THB SOCIALIST RRES3
published »t 20 I'liir I Are. j
rosTOi'Fi box 630 .
Ths Official Organ Of or*
endorsed by Fairbanks, O'
:.os and Cleary Locals, Sr-j
ai1
Lai
by.
W. J. Ficiey. Manager.
S a'ascription R ates,
. .-e yaw ?3.0i1 Six months
' "moo months, ?2.€OOne mont
L(T)
Saturday Cet. IT.
Vagorie^ of a
FdCrr.
1"r? Xeliner observin'; tm
» r"; r.t r.ir.st have a re v l>°1 -
and remarks that lv
.1 goo i one. Cuod. ho is a tao
i:p«?. 1 he ease with whir
■ naves at certain conch: dor
■ findings of fact in refer mc.
FC*"''!'? nr.'1 ItlO MOFV(
displays m appealing toSooial
to vote for Bunn o’1 mar’n
n master of his era:..
Cvery change in conditions i: j
a dr ring the last two year :
figured out by this editor to tin 1
lvantage of Bunnell. Every di
■ :sioii except the Fourth will give
'Tinned a plurality ar.d this in «.
Dee of the fact that the Demo
rats in previous elections have'
eon a poor fourth when thej
'otes were counted.
The increase in the voting pop-!
nation along the coast, estimat
d at from 2000 to 5000 will all
o to flip Democratic candidate.
Do reasons are given upon which
'o base these conclusions. They
are simply wild guesses.
The Socialists are appealed to
”ote for Bunnell, for according
> this Editor, Jack Brook.
. r.d.j no show anyhow, and be
ise Bunnell advocates a gov
im.ent power plant the Social
s ought to vote for him in pre
■erce to Wick era!; am, who i.
pposed to government ownar
ip on principle,
Well, we don't know about
'ooks standing no show.
i"’e fight is net between Wicker
nm and Bunnell as claimed by
e Times, but between Wicker
um and Brooks. There is no di
Dion in the ranks of the Social
ts as asserted by the Times,
hey are working in perfect at
>rd. I here is absolutely no re?.
>n why they will not hold then
-,vn in the interior, and the indi
-lions are that their vote will
? increased, notwithstanding a
S3 in population since last elec
■ on, and there is every reason
> beleive that the increased vote
ong the coast will be cast prac
cally solid for Broods, for these
oters who have settled there
re mostly working men and of a
evolutionary sort, and will no
..oubt !rote the Socialist ticket.
•As to Socialists and working
men generally voting for Bunnell
, i preference to Wickersham,
lore is absolutely no reason
• hy they should. Bunnell is as
much a representative of the cap
alist class, and stands as solicit
■j and irrevocably for that class
s does Wiekersham. There is no
uifierence. Neither stands for
f ;o workers and will do nothing
>’• them if elected. All capital is
c cocns look alike to the .Social
•t.,
The Time-, intimates that Jack
'rooks has keen absent from the
•rritory fora year a"d question*
• e'isribility to held office ct
s' rmromt. the law specify in;,
it a qualified voter must have
' id'd in the territory a year
revio is to the election.
I i the first place Brooks was
.it absent f,-om the territory for
■i year, and if ho hm! been he
; juld no1:, be disqualified. and no
.•h» kro'vsit better thin the po
etical editor of th« Times, who
; a l;>'"ver. The law minted has
• 'f creno? to a new comer in the
orritorv. ami could be construed
■
•> ily ar. applying to that ch.ss !
md to those who have left the
frrritorv and eT.sJ'Mshcd a resj
ience elsewhere That is the un
nimous opinion cf lawyers, and
1 is common sense. Jack Brooks
has l.v en an Alaskan for
IV years, and while ho was out
side for several months during
the lact year, lie did not go out
for the purpose of remaining,
.Hid estt’Mnh ' l no reiklenee. J
i here. He went’out to secure me- j
dical treatment, and stayed only 1
as long as necessary. Before go- j
mg out he laid in a year's sup-j
plies with which to continue mi
ning operation when lie returned; l
and since he was not gone a year I
anyway, there can be no question t
at all as to his being qualified to j
hold any office within Hie gift of j
the peo, le of Alaska. j
Wickersham deuiesthat he in-J
troduced the bill to remit assos
nent work in Alaska this year.
o one ever accused him oi it, '
rut Representative Johns n of
.Vashington who did introduce’
die bill says that it was done at
•V ckersham’s suggestion, and
the latter has not denied that.
If he does deny it, however,it
.will be a question of veracity be-1
-ween the two, and Wickersham 1
is not celebrated in Alaska for
nis candor and straightforward-]
We would call attention to Dan
.vlcCabe’s article, “The New De
mocracy” primed on the first
page of this issue. It lays bare
cue designs and inachinatians of
the corporate combinations and
their political tools to control af
fairs in this territory, as nothing
written to date has, and after
one reads it, all doubt as to a
vote for Cal ahan being a vote
for McGowan will be dispelled.
‘‘Our Jim” is taking occasion
durtng his campaign to heap a
buse on Col. Richardson. All we'
can say is that Richardson \
has helped the roughne'ck in Alasj
ka to some extent, while Jim's re
cord in Alaska shows, that, on
the bench and in congress, any
time two courses have been open
to him, he has taken the one that
is against the working man.
hu*it;nr ^'V ara srivin* wa> to the ugly ren’i.ies of wage slavorv an.I ; b
'•roach •"•'r ,, ’ ' ’n m;re of 1 aP,tallsm already h tint? the workers of Alaska, Capitalism is fast em
comoan^vi- nf*?■ 0f A.?,erican territory. It is only a matter of timoWb all «he a
ployed now a’ ''V'^p 1,1 ra^P^t m th- hidden North; Already many of the nrem
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on this ’Imfw^h'hs^lu'Zus *** ^ ^ '* °f mti* have their ;
♦•Ls\Vd\Trd o^ih P°T°!f L° Cr‘1U; '< fr0!11 a Kdropsan seaport and come straight a-.
* ms ancuand on the Pacific and Alaskan shores.
ntjmber^i'L’.'t'of lTi^.-0!'''5: ;h;*.n(?cf si{.v "f ' ’apitalljt extension.a hand of untold resources, m m
for^see wha*-will h^t-V " ^ l0r re'i’>»'ro3 no prophetic vision or second sight to
nivrht sun that' .‘xemp " U fr^ihe - •' -—I* " ’ ™ th# °f thC ,5,i 1
sent system of . -,.1 > r ■ " 1 e:* °- ‘ -butahsm; and realizing as we d > that the pre
compVomisTn^ho •tni'v^t^/r 3 nK"1tosjc'iety> a curse to the working class, we declare our un
miization < ' soc’etV* 1 ’ V' p!esent s>stem and proclaim our demand fora new and compete reor
c|ass J’ US primarily on the rights of the workers and producers as the possessing
h^vTufi ln* Wf be!5eVe that K» ’vorkers stto i!d organize both on the industrial am:
Indu-triVl f - ' n' a !S- 1 eN['lopnient has made trade and craft organizations inacleouate and the
i r °;; y mutr the WOrkere -norecloseyy toother.but contains possibidtiJs in fm -
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w ?V,rhiP T' tht‘. PH’,V'r t0 !Jrod ,c‘" ar(? f-e essential factors to obtain economic seem‘(y nml • ...
tict. i jo woikin^r class alroudv possess the latter P t ; 4«. „• ' t ,
•ted. come thro,,,* the**, an J it™A",.' Ch, Tr'""' Ti!"
'J&LZS2&£ &T" ra^* *• ^.
\Ve appeal to the working class of Alaska, and all those who are in <-vn-wuv wi-h that
a8:; z.fr10 K,ab,ish*•* «*• - **«*»>»t -1
10 pioiwwi aju »ei ve their own interests. * 1
lhv_ recwization oi tins aiij ..ill m0np th*a oK,>i! »/-»♦-» r\f 1 i 11 ?•
pnftnnm5, . , !. l”e apolMoj of tne class strupr.^le, the doma: a\
Q ; ‘ ’’.f'1! tne 0 .ublishment of a co-operative order of society.
the neou e (Vi*r- ,ie • '‘,|'ect,.v® O'vvnerslnip of the means of production and distribution b - all
the people. Our methods, industrial and political organizations. ‘ ‘
mnrnmP P;atWe miay CuniSf,'ve our immediate’ interests while we am still under Capitalism we
ciaL Part rSau-T?h Hn1-TKeal1 'rh°Rre in accor,i " iththc aims and objects ofth^c
uaiist 1 a.ty to suppoit the candidates standing on this platform
c- ass
be a1
wuh
Mie,m
We endorse and reaffirm cur alie
K'ancc to the Constitution of the Na
tional Socialist Party of the United
States and the National Platform adopt
ed at Indianapolis, Ind,. in 11)12.
We demand the immediate enactment
of the Initiative and Referendum and
Recall.
We demand that on the presentation
of 15 per cent of the voters of the pre
efding election, a referendum be taken
at once on the subject under considera
tion.
Wc Oeme.r.d that ail laws enacted by
the Alaska Legislature lie referred to
a referendum of the people of the ter
ritory.
We demand the establishment of the
Australian Ballot System in all the va- j
rious elections held in Alaska.
We demand from the Federal Govern
ment a law giving labor a prior lien
on any mining grounds, dumps, maehin
ery and equipment used in operating,
regardless as to who is operating said
ground, whether it he owner or lessee,
The Government shall stand the expense
of enforcing the above lien law.
We demand that th» Government
own, develop and ,'pwate all coal mines
Socialist Candidates.
For Delegate 'Vo
Congress.
John fit Broods.
For the Legislature
For Senator
H. Ringdahl,
For Fepresent’ves.
Dan McCabe,
A. A. Nelson,
W. E, Wau^h,
Charles Rogers.
in Alaska, and that no leases or coi ''
tracts shall be made by the Govern
ment wilri private individuals or eorpo-’
rations,and that all work in and around
the mines shall he done under the divert
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 be . s
tablishcd wherever feasible. j
We demand the abolition of the road
tax and the poll tax.
V/e 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 uuion affiliations
or activities, or his or her rolitieal or
relfgio 8 beliefs.
We i emar 1 the election of a Mining
Inspet ,or for each Judicial f>islrictfof
Alask ,
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