Western Clarion
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issued: 2016-03-31
issued: 1910-06-04
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note: XJr'CTORlA.-^ •tn> 582 s Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, June 4, 1910. tsata-aa Sl.lt ADVENTURES OF A RED A Holiday Trip to the Historic Battle-c round of Tweedledum and Tweedledee. It was the month of December, and having a tew stray greenbacks, coupled with an earnest desire to see something new, we decided to take the family to the arena of tweedledee and tweedledum, to wit the old country, so by way of added luxury, w-a called in on the United States "Socialist party at Syracuse, making the acquaintance of a number of the latter en arrival. I was given a good reception and consented to attend the Sunday afternoon propaganda meeting to hear Prof. "Waters, ot the University of Syracuse, deliver an address on- "Remedial Legislation.*' and take part In the discussion. Being a trifle late I only came in for the last thirty minutes, which was quite sufficient to make me feel grateful for not being there the preceding; halt hour. Old-age pensions, eight- hour days, and a string of others too -Numerous to mention came in for discussion, naturally, of course, from the capitalist point of view. Next came discussion. I anticipated he would receive a severe handling, hut to my surprise nearly all took the view or the speaker that they were a boon to the working class, and a resolution was moved and carried that future propaganda should be conducted ■with a view to bringing about these "desirable changes." I went after him apod and hot for fifteen minutes, showing them cause, and effect and the amount ot benefit it had brought to the working class ln Europe where these, or at least a number of them, had been in operation fbr some considerable period of time. Then went on to show tiie relative positions of the workers before and after, and wound up with a censure on the "Socialist party" of the United States who called themselves a revolutionary body, out for the abolition of capitalism and the reorganization of society, who were wasting their time dealing with the eff…
note: Titled The Western Clarion from June 18, 1904 to June 1, 1907; titled Western Clarion thereafter.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0318883
language: English
lat: 49.261111
long: -123.113889
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : The Western Socialist Publishing Co., Limited
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text