THE SOCIALIST PRESS "
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Saturday Aug. 20
Working Class
Must Elect Their
) wn Representa
tives
The workers everywhere are
1 alizing move and more that if
K ey are to derive any benefit
■ om political action they must
tand together as a class in a
arty of their own, and elect to
public office from among its mem
ers men who are responsible to
them alone. The workers have
ieen betrayed and bamboozled
so often and so long by the old
i "*rty politicians that all but the
■ pelessly blind, see that they
i r e absolutely nothing to expect
om a capitalistic party or poli
t ian of any description.
Alaska is no exception to the
■■le. Here, since the people have
1 -d anything to say about law
making through representatives,
toe workers have been fooled as
olien as elsewhere. From the
brst. among man'h others they de
manded a lien law that Would Se
cure to them their wages but
they haven’t got it. Wickersham
with whining, tearful prot*sta>
tionsof his intentions and ability
to give them an effective law of
this sort, handed one out that
'»us no better than tye one ul
ready on the statute hooks; qnd
this after Senator Gooding of Id
aho asked him in the hearings
on the bill before the Senate
committee why he did not in
clude the ground in the lien and
have a law that was good for
something. After several years
of squirming and evasion, Wick
sham finally got through a law
that curtailed to some extent the
practice of wholesale claim stak
ing, but that law so far as pre
senting litigation, the bane of
the miner and prospector, by def
inite and concise provision, is no
better than the old one. The wor
kers have demanded a law that
would protect them from injury
in the mines, and our legislature
replied by enacting a law that is
valueless.
They demanded the abolition
of the obnoxious and inequitable
poll tax and the legislature re
plied by juggling a part of the
lax from from the men outside
of incorporated towns and doub
ling it on those in- such towns.
They demanded a law-providing
a secret -ballot whereby- they
might be protected from discnm
i,nation and black ist because of
political convictions, but are still
waiting for it. And so it goes ail'd
will continue to go as long as men
are elected to office who adhere
to the capitalist systpm and are
consequently responsible to the
j powers that perpetuate that svs
J tern, whether they be Democrats,
Republicans, Bull moosers, “Non
partisans” or “Independents.’’.'
The Socialist party is a work
ing class party pledged to pro
mote and conserve the interests
j of the working class. It does not
| look for favors or approbation
from capitalistic interests. Men
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elected from its ranks are respon
sible to it and must of necessity
carry out its martdates; and not
only that, they stand for the prin
ciple of a cooperative prdeptff so
ciety wherein all such protective
and reformative laws as mention
ed above will b*Funnecessary.
Why Socialists
Will Not Fuse.
A threat many people, itt fact
most of them, are unable to un
derstand why the Socialists re
fuse to enter into any deals or
partnerships of any sort with p
ther political parties or factionsr
in order to pain some temporary
advantage or accomplish some
particular purpose.
They do not understand for the
reason that they have been accus
tomed to look at the matter as
i Notice, of Forfeiture . •«
To F.lija CichkoViSh his heiiS. cxe'cti
tors, admiistrators and assies.
You are hereby notified that you are
indebted to me, the undersigned, for
your share of the assessment work
performed upon the Miners’ associa
tion on Steel creek, a tributary to
l.ittle Chenav in Fairbanks recording
district. Territory of Alaska,
In order to hold your interest ih
said claim under the provisions of
section 2324 of the revised statutes of
the United States said expenditure be
imr for your share of the annual as
sessment work and if within ninety
days aftei the last publication of this
notice you fait to pay to the undersign
ed as co ownet your said proportion of
the expenditure aforesaid and the
1 cost ot this advertisement your interest
in said claim will become the property
i of the undersigned as co owner under
said section 2321 R. S,
l.ars Westenvik.
First publication Juiy 11, 1914.
Last publication Oct Hi. 1914.
onp of parsonages, one set of of
(icejimders displacing another
from the “good man’’stand point,
and perhaps as a means of cor
recting some small abuse or of
securing reforms; and for the
further reason that they do not
comprehend the mission and pur
pose of the Socialist movement.
Socialists aye at war with the
the Capitalist system of produc
tion and mean to , overthrow it;
and while they propose to force
every reform possible as they go
along, so as to lighten the yoke
upon the mass of the people and
make conditions Under capitalism
more tolerable, the distraction of
the p-esefit order of society, root
and branch, aiid the establish-;
mentof a co-operative common
wealth, is the aim and object of
their existence. All other parties
ai*fe upholders of capitalism,
standing in direct opposition* to
the Socialist life principle, and
are consequently the mprtal ene
mies of Socialism. Any trade or *
fusion with such a party is a com
promise with, the enemy, and in
volves a sacrifice of principle, and
if persisted in, leads to demoral
ization and disintegration. That
is the result of all experience a
long that line. Many new parties
in the past, yielding to the bland
ishments of older and stronger
parties for the joining of issues
on occasion, have been swallowed
4
up.
Socialists kno\V that little ma
terial good can come of a simple
change of office holders, though
if may result in the correction of
a minor abuse, so while anxious
to cOrect atiy such, they , have
set their eyes on greater things,
and steadfastly refuse to enter
into any entangling alliances ti.at
may obscure their ultimate goal,
and endanger the very life of^
their movement^ ,
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as the breath of life -a Natural Right to be guarded and
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