The daily tribune., 1903-08-10
Communicated.
Florence. Colo. Aug. 10

To the editor of I he Tribune
request space for the following;
Senator Moore. in last week IS issue Of
his paper. takes exceptions to certain
things that were said by Phillip Veal.
organizer of the socialist labor party.
in this city.
Now,I am not going to defend Veal.
He is quite capable Of taking care Of
himself; but | wish to say that it
would have been much more to the
talents and the space at his command
to take up the charges categorically
and demolish them-if he is able to
do SO
AS matter of fact. the affair is
between Senator Moore and the Den
vre Post and the laborers of the state,
the s. l.. P. being concerned merely
insofar as one OF it's members exhibit
ed clipping from the paper named,
in which serious allegations are
brought against the gentleman from
not true, then f. 7. Bonfils. owner of
the Post may be cast in damages, aud
the character OF Senator Moore vindi
Gated But he elects to remain silent
under the charges and limits his de-
feuse to an attack on an intinerent
socialist speaker, whom, when the
latter has lett town. he characteristics
as demagogue, blatherskite and
an egotist.
We leave sensible people to draw
their own differences.
With your leave l will touch on
just one point of Senator Moore's
criticism of Veal's methods, and that
is when he declares that our move
ment arrays. or endeavors to array,
class against class. "
1t is quite true that we preach the
class struggle as basis of political
aud economic activity on the part of
the workers, but while we preach class
consciousness, we do not make the
class struggle-the fight of the ex-
plotted against the class of the ex
ploiters. Far from it. Capitalism
the system under which we live,
and which we hope TO replace by
higher and a better capitalism pro-
duces the class struggle, and we mere
ly point out the fact.
If there be no class struggle. why
WAS Senator Moore sent TO- help pass
the eight hour law in the interests of
body of the workers. mission in
which he has conspicuously failed.
If the interests of capital and labor
are Identical how comes it that J b.
Grant, representing the smelter trust
J. Q. Osgood of the O. F. and l. Co,
and the great milling interests fought
ag inst the measure? They knew
of capital. There was no mandlin
sentiment in their minds in favor of
their employees. They knew their
business and defeated the eight hour
law. If this be not evidence of con-
fiict Of interests, what is?
The capitalists, by their very ap
parent class -consciousu ess, make the
issue absolutely clear. and we do the
same for the workers. 1t has remained
for the ''reformers' to befog the issue
for reasons best known to themselves.
1t is strange, when we consider it.
that the men who are loudest in their
professions of love and loyalty to the
worker, before election. justify their
actions after election by the reiterated
statement that represent all the peo-
Pile. which means, translated into
plain English, that the turn of capi-
talsm is to be served, while labor
stands by sucking its thumb.
The democratic party never sets one
class against another. Oh, no j.
D. Rockefeller is invariably referred
/
to as an angel of light by its press
and speakers. while j. P. Morgan is
a benefactor of humanity. Who has
ever heard W. j. Bryan utter word
against the trusts or the Money