The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-01-07
THE Big SOCIALISTvOTE
Its Significance as Viewed by
Jack London, the Novelist.
AN ANALYSIS OF THE MOVEMENT,


Believer In Socialism Says 1t Is the
First Worldwide Enterprise and IL
Limited Only by the Limits of the
Planet = Members Pay to Hear
Campaign Speeches.
Jack London. the well known author
and Socialist, writes as follows. in the
New York American and Journal con-
corning the Socialist vote in the recent
national election;
Inc only people surprised by the
heavy Socialist vote throughout the
United States are the Democrats and
Republicans. The Socialists knew it
all the time. Their campaign is twelve
months long, and they have a campaign
every year, wherefore it was to he ex-
pected that they should know what
was coming.
however, during the last, several
weeks of the campaign the professional
polucians began to awaken to some
thing, they knew not what, that was in
the air In remarkably quiet cam
palgn, When their own rallies and mass
meetings were uncomfortable for size
and enthusiasm, they were astonished
at the sight of Debs and Hartford and
the rest of the Socialist orators sneak
ing continually to crowded houses
Nay. the professional. old party poll
ucians were puzzled. Never in their
experience had they witnessed mass
meetings with charge for admission
ana 1t was beyond their Imagination 70
conceive of such mass meetings he,ng
damned to the doors, with overflow
meetings taking place in the street and
IN nearby halls. Yet this was precise
~ what they witnessed In every large
city OF the United States where their
candidates passed through.
Mark Hanna was possibly the only
OLD party politician who saw clearIv
the Socialist trend. "The newt oroot
issue this country will have TO meet
VIII be Socialism," he said not long ha.
fore lie died O
II was his last political prophecy
Ever since the 1900 campaign tbe no.
uohai committee of the Republican mar.
~ through its paid agents. has hean
gathering Information CONCERNING tho
strength OF the Socialist movemen+ a.
the United States. At the end OF this
careful canvass the Republican natto,s
a. committee conceded 100000 votes N
peDs FOR the election just past Full
returns VIII show that the estimate
vas rather conservative ono IT,
iVOO the Socialist vote was 9s. 404 ana
IN lOO4 over 100000 votes were oast
Tor lis presidential candidate social
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