The Washington herald., 1907-06-17
HAYWOOD'S VIEW OF SOCIETY
Believes Class Struggle Is Part of
Law Of Universe.
Reading and Experience Lead Him
TO Believe "The Poor VIII In
herit the Earth"

Boise. Idaho. June 15.-William d. Hay
wood. in the courthouse cell, studying
and letter writing. is quite a different
man from either the defendant at the
trial or the sturdy miner leading the
Western Federation. As the union leader
he was energetic and commanding; as
the defendant he is sober and attentive.
as q man comparatively at home In a
steel cage after eighteen months Of
confinement. he was all these things and
besides a thoughtful host, an intellectual
presence, a kindly and cheerful com
panion.
His grasp is that of the communard.
His hand Is a vital introduction 10 the
giant frame and leonine head The blinded
eye seems a symbol written on the face
of toll. He has a rather small, thin
Tipped mouth, but large teeth widely
placed; sandy eyebrows. dark brown hair.
His voice is soft. persuasive, resonant
inclined to bass pitch. George Pettibone,
as your correspondent entered his prison
began to mix water colors. Clarence
Darrow. counsel for the defense. picked
up a book and glanced at the title page
rade. Darrow smiled and said.
7 wish the socialist party would drop
the cOmrade business"
Perhaps It was one Of the Chicago law
yer's characteristic provocative remarks.
whereby he challenged opinions.
Haywood rose from his chair and
stepped 20 the iTon-grated window His
fingers were clinched I'm the palms Of his
big hands. the muscles all over his body
vislbly stiffeued. His deep voice trem-
bled. He opened his hands and spread
out his arms
NO one knows what 'comrade' means
better than I. he said. Il do not be
Iieve the party will ever drop it. and
hope not. Il means that the tOilers are
all one family. and as such must resist
any and every attempt made to break up
the family or injure its members"
You believe in the solidarity OF Ia
bor?"
Thoroughly; and I know that every
labOring man, consciously or uncon-
sciously, believes in it. Witness the tax
ing into unions Of Chinese. Indians. and
so on. The fact that the man is a toiler
makes him unit Of an organization"
When did you get these ideas2"
1T seems as if I always had them. I
have always worked and had the desire
to better my condition Early in boyhood
I learned that only through organized ac-
ti0n could that be done Altruism l don't
understand much about; Comradeship and
brotherhood l do. These words are not
the same. I believe the class struggle is
the outcome Of the organized efforts Of
capital and industry, and that it is a
part Of the law Of the universe
This opinion has come through expert
enceg'
Both experience and reading" said
the secretary treasurer of the Miners
Federation.
'What reading have you done along
these lines?"
Il began going to night school when
a lad. and science has always attracted
me. I've been going to some kind of a
school ever since and here in Jail I am
taking a course in law and economics.
I've read Diapers Intellectual History
of Europe" Lecky's works, and those of
Buckle; the physical scientists Darwin,
Huxley. Tyndall, and Wallace; the So
clal scientists Marks. Engels. Morgan
Bachoefen. Adam Smith-let's see, Tn
talked and got some idea of Lieb-
knecht, LOria, Ferri. LOmbroso. Lis
sagsray. Romanes. and Haeckel. l think
science is the godfather Of the worker.
He stands for him. He pushes him into
civilization and demands a place for
him"
Science. you think, is behind this in
dustrial movement that you represent"
Yes. The hour has struck; the toiler
must educate himself for his part. As a
Socialist, l believe the coming new sys-
TEN will be proletarian, or of the work
ers The master and man idea will pass
out with the bourgeois The ancient
prophecy will be fulfilled that the poor
will inherit the earth. You may look at
II from the religious viewpoint Of just
deserts, or from the scientific viewpoint
Of economic necessity. It's true either
way"