The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-09
THEY WILL SING
LA MARSEILLAISE'
St. Paul Socialists to OBJ
serve Anniversary of
Paris Commune.

The Socialists of st. Paul will cele-
brate the thirty-second anniversary of
the institution of the Paris commune
week from next Sunday, but it is
not likely that the troops will have to
be called out to preserve order. The
programme for the observance does not
call for the erection of barriers in the
streets and there is no danger that
the hill district will be invaded by sans
culottes singing the Carmagnole and
other airy tribes, to the tune of which
1T used to be the fashion to shoot up
those sections of Paris occupied by the
ariStocrats who wore Shirts-to the
utter destruction of the ideals of lib
erty.
Section st. Paul of the Socialist La
Dor party has it's traditions, but it is
not bloodthirsty. 1t is thirsty only for
conversation, and that it drinks IN
large measure every Sunday afternoon
at hall at Eighth and Wabasha, when
gentlemen with Whiskers talk about the
rights Of man. The gatherings are
made up of men who work generally,
though there are always those present
who have studied the labor question in
the abstract only.
The Socialists are really very ami
able, and have no desire to make
trouble beyond rendering a protest
against the order of things as they
are and hoping for the millennium.
But they are going to observe the an
n1versary of the rise of the commune
in Paris. They will do it with song
and story and with dancing.
La Marseillaise" will be sung as a
tribute to the good old days when the
Commune had the upper hand in Paris,
and MY Bamboo Queen" will be sung
as concession to the modern spirit
which demands that the march of the
legions of liberty shall be attuned to
ragtime. The festive remembrance of
the bloody days of the Commune de
Paris will be initiated at o'clock in
the afternoon, March %, and continue
with intermissions for refreshments
well into the night.
Section st. Paul works and that is
why the anniversary will be observed
on Sunday, March %. This is taking
liberties with history, for the Com
mune asserted itself in Paris March Is,
1871. After some sharp work the reds
drove the national troops off Mont
martee, which had been taken by the
regulars. during the night, and by noon
they had occupied the Place Vendome
and established headquarters there.
ON the morning of the 10Th the CEN
trail committee had taken over the ad-
ministration of Paris and proclaimed
the triumph of the people" over those
who wished to destroy the republic.
At first there was an attempt at civil
government, but the Commune was
unequal to the task it had undertaken,
and for over two months Paris was
at the mercy of pillagers and murder
ers who could not be controlled The
rage for blood eliminated May "a,
when the Archbishop of Paris and
number of other citizens, held as hos
tages by the Communists, were taken
out of the prison of La Roquette and
shot. That was just before the end,
and Marshal MacMahon took possess
sion of the city three days later.
1t is the institution of the Commune
that the st. Paul Social Labor party
will commemorate, but the pacific in
tent of the Socialists is demonstrated
in the fact that, in the programme, the
address on the Paris Commune, which
is to be delivered by Mrs. Olive M.
Johnson, is to be followed Immediately
by My Bamboo Queen" a song by
Miss 4 pnaS Ransom