The Washington herald., 1912-10-11
|SoclAL|STLEADER
AND. LABOR HEAD
IN VERBAL TILT
James (. PardIo Scores Samuel
6ompsrs for Opposing
Merger With Unions.
PARTY'S RED 'ELA6 HAILED
Capital Knocked Into q Cooked Hat
at Banquet Of Red Neck
tied Guests.
PARTYS RED 'ELA6 HAILED

Capital was knocked into a cooked hat.
labor-oppressing laws were denounced.
the fiags Of the nations including that
Of the United States. were stigmatized
as provocative Of war. the United States
army was designated as an ideal So
cialistic institution. and the red flag Of
socialism was hailed as the emblem OF
all embracing humanity at a banquet
given at Fritz Reuters last night by the
socialistic party Of the District in honor
OF James Keir Hardie. The British labor
leader and q member Of the Socialistic
party in the British parliament. who Ii
In this country making addresses In the
interest OF the movement to bring 80
cialists and trade unionists together In a
common movement for the benefit Of the
working classes.
Red being the color Of socialism. many
Of those present wore neckties Of that
color, and the speakers in addressing
the audience used the greeting. Com
rades and friends" 1t was in these
words that Mr. Hardie greeted the au-
dience after being introduced by W. ].
Client. the POSTMASTER
Friction sim Exists.
There still exists in the United
States" said the aged labor leader. who
bears 4 close resemblance to Secretary
Wilson. friction between socialism and
trades unionism. These movements are
essentially the same as they are both
workingmen's movements"
He said he thought his presence and
efforts in America might have some in
fuence In breaking down the barrier
which keeps the two movements apart.
He argued that going into politics would
greatly help the trades unionist move
ment. as it had done in England. Mr..
Hardie good naturedly scored Samuel
Gompers. president Of the American
80 being opposed to the merger OF the
two forces.
Don't be split up and divided" urged
Mr.. Hardie. why line up with the old
parties of which there is the Republf-
can. the Democratic. and the Bull
Moose. but in reality only one. with
three leaders. and all working for the
interest of the capitalistic classes. La
Dor will lose. whoever wins. The only
way to win for labor is to vote the So
cialistic ticket. and make It's total vote
as big as possible. Capital will become
alarmed. and grant the demands Of la
Dor when there is a big Socialistic vote. /"
Terence v. Powderly. former workman
general OF the knights OF Labor. was
the next speaker. He admitted that he
might be a Socialist II Socialism stood
for equality before the law and for the
betterment OF humanity. He expressed
hope that the labor unions and Socialists
In this country could see their way clear
to work together.
Gompers Takes Exception.
Samuel Gompers said that II Mr.. Har-
die had eliminated the word socialism
from his utterances he would have ac-
certed the British labor leaders speech
as his own. Mr. Gompers took excep-
ticns to Mr.. Hardie's views regarding
the work accomplished by the federation.
He said that conditions in America with
its polyglot population. its millions OF
immigrants every year. its colored popu-
lation, and its threatened invasion OF
Asiatic people are different from that OF
any other country, and that therefore
no comparison could be made.
Mr.. Gompers protested that he fedora
ton would continue in its even tenor
to carry out its work as laid down by
its members in the interests of the work.
ing class. He defended his course before
principle and for the rights guaranteed
to everybody by the Constitution.
That Uncle Sans army is a socialistic
institution without producing anything
was the statement made by Capt. W. Z.
B. French, u. S. A., who advocated that
the governments reservations be turned
over to the army, who would then feed
the nation and who would produce cheap
meats, vegetables. and other necessities
Of life. Capt. French told the audience
about his conversion 10 socialism, which
occurred before he entered West Point.
He warned his hearers not to follow the
elephant. nor the tackass. nor the Bull
Moose, nor the camel with an empty
whisky bottle tied to its tail but to await
the coming Of the red stallion. the vic
torious advent Of Socialism in 1916.
Extols the Red Flag.
William NJ. Coleman extolled the vir-
tues Of the red flag Of Socialism. which
he said was far superiorSin sentiment TO
the flags of the nations, including 'Old
Glory" which stood for war and oppo-
sition, while the red flag was the en-
biem Of fraternity. solidarity. and equal.
ity Otto Holder paid an eloquent trib-
ute to Keir Hardie for his efforts In
behalf of the laboring class.
Among those present were James Kier
Hardie. Samuel Gompers. Terence ".
Powderly, Capt. w. E. P. French, U. s.
A.; Grant Hamilton. w. ]. Client, W. M
Coleman. George Preston. Herman
Gasch, Louis Kopelin, Emmet L Ad-
ans. ". p. Borland, Miss Helen Sum-
Me- r.