Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-10-04


ferred to the political field. In this
respect the modern capitalist class
is much in advance of the laboring
class. They have been much quick
er to see the advantage of captur-
ing and using the political powers.
They have been keenly conscious
of their class interests in this re-
spect. The laboring class has I
not. AS a result of this extreme
class -consciousness on the part of
the capitalistic class they have cap
turcd the entire powers of the
state. They control legislatures
and courts, the President and gov
crnofs, the militia, the police and
the sheriffs, and thus the govern
ment is simply the means by which
the ruling classes maintain their
privileges.
: In order to accomplish this fact
it has been necessary for them to
control both political parties the
Republican, where the Republican
} party was in power, and the Dem
ocratic, where that party was in
power. 1t was not necessary that
they should absolutely dictate their
Z platforms; only to prevent any
measure being taken up and pushed
t that would seriously injure their
= economic interests. Both great
: political parties have thus been
= captured, and are today being con-
: trolled by capitalistic interests.
Whatever the pretenses that have
been made, the bitter class spirit
s and merciless hostility of the power
d of capitalism has been displayed by
= the officials of both parties alike
t in every heroic struggle the labor
# ers have made in defense of their
y interests. Republican and Demo-
y cratic presidents, governors, legis-
If latures, judges, constables and sher-
J. ifs, all alike rutnlessly trample
e upon the rights of labor.
e The eight-hour law and the in
o come tax are unconstitutional -
injunctions break strikes; ICON
IF tempt Of court" incarcerates their
lie leaders; Democratic and Republican
l. presidents alike use the Federal
l. armies against labor, and in Idaho,
m Republican president, at the in
r vitation of a Democratic governor
Of sends troops into the Occur d'Alene
m district and actually sets aside the
of entire local county
We commissioners, sheriff and all
elected by labor votes-and ther
ne proceeds to enact the bull PEN
is disgrace. More recently, in Colo
to RADIO, the situation was, if possible
ne worse.
es Republican capitalists of thu
tie North take advantage of the bar
an barous conditions of labor in Dem
It's ocratic states ia the south to en-
or slave thousands of little childrei
ist in merciless child slavery. TIL
,st laboring people have even tried tn
nd experiment of clecting some of thci
as number to certain offices on oil
party tickets; but such men, whe
in elected, find themselves powcrlcss
,g- There were as many as 10 me
ass with uaion labor cards in thci
Eat pockets in the Colorado leg islatur
IN. at one time, and the labor problcr
ate is no nearer solution in Colorad
ed than elsewhere; and IN the city
nd Pueblo shcr if elected almost CT
ms tircly by trade unionists put ha
or- of the officers OF the union into ia
in for picketing an unfair restaurant.
es. What more is needed than the:
of trying experiences to convince ever
one who knows of them that bot
bic old parties are owned absolutel,
es. body and soul, platform and pres
lev by the capitalistic class, who hay
il been quicker and shrewder in RI
cts political field than the laborir
the class.
1t a. Now the only class that CO
The finally be relied upon to supply Il
OPP numerical and moral strength
ave win the victory for socialism is Il
es, laboring class. Logically, therefor
i'm Socialism must recruit it's votii
The strength chiefly from this class.
in s. What can be clearer than Il
He logic of this situation? What c;
ian be clearer than if labor is ever
lies win it's struggle for emancipatis
pc, and justice, Socialism must be
are program, and again, that if Socis
The ism is ever to win in it's struge
the for all humanity, it must make t
Iere laboring class conscious of the
list, common interest, and lead the
, of to the struggle upon the polite
and field where their power is invi
ltal chile, because "we are many tn
mes are fewp' The futility and failu
iers of every effort of the working cls