 lower the intellectual STANDARD !,
the Fabian. by making the atmosuhere ~
its public discussions the least bit mara
eongenial 10 stale defamation than il &
at present. If our debates are 10 10 ken,
wholesome they cannot be too irreveren,
or too critical. And the irreverence. whisa
has become traditional with us. CONES
down from those early days when we
often talked such nonsense that We could
not help laughing at ourselves"
This shows MIR. Webh's attitude very
we'll indeed He is a socialist OF the mos,
modern and practical type. He believes
in doing things instead Of talking aAoa,
them. Certain results are to DC accom-.
plished, and as long as they are accom-.
plished he does not mind what channe. ths
advance comes through.
Mr. Wehb's wife. a handsome and Al.
tract.ve woman of brains, works win
him. They have written many SOCIALISM,
books together. and both love the work.
Thus there is one family of happy social.
lists in the world. who are fairly wei
pleased by the mundane situation. Some
OF the paragraphs which follow have aeea
gathered from his innumerable writings
Some were spoken. all were interesting.
TO take the pressing problem of sas
unemployed, In my humble judgment 70
plan has yet been devised by which 10
fluctuations OF work cou,a be entirely pre-
vented or safe and profitable eInp.aymsai
found for those rendered idle hy 70 faas.
of their own. II is easy enough % se.
mand that something should be done. AID
/ entirely agree with agitattng the sgs-
ject; but something more than agitaiaa
is required. II is of no use urging rens.
dies which can be proved TO be worse faG
the patient than the disease itself. far
that if we had full power tomorrow .
deal with the unemployed al over Eng
land we should find ourselves hard put %
Ii how 10 solve the question.
EDWARD MARSHALL