The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-11

The ncvwspapers OF our land carry
full accounts Of meeting OF ten thouS-
and pcorlpe in Madison Square Garden
TO listen TO a defense Of BolShcNlSm ana
Radical Socialism by four OF our prom
incnt citizens Of New York. Doctor
Holmes described Bolsh"vism as inc
greatest social experiment OF m"d"rh
times ard defended the innNcm"n, as inc
hone Of tho future. Rabbi McnZ"S CF'H-
clzcd President Wilson for ms ah'aEIh-
ism to the great Russian movements nv
names Of our leaders IN washington
we're jecrcd. Every rcfcr"nc" TO COM
in rnynlution was choCrcd 10 III" echo.
Plainly there arc multltud"s Of peopi" IN
our city who have lost faith In our 10
nnb,Ic and want to sec our free lnstItu-
,jone oycrthrown and IN" S"ciallstic plan
~ Russian BolShcviSm 'Suhstltutco.
Many patriOts are alarmed. They th'nN
that Bolshevism is cancer. slowly 'a'-
inc into the vitals Of tho republic. Iu'
those four speakers. at least, ana lhciE
ten thousand listeners. believe thA' our
nrcscnt form OF government - houE
nolitic that Is now death struck ana
dying, and they think mat us luh"ra'
cannot come too soon
Thcec sneakers have not only asked
want but they have also answered mat
question, They tell US that TrotzskE
and I,cninc should be praised for start
| ing n state socialism. They defend lh'T
| crimes nv saying that the lands OF NuS-
sin we're in the hands OF r'ch farmers
| who were unwilling to give up fh"lr
| estates and therefore had TO u" h'I'u,
| and that the factories were contr"IL"u
nv inventors and business men VINO "er"
| mot willing to surrender their properly
and therefore had to be shot ana thal
mon who live on dividends or th'ir laC-
| ,or;ce bayn no right to vote, nor have
any who. live upon tho interest "i 'h'il
| inv.etuents. Tho onc-taicnt man who ls
| ;II,tcrote thriftlcss and without any
| ,roncrtv has q right to the suffrage. pui
| n, Industrious man who has WORKED
b,rd for thirty years 10 save up IIttI"
roonev for his old age and now lives
unon his savings. has no riEhe 10 Vo'''
| Tro rthr first time in history lhuuS'rF
| ga tbrirt arc punished. For tn" tIrSt
limo an inventor is scornHd. E"r ln'
| FIRST time tho strugCl" for 'ndlNldua' on
Lccllcnce and personal worth Is u'S'our-
ared The estimates now arc, 'hat o'''
ono hundred thousand convicts VINO were
| imprisoned for countcri'l''hE' ioi k'' -
| bouscbrcakjng and murder. have hech
trr,od loose The proof is ovcrwh"lm-
ing t,,,t thcse convicts have been placed
=, tho head of the Rcd Army. or inc
three hundred and elghty-four "il'"'alH
&c tho volshcviki government IN RuSSia
two arc negroes. thirteen are RUSSIANS
fftccn are Cinnamon. twenty-five ar"
| American and thre hundred ar" Jews.
or ,hcsc three hundred. two hundred AN"
siytv-fuur are Hebrews who used 10 i've
In New York 1t seems that Russia To-
dav -. being controlled and governed nH
ex-ci,Izcns Of Manhattan. PLAINLY that
number Of two hundred and SiNtE-'"ur
RoIyhcvist officials should be increased
hv tho addition OF fat least Tour mon
who have announced that III" P"lsheNiSt
experiment by Trotzsky and I.cn'nc IS
tho greatest experiment that IN" world
has eyer seen. Where mans 'rcasur"
is. thor" his heart Will b" also. Mon
who hate this country end who love
| Tro-z-tv more than Washington and 10
nine above Lincoln. should Shhk" tn"
dus, Of Now York from their feet ana
| ro 10 tho land OF Bolsh"Nlsm ana thcSc
rebuild tho towers OF P"trograd.