Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-09-11

secretary of Socialist party for
18th district with power to APP
point county committeeman and
to fill any vacancies on ticket
that might occur. c. A. Snyder
of Milburn, Custer nomin ted for
state senator.
zach convention pledged its
nominees if elected to use all
honorable means if elected TO
have socialist principles inn
ediately enacted with law.
sOciaii. tCougressional Platform
The socialist Party of the Sixth Ne
braska congressional district, in conven-
ton assembled, declares its allegiance to
the principles of international socialism
and endorse the national platform of the
socialists party adopted at Indianapolis
and also the state platform.
The means of production and distribu-
ton having become social i'll character
and operation, we declare that they
should become social in ownership, and
we declare further that the private owner
ship of the same is destructive of the
rights of the people to life, liberty and
happiness.
The socialist party declares that the
government of this nation and its subdi-
visions should be administered in the in
terest of the working class, the producers
of wealth, who constitute the majority of
| our citizens.
We point to the fact that the capitlist
IL 6 q.
zens, are in absolute control of the re-
publican and democratic parties and that
no matter which is in power the interests
OF the capitalist class are faithfully and
carefully guarded and advanced, while
the interests of the working class are ut
terly ignored. The only time when the
old parties and their politicians hypo-
critically profess an interest in the well
fare of the workers is right before election
when their votes are needed to boost
Them into Office. The capitalists having
two parties to do their bidding, we declare
that the time has arrived when the wor-
kers should use their all-powerfull wea-
pom, the ballot, in their own interest and
vote for party of their own class.
Every department of government being
in possession of the capitalist class, and
by voting the socialist party
into power, capture the same and thus
insure government i'll the interest of
majority of the people.
We point to the fact that while both
old parties profess to be opposed to trusts
they are not opposed to drawing their
campaign funds from them We declare
that the only remedy for private trusts
and monopolies is public ownership and
operation of them, i'll the interest of all
the people, as proposed by the socialist
party.
We point to the fact that while the
capitalists thru their politicians and
newspapers, preach the beauties of COM
petition to the workers, they, themselves,
are practicing cooperation and are grow
ing rich thereby beyond the dreams of
avarice. We declare that the same prin-
ciples of cooperation and elimination of
waste, which are today enriching the
capitalist class, will, when applied on
much larger scale by the socialists, en-
rich the entire people. We declare
poverty to be curse and that the social
lists propose the only remedy for it.
We declare it to be much more impor-
lance that our entire people should be
decently fed, clothed, housed and educa-
ted than that few should revel in riches
while the great majority struggle with
poverty.
We point to the fact that while the
productivity of labor by the introduction
of countless labor-saving machines, has
increased wonderfully in recent years,
yet the condition of the working class is
in no wise improved thereby, but rather
made worse. Under the system proposed
to be inaugurated by the socialists every
new labor-saving device will be benefit
to the entire people. We declare that
this same labor saving machinery, in
Guiding the trusts, by the use of which
we are enabled to produce in a compar-
atively short time all the wealth that the
wage-earning capacity of the workers
will allow them to consume, will soon
bring the nation face to face with a
gigantic unemployed problem, which can
only be solved by the application of the
socialist principle of collective ownership
of the means of production and dis
tribution.
The socialist party of the Sixth Con-
gressional district views with satisfaction
the rapnd increas of the socialist vote
both in this and other countries, as it in
dicates that the workers of the world are
faSt reallNng their uuty anu responsibility
and that the day will soon come when
wars shall cease and the people of all
countries will be one in interest and the
brotherhood of man be All established
fact.
The present so-called prosperity, we
declare to be participated in almost
wholly by the capitalist class, as the
prices of the uecessaries of life have
greatly advanced while wages have either
remained stationary or been subject to
only slight advance.
Believing as we do that salvation, the
| very existence of the republic, depends
upon the early application of socialist
principals, we call upon all loyal citizens
who have the interests of the country and
of humanity at heart to investigate our
principles and if they find them right
and just, as we believe them to be, to
help us elect the socialist party to power,
in order that these principles may be
placed in operation. We pledge our
nominee for congressman to use all
honorable means if elected, to have
socialist principles Immediately enacted
into law,