The Imperial press., 1905-08-26
The Political Parties

| therefore adhered to no political party but would give space to all to express their peculiar views, presumably with the intention of placing the various arguments side by side before the PRESS readers and allowing them to draw their own conclusions.
 When the PRESS first made this an ncuneement, the Socialists who are awake to tle needs of generas enlight- nlent upon the political and economic question, selected a representative and charged him with the duty of putting forward and defending the Socialist position in the space so kindly offered by tue PRESS, fully expecting to find the representatives of the various political parties present the reasons why they each adhered to their several platforms and how, it they were given an opportunity. they would cure the Social ills which exist by putting snto practice the things they advocate.
 Have we heard word from them?
 AS voters, we are expected to vote discriminatory at the next election but how, since the Republicans and Demo- crats are silent are We to know what they stand for. Are they afraid to announce to the voters their demands in time so the voters can consider them, or have they no plans for the future permanent building of society. Do they expect to wait until a few days before election and then raise a great furore with Teddy's TerrOrs and ''heep big Iniun" and thereby get the votes ot the ignorant dupes of working men who give up energy to producing the wealth over which the whole conflict in society is made.
 Since these parties are thus silent we may only judge from what they have done and are doing in the places where they have full power to act, of what they will do in the future. In the states where the Republicans are in power and could if they wished do many things in the interest of labor, but do not. Then the Democrats tell eff you will only vote for us we will right tine wrongs of labor"
 But will they? How do they do in those other states where they and not the Republicans have full sway. Have the laboring class in the Democratic states any better conditions then they have in the Republican states? and if not why don't the Democrats do some thing where they have the power if they really mean to do anything any where? And since they prove by this that they don't mean to do anything but use the office for a private graft, what right has the working class to expect relief from their wrongs by placing the Democrats into power.
 This is said for the Democrats in the Republican states; the same arguments hold good for the Republicans in the Democratic states.
 The facts are that the Republicans are in power in many states and the Democrats in the rest, in neither is the condition of labor better than the other and in both very bad.
 In the North where the Republicans hold sway and in the South where the Democrats control the situation, work ing men are being disfra nchised, their liberties are being curtailed and their employment is more and more un- steady and a greater per centage of what they produce is being taken from them from year to Year and their children get less education and play time because they must grind out their lives in the sweat shops and factories and mines.
 Labor certainly can expect nothing from the old parties. Why don't you, Mir. Laborer, join in the organizing of a political party of your own. The prim- ary work of such an organization has already been done in the Socialist party.
 It is for you to join and see to it that i, shall at all times represent your in- terests. FRANK A. MAREK
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