THE SOCIALIST PitESS
PubUshod at. 20 third Ave.
POSTOFFICE BOX-630
The Official Organ Of and
endorsed by Fairbanks, 01- j
ne« ar.d Clearv Locals,- So
cialist Party,
W. J. Nicley, Manager.
Subscription Hated, '
One Tear $5.00 Six months $3.00 !
Three months, $2.000,to month
$1.00
Saturday Aug. ‘J.'l
O u ?'»i e k e t a r, d h o w
tO JtLiGCl it.
With the selection of can
didates for tie Territorial I
legislature, as snrcuntul in!
last week’s issue of T I-:.: so-:
eiALliT PivESs, the {racialist j
ticket both Tevritoiial and]
Divisional, is now complete,!
, st !
una bo iar as tli.s i_/iviSiOii JS|
tvnctriied the cam pa gn ison.1
The ticket 1’ion u p to Lot
tom is a socialist tiCKet, com
posed of men or n.u.uigeiice
and sterling qualities aim
can be s 1,j pmted with die as
suranee that, n they are elec,
ted, the interests ot jik.ska,
both m congress aim m Li e
legislature will oe looked af
ter, anti w hate ver construct*
Uve.or rt medial legislation
it impossible. to secure, will
be secured; and those men
being,Socialism, tne interests
of the working class v. id
be protected and conserved,
and they will see that no
counterfeit labor legislation
'3 put over as tho genuine ar
ticle, not, at least, Without
a protest.
Lut to elect them is the
problem to which we must
direct our attention, it is go
ing to be a ha id ligut, but
that is ah tne more reason |
we should make it. lor the.
legislature in fi.i.6 Division,,
there will be, probably, both
u democratic ticket and a
non-partisan mongrel affair, •
one or the other and maybe
both composed largely of
working class men andj
“friends of labor,'’ dummies
and decoys to attract votes
that might otherwise go to
the Socialist- candidates, and j
of course a sufficient nam--j
her of lawyers and maybe!
business men will be included j
to lend “tone'' and respecta
bility. . and to boss things.
To beat a combination of
that sort, will require hard
work on- the part of every So
aialistin tne. country. Ail
petty and personal oitteren-!
oes, if there be any, must be
forgotten, and every man
take upon himself the- task
of doing missionary wor k for
the ticket, and of exposing!
the plots ar.d schemes of the |
politicians who have fooled
us so long.
If this is done, if every,
man who can, gets into the*
harness, the Socialist legis
lative ticket in this Division
wi'l be elected, and a vote
roiled up that will go far to
wards electing John M.
Brooks as- Delegate to Con
gress*
Why Sccialists are
Gcod Men.
A “ceialist elected to office
cannot do otherwise than bo
good. The working class, es
pecially in Alaska must l ave
learnt that the only, and sure
v ay to have a man who is e
lected to office, be good, is to
make him be good. Only one
efficctiu methed of doing
this has been discovered and
the Socialists all over the
world have adopted this me
tis d. In,m.t (Lately upon l he
nomination of a Socialist to
(•fate the secretary of his lo
cal calls upon the candidate
for his resignation of the of
fice to which he may possibly
be elected, with the date left
biauk. '1 his document is al
ways forthcoming lrom all
Sacialist nominees.
Just think fora moment,
wiatyculd have happened
to legislators, when, at the
behest of Wickersnam they
fought and beat the bill that
called for the Australian bal
lot, had the working-class
been in the; ossession of the
Solons’ resignations. We
have a hunch there would
have beer, vacant seats in
the “Alaska Legislation” for
the vest of the session.
Wickersham’s removal in
like circumstances would
have followed immediately on
the introduction, of his fake
miner’s lien law.
Workers, do not believe the
promises of politicians, there
is no intention or necessity of
keeping them after election.
Vote for the mem who you
can force to do that for
which you elected them.
Notice, of Forfeiture.
To Elijii Cichkovich his heirs, exccu
tors, ndmiistrators and assigns.
You are hereby notified that you are
indebted to me, the undersigned, for'
your si are of the assessment worn
performed upon the Miners’ aasocia
tion on Steel creek, a tributary to
Little Chena, in Fairbanks recording
district, Territory of Alaska,
In order to hold* your inte:est in
said claim under (he provisions of
section £324 of the revised statutes of
the United Slates said expenditure he
insr for your share of the annual as
sessment work and if wtiihi ninety
lavs aftel the last puhlicat cm of this
notice you fail to pay to the undersign
ed as co-owner your said proportion of
the expenditure af*. resaid and the
lost of this advertisement your interest
in taid claim will become the property
>f the undersigned as co owner under
said section £321 R. H, I
i.ars Westenvik. I
First publication July 11, TJI4.
Last i ublication Oct. 10, 1014.
P reamble, and P latform, Socialist Party
Of Alaska, Campaign 1914.
•Alaska, the last of the great American frontiers, the ho.no of the pioneer, the country of the hope
ful prospector, is rapidly becoming a thing o" the past.
'I he do s' team trap of yesterday is about to be supplanted-b'y the steam and electric method,s of '
transportation.
The dreams of the lonely prospector are giving way to the ugly realities of wage slavery and job
hunting. The nightmare of Capitalism already haunts the workers of Alaska, Capitalism is fat en
croaching upon the last outposts of American Territory. It is only a matter of time until all the ac
companying evils of this system will be rampant in the Golden North. Already many of the unem
ployed now surging along the Pacific Coast and- even extending clear back to New York are look*
wig forward to Alaska as their last hope and salvation.
And not these alone, but the oppressed -and dispossessd of European countries, have their eyes*
on this land with its fabulous wealth.
The Panama Onal makes it possible to embark from a European seaport and come straight a
cvoss and land on the Pacinc and Alaskan shores.
Given the following factors: the necessity of Capitalist extension, a land of untold resources, an un
numbered host of laborers competing fcvt jobs. it requires no prophetic vision or second sight to
foresee what will be the inevitable consequences. There is no inherent virtue in the land of the mid
j night sun that exempts it from the dire effects o-f-Capitalism} and-realizing as we do that the pre
j sent system of exploitation is a menace to society, a curse to the working class, we declare our un
j compromising hostility to the present system and proclaim our demand fora new and complete reor
i ganizalion cf society, based primarily on the rights of the workers and producers as the possessing
| class.
I In view cf this demand, we believe that the workers should organize both on the industrial and.*
! 'lie political fields. Capitalist developrm'ntffias-- made trade and craft organizations inadequate and the -
! Industrial form nut only, unites the workers more closely together, but contains possibilities in the di
rection of preparing-the workers for the control and management of the industries after they be
come the collective property t f the working dans.
Ownership and the power to produce are t c* essential, factors to obtain economic security and 'jus
tice. The working class already possess the latter. It must pet about to obtain ownership. Tide
deeds come through the acts an 1 approval of government. They arc defended through the various
functions of govern men-. It is «herefore necessary for I ho worki ig class to organize politically in
a party oi its own c uss lor toe purpose of capturing the powers of government,, through which it
may secure and defend its rights. \
We appeal to the working class of Alaska, and all those who are in sympathy with that class to
unite with us in our effort to establish the workers in political power, in order that they may be able
to protect and serve their own interests.
l’he realization of this aim will mean the abolition of the - class struggle,.the doing away with
I economic insecurity, and the establishment of a co-operative order of society.
I Our ultimate aim is the Collective Ownership of tha m >ans of production and distribution by all
I the people. Our methods, industrial and political organizations.
| In orde- that we may conserve our immediate interests while we are still under Capitalism, we
make the follow jng demands anil urge all those who are in accord with the. aims and objects of the So
cialist Party to support the candidates standing on this platform:
I \Vo endorse and reaffirm our alio
j chance to the Constitution of the N;.
j tional Socialist Party of' the I'nited
, StaU sand the National Platform adopt
• ed at Indianapolis, Ind., in lit 1 tl
i We demand the immediate enactment.
I of the Initiative and Kofetenuum and
Recall
We demand that on the presentation
of IS per cent of the voters of the pre
ccdine election; a reiev iK'um he taken
at once on the subject under considera
tion.
We demand that all laws enacted by
the Alaska Legislature he referred to
a referendum of the people of the tir
rite -v
We demand the establishment of the
Australian Bailot l-'y.s em it. ah the va
rious elections held in Alaska.
We demand from the Federvl Govern
j men! a law giving labor a prior lien
on any mining grounds, dumps, machin
ety and equipment used in operating,
regardless as to who is operating sit'd
ground, whether it be owner or lessee.
The Government shall stand the expense
of enforcing the above lien law.
| Vv«» demand that the Government
j OVVil* dc\cL,p and j-erate all coal mine.
I Socialist Candidates.
For JJ&leQcit© Fo
Congress.
John M. Brocks.
Fo r i h cj Lc,'hj.v i: nu rc
For Senator
For Hepre&ent’ves.
Dan McCabe,.
A. A. Nekon,
W. E. Wauth,
Charles Rogers.
COL
f-n Alaska, an.] that no leas-.r cr
iai.is shall be made b\ tJ.o >\ern
menfwil-n private individuals nr vorp. -
rations,and that ail work in and
i lie arslues shall be done iimi-a-1 fi 'dirr •,
gapei vision ot the Government. \\,
.miner demand that c 1 be Un .d^md
to the People of Alas,.-, at the cost ,.p
production- and distrikition tnoti-h
Government owned coal yards to be ,"s
tablisited wherever feasible.
We demand the abolition of the road.
Utx and U.e poll tax.
demand that the Government on
shali ‘-U'O uml operate the Raiirnad
ami not lease it ont to pritate individ
uals or firms or corporations.
We-demand an eight - hour day in all •
muusirits in Alaska.
We demand a law forbi.idu-o- ary‘dir,
elimination against a man or v. man.
because of his or her union afliliul inns
■n- activities, or his or her rohtica] or
re; in iotas beliel\s,
V- e demand the election of a Mining'
Inspector for each Judicial Jbssirict of.
Alaska.
DATE OF ELECTION, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3id.t 1914.
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| OLMkS BAR I
5 |
| Olnes,, Alaska|
The |
Terminal Barber Shop
W E. Evans,, Prop’r.
SHAVE, .>5c.
HAIRCUT 75c,
Next door 10 Hanley’s
Tin Shop.
II t. Is'. & 2nd. on Turner St..
MINERS’ HOME,
Miller and Stolcis, Proprietors.
Wines Liquors and Cigars.
Furnished Rooms,.Steam 1-1 »at, Electric Light
And All Modern Conveniences.
OPPOSITE TANANA VALLEY R. R. DEPOT
Fairbanks, Alaska
T11 o Ip'Ioo I m m
m ^
In The heart Of the Ouartz District.
1Ufit Equipped RoadIvtust- m imennr Alaska.
Ccmfort For Man And Beast
V TOM KOlKWitLL CLEARY- CIT Y,.