Young Socialists Magazine 1916 Jan June.pdf

atives who will-hed to submerge
the socialistic planks and, if necM
essary, fuse with one of the old
parties on the free-silver issue;
and the Middle-of-the-Road POPM
ulists or uradicals" who, like Tom
Watson, would have not one of
the Omaha planks cast in the
shade, and who abhorred amalgaM
mation with Democrats or Republicans
as temptations of the
Devil. The censen'atives wished
to make the currency qt1e~tion
the one and only issue of the
party. This policy might drive
out the socialisls but it would
make the party an "orthodox" 'orM
ganiation which any \'oter cOllld
enter without losing caste.
When the party met in natio",ll
convention at 51. Louis on June
22, 18¢, the internecine st mggle
again broke out. ,. The con se r\'ativ e~
urred that the con\'entio~l put forward
but one issue--free silver.
They demanded that the party endorse
the Democratic nominees,
Bryan and Sewell. Tom 'Watsoll
and his middle-o fMtheMroad followM
ers would have the whole Omaha
platfonn or nothing. They would
have none of Sewell's ilk. as he
was "a railroad magnate and a
national bank president.·' \Vatson
et al were beaten. They seceded,
but the pany was doomed. The
conservatives merged with the
Democrats and in timc disappeared.
'Vatsen and his worshippers stood
by the ship for several years.
But the Socialists were di ~gusted
and were done with the movement.
Those o f them who remained with
the Populists up to 1&)6 now had
a Socia1i!>t -party to join-the Socialist
Labor Pany which put out
its shingle in 1&}2. But many had
lost hope and had left the Populists
by ones and twos before. They
had lost faith in "orthodox" panie!'
which annexed Socialistic idea~ and
tacked to their platfonns social rCM
fonn planks with which to catch
votes. For this reason the Progressive
movement of 1912 could
not allure the Social\st from hi s
own party by holding 0';11 a chance
of realizmg many of IllS demands
at once.
.. T'BZ TOtJNO eOCIALD1'S' litAoAZINZ
VICTOR HUGO'S ORATION ON
VOLTAIRE
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(Continued from December) off one of hi ~ Ilonds; thC'r. t\1,'Y t ,re
DELIVERED AT PARIS. May 30, 1878
•
THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF VOLTAIRE'S DEATH i
(Translat~d from til~ Fr~nch by Jamu Parton) t
AnOlher ract. After th~ 010 man,
th~ young man. Three )'\'an later. in
1763. at Abhc\'iJle. the oay :titer a
night of .!!torm and high wind. there
was found upon Ihl' pa,'~ment of a
bridge an old crucifix of worm-eaten
wood. which for three ~C'nturiu had
bC'en fa.!!tened to thC' parapet. ,Vho
I'ad thrown down this crucifix \Vho
committed this s::r.crilege It i~ nOI
known. Puhaps a passerby. Perhaps
the wind, Who is the guilty
one Tht" ni~hop of Amit'n.'J 1:lllnches
a monitoire. 1\01t' what a mcniloire
IVIIS: it wa, an order In nil Ihe fai thlui,
on pain of hC'II, to declare what
Ihey knC'w O. heliC'Hd th C'y knC'w of
such or .'Juch a fact: a llIurdC'rous injlHll·t'lJl1,
when addrl'!"cci by fvnatici~1ll
to ignorance, Thl' monitoirC' of the
ni~hop of Arniens doe.'J iu work; the
town gossip asSUI1lf:~ the character of
crime. chargt'd. Ju~ticC' di9covers, or
belir\'u it discover!', that on t!w
night when the crucilix was thrown
down. twO nlC'n. twO officers, an,'
namC'd La Harre. tILt' other u'Etallonde.,
pall~ed OVC'T Iht~ bridge of Ab·
heville, that they "!l're drunk :11\.1
that Ihey .!!ar.g a g"uard- rvcllI lIn;H.~,
ThC' trihullal \\'a~ the Se1H:sdl::ky "i
.'\l1hr\·;lIe, ThC' Ser~"e 1a~t·y of Abb~\'illC'
wu eqll;\,aiqt It) the cour :
of Ih e Capite>uls of TOIII"tl~e, It w;,!'
not less just, Two ~rd, r ~ for arre .. t
we're iuue:d. D'EttalhJllj,! ,·.eapcu.
La Barre waa taken, Hi':l they de­
Ih'ered to judicial C'x.lmiu:ttic,n. lie
denied having crossed t!'e hri\lge: he
confe~sed to ha\'ing s tm ~ the !lJn;!'.
The S~neschalcy of Abbc~' id~ c )11-
demned him: he appraled t.., IIII'! ]larliaml'nt
of Paris, HC' wac; eont!uctl'd
10 Paris: the senttnce was found good
and cot'lirmC'd, HC' was eOllducteel
back to Abbe"il1e in chains. I
abridge. The mon~tf OUJ hour arrives.
.ThC'y begin by suhje.cting the
ChC\'alier de La narre to the torture.
ordinar)' and extraordinary. \0 mnke
him re,'eal h~, aC"01llpliC.~i. Ac.:um·
,~Iices in whil.r~ 1n havin~ cr,),s.·d ,'\
l. riuge and "UII~ ;, !l.ong fJnnnq' the
torture (lne of hi ~ :: lee'! \\,,1'\ hr,·k,.n:
hi:l conf~S!lu", 'In hf':lr'''t' Ihe 1)O,1es
crack, fAirr.,.d a"";.r. rr. '! n':~ l 'IIY.
June 5, 11M, I. ... Barre wa§ drawn t o
tht' grut Iqual e {If Al)l)e":11t, whert
flamed a pen;t..:n ti:.1 lire: t"~ renten'-":
was read' lo :.:, l:brrr; tllcn Ihey em
out his tonglH: with iro l! 1 in,~rr _.:
then. in nlC'fey, hi s iH:!lO W;li ".~ r-,fl
and thrown into the firf'. So died I'w
Che,'alier dC' La Barre. H C' was nine ­
teen y'ears ot 3"e.
Then, 0 Voltaire! thou did~t ' Itt.~r
a cry of horror, and it will h~ lhine
eternal glory!
ThC'n didsl thOIl ent.,r IIIH,n thr ,lIlpallillg
trial ,r the pUI: ,h'll1 or:t;'!!.
th at unC'on,ciou, p" ..... e.r, the blil1 \
multitude: that terrible ntalristra d ',
so se"ere to slIiljC'cts. so docile 10 Ih~
l1last~r, c ru shing and flatt~r;nu. knC'("­
ing upon the people bdore the k:ng:
that c\c.r/:fy, \'ill: mc\an,Q'e (Ii bypcai,y
and fanatici~m: "olta;re alOlle, r rl!­
peat it. drclared war II.fu.inst thaI cnalilion
of all the lucial illi()uil i