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Published Weekly In The Interest Of The Working* Class.
No. 11.
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA, Aug. 29, 1914.
Vol. 1.
i he non partisan conven
tion called to meet in Fair
banks on Saturday Aug-. 15,
took place on schedule time,
ihe announcement of the
meeting when first made
some time ago failed to cre
ate much excitement, and in
terest didn’t grow any as the
time set for the meeting ap
proached. A very small
crowd was in attendance on
the convention and enthusi
asm was a minus quantity.
There was no great rush for
places on the ticket, only two
consenting to immolate them
selves on the altar of duty to
the commonweal, though it
is said that a full ticket will
he provided for the Suit’rage
of those who wish to display
their independence of “party
or class/’ as it was expressed
hy Mr. Dan Driscoli. who is
one of the leading spirits of
the non-partisan movement.
A, C. Gaustad, ofChatan
ika was put up for senator,
and E. D. Collins of Gold
stream, who was a mombe?
of the last legislature, wa.
named for representative.
The balance of the ticket ia
to be selected from different
ports of the division so that1
| ref resent a; ion may be as|
widely diffused as possible.
It. is said however, that Mr.
Jan Driscoll of Fairbanks,
vho it may be remembereu,
•vas also one of the ftggroga
ion of lawmakersf?) whoas
emfc'Ied at Juneau two years
tgo is willing to “run” in
case of an emergency, of if it
is found necessary to add
special strength to the ticket
in order to insure its success.
WHAT ABOUT THOSE SCHOOL WAEaMTS.
Several thousand dollars fiatstanding that should be pa?d.
W hen does the city expect1
k to take up the several thou
and dollars of warrants is-!
Sued to the teachers of the'
public schools last spring1 fur;
their salaries?
The city fathers claitri to!
ha\ e been bending every ef-j
, fort towards getting the city!
*>ut of debt, but these war-!
fants have been outstanding'
since last May and not a dol-i
lar has been paid on them;I
and if debts are being paid,
are there any more worthy
than tnose due the teachers
in the publie schools for sala
ries?
The city is reqnired by law
to maintain the schools with
in its corporate limits, and
the welfare of the schools
should be tfre ftrst care of
the city council-. To maintain
apod schools it fs necessary
to have good teachers and en
courage them, but good tea
chers cannot be secured and
encouraged unless their sala
ries are paid with something
like promptness. They must
at least receive the same
treatment in this respect as
other employees of the city,,
but such has not been the
case under the present coun
cil. By means of what is call
ed the salary fund other em
ployees have been kept paid
up, but tire teachers have
nud more or less trouble in
getting their money. It may
have been because the reve
nues have not been sufficient
■ to cover the running expens
es of the city,- or it may have
Ibeen for other reasons. If ii
;has been the desire of the
'council to embarrass the
> School Board, and impair the
efficiency of the schools,- they
could not have gone at it in
beiter way. If the resources
1 are inadequate, nil regular
employees who depend on the
e'ky for a living should re
i ceive the money that comes
! in pro rata; and if the coun
cil, instead of thrashing out
J its energies in combatting
| such terrible evils as signs on
| the sidewalks and over them,
and other equally important
j things, would turn its atten
tion to lopping off some of
trie useless heads of depart
L meats there would he more
[ money with which to pay for
the necessary and important
work. Those school warrants
represent necessary and im
portant work performed and
should be paid/ Some special
effort should be’made to phy
* them, and if the services of
Mrs. M. L. Gerth, the Ter-;
ritorial Secretary has just
received fromHhe National
Office our Territorial Char
ter, granted Aug. 1st. / las
ka Socialists are now empowj
ered to do business on their
own account, having adopted
a constitution some time
a^<>, and henceforth v» id en
joy the same sort of '‘home
rule” in their own affairs as
do the different states out
side/
Socialist t icket. .
For Delegate From Alaska
John M. Brooks
For Ten it: rial Senator,
H. Ringdahl
F or Territorial Representatives
Dan McCabe
A. A. Nelson
Charles Rogers
W. E. Waugh
some high priced superbuo. i1
employees, no matter wh;
their “pull” were dispense
with, there will probably !■
little necessity in the futur
to ivsue warrants to cove;
school expenses;
ri lie school year is about to
open/ and in view of the way
matters have been managed,
there is a poor prospect a
nead for tl e teachers and lit
tle incentive fort-hem to do
] their best.
The worker’# wages do not
I represent his'earnings— t is
j simply what lie g'efe cnii 6!
his earnings;
| Start Chinese Soci’ 1st
Paper In B. C.
The Chinese Socialists of Van*
, couver, B. C., have followed the
i example set by their comrades in
San Francisco and started a Chi
nese Socialist paper,
It is said t’ e circulaiion has al
ready reached the 50,000 mark
and is constantly increasing.
The Capitalist lias no race <t '
creed prejudice, but it remain
for the clars who doe3 the
work of the world to fight abou.
races and creeds. The capital
ist hires the man whose labor
produces the greatest profit, ar.d '
lie does not ask whether he was. ’
boru beneath the flag of a repub
lie or a monarchy, nor does lie
ask whether he is a Christii'u 1
Or an agnostic.
Capitalists are hot divided by
;race and creed prejudice, In
cause tlie capitalist being class'
conscious, knows bis material in
:terests and goverhs liimself ae
eoraingly.
The worker should learn les
sons from Lis' master. Milieu"'
Magazine.
A nrm may keep all the Tc
Commandments and yet rema '
a fool all the days of hisJ pT j' ’
»V f'V *' ,/j
may obey every law’ of . . ‘,ar ‘ ’
. i a ilaasuws.
and yet be a caitiff arm