Gunnison news-champion., 1903-03-20
SOCIALIST PAETYs FUEusE

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in ofaIi1u b u,.s4.i1iuc gite- tse saies
ai thHeC tirmer -vHpi1nlatic parties.
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rou statcz gaee na vote 90 al ahile
m auathcr the I.apulisf eate ID lSl2.
New Nork. Pennsylvania. New
Jersey and C1nnecticut gave 81 Hu
1ui If the l1l1tSsl votes p,lled.
The sooiahst vote demonstrates.
according o. Mr. Wilbur. that the
-1cialist movement has its strength
almost entirely IN cities "a condition
just the reverse If that # that If the
other three symptomatic parties. '
Take for instance the socislhsi vote
of New York state last November
The socialists polled in all about
5000 votes. II which seven counties
containing large cities east nearly
$1,000 while the remaining "a coun-
ties east about 1000 Mr.. Wilbur
conti.ues:
1T will he seen thai while popul-
ism and greenbackism were svmp-
toms Of the adversity which at parti-
cular periods affect the tillers Of the
soil, socialism is a symptom Of pros
perltv not satisfactorily dilfused
All three parties, however. have fur
nlshed the avenues through which
the voice of dissatisfaction and dis
content is poured into the ears of the
government through the ballot-box.
In cities the dividing line between
wealth and poverty, prosperity and
penury, is more sharply drawn than
in the rural districts. In the city
the range OF wants is wider and un-
gratihed legitimate desire more I'M
pressively annoying than in the coun-
try. II is therefore perfectly natural
that political parties which are symp-
toms Of existing social envy, or the
unrest which is characteristic of men
possessing a desire for a higher stan
dard Of living and who see no plain
way Of immediate satisfaction, should
receive support almost entirely i'm
cities. II is easy 60 recognize the
symptoms and sympathize with the
discomfort without seeing a remedy
where there IS none.
The increased socialist vote is
simply symptomatic Of condition and
from it those who have the power of
apprehension and comprehension
may learn a lesson. We have large
and growing class in ,this country,
constantly being recruited by impor-
tations from over the sea, that will
always take the shortest cut to AN ex-
precision of dissatisfaction with bad
or misunderstood conditions. and
vindictlveness toward those who it is
justly or unjustly supposed are re-
sponsible for them. The exigencies
of the coal strike and certain matters
connected herewith, have wonder
fully though differently impressed
all classes of society, and have in
tensifed the prejudices of the super
fetal and poorly informed to a
marked degree. Baer's doctrine of
the divine right of the holders Of
capital to possess the earth, without
a doubt helped to increase the fol-
lowers Of the symptomatic party of
1902 The lesson which the heliev-
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