New-York tribune., 1908-04-06
SOCIALISTS UP In ARMS
ROBINSON SCORES AGAIN.
Taken to Task for "Parlor' Speech
He Uins Verbal Battle.

He Wins Terbal Battle.
The socialists and Herman Robinson, fnan-
cfal secretary of the Central Federated Union,
fell out at yesterdays meeting of that body.
His speech TO the 'parlor socialists at the
chapel house of the Church of the Ascension
last Sunday evening was the cause Of the dis
agreement. In this speech Robinson gave the
socialist little reason for jubation.
When the chairman brought down his gave
declaring that +, the discussion must end and
that the regular business of the Central Fed
Grated Union must go on. Mr. Robinson was
still running strong, with clear field ahead of
him.
Elias Wolf. of Cicarmakers' Union No. 90
started the fun by asking the executive COM
mittee whether the Central Federated Union
had anything to do with the refusal of the Park
Department TO grant permit for the demon
stration the socialists had intended to hold at
Union Square a week ago Saturday, the at
tempts at speaking being followed by the
throwing of a bomb
James Holland of the Eccentric Firemen's
Union. explained that when he, with the corre
spending secretary and delegate from the
City Gardeners Union went before the Park
Commission recently the matter of permits had
come w.
The Commissioner" he said, asked if the
Central Federated Union recognized the Indus
trial Workers Of the World. stating that it had
applied for permit for a demonstration Of the
uner,ployed at Union Square on May / He
was told that the Central Federated Union did
not recognize the Industrial Workers of the
World"
Frederick Paulitsch, a socialist delegate OF
! the AmaIgamated Sheet Workers, said the Cen
tral Federated Union had no right to protest
against the granting of any permit to any one
| or any body of people.
BARKs OF CAPITALIsTIC DOG.
We believe" he continued, that the protest
was used 10 prevent the demonstration week
from Yesterday. They didn't want the public to
know how many hundreds of thousands OF peo-
ple>are unemployed in New York 1t caused the
dynamite throwing when the permit was re-
fused and the police with their cluos cannot
keep the capitaustic dog from barking. The
entire canitaIistfc class all over the world is
taking issue with socialism, but the socialists
will go right on until the people own everything
thev. create in spite of all Capitalsttc frothing.
wen have a mental explosion very soon re
marked Robinson.
Talk as YOU like, said Albert Abrahams,
socialist: the socialists were not invited TO
bobnob with President Roosevelt at Washing
ton How can Robinson say what he is re-
norted to have said and represent the American
Federation Of Labor?"
"Tu answer you all right Robinson said
You talk Of Marks Secret Societies of
! Switzerland said Abrahams. >'There is no
| such book.
Abrahams the14 got few pages Of the diction-
arv When ne finished some one shouted En-
! core" and there was laugh Abrahams
charged Robinson with saying great many
things, and Robinson retorted by saying Abra-
hams was "off the handle"
| ROBINSON DEFENDS ACTION.
! why had I not a right to go to the meeting
! in the Rev. Mr.. Irvine's chapel house, con
/ timed Robinson The East Side papers
! ferred to me as a coward. and made false
! statement that prevented the Park Board from
giving permit for the demonstration at Union
| Square I went there and made the contradic-
/ ton as an Individual and I make it publicly
/ now have received no invitation Yet from
| President Roosevelt TO 90 to Washington, and
| am not responsible for what said about
! Now will you be goOd?"
! This is a free country and I have a right to
state my belief At the meeting on Sunday
| night I was up against people who could not
| understand common sense, and I could not even
dignity them by calling them socialists have
| no library with thousands Of books. but I can
| verify my quotations from August Bebel and
Karl Marx Why, look at your own platform
the platform of the Socialist party"
A delegate asked him what party he referred
TO- and he retorted by saying there use
beating about the bush
/ You can't agree among yourselves" he said
vet the Industrial Workers of the World,
we'll as the Socialist party belongs TO the In
ternationaI Socialist party You know that
Well"
Edward Kelly. a socialist, invited a boone
rang on himself unconsciously by asking Robin
son if he considered the Civic Federation
capitaIistic institution. Robinson told him 20
stick to the question.
SOCIALIST STILL PERSISTS
Didn't YOU dabble with lot of milIionaires
at a meeting of the Civic Federation" persisted
Kelly.
Il did not dabble with millionaires, but l at
| tended meetings of the civic Federation"
Here Samuel Debs. Of the Newspaper and
Mail DcItverers Union, said he had an explo-
sion to fire OF. tie reminded by the chair
man that the discussion had gone as far as il
could Debs made a report for his union and
then suddenly asked Kelly:
| You we're present AT d meeting OF the civic
Cantiauad n Hecund nAxa