The new People's party under most
adverse conditions polled in the last
campaign 1,000,000 votes and have
their representatives in the house of
representatives and senate and the
governor s chairs cf manv states. The
great financial panic of this vear has
destroyed the uuity of both the tradi
tional parties, and each dav it becomes
more and more apparent that they must
unite against the party representintr the
new movement among the masses if it is
to be held in check even temoornrilv.
A call is now being circulated for a fed
eration ot all the labor organizations in
one great alliance for political nn
The bloodshed at Homestead was the
propnecy 01 a new era in our political
social life. That much is acknowledged
now Ly the defeated party to have been
tne power that overthrew the last ad
ministration and set up a new. A new
geueratiou ot men have come unon the
sconce of action in America, and the
mere assertion of tradition will Tint Kfir-
isfy them. All things are being arraigned
iui uuu u tins new court. General
riaucis.v. naiKer, who is the incarna
tion af the mathematics of thpnlfl
recently gave utterance to this pathetic
nun.
A revolution is upon us. The bonds of
tradition and barriers of authority have
been swept away. Everything once deemed
settled in economic theorv is now auda
ciouslv challpiiceii
Eight you are, general and how- are
you going to help yourself? It is the
sweep of the age progress! You can
easier push back the stars than tostopit.
CONSTKl CTIVE IIIUSTIAN SOCIALISM.
