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Show ill; ANOTHER VIEWPOINT. I; 4 The New York World has been ivig-lJ ivig-lJ rous In its denunciation of the action iji of the New York legislature whereby j five Socialist assemblymen were un-I, un-I, seated. The World, Charles E.I I! fugues and many others have pro-Mi pro-Mi nounced the ousting of the Socialists j' s( blow at representative government. Jj They point out that law and order J forces have been appealing for Hip If use of the ballot instead of destruc-j destruc-j Hon to bring about political changes, j Tner declare It is illogical, then, to deprive regularly elected representa-J representa-J lives of a certain group the right to jj represent that group, il One of the ousted Socialists Is only ?8 years of age. The World draws a jj lesson from his accomplishments in ;J he following editorial: i I "Out of weeks of lime-wasting In Jj Albany, nothing has yet stood out with jjj', the sharpness and evidential value of; i the brief testimony of Assemblyman JValdraan in his own behalf. It con-j ill! tains a lesson for both sides. I 1 1 "Even now Mr. Waldiuan is but' jl twenty-eight years old. Coming to! Illl (he country a boy of eighteen, he learn-1 ed English, prepared for a technical j lit School, won a B. S. degree, became a jjjj eTvil engineer, gained in competitive J examination an engineering post in the : Illl traction tunnels for the city and be- ( anie an assemblyman all in eight xmbltious, industrious years. "The raw Ukrainian boy who could t o all that under such heavy handicap' ii a time so short must have brought 1) this country qualities of talent and energy whose potential value should be apparent oven to a Speaker Sweet, fir. Waldcman attacks his, work as an assemblyman with tho same eager inind and tireless vigor; other Socialists Social-ists in the assembly and the board of aldermen have set similar examples cf industry applied to public questions not necessarily polItica'L "Should not Mr. Waldman, on tho other hand should not his friends and defenders begin to see that the country coun-try which offered him the opportunity for such swift advancement, and whose best non-Socialist elements have come to his defense now that he is unjustly accused, is not in such dire need as he may have supposed of social so-cial and political revolution? "It is not in man to avoid making mistakes; wise men are those who best profit by thorn. Have not both the Sweets and the Waldmans of America Am-erica made mistakes chiefly through arrogance and ignorance? Is it not time to begin learning the lesson of j their errors?" |