Published Weekly In The Interest Of The Working-Class.
NO. 13
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA, Seps 12, 1914.
Vol. 1
How Lon
For It
They stand
*
Will The Workers Wno Figiit Anti Suffer Forever Be Driver
To Capitalist Shambles.
Asa result of the carnage
now going on in Europe, the
1.errors and uselessness of
war &re being impressed on
the minds of the people as it
never has been before. When
we contemplate the terribb
distraction that is being
wrought, the appalling loss
Of life and the awful misery
to millions of human being.
that must follow as a result
cl the war now being waged,
it is almost unbelievable that
the people will stand for it.
l ew can be found nowaday
who bt Have in war or wish 0
engage in it, and as a resul
of the world-wide Socialist
jbropaghnda, millions of pet
pie have come to know ho\
wars are brought abotit, an<
to understand and se
through the motives that ac
tuate those who insr.igat
them, it has become a recog
nizsd fact that in moden
times at least, the ruling po
wees of the world are th<
great financial and commer
cial interests, and that th
quarrels and grudgesexisti g
between nations fire but tin
qu l'relsand r idg^a between
these Interests of the various
nations, and in order to settle
j their differences and if possi
ble gain new commercial ad
vantages over rivals, these
interests, acting through
kings and governments, en
courage and bring on war.
And it is also recognized that
rhese interests, or in other
words, the ruling classes,
while hoodwinking the wort
ers into fighting Out their
(uai rels, have a common in
terest in fomenting war, and
That ,s, as is plainly apparent
in the present conflict, the
gemming the Lid • of working
class discontent with econo
mic conditions.
Yet in face of these wed
cnovvn facts, in spite of in
m^osh and brutal motives c '
-he ruling classes, regardle s
'f the sentiment against war,
•ve s e, men of the working
class who Lave nothing t- *
gain and everything to los- ,
and who ev n in imeofpeac<
ire scorned, abused, starve :
md shot, whose wives are
julrageb and babies burned
oy the ruling classes, hasten
mg by the thousands to offer
themselves as food for ca -
nun in defense of these same
ruling classes)
■ Why do they do it? It is ex
phrnoble on no other hypoth
esis th.Sn that it is because o'
the -avag< tribal instinct o
; sel/-preservation surviving
cl'iwn through the ages f.-on
the time when every tribe
• hoked upon every other tribe
as an enemy, and which re
j vamped and refurbished un
der our civilization, is calle
patriotism; and thimugb thr
waving of flags and appeals
to national prejudice, the pe
p/e become aroused, and irn
magine that they too have a
quarrel and thnt other pe
p es i: e their enemies rri
this pa triotism bursts in £
honest, flame.
A Hi } cw long will it cor* ■
n ;<-? ii at is the quostior ;
and in view of the approac':
ing elections, how long w li
nica who reaiire the horron
ond l rutality of war and ha is
it, continue Jo support an a
c •nomic system, that in th
nature of tiii.egs makes’- war
inavitabl .?
The Socialist party *Hhe
only pa Ay t.'Ait sats its face
against war. It is tins only
el! >elive force against it. It
is the only party that advo
cates a system tinder vYUlch
wars Will be impossible'. A
Continued <n |;1st paueV
Marshal Erwin may ordi
narily have authority to ex*
elude visitors from the fede
ral jail, but under some cir
cumstances none but a bru te
or a tyrant would exercis
that authority.
Confined in the Fairbanks
federal jail, over which Mar
shal Erwin holds sway, k
Martha Ginnis, poor, ignor
ant, innocent Martha Ginnis,
a fort Yukon Indian girl,who
was dragged away from home
and friends by nosing deputy
marshals and puritanical up
holders of law and order on
u charge of infanticide, com
| in it ted in an attempt to ccn
[ceal what grafting fur-trad
j.ng missionaries had taugh
[her to be a greater crime.
; Martna Ginnis has oi.r;
I friend this side of Fort Yu
! an aunt now residing a.
• j air ban as ft»* no other pur
[jose than to be near and able
o console the accused girl.
I'or the fi-rst tim-e >n sever- j
fal weeks this aunt recently
sought to visit her imprison
ed niece, conscience-stricken
tiatshehad been so negli
gent, but to her pained sur
prise, was peremptorily refu
sed the privilege by the pe.
t.y despot who presides over
die jail, and brutally ordered
to ‘get out" and bother
round there no more.
Ibis woman is an indiar,
out sue is a human bein ,
'dud on such a mission is en
titled to consideration and do
cent treatment. Martha Gin
ijis, likewise an Indian L..
confined as sue is, in a flit..,
jail, ail but friendless and a
lone, the victim of injustice
and persecution is entitled to
every Consolation that can be
yiven her, and if Marshal Er
win had one spark of human
.teiing or generosity in L.s
uhule niaae up, he w_u J de
ny her u j tiling that worn.,
bngiit.-n ner weary hours .k
soiten me hardness of her !<_.•
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The non-partisan ticket is now
eo:n.i Veto.- H is composed uf 0. P.
Gaus^ed, the advocate of wage
hutting for senator' and for rep
resentative? *H*y diTh up f.ao
Driscoil- and R H. t'olii.is who
rtood for Pong Bours for women
Pa mdry workers and- all other
classes of labor iir the last leg,’s
1 arm re, A. E.- Maltby, a one-lur. e
Pawyer of Iditarod and C.
Snow,- an ex-deputy inarsivul of
m-S .0 saof-o
U j* w k v'
» w
liuby. flics e with Tom McGow^j
v- ho lias the Democratic nomir i
tion for senator cinched, and Da
Gallahan runn rig on his o\v
h io . for t q same place, no.
up ourkiawn opponents to
Gausted, Driscoll, Coilins, M'.f -
by. Snow, McGowan, Callalf.ar
a hot l uneh to i e put lip for'v . r
king men to vote fori
They wil a'l be wiser & mih :
inordinate ideas of their po
HVity w hen the campaign is o ..
W h o Pbvb Iv
n owles?
The following from the Juneau1
Sunday Post under the above I
caption reveals the fact that the!
status of Mr. Andrew Knowles j
and his “Alaska Socialist’'in the
Socialist pary is as well known
throughout the territory as it is
irj the 4th Division; and itreveals
the further fact that the Social
ists in 6ther parts Were getting
the imprPss’on that advertisers
were Supporting the Alaska So
cialist. in preference to the Socia
ist Press, as the result of a deep
laid political scheme to cripple
ihe organization.
If this idea is prevalent it is a
mistake. The F6st article was
written before the Socialist Press
had Lecome established and be
f6re merchants had a chance to
show that they were anxious to
do the right thing. And the So
cialist Press advertising is paid
for, We do not carry it to "fih
up and make a showing
“There are published in Fair
banks a Socialist paper and an
alleged Socialist paper.
The alleged Socialist paper is
.published by a Mr. Knowles,who
rivas.indecd it time a mem
her of the Sciolist party. Ini
course of time; hotvever, his 6wn
local whidhup to that fime had
supported hftin vigorously/ca'ugh£
him rdd hand&t puding Politician'
Dan Callahan’s Chestnuts out of
the Are, and they prtfmj ily expel
led Mr. Knowles from the Social
ist party. Mr. Knowlds has since
continued to print his paper,
“1’he Alaska Socialist,” and to
fight th£ Sbc.alist party; and his
paper, while not receiving any
; support worth mentioning from
the Socialists, is well supported
by the Fairbanks mercha/its;
In Fairbanks tliere is a Mf So
cialist paper, which has the sup
port of the Socialists, but much
less support from the Fairbanks
merchants than the anti-Socialist
paper. This Socialist paper is the
'‘Socialist Press.”
Mr. Knowles, with the Alaska
Socialist, will probably *hntirue
his Judas work through*>-Vr the
campaign.”
7n another article the Post
j says:—
THE SPLIT OUTSIDE.
,1 “There is a tremendous effort
befog made'" by n^n-Socialist pa
pert*, made possible by the eftYv '
of the so-iaMd “Alaska Soci .
ist, " an anti-Soeia’Ii'st paper j ' -
lished by the repudiated Kuo’ 1
at Fairbanks, to make it ap;
that there is a split in the Sc:'"
ist party in Alaska. The s; : .
however, is on the outside o t
party. There is not a sinplr >•
[Cal in the -party which is'net o
porting Brooks as a non ' i.
Knowles, the publisher of tl
iaska Socialist was expellee'
the unanimous vote of his 1 ^
for crooked work in the city ^
tion.”