The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-21
IRISH SOCIALISTS
ATTACK CHURCH.
Reply to Anti-Socialistic Meet
ings Held Under Auspices OF
st. Patrick's Cathedral.
sTAMMANY DENOUNCED, TOO
And Stars and Stripes Declared
to Be Cali Right for
Scabs.'
TAMMANY DENOUNCED, TOO

New York, May 20.-1rishnen attack
ing the Catholic Church and 1rishmen
applauding the attack was the specta-
Gle seen last night at 10 East Twenty
sixth Street, where the Irish Socialist
Federation had meeting to offset sew
eral recent meetings held under the
auspices OF st. Patrick's Cathedral at
which Socialism was attacked. 1t had
been announced that Thomas S. Lon
dregan would speak against Socialism
last night, to be followed by pro-Social-
list orators. Chairman Patrick L. Quin-
Ian called on him.
III the speaker who is to speak
against Socialism is here he said, "let
him arise
The Irish Socialists who filled the
hall gazed fiercely around.
we have done our duty at any rate"
said Mr.. Qunlan. and called in one
who seemed willing to take Mr.. Lon
dregan's place. He began by declar-
ing that the men who engineered the
so-called anti-Socialistic meetings un-
der the auspices of the Catholic Church
were simply trying to turn the church
into a political organization. Tho Cro-
ker family. he declared. were close
neighbors of his in South Ireland, and
when they were over there they were
Protestants.
But when Richard Croker came over
here" Mr.. Quinlan declared. he at
once appeared to be deyout Catholic
Tammany Hall. he went on. had done
more to discredit Ireland and the Irish
than any other one agency in this
country. and Irish and Irish-Americans.
members OF Tammany. he asserted.
have been fattening on the white slave
traffic.
Mr.. QuinIan noted. too. in passing
that Karl Marx was not the father OF
socialism, but that James Thompson,
of Cork, first promulgated the basic
idea.
AS there was a dearth of speakers
Mr.. Quinlan introduced Seumas osheel.
the perfect Bohemian, dilettante ana
upholder of the banner OF the ideal
He had heavy book under one arm
and green hat under the other he
stood in the doorway at perfect ease
when the chairman's eyes fell upon
him. He had been upstairs reading, for
the house is the home Of radical or
ganization.
/ II was upstairs pursuing my studies
In the hated English literature" said
Mr.. osheel. speaking with charming
drawl and with most admirable pre-
cislon. when heard tia sounds OF elo-
quence down here"
Then he ran his fingers through his
great superstructure OF arusticaii!
piled black haiE and allowed his fancy
! 10 play around the results of an adaD-
,ation of socialism by the church.
Jack Walsh, a young man. with a
black shirt. asked the audience II u
could imagine any one making saints
out of Morris Hilquitt. Sol Fieldman
| and julius Hopp, and the audience
shouted back that 1t could not follow
the poet.
1t appeared that the speakers at
the recent anti Socialistic meetings
had said that Marxism was antas-
onistic to "the flag" Chairman Gum
Ian said that the stars and stripes
were all right. though Chinanan
| could>probably improve on them. nu,
Comrade Walsh declared that al!
| Socialists are foreigners wherever they
go regardless OF all the talk ABOUT
| flags ~, ,.o,os
! Chairman Quinlan introduced Aooipn
Benevy. president of the Brookisn !,
| Philosophical Association. some OF
/ You NAV wonder why 1t is that ne
sneaks.'' said Mr.. Quinlan. "Remempe.
we socialists are citizens OF the "ofia'
| and all men are our brothers
with this encouragement the pres,
| ideut of the Brooklyn philosophiea
Association started to talk anom, So
| cialism from the time OF the Ao"ei
| of Babel.