Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-06
EAST SIDES VOICE
SOON TO Be HEARD
Meyer London, Newly Elected
Socialist Congressman, Will
Deliver Message.
Zoe Beckley in the New York Mail.

zoe fSeCkleN IN the New York Mall.
Meyer London picturesque product OF
the polyglot East Side. first socialist
ever sent to Washington from New
York. goes to congress backed by the
biggest constituency OF probably any
man not a presidential candidate. And
he probably will get results. He ought
to. for he takes with him the best
knowledge the universe affords. He
knows life and humanity. work, hard
ship struggle and success. He appears
To be a dynamo of energy. n storchouse
of wisdom, a human handbook of cpl
gram. He shows the determination of
his race, one that has survived the per-
%secution of ages. He is genial, modest.
He has honest blue eyes. Il generous
nose. a square" mout and II chin that
can stand bumps. His hands are nerV-
Gus. eloquent, capable. He has a mag
netic quality of self unconscious sim
certify and a gift of effortless expression
that any orator would give at least an
y tooth to posses. He vas born in
Russian Poland. came here at is. has an
intelligent, sympathetic and progressive
little wife and one child. n daughter.
They gave him a little reception re-
Gently at which 1000 men and women
cheered him to the Sky. Gray haired
veterans and tears in their eyes as they
realized the cause for which they had
labored, talked and dug into their
meager pockets through years of slow
advancement. had been fructified at
last.
And Meyer London declares he will
carry the peoples message as straight
and true as a barrier riding soldier
once carried his to Garcia.
For the 40th time MIR. London's tele-
phone rang. After he had answered
it. his secretary came in for the 18th
time to say Il man was waiting to see
him. The office boy wished to know
when the congressman-elect would in
terview a publisher. And the clerk re-
mined his boss that he had four lunch
con engagements and nine appoint
ment.
Meyer London took off his gold
trimmed s%pectacles. pressed a lean hand
to his forehead and allowed himself the
luxury Of looking tired for just half 8
minute.
Then l asked him about his wife and
kiddie. and he stopped looking tired.
"Only one kiddie?'
yes" aid this man of the populoui
East Side. I'm poor. For those who
are not independently we'll off 1 be-
lieve i'm small families.
Large families enslave a man. Eco
nomic freedom for both sexes is the
only road to progress. personal and
national. A man who must slave Il
feed many mouths is weighted to hi,
treadmill labors. He cannot educat,
HIMSELF VI MS CIlluTeH. IHey cdIlO'
escape from the ruck.
For the wife's sake 1 also advo.
cate small families. 1t is bad to be 9
poor man, but to be a poor mans wifi,
is a calamity. Upon the wife falls tho
heaviest burden of poverty. Man, a,
least. has the distraction of the outel
world. Woman is enslaved between TIL.
walls of her home.
THE wife should choose the number
of her children. And every
ally independent.
"That is my first duty to my little
daughter. A girl must be educated
exactly as a boy. She must read books.
study life, lear to earn. Other educa-
ion is merely n source of vaniy.
"Woman's education is more impor-
tant to the world than ever. We have
reached a stage of civilization where.
woman's viewpoint is absolutely neces-
home to the voting booth.'