The Portland daily press., 1900-07-30
A SOCIALIST RALLY
1t Was Held on the Street Saturday
Evening.

Another Socialist meeting was held on
Saturday evening in front OF the Audito-
rum building on Fore street. This is
the second gathering OF this kind which
has taken place In that Vicinity during
the past fortnight.
Late in the afternoon a table and three
or four chairs We're taken from one of the
adjoining buildings and placed on tn Q
sidewalk. This was a sign that a meet
ing was to be held and In the evening the
crowd slowly began to put in an appear
ance Finally ''Shuck' Connors, better
known as Tip Connors, ran over from
the opposite side of the street and with a
whoOp, sang out, "Come on boys, let her
gol'' Then Charles F. Stubbs, veteran
in the labor movement in the city, stepped
forward and called the meeting to order.
Mr.. Stubbs spoke for several minute son
the scope of the labor unions and the
work which they hope to accomplish in
the future. While he was talking hur-
dy-gurdy cam9 along ana started to play.
This music completely drowned out Mr..
Stubs and the crowd became much con-
fused. In few minutes, however, the
Italians were requested to move on and
complied Then after Mr.. Stubs had
concluded he introduced Agent Andrew
Mcfarland of the Atlantic Coast Sea-
men S Union. Mr.. Mcfarland is a lit
tie fellow but is able to talk at a great
rate. He told of the work of the Organi.
cation of which he is a prominent officer
and warmly commended the work OF all
labor unions, saying that the hope of the
Workingmen lay in the Socialists of the
country. He closed by calling upon Will
liam Shultz, who was introduced as the
second patroIman of the union. Mr..
Shultz is a Dane and speaks only broken
English. But he managed to make him
self understood.
The next speaker was Charles L. Fox,
who is chairman of the state comm1tte
of the Socialist party. He decried both
of the old parties and showed how the
wOrkingmen of Portland could unite and
carry the city in the same way that these
results had been realized in the cities of
Haverhiil and BrOckton. He desired par
ticularly to comment on the fact that the
people had been repeatedly told that the
Socialists were a dangerous class. He de-
MED these allegations,
Then Clinton SimOntOn of South
Portland, now atfectiOnately
termed by his friends. ''the child OF
the people, - was introduced as the final
speaker of the evening. The Introduction
OF Mr.. SimOntOn ELECTED the applause OF
the evening. "Simonton you're a cork
or, - He's hummer, - Here's the boy
for en-, - were a few OF the salutatiOns
that greeted the young candidate for
Congress as he stepped out to speak. He
delivered an address that lasted for about
an hour, giving in substance the speeches
which he has thus far delivered in the
campaign.
The meeting closed by Chairman Fox
calling upon all present to support Mr..
Simonton as the representative to Con-
gross from the first district.
Mr. SimOnton who was seen at the con-
clusion of the meeting said that he had
bean approached in an indirect manner
by both Republican and Democratic
managers to take the stump for those
parties. 'But l shall not accept any of
these Offers he said. II can not sell
my principles He announced that he
would speak in another part of the City
Monday evening.