THE SOCIALIST PRESS
Published at 20 Third Are,
POSTOFFICE BOX 630
The Official Organ Of and
endorsed by Fairbanks, 01
nes and Clearv Locals, So
cialist Party.
W. J. Nicley, Manager.
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Saturday Oct.31.
Vote It Straight.
Working men and women, you
should go to the polls next Tues
day and vote the straight Social
ist ticket.. It is by all odds the
best ticket in the field. It is an
honest ticket composed of honest
men—working men of mind and
character. They are net affiliated
in any way with scheming poli i
ticians, nor are they mixed up in
any crooked deals cr trades ar_
ranged for the purpose of deceiv
ing the people and delivering
this country over to crooks aim
corporations.
That sort of thing has gone on
too long now bo long that
they ccme out in the open and
laugh at you with impunity. Not
satisfied with plundering you
they new insult you by putting
up Tcm .McGowan, the notorioi s
corporation lawyer an 1 political
fixer, and his side-partner E. W.
Griffin for you to vote for; and
fearing these two will not pull I
through, they trade upon you; 1
■ redulity by putting up Callahan I
and Gaustad, the wage cutter,
and Burns, calling them indepen
dent, non-partisan, and He.no j
eratic, hoping you will vote l'ui |
.hern, thus splitting the, you j
that might otherwise go to the
ocialist candidates. Can human
duplicity go much farther?
Men and women! vote the1
‘.might Socialist ticket and help
'.is clean out this nest of corpora
tion stool-pigeons and political
highbinders that have disgraced
this camp so It ng.
Should Socialists
Vote Fop
Wickersham.
Mr, Wickersham appeals to
Socialists to vote fob him in pre
ference to Brooks, because he
claims to be a‘‘Socialist at heart”
and Brooks stands no show any
how. The most despicable crea
tures on earth are cowards and
hypocrites. If he is a Socialist at
heart why does he not have the
courage to come out in the open
and advocate Socialism? If he
is not a Socialist why does he pre
tend ta be? There is no halfway
business about being a Socialist.
A man has to be a Socialist or to
be something el?e. The truth of
the matter is that Wickersham is
no more a Socialist at heart or o,
therwise than is a hottentot and
probably, knows as little about
what Socialism is. He is simply
putting another patch on his a>
; ready varicolored political coat
the red patch - in order ‘to gather
in a fe v more votes, for he reali
zes full well that he will need ev
cry vote he can get;
Socialists should no more vote
for Wickersham than for any o
ther capitalist politician. Social
ism is a labor movement, am} nei
ther Wickersham nor any other
capitalist lackey will do anything
for labor.
The working class is tired of
the hypocrisy of these fawning
politicians, who claim to be its
friends but who eii every occa
sion where opportunity offers,
dntg the knife of tr'achery
dear to the hilt in it's : vitals.
V\ ici er; h; m cn numerous 'occa
sions has show n him: elf |o be of
tliat. km !. iviuch would we pre
fer to deal wl.Ti a man who is
an open and above-board enemy
of labor, for then we feel
that we are at least dealing with
aii honest and honorable foe and
such a man is entitled to respect,
where one of the other kind is
beneath contempt.
it is said that Wie*ersham is
not boosting the candidates on
die non-partisan ticket with
i'.om his liaaie appears on the
jailot. Wickers ham slidws gooa
sense in that,' :ie is wise enough
to know that they are a millstone
about his neck,
Their only hope is to win on
Wi ■ ersham's supposed popular
ity, and as a matter of fact, not
one of them would get votes e
nough to wad a shotgun with if
A iekefsham’s name was not on
iheir tinsel.
Pay no attention to glowing re
^o'rts o? i respective ’majorities
and victories for Wickersham et.
al. in other parts of Alaska pub
lished in the papers here. Those
reporte are fakes or exaggera
tions. From information we re
jeeive, we know that the whole
1 b inch have the fight of the! lives
jon their hands,and they know it.
Where is Wickersham’? bousted
influence with the President?
He could not even keep Cross
ley here. He could not even con
trol the Fairbanks Postmatcrship
' and last but not leapt, Wilson has
■wired in the weight of his inf'u
ecne against him; Influence, Nit!
S* Of Als k , Campaign 1914,
'a"La' la4 0f t.h* *reat Amer>can frontlerVthe ho ne of the pioneer, the country of the hope
-u■ prospector, is rapidly .becoming a thing of the past.
kr^’isportation,n d*' ^ yti-t;urday i* about to be supplanted by the steam and electric methods cf
hnnHnodrCT.1S °- w® lonfcly Pro«Pector are giving way to the ugly realities of wage slavery and job
4,i 716 "'5 4mare 0f Capitallsm ahvady haunts the workers of Alaska, Capitalism is fast en
^mn nv 'POn l h%a6tuH‘Lp0St3 °f Arneriuan It :» only a matter of tun* until all the ac
P. . mg «>m. of this system will be rampant in the Colden North. Already many of the unern
in^1 "mV,SU‘T:,S,a Jny |be Pacific Coast and even extending clear back to New York are look
ing forward to Alaska as their last hope and salvation.
And not these abme, but the oppressed and dispossess! 0f European countries, have their eyes
on l‘-!1 ‘and with its fabulous wealth.
Ca"u m„ake* ifc P03sible t0 emb^'k from a European seaport and come straight a
*°f3 tnd land on the Pacific and Alaskan shores.
fac‘t0‘s: thu iiece^jjT of Capitalist extension.a land of untold resources, an un
fores«» whaf3 'll i* ,r>!'t>r;s jfVO'a. it-requires no prophetic vision or second sight to
ntahfnh 18 !n“V,tabh c°nsequonce.i. There is no inherent virtue in the land of the mid
nuhUun that exempts ,t from the dire etfects of Capitalism; and realizing as we do that the pre-'
comDromUbi^h*^ ?>atf°n*-i3 * menace to society, a curse to the working class, we declare our u»
ni ? ’ h°. I ! y, tle present s-vstem aA Proclaim ohr demand fora new and complete reor
eiatS, C b°c.e j, based primarily on the rights of the workers and producers as the possessing
h!‘’,HZ,1t^emand’ bJIeve that the 'voiicers should organize both on thn industrial and
In )n« 3' fLaP! St devo'{)Pment tias made trade and cruft organizations inadequate and the
Industi.sl form not only unites the-workers more closely together,but contains possibilities in the di
rection of preparing the workers for the control end management of the industries after they be
come the collective property of the working class* *
Ownershu) and the power to produce are the essential factors to obtain economic security and ius
t ce 1 he working class already possess tin latter; It must fet about to obtain ownership Title
lecds come through the acts and approval of government, They are defended through the. various
functions of government. It is therefore necessary for the working class to organize £*
ita riSr^ °f Captur;nS the P°wer5'tf government, through which it
\\e appeal to the working class of Alaska, and all these who are in sympathy w'th that class to
HS" ’IZir * • MS,r ,n,y aJ:
to pioic.LT and serve thei* own interests. « , .
iho ical.z it,on of this aim will mean the abolition of the class struggle, the doing away with
•eonomic insecurity, and the establishment of a b-operati ve order of society.
ur Ultimate aim is t.ie Collective O wnership of the means of production and distribution by all
the people. Our methods, industrial and1 political organizations.
In oide thu. we ma> conserve our immediate interests while we are still under Capitalism,we
ma'\ Ull‘jwin^ 1 emarnls and urj$e all those whaare jn accord with the aims and. objects of the So
cialist Party to support the candidates standing on this platform:
We endorse and reaffirm nur a lie
! fiance »o the Constitution of the Na
; tional Socialist Party of the United
Stales and the National PlatformWopt j
I ed at Indianapolis, Ind., in 1912, , |
j We demand the immediate enactment |
of the Initiative and Referendum and.
| Recall.
j We demand that on the presentation i
of If. per cent of the voter* of the pro j
i ceding eleetion, a referendum he taken j
i at once on the subject under considera
j «ion. j
I We oemand that all laws enacted by
the Alaska Legislature be referred to
a referendum of the people of the ter- |
pitory. i
We demand the establishment of the
Australian Uallot System in all the va
rious elec Lion., held in Alaska.
We demand from the Federal Govern
ment a law giving labor a prior lien
on any mining ({round*, dumps, machin
•ry and equipment used in operating,
regardless a* to who is operating said •
ground, whether it be owner or lessee, !
The Government shall stand the expense I
A. enforcin' the above lien law. J
I
Wq demand that lha Gurernment |
own, develop andoperata all coal rni.ies
Socialist Candidates.
For Delegate To
Congress.
John M. Brooks.
Fo r i h eF og islaturo
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For Senator
H. Ringdalil,
For ltoproaent’vcs,
Dan McCabe,
A. A. Nelson,
W. E. Waugh,
Charles Rogers.
in Alaska, and th3t no iuat.es or con
tracts shall .bo made by the Govern
ntent wiln private).individuals or corpn-.
rations,and that all work in and around
the mines shall be. done under the direct
supervision of the Government. We
further demand that coal be furnished
to the People of Alaska at the cost of
production and distribution through
Government owned cool yards to be .Sr
tablished wherever feasible.
We demand the abolition of the road
tax and the poll tax.
Wc demand that the Government on
ly shall build and onerate the Railroad
and not lease it out to profile individ
uals or firms or corporations.
We demand an eight hour day i^al!
industries in Alaska.
We demand a law forbidding any dis
crimination against a .man or woman
because of his or her uuion affiliation®
or. activities, or his other political or
religio $ beliefs.
We i errand the election of a Mining
Inspet or for each Judicial District of
Mask .
DATS 07
ELECTION, T'JiiJIY, N;)VERSES 3td., 1914.
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