"You git de verkin' men into
politics, and den you blame dem fer bein' politicians!"
"Nothing was said about returning the money, I suppose?" remarked
Everett, in a bitter tone.
"Something was said," I replied. "I said it. I don't think the money
will be returned."
Then Carpenter spoke. "The money was given to feed the hungry," said
he. "If it is used for that purpose, we can ask no more. And if men
set out to preach a new doctrine, how can they expect to be welcomed
at once? We have chosen to be outcasts, and must not complain. Let
us go to the jail. Perhaps that is the place for us." So the little
group set out in a new direction.
On the way we talked about the labor movement, and what was the
matter with it. Comrade Abell said that Carpenter was right, the
fundamental trouble was that the workers were imbued with the
psychology of their masters. They would strike for this or that
improvement in their condition, and then go to the polls and vote
for the candidates of their masters. But Korwsky was more vehement;
he was an industrial unionist, and thought the present craft unions
worse than nothing.
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