Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1913 — HOBOES THREW J. E. HOW OUT [ARTICLE]

HOBOES THREW J. E. HOW OUT

They Didn't Like the Millionaire Leader's Ideas of Philanthropy—A “Philosophical Anarchist," How Says. New Orleans. —James Eads How of St. Louis, the self-styled "millionaire hobo leafier,” who first organized "the Casual, Unskilled and Migratory Workers of the World,” and called the first national hobo convention, was repudiated as a leader by the hoboes in convention here recently. How tried to inject socialism into the proceedings and was told to get out Tired of How and the fight between him and President Jeff Davis over the question of socialism, the hoboes broke up the convention of the “International Brotherhood Welfare Association,” threw How and his principles out and organized a "hobo mass meeting.” How said he was not a Socialist, but merely a “philosophical anarchist” and tried to tell the delegates that Jeff Davis was himself a dyed-in-the-

wool Socialist. The hoboes, however, howled How down and stood by Davis. “Down with How and his postage stamp philanthropy, he has never given us any of his mythical millions," shouted Davis, and the hoboes yelled. "This ain’t no political hot air gang," shouted one of the delegates, "and we ain’t going to let you fellows spoil our convention.” President Davis said the convention had been called to consider the' welfare of the "boys who are up against IL” and he did not believe they should be “forced to listen to a lot of rot about socialism from those who have axes to grind.” After appropriating one dollar for the purchase of tobacco for hoboes in jail here the Convention Adjourned to meet in the open air on the river front the following afternoon.