The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-09-14
SOCIALIST COUNTY TICKET.
Representatiye-H N. Elliott

AepreSeIltalse p "a ElllOII
R S. Thomas Of Decatur county, So
cialist candidate for congress Of this
district, will speak at the court house,
Saturday, September %, at I o'clock
p m, and in the evening at an hour
announced in next issue This is
strictly confidential to you; don't tell
it, not even TO your wife, for she'll
We know Of some who will be dis
appointed because we did not put out
a full county ticket Saturday, Sep
TENDER 8. at our red card" confer
ence, after some exchange OF ideas, it
was the unanimous consent Of the
conference to centralize our effort in
the legislative work, believing more
could be accomplished, than by scat
tering our efforts on county officers,
who cannot accomplish anything in
assisting to formulate laws for our
general good, hence our county ticket
with only one candidate as seen above,
is handed to you for consideration.
We want you to understand clearly
the object Of this move. Socialism
teaches collective or national owner
teach either municipal, or state
ownership. Municipal and state owner
ship is simply an avenue through
which some hope to escape the dOmi-
milton Of trusts, but which do not
bring any relief to the working man,
A study Of socialism would soon con-
vince the honest student, who cared
more for what is right than he did
for his party, that national collective
ownership Of public utilities is the
only practical plan that will stand
any test it may be tried by. With this
in view, that is, the cooperative COM
mOnwealth, we make our first shot
at the law-making department, in or
der to bring that commonwealth into
existence in a public way by ballot
| through law, and in a lawful manner.
why do you endeaYOr to elect a
representative to the state legislature,
| if you do not believe or teach state
ownership" may be asked.
For this simple reason: That this is
| the only avenue through which Unit
ed States senators can be elected
/ islature We can elect socialist United
States senators and not before; in this
way the laws can be made for the
people instead Of the trusts.
But your senators may vote for
| the trusts the same as others after
/ they are elected, if sufficient induce
ment is offered. How are you going
to prevent this form Of graft?''
| A socialist can never sell out but
once. We get at him this way: We
| will apply the plan 10 our candidate
/ for legislature, here at home, so you
can see the point. AS soon as our can
| didate is nominated, he must sign his
| resignation, in case he sells out or
| terest Of the working man after his
| election We bring into requisitiOn
| what is called the imperative man
| date" He is at once recalled by
! those who elected him. He is not
| given an opportunity to sell out the
| second time. This you see keeps the
| power OF control absolutely in the
| hands Of the individual voter. No
| other party has a method whereby
/ they can at once get rid of a political
scamp. Now, If our candidate is elect
| ed and does not work and vote in the
/ interest Of the working man, you can
| call him down and out II you elect
| a republican or democrat, you cannot
/ call him down. You will have to do
/ just as you have in the past-kick at
! the air-hit nothing, and do no good.
| Catch on, do you?
Now, if you want pillage and plum
! der, vote your old tickets straight and
you'll get it When you have been
skinned long enough TO suit you, study
socialism and we know what you will
/ do next.
When a man goes to legislature on
/ a railroad pass, who is he Indebted to,
Il Won the c0U0nanV2