The sun., 1919-06-09
CHEERS FOR TROTZKY
Broad Hints at ''Direct Ac-
tion" Met by Shrieks
of Approval.
STEDMAN SCORES WILSON
Socialist Lawyer Says Ex-
tremists Are the Only
Thinkers.

oA oOiser propne6ied q
Red Sea drowning for the forces of
capitalism yesterday. 5000 radicals
who filed the floor Of Madison SQUARE
Garden, placed a literal translation
upon it and split the air with approv-
Ing howls.
A simian browed person from the
Ferrer School. who was one of a
number Of anarchists to worm their
way into the 'Socialistic meeting. re-
marked in a voice audible to many
around him, "Yes, a red sea. that's
what we must have here"
This same simian browed one with a
few thousand others cheered the un-
seated Congressman from Milwaukee
Nociferously when he said in his thick
Teutonic dialect: THE capitalist class
will reap soon enough the dragon teeth
which 1t Is sowing. and IL they will
sufen their neck as did Pharaoh in the
Bible they will surely get acquainted
with the ten plaques In the course of the
next few years"
But the simian browed one and the
other extreme radicals present main
tained surly quiet when the speaker
said he had always personally opposed
violence. That statement did not meet
the spirit of the crowd, composed OF So
clalists and anarchists and apostles of
Marx and Ferrer who attended yester-
days meeting. Every utterance that
smacked of violent radicalism they up
roariously applauded, while all other ut
terances they received with silence
They also cheered every mention of the
Bolsheviki to the echo. and booed and
Kissed every mention OF the Kolchak
Government In Russia.
wild Statements Chsered.
They cheered Alderman Aigernon Leo
when he said the war might be over over
there. but that II was not over over
here. They cheered Jacob Panken, the
Socialist Judge. when he tried to lay
the crimes of the bomb plotters at the
door of the secret service. They also
doomed cheers for Berger when he said ::
IF the capitalists persist in their per-
secution OF Socialism they will have
anarchism, and they will deserve it"
When he said, IF they put men like
Hillquit, Lee. Debs and myself out of
business. they will get a different set"
and voice in the crowd shouted. Like
Lenine and Trotsky." There was
chorus OF howls
Berger spoke with passion OF the
twenty year prison sentence hanging
over his head for violation of the Espion-
age Act, and OF the refusal of Congress
TO permit him to take the seat in which
he was elected. IF that soviet of law
yers and bankers refuse to give me a
seat" he said. "I will go back to Mil
waukee, and l will be reelected. And
II they send me to prison. will fun
from prison on the Socialistic ticket.
IF they deny the Socialist party a
seat in the House." he continued with
emotion. then the wishes of the prole-
tariat will be expressed another way"
I1,,t l, IL 10. % r..
ist party confined himself TO the text
OF a printed manuscript that he brought
with him. for he said he feared mis-
quotation by Government operatives OF
whom there were many in the audience.
III there Is any representative of the
Department OF Injustice present." he
Raid, IT would like him to step up 70
this platform and will give him a copy
OF this speech" but no one stepped up.
IT wish Mr.. Gillett, the Speaker OF
the House was here" he told the crowd,
''to see this remarkable demonstration.
America has taken the place oS Nus-
sla under the Gar" he said. "One of
the biggest humbugs was that one ABOUT
making the world safe for democracy.
Russian methods like under the Gear will
tring Russian results. If they won't
have orderly class action. they will have
direct action"
Before hearing Berger the crowd lis
tened while Seymour Stedman Of Chi
cago, lawyer for many Of the well known
radicals. attacked the American Fedora
ton OF Labor. which he said had been
handing out fapdoodle to its followers. "
Mr., Stedman deprecated the lack of
popular interest In the radical move
ment and deplored the fact that mo
one does any thinking excepting a small
group of radicals"
Editor Blows HIS Horn.
Charles w. Erwin. editor of the Call
devoted his entire speech to telling how
much better his paper was than all
other papers, excepting perhaps the
Polks-ZeGun0. After this verbal adver-
usement his men combed the audience
selling copies.
Albert Rhys Williams also made hay
While the sun shone. for his appearance
among the speakers was made the occa-
SION OF greatly boosting sales OF a book
let that he has written eulogizing soviet
Russia, many hundreds of copies going
at 10 cents each. A little more cash
was cleaned up by sales of a pamphlet
by Scott Nearing. the charging OF II
cents for admissions and the taking OF
collection amounting to about $500.
While waiting for the speaking the
crowd arose and sang the "Internation-
ale and the song OF the Soviet Govern
ment, led by a girl wearing a MILDLY
blouse and bobbed hair.
throughout all these proceedings forty
uniformed policemen and 100 plair
clothes detectives. secret service and
Department OF Justice men were ranged
about the hall. while a hundred more
cops sat around downstairs in the quar-.
'e's in which the animals are usually
confined when the circus Is In town
The appearance of this hundred or
'hs main floor a few minutes before ths
meeting closed caused some excitement
sha woman gave a hysterical shrek
but the officers were there merely tC
Zee that the crowd should dlsperss
Womptly at the finish of the speaking