Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1901-11-01

The socialist nominee for state repre-
sentative in the seventh (Plymouth) district
of Mass, is Seth Wilbur, Jr.
Comrade Chris. Westphal of Chicago
has located in Milwaukee. He is an earnest
young worker and "chip of the old blocl.o
The socialists of Nebraska held their
state convention at Omaha September p,
and had a great gathering-200 delegates
attending.
Harry c. Thompson, the socialist party
candidate for governor of Ohio, and who lost
his employment on that account, is going to
stump the state.
The New Era of Philadelphia has come
out in support of the socialist party ticket
1t says the Wannamaker ''reformers" are as
bad as Quaytes.
The socialists of Dubuque, Ia., met Sep
TENDER 80 and nominated a full county ticket,
also candidates for the Senate and House Of
Representatives.
The comrades at Wheeling, w. Va,
will reorganize at meeting to be held on
the third Sunday in October and expect to
enroll at least 100 members.
Comrade Bernard McCaffery, who has lust
been elected national committeeman from
Nebraska, was an active worker in the So
cialist movement of ST. Louis for some time
The central committee elected COM
mittee to draft an appeal to the unions of
Cleveland calling for contributions to sup
port the socialist party in the fall campaign.
Comrades at Oakland, Cal, have issued
a four-page leahet entitled "The Reason
Why and Why Not" by NJ. w. Wilkins. 1t
is being extensively distributed throughout
the state.
Applications for charters have been re-
ceived at national headquarters from Win
field Kas., South Omaha, Neb. Dover n H.,
Bessemer, Ala. Birmingham, Ala, and
Lamar, Mo.
At Montviile, Conn, where no socialist
votes were cast last November Comrade J.
M Derwin candidate for selectman, received
rs votes. The total vote of the town was
about 600.
H. Gaylord Wiltshire is out with a state
ment contradicting the Associated Press
lurid report that he was mobbed at York
Pa. Wiltshire says he wasn't within 800
miles of that place.
Last Sunday at Boston, Comrade A
Sommerville of Chicago met Robert b. Mar
tin of east Dedham, Mass, in debate on the
question, docs Socialism or Single Tax
Solve the Labor Problem"
The debate between Morris Hillquit,
of New York, and deleonite named Barry,
at Spring field, Mass, was won by the former,
according to the vote of the audience. Hill
A SPLENDID address to the voters is be-
ing widely circulated and meetings are held
at the various factories and workshops in
Terre Haute. They should and no doubt
viii receive large increase in their vote.
J. Stitt Wilson will be joined in hiswork
through the Pacific Coast states by comrades
W. II. Wise, j. H. Hollingsworth and Carl
ID. Thompson. They expect TO maintain
continuous circuit in California for several
months.
At a regular meeting, October !, local
union 1874 of the Brotherhood of Painters,
Decorators and Paperhangers of America,
Chicago, unanimously adopted resolutions
fovoring socialism and indorsing the socialist
party.
The state ticket of the socialist party
of Ohio, was filed with the secretary Of
state, petitions containing l1,735 sigma
lures. 1t now behoovs the workers 10
get to work and secure legal standing as
political party.
The comrades at Diamond Indiana have
reorgauized under the new party with II
charter members and have RENTED dues to
the secretary of the reorganization commit
tee. They report progress and are enthusi-
astic in the cause.
Out in Kansas some of the politicians
are sneaking around and attempting to- make
people believe that socialism is similar to
anarchy. The Southwestern Advocate, So
cialist party paper published at Winfield,
challenges the papsuckers to go TO the conrt
records and point TO the pane of single so
cialist in Jail.
San Franciscos socialist party has put
up ticket composed exclusively of union
men-29 in all The ticket in New YORK con-
tains all union men, in Chicago the same Is
true, and in Cleveland ID card men are nomi-
mated, while in st. Louis all candidate are
members of unions where eligible. and this
condition holds good in many other places.
At the fifth International congress OF
Anthropology recently held at Amsterdam,