THE POLITICAL PROSPECTS OF 1928
COLEMAN, McALISTER
THE POLITICAL PROSPECTS OF 1928 G.O.P. Will "-Feint With Pride", While Democrats "View With Scorn"; The Great Duty and Opportunity Before the Socialists j By McAlister Coleman POLITICS is on...
...A Stay-at-home Patriot Flora A. Bredes Bethel Walker is the greatt-great-granddaughter of Jedediah Palmer of Norwich, Conn., who served on town committees during the revolution providing for soldiers families...
...Surely the foes are already within America and thoroughly equipped and organized for action...
...Has not the patient and sorely slandered Mr...
...Reporting to the Continental Congress last year, she began with these classic words: "Sunrise...
...Doubts as to the direction in which the White House cat will Jump, doubts as to the manner In which the embattled farmers will take to their precious Hoover-lad, doubts as to the possibility of putting over once more the prosperity myth in a land overflowing with poor and unemployed}—these make sleepless nights for those who are holding the front for big business...
...InternationalBrunswick Motor Co...
...While these working men1 and women may, have given Hp sis ike to the prosperity god, in then* hearts they felt an the time that they were worshipping false images...
...1: The nulewlag sf beets and ,diara¦iaes...
...This is what the committee has been able to accomplish with the few dollars at its disposal: 1. An ever-growing correspondence reaching into all States...
...At the same time as they are denouncing the Republican greed, the Democratic spokesmen will make it very plain that what they will call "legitimate business" will have nothing to fear from them...
...provided the applicant is personally acceptable to the Society...
...The Great Duty and Opportunity Before the Socialists j By McAlister Coleman POLITICS is on the front paces once *¦ more and is there to stay, no doubt until next November...
...And the reason is tat that the blood of the rebels of To flows In -the Daughters' vem*»-if that is biologically oorteet<-*ut that ha ring Broome prosperous through generations of exploiting, the destreyeat Of1 Amerkea liberty must preserve the social and **>nomic status today...
...He -was editor of a Socialist weekly, established shops where craftsmen made beautiful furniture and tapestries and printed splendid books...
...At that1 time the country was {Vrt"thfc mercy of traitors...
...Benjamin Harrison, wife of the President of the United States, who bat accepted the position of President-General of the D. A R. objected to Oris selection on the ground "that a mantel woman, one who bad social prominent* and a residence of some pretension fc Washington should be chosen for tea office...
...1^ Interviewing hendreds'ef callers...
...By virtue of all these affiliations he has been elected vice1-' president and director' of' the ttitted' States 'Chamber' of Commence' and a' director of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce'.' Mrs...
...Joshua Fairbanks turned out at the Alarm'as lieutenant in Captain Caleb Whiting's Company...
...Wish Only a iW'tftfBers "»'•-• The activity of thl' committee gW' under way in September...
...We may expect to near a great deal about the "new Tamany...
...Emily Frances Baxter Hurd who circulated the blacklist is descended from Adam Beals who responded to the Lexington Alarm and . Adam Beals, Jr., who was placed on the pension roll In 1818 for service in the Massachusetts line...
...The Republican ballyhooers, in short, will Indulge In glorious generalities concerning Coolldge economy...
...Naturally, only the members of the D. A R. because of their proprietary interest in this country can be trusted to carry out these vital alms...
...Walter Crane, who drew the picture above, was one of the early artists of the labor' movement...
...0. The eohectmc and cevaasptog ef Burreed data...
...So he designed the sort he thought beautiful...
...Ess* W the West!1 WaSmgton j State (4 . '"happy1 tt*vre»ent at a candidate for Oie'oTMce' of.fjpmih...
...sad pteaaber , ' pert*eiaMy<i...
...Other incestors of Mrs...
...Miss Mary Desha, who was active in the organization of women, was suggested as tag first chairman of the Executive Basra Mrs...
...ooondge Bred so, sparsely in the White House as to be able to retire on what most of us would oonoMrr a very tidy savines...
...Alfred J. Brosseau, President General, Mrs...
...The tone set up thai has prevailed ever since...
...The thriving industries of the New South, with their ideal open shop labor conditions, the great industrial centres of the Beat and Middle West, win hi no way be deterred from the even tenor of their courses by any Democratic admrnUl ration...
...THE POLITICAL PROSPECTS OF 1928 G.O.P...
...Mack Trucks Real Estate, Inc...
...Walker Joai bien an active member of the D. A. K., ior more than two decades, when she decided to become a professional patglotjtry exploiting poor Jedediah Palmer...
...They know that everywhere throughout the country the wild rush for production and still more production which is replacing men by machines, staging a huge tragedy of unemployment,' and creating a vast new army of middle-class parasites, leads inevitably to chaos...
...of a member at large five dollars per year, and of a life member one hundred dollars...
...It'ls'thM goddesg who-as chairman of the National Defease Committee of the D. A. R...
...The Massachusetts matrons are comparatively small fry...
...To b£ lucky enough to be eligible to join the Daughters of the American Revolution one must be a woman—at least one man has been known to seek membership—not less than eighteen years of age, "descended from a man or woman whet with unfalHnr loyalty to the eases bf American Independence, served as a sailor, or as a soldier or civil officer in one of the several Colonies or States, or in the United Colonies or States, or as a recognised patriot, .or rendered material aid thereto...
...It may go to ridiculous ¦Tftasti somt' tunes, as In the present Instance, but ifc the main Its agitation against freedbti of speech and for Jingoism and mfUtcrism has weight...
...InternationalMotor Co., and Internatlonal-Plalnfleld Motor Co...
...raised five hundred dollars, ¥et:eived a*"bene-' faction of one thousand' dbtbu^'Yroni the Colonel Scott fuhd 'and ermsOng voluntary hehj was...
...In London of the '80's he saw men scrambling for money and nothing...
...He drew pictures for the weekly, made designs for the tapestries, illustrated the books which Morris and his workers printed For years, Crane drew a picture every week in The Commonweal, which Morris edited Crane waa famous as an artist outside working class circles...
...He also devoted much of his time to the Art Workers' Guide, an organisation of workers that triad to study art...
...The national dues of a member of a local chapter is two dollars per year...
...Giving speeches before Chapters, State Conferences and other groups...
...To be sure, this picture of a regenerate and repentant Tammany may be a bit startling to those who have been in the neighborhood of the Hall of late, but out in the Middle West it will serve to quiet the fears of those timid souls who cannot get rid of the vision of the Pope of Rome, arm in aim with a New York gangster, being received at the White House...
...The National Society of the Daughters of the American: Revolution still has more than one hundred thousand members scattered thruout the country...
...The Strategy No Mystery Even the least of the minor prophets may outline now the forthcoming strategy of both old parties...
...Helen Tufts Baillie of Cambridge, Mass., and Mrs...
...Mack Acceptance Corp...
...Whether Mrs...
...Caleb Whiting served as captain of a company on the Alarm of 1775 and a major in CoL Ezra Wood's regiment, Massachusetts militia...
...The National Defense Coeamittee is still in the morning of he existence...
...IX Publication, of specter material...
...She ' is, therefore;' av woman.* of energetic leisure...
...The Captair's followers must have hogged all the brave blood among themselves...
...Today America leads the world in production of goods, the distribution of services, and the amount of Income per capita...
...Mack Trucks, Inc...
...Obviously the Republican tactic is to avoid all controversial subjects, in the manner of a cautious Y. M. C. A secretary conducting an open forum...
...It still is the goal of many an old lady who will twist her family tree to gain admission into the blue-blooded ranks...
...He was associated with William Morris, the poet, artist and agitator...
...Stephen Perkins Hurd, Chairman of the Massachusetts Committee on National Defense, in whose possession the blacklist has been kept...
...He is president and director of Mack Bros., Motor Car Co...
...Par then- speakers, classes in high tndicnation over Republican misdeeds win be, held dally daring the campaign Clad in chastity, their oratoca will enter the arena loudly protesting their utter innocence in the matter of csamaign contribute***, ssxuduggery at the pons, sad an such nefarious gomes on...
...It was Crane's idea that art should have a place In the life of the ordinary man...
...When it holds its, thirty-seventh annual Continental Congress at Washington, D. C, next week, because that Is the week to which April 10, the anniversary of the battle of, Lexington, falls, the delegates, it is certain, will not be a bit bruised by the bricks of publicity that have been hurled at the laughters in recent days...
...Let us set ourselves with an our sttnfc and aO our hearts to the perfecting sat working out of the methods of dentserest and the ending for ever of the ktsej and emperors and priestcrafts and tea bands of adventurers, the traders sag owners and foreetatters who have Is...
...J2., S{imn|atjng actfvity fa the States...
...Proceeding toward neon-day H should, in its natural coarse, become an innminattng force In the Nation, throwing Ugh* on the dark places, dispelling the gloom of misanderstandlng, eradicating the cobwebs of conspiracy, banish trig the bats ef misbelief and sco»xlri>| portfying the atmee^Mrl of the...
...Daughters ef Bevsiaileiilils There is no doubt that the ancestors of the Daughters of the American Revolution would be the first to be blacklisted by their descendants of this generation...
...Have not a great number of twenty-dollar-a-week clerks been thrown out of their Jobs in the name of Coolldge economy...
...she revered the name o¥"the Daughters1©^ fjhe American Revolution and reseniecT its' misappropriation to students of social welfare work'"Who were called "Daughters' Of the Odsbing...
...Mack Tracks, President Grace Lincoln Hall Brousseau, President, can well understand the Daughters, for she has been a member for more than thirty years...
...comprehensive files en subversive subjects...
...When the D. A. R., was formed in 1890 among the society gentlewomen of Washington, D. C, and vicinity, the choice of a chairman of the Executive Board was up for discussion...
...The Dark Sbote—^aman •' Errors" Of course there hare been here and there' certain hints of scandals connected with the administration of our natural resources...
...Many of the cartoons he made for the Commonweal were later collected and printed in a book, "Cartoons for the Cause...
...The last clause makes it possible to exclude applicants who have remained true to the rebel spirit of their revolutionary ancestors: Misbelievers Provided For ' It is further provided that "any member conducting herself in a way calculated to disturb the harmony of the National Society or to Injure its good name or hamper it in its work . . . may be reprimanded, suspended or expelled...
...Most of her career in the D. A. R. has been spent with her husband in Michigan...
...The forefingers of their orators are likely to become rheumatic during this campaign, so often will they point with pride...
...He held that there was more to living than money and that beauty was one of those things that made life worth living...
...Our voices can be lifted while any breath is left In us against the foreboding preparations for a new world conflict which are going on so busily behind the political scenes...
...With the two capitalist parties picking- their delegates to the conventions and the Socialist Party opening its national convention in New York this week, political writers are busy with speculation and prophecy and the reading of omens...
...Walker has the proud distinction of being responsible for the pumping of the D. A. R., reactionary propaganda into the wells of public opinion...
...It is our business to bring home to the people of this country before ft is too Tate the fool liwoioj J Towards the end of that very «bsb# and very brSUant book which X. n> Wells wrote out of the agony of jSj spirit during the last war, Mr...
...eto^sents of suspicion, insert titton «d^ violence...
...Dawn...
...has centralised the red-batting activities of the Societies...
...Those who have given public aid and comfort to the perpetrators of the black list are Mrs...
...Grans was his helper to most of these ventures...
...There Is no particular mystery there...
...PlCtere the organisations at'work to under- " mine the basic principles of our Government, havbig milUotui at their disposal, trained people by the hundreds at their command In mine cases there are endowments insuring the future continuance of their activities...
...committee,' However...
...This esa> paign, from the Socialist stsnepasn, represents but one phase of that aoubV ing process, one more engagement fa tee long battle for human freedom and baa* ptoses, in which we are ail enlisted The D.A.R...
...Accruing to this philosophy the old Fourteenth street-walker has now washed from her cheeks all carmine stains, retired With honor from the most ancient of professions, 'and Is now engaged in doling out sweet charity to the poor...
...Now with fresh hopes and new enthusiasms, the Socialists go into this campaign as the sole mterpreters and spokesmen for the great masses of America's workers...
...Theirs is to be a "constructive statesmanship...
...It is said that the files of the Daughters of the American Revolution at Washington contain the most comprehensive collection of destructive, subversive literature In the country...
...The hard round derby hat of a man from Tammany Hall named Smith darkens all the Republican horizon...
...With the mention of Abraham Lincoln and the long and honorable tradition behind the party, together with a few kind words on behalf of the candidate, the above will constitute the average campaign speech of the average Republican spell-binder...
...Revimraori»»iS' »».' hvaz...
...Mow the Dear Daughters Qot That Way By Louis Stanley T ET not anyone suppose that the *-* laughter which has greeted the blacklist of the Massachusetts Daughters of the American Revolution has diminished any of the Influence which the D. A. R. is accustomed to wield...
...James Charles Peabody, State Regent of Massachusetts, and Mrs...
...9. Preparing and eaeerttng echfWta: good examples of this, i activity, are the exbJbtts e* Jtesratere shown at the State .Conference of, the Ohio Dangbterk and during the Women's Patriotic Oeafereiree on tfatlonal Defense held at Washington last yean...
...He didnt draw and paint only pictures to hang on the walls of people who could pay big sums for them...
...and OP the bond committee which' raised "t***funds for the D. A. R."B Corjstltutftenal HaU...
...the triumph of the budget system...
...Ostensibly • the objects of the Society are three-fold: (1) Antiquarian Ism: "to perpetuate the memory and spirit of the met and women who achieved American Independence" by preserving relics and historical sites and promoting the celebration of all patriotic anniversaries...
...The work of thel COrijmittee she dividtdt-mtx>(fyro parts} f££ support of" adequate' National Deierifle^-Capltals In the' original and the jpuirteractlng of Sub-^ vewive**nnn1Ienfc'es...
...All the 120,000,000 of us are living in a time of doubt and hesitation—in a strange political interlude...
...He is part of a minisBal which is destined to mould the satk* economic future of America...
...Mary Desha was not appointed...
...3) Save the world: "to cherish, maintain, and extend the institutions of American freedom, to foster true patriotism and love of country, and to aid In securing for mankind all the blessings of 'liberty...
...It still remains imbedded in the solid and substantial classes...
...Her husband is President and General Mansept jh the Pantorlum Dye Works, one of the^largest establishments of Its kind Jfo Seattle, Washington...
...Together with the other societies, mate, female sat i mixed of professional patriots and tot Daughters of the American RevohaiaB acts as the saviors of the United States...
...Sttetr cue is to point the finger of scorn...
...William Jepherson also served as lieutenant in the same company...
...Such has been the ebtoric mission of 'the Socialists of eg countries since the industrial revolution Such is still their mission bare sal abroad No delegate to the canvanbsB can...
...Insult Their Revolutionary Forebears Descendants of Rebels of 1776 the Tories of Today...
...Brosxeea has served as treasurer genera* of ! the D. A. R., chairman of the comrnittee which entertains the women '-oil Bits' Island before their deportation...
...He probably overlooked this eulogy that ushered ber into the vlce-Tpreslder.cy: '* i^Fres Ok rja |«f the Occident t^%i^^ferKe% both the...
...Zn the months that intervene between the making of their canoldatos and the elections, there is , an opportunity unique in the history of the past decade to drive home the correctness of the Socialist formula to regard to such matters as collective ownership and industrial democracy...
...trayed mankind into this morass of bate and blood—In which our sons are led —In which we flounder still...
...Peabody is, indeed, a noble "woman...
...2) Americanism: encourage the knowledge and performance of the duties of American citizenship...
...Sappe/inC') information to press, plat form and, pulpit...
...The .Socialist Opportunity Small wonder that to such a situation, and at such a time, delegates to the Socialist Convention who are arriving In New York are fan of oorrnrteoce that here is the opportunity for a nationwide revival of Socialist thinking...
...The new day of 'Co-operation on National Defense' by the Daughters ef the American Revelation is Just beginning...
...He designed wail paper and textiles for everyday use...
...also jus* about as they do now...
...When'she was nomK nated for the presidency two Tears age, the comrade in arms-who introduced her to the revolutionary assemblage, must have had a premonition if not at knowledge of the blacklist, for she described Mrs...
...House decoration was another of his many hobbles...
...ZtttaW the principal character in hto asveL writing to a' German father whose est has been slaughtered to the TiairsiTT says: T^ ' "Let us make ourselves watchers ««# guardians of the order of the wcrfct "Tf only for love of our dead...
...Has not Mr...
...8. Gbpptar newspapers and perledieala...
...He exhibited bis pictures at the great galleries of London but always said Ua first love was the working class audience he drew for in The Commonweal...
...The glow of the morning...
...Brosseau in these' nobis terms: "Tolerant of the rights aad ebmiesav of others, bat with a courage^ • aad ¦ ability to stand alone tf necessary...
...Though she was born in Illinois, we may well say with her friends, that nevertheless, she is descended from a long line of Puritan New Tfrgiand ancestors...
...Zt is the mass reaction of the inarticulate voters to this strategy which creates a confusion in the minds of political bosses...
...Morris called on various activities as part of his work in the Socialist movement...
...To these small sums chapters may add fees of their own...
...They know, too, that the more thoughtful among the workers are becoming alive to the fact that their skills are being stolen from them, that huge profits on top do not mean high wages below, and that production for the benefit of the few results only in misery for the many...
...About this there wfll be a sinister silence on the part of the capitalist henchmen.- But we can speak out...
...3. Arnafisbig...
...They have before them the dear-cut picture of Capitalism foundering under its own weight...
...Watchers and guardians of the ordei of the world...
...Mary P. MacFarland of Hanover, N. H., D. A. R. members who attacked the blacklist, will be disciplined is at present unknown...
...The chief claim of Emmie Louise Balcome Peabody, State Regent, to fame rests upon her eight ancestors who gained for ber admission into the D. A. R., almost twenty years ago...
...be .made by any lmslmss man with as easy a conertrnce as though -he were giving direct to the Republican National Committee...
...Our nghV* says the P illi isf General ef the Daughter* of the Ato> erleaa Keveiutien, "is against raeS**> Amu *• If Major Daniel Wood, her ancestor, and Ins compatriots could but hear this...
...Today they are not so sure...
...4. Supplying documented information...
...Her revolutionary forbear is Major Daniel Wood of Maine...
...William Sherman Walker,- Vice-President General and Chairman of the National Defense Committee, Mrs...
...2. A direst of oonditions throughout the United States by means of questionnaires...
...1'1 "What a frnanreal eomrai...
...Zn foreign affairs nave we not shown that we conceived it our high duty to protect weaker nations, even to the extent of sending them those wntnsad foreign nisalrmsrias, the United States Marines...
...Subscriptions to the Democratic campaign funds may...
...Aad the Democrats— Now coMe- over here and listen to the Democrat...
...Crane was a friend of George Bernard Shaw when Shaw was a struggling newspaperman and Socialist soap boxer...
...even tf be would, evade that responsibility...
...A few months back, for example, men were saying that it* was such a sure thing for the Republicans that any horse of whatever color, no matter if be be as dark as Senator Curtis from Kansas, could make the White House on the back of the triumphant elephant...
...Peabody are Bezaleel Balcom, John Whiting, Joseph Thayer, Joseph Thayer, Jr., and Benjamin Hawkins...
...t fa' MOaeorraphrox and reproducing rare material for more general disfarlbu.Upn...
...Research at libraries and hrferwiatfcm centres...
...It still is the model of correctness in thought and action for those who obtain vicarious pleasure from others' genealogies...
...A press correspondent has referred to *her usual peppiness...
...Super patrlotlssv they think, is firm ground upon which to stand...
...Mrs.' Wimaar1 Shereian Walker, a we¦-'Veasl Jborn hVObJe, having spent 'years U'her'aoe^fetf'SUt^'^beee1 capabilities peeuhkrfy fir ber' tot this 'high 1 onfee>a Sresban wan1 the" gift of-' per-' "«ndaf yewtir tyf&al ef the perpetual ''"¦a^Ajj^fUil-——*'llBH AM.L, i - ¦ *• ¦ i_a> 1 '' TrCWBSGBm'^WT' rM tfmr^TTKtt TWToKS wM • her-'«nUe,«wltB- the energy- and efficiency erttai OMfdent and the Wts-1 doA <ef tW -Orient, eeUege bred, perfectly poleeaV* sbrasa...
...He held that a man and his family would be better off to a decent looking bouse than to a Jerry-built piece of Junk...
...He is a director of the Certain-teed Products Corp., and the Moline Plow Co...
...All these are eminently respectable ladies, as our own little blue list shows: Mrs...
...But over and beyond domestic Issues of Industrial concern, there looms the dreadful menace of war...
...Let us pledge .ourselves to terries...
...Every indication points to the fact that In America today a small but vastly influential body of men and women are determined upon a desperate attempt to make secure America's financial supremacy by utterly destroying her potential rivals...
...But roan is notoriously prone to error, and we may pardon the occasional lapse for the sake of the abundant blessings that have been heaped upon us all, through the beneficence of a Republican administration...
...With such democratic beginnings was the Daughters of the American Revelation launched...
...MoSS...
...On the whole, the situation is interesting because it contains so many unpredictable possibilities...
...the tender care evinced by the Republican tariff-makers towards such infant industries as the steel trust, the automobile business, the textile and shoe enterprises, and all the rest of the "full dinner-pall" propaganda with which they have befuddled the workers since McKinley's time...
...VY.' Ber ooJysaafct Use string- herself' toe aasaeetogty ¦ to the serrfce,' net eaJy ef her friends, bus UtI whe ask is ef her...
...enabled to save the country...
...Andrew Mellon, the greatest Secretary of the Treasury since Alexander Hamilton, been devoting his vast energies to reducing the taxes of the rich for the benefit of the poor...
Vol. 7 • April 1928 • No. 17
