New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-10

lean government by force and violence.
Attorney General Palmer should 60 for
them without delay
The Democratic administration has
forcibly overthrow the cornerstone OF
the republic, the freedom Of press.
speech and assemblage and has subst-
tuted for it the rule of the club and
the jail. 1t has turned over democracy
into virtual autocracy and has revo-
!utlonlzed all departments of the fed
eral government, in fact if not in
name.
Old Parties Revolutionized
'It has abolished the Department Of
state and created department Of
propaganda in favor Of every reac-
tlonary movement abroad, with bu-
reau of internment instead of the
former Bureau of Passports. II has
into an index eXpurgatoriua
1T has remodeled the Department Of
Labor by substituting q bureau of jail
ing and injunction for the Bureau Of
Mediation and Arbitration, and a bu-
reau Of deportation for the Bureau of
immigration, It has abolished TIE
Department of Justice in charge of an
Attorney General and has created de-
partment of panic and hysteria in
q
''Nor is the Republican party less
revolutionary than its Democratic rival.
1t is the party Of Leonard A. Wood,
who runs on the enlightened and hu-
name platform Of ship or shoot; the
party Of Thaddeus c. Swen. who under
took to abolish the ballot; the party of
Clayton h. Lusk, who conceived the
novel idea Of penalizing education.
But our most vital advantage over
~ ,t.,+, r
tory. We cannot lose. The old parties
cannot win. From the larger point Of
view Of historic importance and true
social values, how pitfully insignii-
cant is the pending choice of a Presi-
dent Of the United States!
System the Vital Concern
"Whether Mr. Wood, Mr.. Hoover or
Mr.. Palmer or somebody else Will grace
the White House in the next four years
IS a matter of utter indifference in the
daily lives and struggles of the mil
I lions of American workers and their
children. But the question whether
and when they are TO be freed from the
system that Expresses and grnds them
is one Of vital concern to all of them.
and every step in the onward march Of
Socialism means an noun nearer to the
day Of their salvation.
"The Republican and Democratic
parties represent an Anticipated and de
caying order. With all their appear
ance OF strength they are waging los
ing battle against the forces of the
are beginning to feel the approach OF
their doom; hence their convulsiVe
| clutching of power, their brutal ter
roris!n, their abject fear.
I'VE Socialists represent the new
social order, hence we are invncible.
For almost century we have pleaded
and fought and suffered for the world
TO come, the world of reason and jus
tice, of peace and happiness And now
the day is coming. Don't You see 1t?
Look around YOU and behold the old
order crumbling.
Turn your eyes to the East and be
hold the birth Of the new order, 1t
is coming in pain and suffering and
struggle, but its advent is uniVcrsal
In one form or another Socialism mas
conquered or IL cOnquerlng the great
countries of Europe, sweeping rapidly
from East TO West
"lt is not local movement. 1t IS
world force all mankind is bound
20 turn to it for deliVerancc. The
rresstible wave Of Socialist regenera-
ton is sure to carry IL TO America even
tually-just as the sun IN its lnf'"NlbIe
course is sure TO shed It's beneticlent
rays upon our hemisphere.
Let us hasten the coming Of the
glorious day. my friends and comrades.
Let us roll up vote Of three millions
for the Socialist ticket and let Us
answer the attacks OF our enemies by
redoubled enthusiasm and devotion for
our great cause.-the cause of man.
kind.'
The meeting was incidental 20 the
Socialist convention which opened on
Saturday at Finnish Hall, 121th Street
resumed to-day.