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Saturday Oct. 10.
Whom Shall It Be?
Out of a list of 16 candidates,
five members of the legislature
will be chosen at the coming elec
tion. Who out of that list should
be selected, having due regard
for the best interests of the peo
ple of Alaska and those in the
Fourth division in particular?
For some reason both daily pa
pers and the Citizen are support
ting the Democratic ticket from
top to bottom, something that nt
ver occurred before. That ticket
is headed by Tom McGowan foi
senator, and includes E. W. Grif
fin for representative. It also in
cludes W. T. Burns and two other
men from the lower country, but
the two first named are the onl>
ones we see mentioned, so it is ev
ident the others are figured as
not amounting to much; and that
is about the facts of the case. AH
the others are to be dominated
by McGowan and ^Griffin.the cor
poration men, Burns, we know
from his record in the last do-no
thing and incompetent legislature
will not cut much of a figure,and
that is one reason of his having
been put up, and another reason
is that it was hoped that he would
cut into the Socialist vote; The
other two were nominated be
cause they live in other sections
of the division, and through them
it was thought lo strengthen the
ticket in those sections.
Now that is the situation with
regard to the Democratic ticket.
There is no doubt but it is a Mc
Gowan-GriiTm-N. C.-White Pass
and maybe Guggenheim affair
all the way through. This conclu
sion is borne out by the singular
unanimity of the newspaper sup
port here, indicating a pork bar
rel of such size as would be fur
nished only by co porations.
Ye good people of the Fourth
division, working men and wom
en in particular, how do you like
the prospect? Are you going to
send those men to Juneau and
give them a chance to tinvart any
legislation that may lie proposed
for your bennfit, and t ■ rivet the
chains of transportation and oth
er monopoly even more securely
upon you than they are now.
A:uch stress is laid upon the as
sumed fact that McGowan, being
a lany r h > must of necessity pos
sess great ability and will natur
ally tear the bone out at Juneau.
In addition to doing much to j
repa r the damage done by the I
last legislature, he will see that j
no law goes out of the legislative
fniil that it not water tight and
Copper riveted. There is no doubt
t
but McGowan has ability—of i
sort, but it is of such a pcculiai
iort that the less we have of it
it Juneau (or elsewhere) the bet
cer, and we are not particular a
lout the stanchness of any law
that he nay be instrumental it
turning out. Mr. Griffin is alsc
touted as having great ability,
iut what it is further than t<
r.ensure beans and weigh bacor
successfully, we are in the dark.
At any rate there is no doubt bi t
le has. ability to know what the
:orporations expect of him, and
to direct his course accordingly.
The impreidon is gaining
ground day by day that Dan Cal
lahan is in the field for the sole
purpose of electing McGowan
senator.
The logic of the situation leads
inescapably to that eonclusion.In
the first place Callahan cannot
oe elected. Except in Fairbanks,
where a few have learned to
ak« him seriously, his I'andida
:y is looked upon ^s a joke. He
oases his claims to fame and po
■itical preferment solely upon the
tact that he has had an almost
steady job on the cily council,
md the fame he has gained thro’
that has arisen, not because of
any ability he has ever displayed
or anything he has done, but be"
:ause he has usually been at outs
with the majority, and formed a
taction consisting of himself a
lone.The humor of the situation
has been more responsible for
his iong membership on the!
council than anything else. It
looks hardly reasonable that a De
mocrat such as he is, with politi
cal ambition, would divorce him
self from his party and go into
the race in opposition to the reg
ularjnominee, not at least with
out first haring made some effort
to_secure the party nomination.
Ami then his having voted prox
ies for McGowan and being a
member of the Democratic eam
pa gn committee is proof that he
is noton the square. It is too
thin: Callahan pcsing as a work
ing man’s friend is in the held to
capture those workingclass votes
that would under no circumstan
ces go to McGowan and would o
aierwise go to Ringdahl, the So
cialist candidaHe,
The Socialist ticket is the only
one for those having the interests
oi Alaska and its people at heart,
to vote. It is the best, one by ail
odds inui/iuually and colUctirely
ef any in' the field. Kingdfthi,
for senator, towers above any
one of hi3 opponents in ability
and otherwise, as Pedro dome
does above a Molehill, b.m Mc
Cabe lor representative is so iah
superior in every tiling that goes
to constitute an ideal legislator
10 anyone on he oher Uc-et.s,
ha here is no comparison; so i
is wi n mi res of tiem. We nave
a gouu icke , and he nun on i
S on.a uo elec eu; and if hey are,
i Here w vd ue no sidestepping or
irmiming or faking wi h hem. if
i is in heir power 10 secure he
•sign hour day, the secret ballot
unu other re.orms wi bin the pro
vince ot he legisla ure o enac ,
that we sorely need, we will get
i hem;
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P reamble and Platform, Socialist Party
Of Alaska, Campaign 1914.
Alaska, tha last of the great American frontiers,The hoinTo’f the"pioneer, the country of the hope
ful prospector, is rapidly becoming a thing of the past.
ihe dog team trail of .Vesterday is about to be supplanted by the ateam and electric methods of
transportation.
T le dre*ms of the lonely prospector ate giving way to the ugly realities of waste slavery and job
hunting. The nightmare of Capitalism already haunts the workers of Alaska, Capitalism is fast 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 bo 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
ing forward to Alaska as their last hope jind salvation.
And not these al me, but tho oppressed ami dispossessd of European countries, havfi their eyes
on thii land With its fabulous wealth.
The Panama Canal makes it possible to e'rribark ffdni a European seaport and com? straight a
eross and land On the Pacific and Alasitan shores.
Given the following factors: the necessity o'f Capitalist extension,a land of untold resources, an un
numbered host of laborers competing'for jobs, It requires nei prophetic vision or second sight tc
foresea what will be the inevitable consequences. There is no inherent virtue in the land of the mid
night sun that exempts it from the dire effects of Capitalism; and realizing as w e do that the pre
sent system of exploitation is a menace to society, a curse to the working class, we declare our un
compromising hostility to the present system and proclaim our demand fora new and complete reor
ganization of society, based primarily on the rights of the workers and producers as the possessing
class.
In view of this demand, we believe that the workers should organize both on the industrial and
'he political fields. Capitalist development has made trade arid craft organizations Inadequate and the
Industrial form not 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 of the working clasd.
Ownership and the power to' produce aret! e essential factors to obtain economic security and jus
tice. Ihe working class already possess the latter. It must set about to obtain ownership. Title
deeds come through the acts sfnd approval of government, They are defended through the various
functions of government. It is therefore necessary for the working class to organize politically in
a party of its own class for the 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 thos« 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.
The realization o'f this aim will mean the abolition o'f the class struggle, the doing away with
economic insecurity, and the establishment of a co-o'perative order of society.'
Our ultimate aim is the Collective Ownership'of the means of production and distribution by all
the people. Our methods, industrial and political organizations.
lii orde that we rriay conserve our immediate interests while we are still under Capitalism, we
make th6 following demands and urge all those who aro in accord with the aim’s and objects of the So
cialist Party to support the candidates standing o'n this platform:
I Ws endorse and reaffirm our «lle
C*ncs to the Constitution of the Na
i tional Socialist Psrty of the United
I States and the National Platform adopt
! ad at Indianapolis, Ind., in 1 a 12.
1 We demand the immediate enactment
•f the Initiative and Referendum and
Recall.
We demand that on the presentation
of 15 per cent of the voters of the pre
esding election, a referendum be taken
at once on the subject under considera
tion.
We oemand that all laws enacted by
the Alaska Legislature tie referred to
a returendum of the people of the ter- j
ritory.
We demand the- establishment of the;
Australian Ballot System in all the va- I
rious ejections held in Alaska.
Vve demand limn the bedera* Govern
merit a taw giving labor a prior lien
on any' mining ground*, dumps, machin
ery and equipment used in operating,
regardless as to who is operating said
ground, whether it be owner or lessee.
The Government shall stand the expense
of vnforchrg’ the above lien law.
Wa demand that tha GoTernmant
own, develop andoparata all eoal mines
Socialist Candidates.
For Uologato rFo
Congress.
John M. Brooks.
FortheLogi slat u ro
Fc>r Senator
H. Ringdah!;
For Fopr&sont'vos.'
Dan McCabe,
A. A.' Nelson,
W. E. Wauzh,
Charles Rogers.
’in Alaska, and that no leases, or con
tracts shall be made by the Govern
ment with private individuals or corpo
,rations.and that all work in and around
the mines sbalr he done under the direct
supervision of the Government. We
further demand that coal he furnished
to the People of Alaska at the cost of
production and distribution through
'Government owned coal yards to he > s
tablished wherever feasible.
We demand the abolition of the road
tax and the poll tax.
We demand that the Government on
ly shall build and operate the Railroad
and not lease it out to private individ
uals or firms or corporations.
We demand an eight hour day in all
industries in Alaska.
We demand a law forbidding any dis
crimination against a man or woman
because of his or her union affiliations
or activities,'or his or her political or
.reiigio s beliefs
We t emnnd the election of a Mining
Inspet or for each Judicial restrict' of*
Alask .