The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-08
BIG SILK AND CLOTHING STRIKES
The Daily Worker Outing Sunday
AS WE SEE 1T
BY 7. J. o'FLAHERTY.

NICHOLAS Murray Butler, presi-
l y dent of the Columbia goose
step) University, was once an ardent
admirer Of Mussolini, who boosted of
having trampled over the putrid car
cass Of democracy, is now on the war
path for democracy and expresses the
fear that unless her friends rally to
her aid. Miss Democracy will die I'M
hon0red and perhaps not unhung.
Class struggles are raising the devil
with democracy says Butler, and whe-
Their democracy can survive the attack
has become one of the most supreme
world problems of the day. Democ-
racy means the rule of the majority
whether they be right or wrong says
the professor, government for and by
the governed, and political equality
of all peoples. So that is what democ-
racy is. You would never realize it
considering the trouble union workers
have had during the past years with
injunctions issued by Democratic and
Republican administrations in behalf
of very small minority that runs this
country. But that kind Of thing
leaves Mr.. Butler cold.
kNR. Butler does not consider it at
|Nl variance with his definition of
democracy that few bankers are now
over in London Matching agreements
with Europena governments, that are
sanctioned by the Coolidge administra-
ton without the consent of the Amer
lean people. The bankers are the
government today and Mr.. Butler
knows it. The people" don't count
and never did count. It is true that
every four years they vote for pres
lident but no matter how they vote
those who own the country and the
lcountry's wealth-producing machinery
run the government. That is as it
should be according to capitalist
ethics.
lDROFESSOR Butler does not object
| to this perversion of what has
become known as democracy, which
is really fetish nurtured by the
bourgeoisie in order to blind the
masses to the not so obvious dictator
ship of capitalism. What dogs the
heels of our capitalist lackeys like
Butler is the spectre of proletarian
dictatorship which has torn the false
veil of the lharlot face Of capitalist
democracy and ushered in the new
democracy, the rule of the workers
thru their advance guard, the Com
munist Party. Mr.. Butler tho a reac-
tionary is no fool and he sees this form
of government becoming universal in
the not far distant future. Therefore
he beats the tom-tom for democracy,
but industrial evolution is showing
even the semblance of democracy
aside and the social revolution will
drop it into the discard all over the
world as it did in Russia. Mussolini's
brand of dictatorship has become a
cropper. The world moves but not
backward.
JUDGE Cohalan, rather wise Irish
- American politician. in announc-
ing his support Of the LaFollette can
didacy, stated that in the event of
the independent ticket not being in a
position to secure a majority OF the
electoral votes, LaFollette would be
able to make a satisfactory deal with
Coolidge. Many of Bob's supporters
will resent this suggestion, but Mr..
Cohalan is an old and practical politi-
clan and he usually knows what he is
talking about. There is no bitterness
among the higher-up Liabilities to-
ward the silent little fellow in the
White House. 1t may develop during
the heat Of the campaign but so far,
no hints of wrong doing, nothing ex-
cept general conservativeness has
been charged against the present
White House incumbent. Now "Bob's"
son. and heir to his reputation. has
assured Coolidge that his fathers
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