The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-28
Branting and Nc orrnick,
Two Birds of a Feather
to Worlds Capitalists
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL

TO-DAY, capitalism bestows its euogies upon two of its
dead Hialmar Brantng former socialist" premier of
sweden and Medi Mccormick, United States senator from
Illinois.
Let the workers for the moment study the manner in
which all sham differences under capitalism laid away
at these graves resulting in antiabor spokesman of all
breeds pouring their fusoe praise Of services of
the Swedish Socialist and the Illinois republican behalf
OF the profit system.
Brantng fought Communism with all the bitterness Of
tona who also high priest of the league of nations
the black capitalist International while Theodore Roose
welt, in 1915 urged McCormicks election to the United
States senate pledged against social and industrial Boil
shevism"
The New York Times Iaments that in Brantng Europe
has lost sincere democrat and ardent champion of
International peace" meaning, of course the democracy
that seeks to keep the world ensaVed capitalist imperial
ISM and the peace that is advanced with the ambition
While the Times, democratic in politics. and of
most loyal spokesman of Wall Street, thus auds Branng
the Socialist William Randolph Hearst, the democrat
auds Mccormick the republican, "a great and patriotic
SENATOR, linking his with of Washington JEFF
ferson jackson, Lincoln and Cleveland examples of all
brands of American weededum and tweedIedee" capital
st politics.
1t Hearst, with his chief echo Arthur Brisbane who
heaps flowers upon Mccormcks remains because he helped
while Vice Presidenteect Charles c. Dawes, the Chicago
banker author of the DawesMorgan plan for carrying out
tne peace OF versailles that gave birth to the league OF
nations also sheds tears McComicks distinguished
public services"
The differences between all of these capitalist aceys
from Branng, the socialist" to Mccormick elected
the United States by Walt Streets avore the
publican party, is small the clash of principle
nitesima that they can be put the shelf at will,
wiped out night.
The mourning hysteria of the money doesn't have
difficult time of it in bridging the chasm between Brant-
ing and Mccormick. Branting boon collaboration with
Ebert Bauer Richter and other German socialists" in
VOWED in the Barmat financial scandal that is shaking the
German republic to its foundations Mccormick of
the and former editor of the Chicago Tribune stood
high with the financial interest of LaSaIe and Wall
Streets He voted with the millionaire bloc in congress-
being one OF the Newberry senator's putting his 20. K"
the seating of the Michigan mutmIonaire, Newberry
who bought his election to the u s. senate the million
aires club" of the American capitalist state.
So the workers and farmers may their
Better unite their numbers and build the power that will not
only combat those who take the places of Banng Nc
Cormck, but that will declare victorious against the
social system of plumber and page for which they stand
The fact that both Branting and Mccormick attacked
Communism should be assurance enough for all workers
poor farmers that they ought to join hands in energetic
support of it.