The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-23
STANPEDING TO SOCIALISM.
The New York Coal Plank Tie >aticn
and the state n the President Can.
not send Troops into Prnns, i<,nia
Without the Gov rrnOr's Request.
How Can lie send q commission

ny corporate 'lt"fprisc or by tie methods OF
socialism. TIL" ISSUE !, Irivaic ent"fprl-"
and ire" competition versus sociali-tiC enter
pfis" and Government MONOPOLY.
FOR long time, municipal socialism has
been the first goal Of Socialists. ~ an enter
ing wedge for soCnlistic state and then "A
socialists" nation. lrad" unions and labor
unions ai-. ~ ORGANIZATIONS. the. instruments
IN England on which Socialist rely TO promote
their propaganda. Not all American voter
'eallz" how svstcmHtiC. persistent and sue
cessful ia Great Britain has been the modern
advocacy OF ia" transfer to elected bodies
OF all public services" I.u"h expression
being Understood IN the widest possible
s"n~"l and OF all the means oi production.
distribution and exchange. not only IA tho
interests al IN" "ntir" community, but with
Tia" idea Of eventually securing IT," Great on
of n socialists" state.
t1'ie- and towns end"aNor 20 undertake" all
hu-ne.~, all duties. Responsibilities and enter
prs"-, from the crad" to the grave: from
municipal mix and milk hott,c-. to municipal
cremation of the dead. iv"n the inuuicipal-
latlon of the liquor tram" and rum shops is
taken III hand ~ order to muni"ipaiile and
then rationale" iudu-t rio, th" following J. a
typ" of crort suggested
IN view Of the lrnp0rtan ~ losing me- oppor
trnty Of transferring nduSt rial capital from private
to public control and securing to ~ many wage
WORKERS as possible the comparAt'l" INDEPENDENCE
ana perwancncc ~ employment enjoyed rs puaNc
servants especially IN the more democratic coun
tr',. Tao International Trade 1non Congress
recommended all WORKERS To AgitAtc and ynt" In
favor Of
"f'rNt Tho immediate naturalization Of all
mines. railways. canals t"iceraphs. telephones
and other national monopolcS
second m" immediate munic paizh'ion ~ the
supply ot water gas. oI>circ light. of docks. mar
bets, tramwayS nn1iHus services. and pawn
hrnklng lskc and river steamboat ,ctN ices. and
% an other local ronopoli,S.
Third Tho Immediate undertaking u" public
authorities Of a tlc Manufacture aud retailing
~ tobacco and bread AZ the supply Of coal MIX
and other universal n"c">Sar'e>, and OF tho build
Ing Of dwellings for the workers, N, the manV'act
uro and retailing Of alcoho'ir drinks"
10 accompii-h that the Socialists are repre-
-"nted IN Great Britain by three organ
wed bodies whose mission it l. to win the
political forces of trad" unoni-m from the
control of tn" capitalist parties, aud to COM
blue the-" forces on an independent Iolit cal
platform 50 that when the political forces OF
trade uniou-m are definitely severed from
III" capitalist partie- the onward march of
democracy toward socialism will bc rapid
and irre- bic.
lHCh of these three bodies ha> one or more
newspapers Socialist Sunday schools are
maintained, of which there are four in Lon
don and eight IN Glasgow This j. the con-
GLIDING ntcnC" OF recent pamphlet for
children
50 VIC Socialists want the voters 10 give up vot -
Ing for ConseN auveN and Liberals and To vote for
the Labor men That Is, Tor Socialism. And think
oil happy cNldrcA viii want TO see tn Socialists
succeed"
According to an article contributed to la
GrdrdC Rsruc, by Sir Charles Dixie. -Mupici-
pal Socialism prevails in the United Kingdom
far more than i the case in any other country
in the world
The basis and scope Of local government
have already there been modified, but not in
Great Britain ma, % sudden and bold change
been proposed A. the coal plank in the New
York Democratic platform. That i nation
ali2ation, bat acto-. IN" SEA Socialist are
a. yet content with muuicipalNtion OF such
supplies H. ra~. tele graph, telephones and
street railways. Thus I'll" municipal issue
is private corporation versus sociall~t.c
enterprises managed 10y trade unon~, aud
supervised by socIali-tlo Mayor Pioduc-
ton and commerce are to he WreSted from
IN" hands Of IN" captains Of capital Ike
Mr. MORAN, aud put INTO the hands Of Con
gross. or \ Legislature, such A. now controls
the national post onioo. army and raNy.
and IN our cities. controls the water supply,
the police. the fire department aud such ike
things.
How arc the pcuns ylvana anthracite mines
to hc, by the United state, taken out Of the
hands and control oi their prlvdte owners
Mitchell. and his prl yate a,~o' latlon Of min
er- nearly did IL during ~i\ months, but
finally con -euted on an application to them
by the President of the United states, TO
abat" their pret'n-lon- TIL Federal COM
mission can adJudlcate thereon.
Penn -yiyania now has jurisdiction over the
mimi. IinU sau sh,, he otl-tndy Proximity
Mr. lll has solved that problem, and he
should explain
The Federal Constitution declares that
Congress can exercise exclusive legislation
over all places purchased by the consent Of
the Legislature Of the state IN which the
same shall be, for the erection OF forts, maya
2incs ar-cnel-. dockyard- and other nccdful
buildings" That was probab bis not intended
to embrace coal mine. If " doe, include
them. what If Pcnnsy lvana viii not consent
TINT IN" United States purchas" them Vow
can the United States acUuir" Jurisdiction
over the mines ia defiance of rcuusy lvaniat
Governor Hill may answer that IN" uncd
States Government viii condemn them to it,
Use and pay for them. but can th" | nitod
States do that II Pennsylvania r",i,t~'
When New York has perfected the Erie
Canal Gun tho United States appropriate it.
If New York refuses her consent
Tan the United States condemn TO it, public
use the state of New Jersey or Rhode l-huiP
Probably the United States can condemn
the coal mines toa public use Of the Govern
Iucut of the United Statc~ If Prun- ylvanla
shah consent but the critical question re-
lates to what may come TO pass If poun~y-
vania will moi ConscUt'
Governor I'm may reply THAI the consent of
pcnu- ylvanll j. not needed cN,cptiug ~ case
of q purchase" hv tho United States which
j. not contemplated, but i not every aCqul--
ton ot real c,tat" a purchase excepting IN
cas-" of descent 10y op"ra' ion of law,
blV thcr" l. not a cas-" ol cNpropria-
ton of laud Ivy the nt"d States ia ON" Of our
states Wien the State has rot consented
\ colony or n Territory l. rot referred to.
but state.
Even PENNSYLVANIA cannot cNpropriHt" tho
coal mines to tho public u~o of the Govern
meut AT Washington. Can IN" tinted states
appropriate those coal lands 10 tn" ~" of
the J,opio of tho ultcd States apart from
the cor, rnInCnt Of th" United States What
i really the difference N law between a
purchase" when tn" owners wish to sell
and win leave the price to he fixed bv arhi-
traitors, and an appropriation contrivancc
which tompels the owners TO soll 1t q Just
prize?
The voters viii do we'll to compel az, h csudi-
date. especially each candidate TO Congress
to come to book and declare whether or
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