The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-25
COLLECTION POOR
ATT S. P. CIRCUS
in MINNEAP OILS
ITS a Financial Bloom, .
Moaned One Faker
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the rest 1t is the second party. In
Mexico President Gales is a social
ist. It is the greatest party in the
world These sentiments on the part
Of Mr.. William Henry, the social bally-
no artist of the travelling revival,
were greeted by a dumb silence,
Senator Stockwell also spoke The
senator is a single taxer of long stand
ing. He spoke on the water power
monopoly. He pointed out that it
would not be very long, before three
individuals in America would own all
the electrical power in the country
AS a solution for this situation, the
senator announced that c. D. Thomp-
son, whom, he regards "as the great
est expert on public ownership" will
hold series of meeting in the North
west dealing with the subject
Before Lynn Thompson, who as
socialist county commissioner, voted
all Of the county appointments to
members of the Lincoln Club, intro
duced Debs, he made collection talk
for the proposed paper. He stressed
the need for socialist propaganda, in
which work he has distinguished him
self, as everyone knows in Minnea-
polls.
Collection Simply Wasn't There
Thompson made an appeal for ten
dollar bills OF the five hundred people
present one person raised his hand.
Further appeals brought no results.
Then he asked for five dollars. There
were three responses, but the ushers
we're unable to discover two Of them.
Then Lynn Thompson appealed for a
general hat collection. In that section
of the crowd where the writer stood,
nickel He stood amazed. The collec-
ton was a distinct disappointment
Mr.. Birch Wilson of Reading, Penn.
who is the financial agent Of the Calm
venture, protested to a comrade In the
following language: Jesus. this meet
ing turned out to be financial bloom
We didn't collect $780,"
This collection is a good Indication
of the sympathy with which the at
tempt TO revive the local socialist
party met.
Debs Is Disguised
When Debs was introduced, 1t was
noticeable that no great ovation was
accorded him. as In former days. This
was true because the class conscious
workers of the city, knew that Debs
was being used by the Bastis-Thomp-
son group Of socialist political parties.
In fact, on the picnic grounds, the
workers discussed this thing quite
openly
Debs talked for an hour. He made
the same speech that he has been
making over the country for the last
twenty-five years 1t begins with the
chattel slave under the Roman patri-
clan, and then takes the proletarian
family into feudalism and out of it in
to capitalism The only new addition
to it is that part Of his speech which
dealt with his war experiences Re
ferring to the question Of unionism,
Debs urged: The workers must join
the union of their craft and work for
industrial unionism within them. Vo-
ting win not bring industrial demo
crary-" This sentiment was greeted
with loud applause, as was his very
brief reference to the workers in Rus
STA, when he said: In Russia the
workers have made beginning"
Ignored World Labor
II is to be noted that Debs had
nothing to say concerning the strug-
gle In China, Bulgaria and the situa-
t1ou In Morocco
ma speech symbolized the passing
Ola great figure out Of the revolution
AIRY arena of America II was plainly
evident that Debs himself was dis
gusted with his associates here in
Minneapolis.
He made absolutely no reference
10 the eo-calied socialists Of Minnea.
pOlis As Tar as Debs was concerned
they did not exist This was saving
fsafure Of ms presence in Minneapolis.
b Three hundred copies of the DAILY
kWORKER; exposing the Bastis-Thom-
Epson socialist treason. we're sold.
large Quantities OF the Young Worker
handled hv members of the Young
WORKERS League. were also disposed
Of The workers we're really interested
IN Communist literature