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“...IN MEMORIAM
BY RUDOLPH SCHWAB.
Let not the muffled drum, nor slow and solemn knell.
Mourn for our comrade who has passed away;
Nor rain hot tears upon his mortal clay.
Furl not the flag, nor let your sorrow swell,
Let not your dull and dismal dolour dwell;
The International I Come comrades, play!
Salute! The scarlet standard raise today!
He served, he led; he served and led us well.
Catch up his flaming torch and hold it high!
Forward! The dizzy heights are yet unsealed;
Roll drums! Close ranks! March on! Resume the road!
We cry not out for help, we need no goad;
Ere ebon night to silver dawn has paled
Our scarlet standard from the peak shall fly....”
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“...difference anyway, for the popularity of George had faded away
ten years before.
While the 16th A. D. was the storm center in the Socialist
Labor Party campaign, the rest of the city was by no means
neglected. Every other assembly district had its organization,
and carried on a vigorous campaign. There was no lack of
speakers; literature was distributed throughout the city in large
Quantities. There was a fife and drum corps composed mainly
of sons of Socialist Labor Party members. De Leon's son,
Solon, was a member of this corps.
Sanials Mistake in the Band
This fife and drum corps was of course an innovation.
Many there were among the partys speakers who would regu-
larly denounce the old parties, by force of habit, for having mu-
sic, parades, etc., at their meetings. It so happened one night
during that campaign that Sanial, the candidate for mayor,
spoke at the corner of 70th street and First avenue. The crowd
of listeners that had assembled was large and appreciative.
Sanials speeches...”
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“...WITH DE LEON SINCE 89. 59
the sound of other musicit sounded like the Marseillaise,
the favorite march of the Socialist Labor Party fife and drum
corps. I looked up First avenue and was sure it was our band.
Sanial was still hammering the capitalist politicians and their
music. I pulled Sanials coat tail to give him warning, but he
was too wrapt up in his subject to pay any attention to me.
The crowd grasped the situation sooner than Sanial, and
was quite merry. Finally the fife and drum corps had reached
our corner and swung around into 70th street, still playing the
Marseillaise. Sanial was still denouncing the music and red
fire of the old parties. The audience laughed. Sanial saw the
joke, too. He took out his red bandana handkerchief, wiped
the perspiration from his high forehead, and said: Friends, I
made a mistake, these are our boys." Then he added: They
will play the death march of capitalism.
De Leon Shamelessly Slandered
The following year, 1898, De Leons vote in the 16th As-...”
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“...unheeded warning of,
concerning the bigger parties, 158-159; editorials by, on
Bergers Hits and Misses, 159; strike of Paterson and
Passaic textile workers supported by, 161; visit paid by, to
Rudolph Katz in prison, 162-163; death of, 163; recognition
of real greatness of, 163-165.
De Leon, Solon, I. 92-93, II. 58.
Detroit I. W. W., the, II. 159-160; members of, at Paterson
during silk workers strike, II. 160.
District 49, Knights of Labor, I. 10, II. 3.
Dont Vote campaign of 1899, I. 118-126.
Drum and fife corps anecdote, II. 58-59.
Eberle, Pittsburgh logical centrist, II. 93, 95.
Ebert, Justus, member of State Committee of Socialist Labor
Party, I. 33; evil motives which actuated, II. 126; results
of schemes of, 130.
Educational work of De Leon, I. 96, II. 98.
Engels, Frederick, advice of, II. 46.
Europe, conditions in, as contrasted with those in America. I
67-69.
Federated Labor Union, formation of, II. 77.
Fiebiger, Peter, injuries inflicted on Socialist Labor Party by,
I. 30-31; mentioned...”
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“...XII INDEX.
Federation of Lal)or, 1. 7; object and results of election,
7; account of, 9; close of career of, 48-49; first editor of
The People, II. 10; succeeded by De Leon as editor, 10-
11; comparison of De Leon and, 10-11; New York mayoral-
ty candidate in 1897, 57-58; story of drum and fife corps
and, 58-59; as delegate to International Socialist Congress
at Paris 1900, denounces Kautsky Resolution, 88-89; resig-
nation of, from S. L. P., 94; jealousy felt by, of De Leon,
95; boomerang prophecy of, 96.
Sauter, Joseph, enemy of Socialist Labor Party, I. 30-31.
Scheidemann, German Socialist, II. 15.
Schlueter, Herman, editor of Volkszeitung, II. 65.
Schnabel, Albert, Sr., loyal S. L. P. member in Milwaukee, II.
72.
Schwartz, Hans, editor of German Socialist paper, II. 14.
Seidel, Edmund, at Paterson during silk workers strike, II. 160.
Sherman, Charles O., activities of, in connection with I. W. W.,
II. 122-124.
Shoen Steel Works strike, II. 77.
Shurtleff, organizer-in-general, II. 111-112...”
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