Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-15
Its Rapid Increase Causing
Politicians Concern.
PARTY IS ORGANIZED
WORKING ENTIRELY AMONG THE
LABoRING CLASSES.
Old Populistic Vote and the Radical
Bryan Element Will Support
Socialistic Candidate.

The rapid increase of the socialist vote
in this country has been causing the poll
ticians considerable concern. There are in
dlcat1ons that an international propaganda
OF socialism is progressing at this time, and
democratic and republican party managers
expect to witness still further gains in the
socialist vote at the next elections. In
other countries besides this the socialists
nave made notable strides recently, show
Ing the effects of consistent and persist
ent efforts to advance their cause.
The socialist party is well organized in
New Jersey New York, Pennsylvania. all
New England and in Ohio Indiana and
Illinois. with campaign committees plenty
of funds and all the means of carving on
an aggressive campaign The socialist pro-
Hoters work almost entirely among the
laboring classes, holding small meetings
and addressing few persons at time
but holding the meetings every night They
do not wait until the elections approach
but preach their doctrines all through the
year.
Active in Mining Towns.
In the mining and manufacturing towns
they are especially active. Their men hold
the workmen they come out of their
places of employment and harangue them
for half an hour, coming back repeatedly
and drilling the same argument into them
day after day. The socialist motto seems
to be to keep everlastingly at it,
According to reports which come to the
party managers the socialists are now in
vading the agricultural regions They are
sending their takers to places where the
farmers, gather for social intercourse and
some time during the meeting make 1t
convenient to address the asse-ablage upon
the doctrines of socialism
The International prOr,a bafp..
watched with great interest by American
politicians. who think they see reflection
In this country of the efforts being made
abroad. The recent elections in Germany
furnished notable example of the growth
of socialism abroad. The socialists elected
eighty-one members of the German reich
stag, gain of twenty-three since the last
election. Analysis of the returns shows a
steady concentration of the small parties
under the socialist designation, the clerical
and conservative parties showing no losses
or gains. s--.-,'
The Socialist Propaganda.
In recent article in the Independent.
Emile Vandervelde. who is universally re-
garded as one of the most brilliant socialist
leaders in Europe, told of the socialist
propaganda. He said that since the inter-
national socialist congress in Paris in 1900
the International Association of Working
men has been entirely reorganiZed. All the
socialist parties of the two hemispheres in
Guiding those from the European countries,
the United States, Japan Australia and Ar
gentina, are now represented in the interna-
tiOnal bureau at Brussels.
England is said to be the field promising
best results to the socialists abroad. The
English labor unions being tackled by
the socialist organizers who are working
might and main to get a foothold for So
cialism among them. The socialist vote is
not represented to any extent in the Eng
lish parliament but the socialist leaders
declare that the next elections will show
material increase.
The Radical Bryan Element.
In the United States, many politicians be-
lieve that in the presidential elections Of
1904 the old populistic vote and the radical
Bryan element will support the socialist
candidates. They feel sure that such will
be the case if the democrats nominate a
conservative man on a conservative plat
form.
1t is pointed out that a boiling democratic
party would not have strength to make a
good fight alone, but that by combining
with the socialists some sort of fusion
plan they might elect a number of repre-
sentatives in Congress. There is some un-
certainty to which party is losing most
by the increase of the socialist strength. 1t
is claimed that in Pennsylvania the repub-
licans are losing but that in New England
the detection is felt keenest in democratic
ranks.