The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-21

II IL to be a labor1ng man. / have been
poorer than any man In this room. L
worked once for a whole year and only
saw Is cents
There Is a certain paper In Providence
that ] like to read. II IL quite reliable
on some things, but when II gets on Gen.
Miles or on the canteen 1t simply raves.
Last night II stated that the Prohibition
lists last year threw away 800 or 400 votes
for mayor. I'd like TO ask the paper on
what principle were those votes thrown
away? On that theory were not all the
Republican votes for mayor thrown
away? The paper In now Republican: n
used TO be mugwump.
The Prohibitionists are the only real
live party. In the last 30 years the Re-
vote IN the country; the Democratic party
has a ntle more than doubled while the
good, old. lively and energetic Prohibition
party has Increased IS times.
."As to the police commission. the peo-
pie OF providence who think that the po-
ice commission act originated in the
right way must be fools. And IL people
knew some OF the inside facts about the
police commission their eyes would be
opened"
Mr.. DE LEON.
Mr.. DE Leon was the last to speak
and In substance he said:
Our Prohibitionist friend said that IL
he were not a Prohibitionist he should be
a Democrat II / were not OF the So
cialist-Labor party I'd be nothing. I'd
sny a. ,sr.e sa :svs shoe ,ss
government should AFFORD the greatest OPP
portunity To the individual for the exer-
else or his God d-given powers. Neither of
Brayton government In this state. and
that In what the Republicans, Democrats
and Prohibitionists stand behind In the
state. for 1t 10 the government OF the
THE Socialist Labor party did not
drop from the skies: Il is a result OF con-
ditions. II there had been none OF your
other parties there would have been no
speakers said that there are no classes In
this country. II IL un-American To shut
your eyes to facts, to be like the ostrich:
there - a working class There Is also
small middle class. but We need not
There is a labor market in this coun-
try, Just as there In a market for meat.
When the supply is great the price is
low. The capitalists control the tools.
and the workingman has TO sell his labor
where he can. So there is ? labor mar
chops.
TAKE HIM OUT AND SHOOT HIM.
my Prohibitionist friend said that 1t
would be better 10 stop the manufacture
Of whiskey and use the corn 20 make mors
.loaves OF bread. Who would get those
iosves. the working men? No. the capt.
talist Braytons. The question 10 not one
OF productions, II is a question OF dis
tribution. The workingman IL human
chandise. When a man gets 10 be
AZ years old take him out and shoot him.
My Prohibitionist friend will probably
look on that "a Socialist exaggeretion.
But that 10 practically the case Right
here on the New York. New Haven a
Hartford railroad they don't want any
men over that age. and orders have been
given 20 weed out the 'deadwood.' IL
that human. humane or Christian7 Is
that what Lincoln or Jefferson lsbored
20 bring about?
1T IL no longer necessary that many
should suffer In order that the few may
be comfortable. Once there may have
been only one coat for two men. but the
conditions have changed; now there are
80 coats for every man. n each able
bodied person should work four hours a
day for eOo days In the year. he would
produce what II takes 10000 to purchase
today. Today we have political freedom
and economic slavery. The Socialist
Labor party wants TO bring about eco-
nomic freedom. without which political
freedom amounts to nothing"