The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-01
SECTION ST. PAuL'S SOCIAL
NEW YEARS AND CHRISTMAS So
CIALIST-LABOR PARTY EN-
TERTAINMENT

Songs, Speeches, REGULATIONS and
Other Exercises Combine to Edi-
fy a Large Audience of Socialists
and Their Families.
Section st. Paul, of the Social Labor
barty, held it's annual Christmas and
New Years entertainment yesterday aft
ernoon at Assembly hall, corner Third
and Wabasha streets. There were be-
tween six and seven hundred present, the
hall packed, and standing room only
available. 1t was an entertainment more
especially designed for young people and
children, and in this respect was an IN
qualified success.
Mr.. Emile Constant presided, and fol-
lowing the "Marse.llaise,'' by. the o.clles
ira, delivered a short address Of W. lcome.
Briefly he outlined the demands of So
cialists, described their present status,
and urged them to continue work which
was already auspicious.y begun. He said
that socialism would never be content
with anything less than the financial
death CT every capitalist in the land. They
demanded labor from those who had new
er worked before, and a time when little
overburdened children should work less
In the name of Section St. Paul Social
Labor party he welcomed the large au-
dience before him.
1.-THE Dawn of Ireland's Freedom" Is
what might be termed a curtain raiser,
and was, in reality, brief comedy bit Of
acting that was highly appreciated. 1t
was given in character by the Barnes
sisters and Mr.. Strange.
Chairman Constant then introduced W.
b. Hammond, who said in part that one
year ago there was similar meeting
held in the same hall In cases like the
present it was easy to indulge in retro
spection, and to dwell upon the progress
made In years gone by. Was the Social
Labor party making progress? Could its
members see improvement over the past?
If not, it might be we'll to change their
methods But that they were retro2rad-
ing in any respect could hardly be true,
In view of the interest manifested by the
audience before him. 1t was composed
largely of men, women and children
who, nearly all, had a vital interest In
socialism. And working people were the
ones who would reap the future benefit
of socialism. The speaker was positive
that the laboring classes had made de-
cided progress during the past year. The
section had grown in numbers and influ-
ence And the spirit of socialism would
spread more widely yet. Even capitalists
recognized the progress the party was
making 1t was admitted by the daily
press. Each year socialists were ap-
preaching the triumphs that await them
In the future. Mr.. Hammond said that
he recently read an article in a paper
describing the great changes that had
taken place since the day of Washington,
and the editor had argued from this that
the country was in most happy and
prosperous condition. OF course capital
lists reasoned from this that all were bet
ter off, But the working people, who
had brought these benefcent changes
about, did not enjoy the benefits of them.
Far from it. Only the rich enjoyed the
product OF their skill and labor. Social
lists, however, were striving for this end
They realize that they are not getting
their share of such improved conditions.
Machinery had detected these benefits
from their ranks. Machinery had built
up class of non-workers. Jobs were in
secure If John got job today, Charlie