The Advocate and news., 1898-11-16
Labor Candidates Win.

Democratic ticket, are the first Socialists
to hold a seat in any legislative body in
the United States. Carey has been pres
ident Of the common council the last year
and his election was expected because Of
his being a shoeworker and having a
large following Of union men, but SCates
surprised everybody by turning over one
of the strongest Republican districts in
the State.
The strength of the Socialist party has
quadrupled since the organization OF the
Social Democracy, less than two years
ago, and the increase is ascribed by the
leaders in the two old parties to the busi-
ness depression in recent years and nu-
merous reductions made by shoe manu-
facturers! Carey has always been an i'm
pOrtant factor in labor circles. His vote
was the largest ever given a representa-
tive candidate in the district and his cleo
tion was by majority of 257, with four
candidates In the field.
The Social Democratic party was only
organized last June, but il has been ex-
tremely active in number OF States II
resembles the Socialist Labor party, but
stands for a more American socialism.
It Is the outgrowth Of the Social Democ-
racy, and Eugene V. Debs is the leading
member. Debs has taken an active part
in the Massachusetts campaign. He Is
the legitimate successor of Wendell Phil
lips, but In Boston he was barred out of
Faneuil Hall
The Social Democratic party stands
strongly in favor Of trades unionism. Its
national platform says:
"The trades union movement and inde-
pendent political action are the chief
emancipating factors of the working
class, the one representing It's economic
the other it's political wing, and both
must cooperate to abolish the capitalist
system Of production and distribution"
In one of his Massachusetts, speeches
Debs outlined the belief Of his party by
saying:
II believe the country is growing bet
ter, although the growth is slow. am
one Of those who believe that after a
while this land will be fit for decent and
honest men and women to live in.
stand In my feeble way for the principles
Of socialism 1t is not a very popular
cause, and before it becomes so, some
earnest men and women must give their
lives to 1t. am willing, for one, to de-
vote the best energies that are mine to
the furtherance Of its ideas. In the dis
cussion Of the evening let us above all
things be candid.
Fifty years ago there were no mil
lionaires and no tramps. There were no
insane asylums, no jails and no peniten-
tiaries. All these institutions are the
ConcOmmitants OF modern civilization.
"In these present days, If business
man, manufacturer, lawyer, doc
tor, even-a clergyman, Is unsuccessful
In his business or his profession, the
world rejoiCes. Rejoices, because an
other rival is put out of the field. Men
with little conscience and much cash
will destroy men with much conscience
and little cash, and rejoice in their vic
tory, and all this Is accounted for on
the ground Of the survival Of the flttest.
II l had single independent thought
that / would bring before you, 1t Is the
question, Why should not every man and
every woman on the face of the globe
have right to live without asking the
permission Of any one else?
III there were a Jay Gould or a Cor
nellus Vanderbilt that could make
compromise with the atmosphere, there
would be meter on every sunbeam.
But, fortunately, old Sol is Socialist,
and he will not let them steal this birth
IL. III n ~
everything else love to think Of men
like Jefferson, who was a splendid man,
and full of the love of mankind, and of
Washington, who was splendid man,
full Of mistakes. He stood for freedom,
at least, for he freed all his slaves.
Wendell Phillips was the grandest
combination of brain and heart that the
American continent has ever produced.
People said IN his time that abolition was
Infamous, and they say now that social