New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-06
WILD TALK ~ COOPER UNION.
MEETING OF THE UNITED HEBREW TRADES
TO PROTEST AGAINST THE 1MMlGRA-
TIoN BILL-DENUNCIATIoN IN
IIrJ7 OF ARGUMENT.


LIEU OF ARGUMENT
Cooper Union was packed with an eager CROWD oi
uorIne peonle last night who listened rapturousiy
-. ,,lr of several orators and stamped
on, ,ow,ed at certain unkinG references 10 'ne
o,oroy and the captalst 1t was the meeting OF tne
United Hebrew Trades assembled 10 protest as"''.
the Lodge Immigration bill, ana ie' Coie '' .
their sentiments thereon. Inc auu'.".1 Iii
fairly intelligent body as to looks anu la'i! w.,
81 nc IN clothes Moreover 1t was exceeoins! i'
~ eni,t, But it kept in pretty good oruei' or.
rova tho sturdy guardians of the peace VINO W.
,at,oned On various parts of the building no'h'is
70 do hut 20 look impressive II also aiioWeu 80
lection to be taken with heroc io' '''""'
PEELED respect 49,, .ounorarv
II was after $50 o'clock when the 'e"'pv.a.
chairman remarked: Ladies anu So En;,
1-irsohner as vour chairman" Comrade hHSe'
oor Was pleasantly received as no came io'W'i"'
and had a chance to make speech r's"' -
But he bided his time, and let froiesso' ~
De Leon have the first word. III. ~
Tho audience greeted Professor De Leon with an
amable roar and as he launched out on 'he '','e'-
,oc,ua, treat he had prepared for those before MIN
their ewes III up and their mouths perceptloy wiz.
ened One man who sat near the PLATFORM o'oo'eu
with delight throughout the speech. and gave vent
10 his joy by ponderous stamping whenever INC
foes of Socialism got an especially painiui US
"a combination of demagogy. viciousness ana Ia
tuity" He said further that while the legislators
were making a show OF keeping IlIterate lore'she's
from this country they were quietly encouraging
ignorance by shutting out the children OF the poor
from the public schools and reducing them to
"peddng capitalistc sheets with all their gush OIL
indecency." He cited where a poll or a
New Hampshire jury was taken, and IT was FOUND
that eleven of them. who were born OF American
parents could not read write, while the twefth,
who could. was q German. This gave his audience
a CONFUSION of frantic amusement. and Professor
De Leon went on TO tell them that the Lodge bill
was case of collision between foreign money
kings and the American capitalist class. who de
sire 10 wink their eyes at their friends across the
ocean"
"Emigra, ton is unpleasant to Europe" said he.
"They don't like TO see their working cattle take
wing and rs across the ocean" 1t is TO be pre-
sumcd. however. that if Europeans could be sure
of seeing the cattle fly back again they might be
glad 10 observe that rather unusual phenomenon.
The speaker assured the capitalists before clos
ing that they need not be afraid Of the imm-
grants importing a revolution. AS he added. THE
social revolution will be born in America Of Amer
lean conditions the audience burst into enthu
siasic shout that drowned his voice and beat an
accompaniment with hands and feet. The profess
admonished his hearers finally not to heed so
much the fights of Fitzsmmons and Corbett" but
pay more attention TO Socialism.
Mr. Kirschner then introduced Meyer London. a
young man with mighty, rushing wave of hair,
who likewise greeted with avalanche of
applause. lie walked back and forth
promenade of some fifteen feet while he spoke,
except when he fingered for I. point OF special
emphasis and value. His zeal manifest and
his subject wrought him up TO such pitch at
time that he waved his arms wildly through the
air and screeched at the top Of his lungs. I'VE
revolutionists.' His audience thought too. 10
judge from the enthusiastic camor that
Mr. London spoke sarcastically OF the benevolence
of the Senate TO the poor: And there is Rockefe-
God Almighty-have YOU not heard 1t? He says
that God has helped him 10 make his money. As If
God had nothing tend 10 but the oil business
and the concern will read God Rockefeller Il
Co. p" Mr.. London further declared that the Sen
born in cradle OF robbery and aristocracy.
and the of liberty. progress and cvtliza-
ton. all Of which highly pleased his hearers. He
said that while the people were thinking how one
prizehgher would punch another the capitalist was
punching them
Resolutions were then passed denouncins the
Lodge bill with uncertain sound. They Will be
forwarded to the President. VicePresident and
Speaker Mr.. Kirschner got in his work before the
meeting adjourned, and Alexander Jonas delivered
address In German