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Saturday, Mar. 20.
The Ccurt Of This Division
While we have heard considerable criticism ill con
vection with the attitude of the District Attorney toward
criminals who have pled guilty and admitted their crime,
the criticism of the larger portion of the population is fa
vorable, but there are some persons, (good citizens too)
who strenuously object to the small sentences dealt out
by the court, they claim at the instigation of the District
Attorney.
Now while it is possible that some persons do not re
ceive as large sentences as for instance Tommy Lyons
would have meted out, We think these censors of Mr. Roth
should take a little notice of the statement Mr. Roth
makes to the Court in regard to this matter. When asked
by the court if he has anything to say regarding the sen
tence of a man who has pled guilty, Mi’. Roth’s answer is
always to this effect;—
‘ ‘I have made it a rule of my office that when a man
comes into this court and pleads guilty, this office is through
with the case. I consider it to be a matter entirely up to
the court, and the only feeling I have in the matter is one
of profound sorrow for a man that should be placed in
that unfortunate position.’’
We will draw attention to one phase of the matter
which the dissatisfied ones have apparently lost sight of.
If a man can be induced to plead guilty he always Saves
the government something and in some cases in Alaskan
courts the saving mounts up to thousands of dollars. This
is to unbiased observers not weak sentiment on the part
of Mr. Roth or influence brought to bear upon him, but a
suund business policy. Immagine a case: If upon the first
of these pleadings of guilty the District Attorney had se
cured a severe sentence, how many more would have
saved the court worry, time and money by pleading guil
ty. We are well aware of the fact that it is out of the or
dinary for a Socialist publication to laud an officer of a
capitalist court, but we con fider the occasion out of the
ordinary, let alone the fact that we personally place a
distinction between praise and simple justice.
The only deliverance of any nation from the dan
ger of foreign war is the creation of a world power, stron
ger than any nation, claiming the allegiance of all nations
and given authority to investigate and settle all questions
of international controversy likely to lead to war. Ex.
Patriotism.
By W. A. Jacobs.
It is said that the Socialist
workingmeu are net patriotic be
cause they do not rise and stand
attentive'y when a third rate
band plays the Star Spangled
banneror a lot of “'ham actors”
draw swords and saloot the tiag.
Perhaps not.
However before we can dis
cuss the subject of patriotism in
telligently, we should agree on
some definition of the term.
The common dictionary defines
patriotism as love of one’s coun
try.
Many working men have no
country.
Most of them do nbt own a
foot of the country in which
they live, What special induce
ments have they to love a coun
try which they cannot hope to
own? Why should they take up
arms and play the part of a sol
dier? Why should they b'ow the
heads of other workers to “king
dom come’’ or splatter theii
blood aga'nst the wall or cause
it to flow down some hillside into
a stream and so on to the end
jess sea.
Some of them have only e
boarding house to fight for,
while others live in rented hous
es 'hey will never be able to own
and they are allowed to remair
under shelter only as long a:
they wi 1 consent to serve ano
ther and do his bidding at ab
times.
There is but little incentive foi
the average workingman to low
the country in which he lives.
And yet the American Socialist
working men love this country ’
better than do the peop'e who
own ih
Many of the owners do not
live in this court try. Tney live
in Europe, spending their sum
mers in the mountains or at tbt
seaside and their winters in the
cities. When the hot summer
days come the owners climb the
mountains of Switzerland while
the workers climb be treadmill
1 of capitalism. The owners wi i
fish in the cool brooks of the
Alps, while about the be-t the
workers can do is to go out to the
muddy stream, sit in the hot sun
all day and possibly catch a feu
bullheads.
l he owners love this country
(Continued on last page.)
What the National and
International Stand For
1, For a single world power to be ad
ministered by an interna, ional congress
with authority to investigate and to
settle the questions involved in the pre
sent war, to disband all armies, and to
dismantle all forts and warships, to be
a permanent world government to take
over the ownership of the high seas, to
administer all protectorates, to decide
all questions of international controver
sy covering international trade and inter
national credit, and to maintain a suffi
cient army and navy to police the seas
and to enforee its decisions and that
the United States should take the initia
tive in establishing such a world powen
2, Far the national ownership and ad
ninistration of all industrial and fcom
mercial monopolies of every soft.
3, State,For a land system which will
bring into tile most productive U3e all
natural res< urceS and guarantee to all
iccupiers of the land all values created
iy them and appropriate for public pur
loses all values collectively created by
‘he people.
2, For state ownership and adminis
ration o£ markets, collections trails
poitation and delivery of goods direct
from producers to consumers witiiout
the intervention of any private agency;
for the reclamation of arid and swamp
lands, for State building, improvement
and manufacturing enterprises to be
carried on only when there are more
men than jobs, and to be closed always
when there are more jobs than men.
3. For State medical aid, sanitation, ■
hospital care, industrial and education
al employment for tha defective and
dependent, free education with provi
sions for self supporting employment
and industrial training in all grades of
school work including university courses
pensions for the aged, deformed and
permanently disabled:
4. For municipal ownership and admin
istration of the water, light, heat and
power; gas, markets, playgrounds, ci
vic centers and municipal dwelling
houses.
5. Fbr establishing ar.d adm.nistering
these things on an industrial, self gov
erning, democratic basis to the end that
regular employment may be previded
for all. Education and all felse on a ba
sis of equal opportunity.
lAre You One Of The
Socialists who Says
“Yes I am a socialist—been one for many years—always vd >
the ticket—but 1 do not belong to the organization.” If you ar i
a that class, you should get out of it The only Socialists Urn,
count are the ones that pay their
little 25 cent dues per month, and
aid in the work oi the p&rty organi
zation. These are the fellows tnat
are making the Socialist I arly the
jreat force for the common good in
America. The capitalist clase won’t
finance our party and we don’t
want them to. Its the twenty-five
cents per tiaonth frcm its thousands
of real Socialist* that keep th?
wheels of the organ:zation goi lg.
Come on in ahd find out how we
run things. You will have iust as
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