The Washington herald., 1909-04-18
All That Happened of General Interest Last Week Rapidly
Sketched in Precise and Illuminating Fashion
NoTE-rnis feature valuable work of reference

erages was passed by the lower house Of
the legislature at Jefferson City Wednes-
DAY, the question 70 be decided at the
November election in 1910. The senate is
( understood 70 be friendly TO the measure.
Al the Jefferson Day dinner given by
the National Democratic Club Of New
/ YORK Tuesday IN honor OF Richard Gro
ker' former Tammany leader. who is
ABOUT to return TO Ireland. the principal
speakers were Cows. Harmon. OF Ohio.
ana Marshall. Of Indiana and Senator
chamberlain. Of Oregon. All of them
had something 20 say about the tariff
unkerers at Washington Said Harmon:
instead of seeking methods Of retrench-
ment TO meet present confessed deficit
OF more than hundred million dollars.
the PRESIDENT and Congress are devising
additon2l taxes 10 exact from the dimln-
lshed means Of the people and are pre-
paring 10 issue bonds besides. g.
After twelve years Of false pretenses. at
last confessed which has bred and fat
tened countless mOnOpolies and trusts. Il
Is proposed not to shake OF their grip.
out Just 10 loosen It a trife here and
there, so the people may not be utterly
devoured." His conclusion was that the
reductions would be but "a mOckery Of
the cry for relief. and that the only re-
and President enforcing Jeffersonian
principles by dealing with taxation as
primarily means of public revenue and
not Of private gain"
Gov. Marshall spoke in similar vein.
saying that the present revision was
that Of hungry band OF seekers for
special privileges. and that the hour has
come 10 change coats. Senator Chamber
lain voiced the aspirations of the Pa
cific Slope Democracy.
Having given extensive space in its
pages for the Roosevelt editorials on so
cialism. the Outlook deemed IL a neces-
sity Of the square deal" TO devote some
space 70 reply from a representative
American Socialist A short letter from
Morris Hillquit. the New York Socialist
leader and author OF several books deal
ing with the Socialist movement, has
now been published in the Outlook Mr.
Hillquit says that Socialists welcome
criticism, but insists that # should be
directed against socialism, and not against
phantom. He holds that the Socialist
philosophy is quite definite and praC-
tically uniform ths world over. as Of
ficially announced in political platforms
representing 100000 persons. Il is not
fair. he continues. FOR one 10 judge Of
the movement from the private conduct Of
q teW individuals or from the oblteT dlCta
Of a few writer's. His defense is based
entirely upon the formal definition OF
socialism adopted by the Socialist party
in the United States. First he says
this proves that socialism Is devoted 10
Industrial reform, and is not concerned
with religious beliefs or domestic re-
latiOns Second. IT does not advocate
the plan or equal remuneration OF work
ers. 1t recognizes that the wealth Of
the nation is produced by mental as
Well as manual labor, that organization
and direction are important. and that
individual contributions differ in degree
and quality. So long as wealth IS linn
tied, it must be distributed according 20
merit and win be unequal Third. as 10
the charge Of materialism, he says that
PrOudhon was opposed 10 socialism: that
Lassalle was the first in Germany 10
preach culture 20 the workers. and that
Marx all his life promoted study clubs
among workers. But he admits that So
cialists do give first place TO economic
reform. Fourth, Il IS denied that so
ciaIism can be said TO have ever been
tried either IN the French revolution or
in the Commune. It represents "a future
phase Of civilization"