The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-03-23
The Suicide of the
Working Class
Continued from page onc.)

down his face) gentlemen. il
seems to me that this is a christian
country, and it seems to me that the
people are intelligent and ought to
be able to come to an understanding
with a neishborinS nation without
resorting 10 arms; there must be
some other way of deciding this Tues-
rion. vote No." 0olid aDplauseI-
And they will all vote No. II you
put those men on the firing line. who
declare war. there will never be
another war. CApplause).
But yon can't do it until you are
sharp enough TO take possession of
the powers of the government. Those
prudent fellows up there now keep
on declaring war for fifty years. ana
you can't touch them, they don't be-
long to the working class. They vote
for other people to so to war
Perhaps the working class is too
modest to go to the senate chamber.
and to the judicial bench, they are
very modest. and of a very retiring
disposition.--it is certainly delight
ful! When it comes to selecting
somebody to go to congress or the
legislature, or TO 4 judicial position
they always look around for some
shark or snob.
Friends. beginning now, let us or
EaniZe the laborers OF Charleston,
tho working class, and get the names
of all the preachers, lawyers. doc
tors. teachers. leading citizens who
are in favor of war, and put their
names on list, and in case of a war,
) make them all go first Qoud an-
plause).
The working class are excited TO
cave the pride and business of the
crowned and uncrowned sconudrcls.
This is what monsters you are. There
never could be Il war until the work
ing class agree to do the trench-diS-
Sing and eating the crackers. The
working class must butcher and be
butchcred, must furnish the widows
the orphans, the broken hearts, the
; tears, and lonesome, deserted homes.
unless the working class agree to
. do this. The working class would
. never agree to do this until some
skilful, shrewd politician excites
them, to butcher men whom they
don't know and against whom they
have no quarrel. Watch those pep
pic who excite the working class 20
war.
The socialists have a good scheme
costing. / will tell you what it is.
France and Germany would cer-
tainly have had war a few years
ago and it is admitted that the social
lists stopped that war Norway and
Sweden had 4 quarrel,-the rulers OF
those countries had 4 quarrel. the
working class had none.-just like
inc war in 1870 between France and
Germany,-thc king and the en-
peror had quarrel. and that quarrel
was who should be king of Spain
The best way would have been to lei
those two gents get each Il basc-ball
bat and settle it for themselves. Rut
they were too shrewcd and proud tc
settle this i'll that way But mex;
hest way would be to get the German
congress and the French congress
let them get rifles and fight il ont
This is the way they did it: Tho EN-.
n"ror of France took u few hundred
Thousand men of the grand army
and tho king of Russia Il few hundred
thousand prussianS. and they stood
off on the high ground, and said
Sick him. sick him. and then
thousands of the working elias:
jumped into one another and butch.
cred one another in a way that woulG
make hell break out of her bounds
they fought like wolves and tigers
tho way those working pconlt
butchered one another. How did
The French emperor escape? He
went behind. lie wanted to get tn
glory. and he got pretty well back
But the French soldiers were beaten
ana they ran over the emperor anC
around. When the French emperor
was caught, he had on wOman's
clothes. prcsuming that by Il lady.
Ike manner he could got away auC
not be observed (Anplausc).
Norway and Swden had a ouarra
the masters of these two nation:
mad quarrel. The armies were as
sembled in front of each other 70,
battle. The socialists had beer
teaching these nations for years. the
working class the origin of the work
ing class. the origin OF way. and TIL,
purpose of the standing army. The
socialists. however. are drafted tC
war in those countries and they wcr,
present in the army when they wcr.
drawn up to fight The socialist
went all through the ranks, every
where. They said. boys. boys. list
en-. this war can only mean hutcher5
for the working class There are Nc
bankers here, look mp and down the
lines, there are no big business mer