The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-10-24
(Tenets of the Party Explain
ed by R. Van Voorhis, and
the Rev. H. L. Haywood,
Wednesday night.
fASSAIL THE PRESS
FOR INDIFFERENCE
Rev. Haywood Says that Un-
der Socialism, Ministers
Could Preach Real Truth
From the Pulpit.

r. F. Van Voorhis, Socialist candi-
ldate for congress, and the Rev. II. l..
Haywood, pastor of the Universalist
church, styling himself revolution
ary Socialist" addressed a compara-
lively large audience at the Coliseum
last evening.
Both speakers addressed themselves
to a presentation of the tenets OF So
cialism and neither INDUCED in at
tacks on the other political parties
land their leaders. ivan Voorhis and
I have received all the political lam
basting we need" said the Rev. Mr..
Haywood in explanation.
The only feature of the evening
happened when the Rev. Mr.. Haywood
said that a number of preachers of
this city had told him they could not
express their honest convictions for
fear of offending rich members of
their congregations The Rev. A. J.
,Feeger, pastor of ST. Johns Lutheran
church. interrupted here to say, "Such
preachers are damnable hypocrites
and have no right in the pulpit"
The Rev. Haywood continued: 81
do not say that the individual is a hy-
tpocrite but that the system is wrong.
lUnder Socialism the church for the
first time in it's history will have the
right to preach as Christ wants the
truth proclaimed. If we concentrate
the remedy on the root, we will be
liable to do what is right.
AssaiIs Newspapers.
Van Voorhis and the Rev. Haywood
took occasion to preface their address
es with the statement that the press
of the city was blinded to the growth
of Socialism and does not give it ade-
lquate space in it's news columns.
Referring to the action of the clerk
,,of the house of representatives in an
tnouncing that Van Voorhis had not OBJ
served the federal statute regarding
political candidates, the Socialist can
didate explained why it was that he
did not notify the clerk of his cam
ipaign expenses fifteen days before the
nomination.
"It is impossible for socialist can
didate to notify the clerk fifteen days
before his nomination." asserted Van
Voorhis. I'VE do not know that we are
nominated until the nomination has
been placed in our hands, for the So
cialists hold no primaries. l did not
know that the party had nominated me
until I received the notification, and
how could !. have sent a statement to
the clerk fifteen days before that
time?"
Reads Letter From Clerk.
Van Voorhis then quoted from let
11> h. ~
clerk of tho house as follows: "You
may have not complied with the letter
of the law, but you have with the spir-
1t of the law"
why was the impression scattered
broadcast that I had violated the fed
eral statutes? To hurt our cause, to
injure me. The letter which have re-
ceived from the clerk of the house is
sufficient exoneration."
The Rev. Mr.. Haywood began his ad-
dress by saying that ten years ago you
could have put all the Socialists in
Richmond in hall bed room, and now
the party is meeting in the Coliseum
Il wonder how much space the news
papers will give this meetingo They
can look at big thing and still not
see it. The papers will look at this big
crowd of reds and Socialists and
then say tomorrow the crowd was
small.
What Is Socialism?
Socialism in the wide sense is the
Eorganized effort of all society for the
good of all society. 1t is the application
of democracy to industrial conditions
1t says that the principles of democ-
racy should be applied to industry, for
1T is just as bad to have political ty-
rant as an industrial despot"
in the narrow sense and the one
which is the slogan of Socialism, it is
democratic management of socially
operated industries 1t asserts that
each individual has the right to por-
ttion of the earth. In the final analysis
everything comes from the land, there
fore, all should share in the owner
ship of land.
Socialism advocates the collective
ownership Of industries by the city.
state government. with the people to
control and manage them. 1t insists
that not the business of the individual,
Ibut the socially operated industries be
owned by the government"
Economic Determinism.
Economic determinism, he explain
ed, is that man is largely determined
Wy the way he makes his living, the
number of hours he works, the envir-
,onment and the wages he receives. He
maintained that the moral condition
hof factory girl is not determined so
smuch by the moral influences that are
Wrought to bear on her as the number
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