The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-18
''BOLSHEV|SN' IS
ABLY DISCUSSED
ATTORNEY ]. HAROLD BRENNAN
DELIVERS ABLE ADDRESS ON
WOELD MENACE

/ RulShrvsm is a subject that does not
! interest Wh"cl'nE.t"S evidently as very
few pcnpl" gathered at the First I'M
tartan church last night 10 hear At
torncy ]. Harold Er"uuru read his paper
on "EClShcViSm." its InripI"u"y, status
OF today and poSS'hl" future.
Tho present day tcrrnrS Of tn" move
/ mont were excluded and Mr.. brennan
/ gave the bare facts of its CONSTITUTION
! and Declarations which puts RolShe-
yiSn in tn" Same category as anarchy
and violence after the movement has
started on it's course. as violence and
/ terrorism would be tho means to accom-
piSh the purpose for the establishment
OF this now government which has
! already cost thousands Of lives and
millions in property. Mr.. brennan said
! in part: "Am"rica before the war had
division on all subjects Of thought
I into two groups and tho war introduced
one more.
, Tho American division Of thoughts
were: "On" did not matter and the
other mattcrcd very much"
"B"lshcVIsm is Il titanic question
which cngroSscs mems minds today.
/ First. as n haven for those who have
had their minds bluntcd by S"rtdom
! FOR centuries and the Elitt"r,ng general
tiles Of EolshcyISn attract th"N" as
! flame docs tho moin. Tn" second arc
thos" who HAY" not k'pi pac" with IN"
world today and 50" III ii An cQuallZa-
tion ny bringing tn" higher down ana
the lower up but by so doing II would
ha tho destroyer of all established or
der and final ruin.
Tho slogan NO beer. no work was
one OF tn" things that made Holshe-
IN
opening wedge for further lnroads on
law and order.
The p-op& Ganda Of the Bolshcvists Is
TO organize all workers as a class to
take possession Of the tarth. machinery
and production and abolish the wage
system Tho overthrow Of established
order and pull the mighty from their
.sratS as they say that capital has failed.
So l"t labor try to run tho world.
Tho auti-BolsheviStS' answer is the
will of the majority is the only proper
government. and tho workers should be
present. getting their share. but not in
supreme control
"BulShcrism has its present day mean
ing. not because its has anything to do
with the majority but simply because
the majority faction in 1893 was a fac
ton headed by LCninc, and the word
has chung to him. and simply means to
use doctrines set forth by him.
THE constitution is in two parts-a
declaration of rights ard the constitu-
ton proper.
THE declaration Of rights part blames
all social, political and commercial ills
on the economic subsection of labor by
the possession of the basic sources OF
life. soil. machinery. factories. raw ma
terials. transportation. and so forth
Tho task is to liberate labor from
capital. and this can be done by labor
itself united with the Sovicts. but ex-
listing constitutions must be destroyed.
The declaration enumeratcs sever
steps taken in this direction: First, de-
claring all land national property AID
distributing to workingmen free on the
principle Of equality. Second. natioral-
ization Of al forests. minerals. water
and public utilities an stock machinery
Of model forms and agricultural under
taktngs Third, legal control OF work
men anr naturalization Of n number
Of branches Of industry. Fourth. ma
tionalization Of banks. Fifth. Rcpudia-
tIon Of national debts, tho object OF
which Is blow to international capital
Sixth, army labor and disarmng prop
ertied clause. Seventh. introduction OF
universal obligation to work, thus to
eliminate parasitism.
Then followed the duties OF the Ia
boring classes and the constitution.
which IS on tho same lines as all former
movements in which property is held in
common.
"Bolshevism IN the aftermath OF tho
war. which. like ali other international
wars, leaves in their wakes as the re-
suit OF dissatisfaction among a number
Of subjects who have laid their schemes
In times OF peace. but cannot launch
them until the peoples heads are turned
in internecine strife or war with an
other nation when It is easier TO in
flame the minds Of the people.
.BolsheSism outdoes Utopia and the
dream Of futurists or impractical Ip-
plication. the work of theorists who
have never or never will confront the
condition.
-Bolshepism IS an evil answer from
class constituencies and TO abolish class
constituencies by abolishing the artific-
ialitieS which gave it birth. especially to
dernocratize education and in doing so
we do away with universal military
training, and war. and even liquor can
be abolished with impunity."
Ar. Brennan has made q special study
Of BolSheviSm and his paper was written
in clear and lucid style which was
readily understood by his audience.
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