The San Francisco call., 1896-03-08
WILL SPEAK IN
MANY TONGUES,
An Oratorical Duello in
Four Different
Languages.
GORI AND NATHAN.
Anarchists and Socialists Will
Argue Out Their Dit.
ferences.
THE FRENCH TO "CHIP IN"
But the Chief Combat ants Will Be
Most at Home in German
and Italian.
THE FRENCH TO "CHIP IN"

The anarchists of this City have for
mally challenged the socialists to meet
them in duel of words tomorrow night
in Washington-square Hall. Pletro Gori,
the head OF the new anarchist party, has
sent the following challenge to the Amer
lean socialists:
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March z, 1896.
To the Central Committee Of the Socialist Labor
Party-GENTLENEN: / hereby formally invite
the socialist party OF San Francisco to send
special orator to the debate TO take place Mon
day March 8, at p. NJ at tWashington-square
Hall, Bersaglieri building, atthe corner of
Stockton and Union streets, between the un-
between socialists and anarchists. Yours
faithfully, PIETRo GORI.
Arturo Cont, an active mem Der of the
American socialistic party, has charged
himself with laying this letter tonight be-
fore the socialists. The council does not
meet till Tuesday. but it is probable that
special action will be taken at once IN re-
ply to the anarchist invitation to come out
and debate. The French Socialistic
League met on Friday night in Apollo
Hall and the mem bers pledged themselves
not to miss the oratoricaI duello which is
to occur tomorrow.
1t is more tha n probable that there will
be ''red-hot" time during the progress OF
the debate. The meeting will resem BILE the
neigh borhood of the Tower of Babel, as
far as the measure of tongues is con-
cerned. The anarchist Gori speaks very
little English, but he can wax eloquent in
French and Italian. Gori's socialistic ad-
versary, Nathan. knows no Italian, but he
is an expert in throwing off guns OF oratory
in English and German, and as the men,
bers OF the French Socialistic League Will
''chip in" with remarks in the language
OF la belle France, there is every probabil-
ity that the interpreters will have their
hands full IN keeping the orators from
tangling themselves up in confusion of
tongues.
Arturo Cont, the socialist who first ac-
cused the anarchists of not being all his
fancy had painted them, looks upon the
coming debate more in sorrow than in
anger. 81 regret to say that l have found
the anarchists to be confusionists," he
said last night. 1T is true that l presided
at Gori's first two lectures, but that was be-
cause they could not find anyone at the
last minute to take the chair and did 1t
TO obiige them. Gori represen ted that his
party intended first to secure socialism
and so far / was with him. l do not con-
slider him capable of duplicIty; on the con-
trary he strikes me as being very sincere,
but the more | learn of his views the less /
can coincide with them"
The first rock on which Mr.. Cont and
his fellow-socialists split with the anar-
chists was on the question Of the ballot.
They do not believe in voting said Mr..
Cont. In fact, they do not seem to know
what they do want. Gori teaches that
there is to be great revolution, and peo-
ple will live happily ever afterward, but
how can revolution be brought about if
there are to be no heads to command it
no leaders? They do not believe in getting
power by means of the ballot-no one is to
have any power.
/. I'VE believe in the majority ruling, but
they think that if one man kicks against
the will of a million, he has just as much
right to carry his own way as the million
have. That sort of reasoning seems to me
to lead to nothing but confusion"
Even the people of Arturo Conti's opin-
ion, however, own that Pietro Gori has
quite strong following in the Italian
quarter. and there is considerable interest
in seeing who will get the better of the de-
bate. Every one will be admitted, and no
restrictions of age, nationality or tongue
will be placed upon the speakers. What
ever else the meeting may prove to be, it
will certainly be entirely unique of its
kind.