The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-10-12


Judge IS not guided by the law, but I
is controlled solely by personal con-
He admits that socialists
may equally with nOn-sOcialists be en- /
titled 10 citizenship, but implies a /
lack Of positive knowledge on this
point Splendidly equipped for his re-
spOnsible position, isn't he2 But, then, /
he does not need TO be informed for
he declares that whatever his rights
under the law which the bench is
sOlemnly sworn to protect and pre-
serve and impaTtially dispense, 'he
cannot become a citizen before me"
In the official person Of Judge Pal
mer We find convincing testimony OF
the imperative need Of socialist con-
trOl.-Appeal to Reason.
The Denver Post says it is reported
that Mrs. Howard Gould will go 10
South Dakota to get a divorce from
her millionaire husband. It is really
too bad that the blight Of socialism
has such disastrous effect on the
home The GOulds should have let
socialism alone
In an article last week, The Thorn
as Meetings" on the first page Of The
Republic, there is one or two things
we would like to make little palmer,
also express our gratefulneSS 10 the
writer for his statement recognizing
in our candidate for congress, that
he is no doubt earnest and sincere
We desire il distinctly understood that
we have no disposition to find fault
with the author Of the article, but to
call attention to some things natur-
ally connected with it, with which, he
has had no opportunity to be familiar.
While the meetings drew but a small
standpoint Of numbers, when il is IN
derstOOd that two years ago our can
didate for state senator had an audi
ence Of ten or eleven in the afternoon
meeting, this year We had forty at the
afternoon meeting. You might say
forty is not many, yes; but when you
contrast ten or eleven Of two years
ago with forty now, you will notice an
increase Of three hundred per cent,
which is not a bad showing. At the
evening meeting there was only TWEEN
ty-five present. Yes; and they were
not all socialist, you say, that is true.
Neither were they all socialists two
years ago. The numerical increase in
attendance shows an increase in in
terest in socialism. And this increase
comes from democrat, republican and
pOpulist sources, just where We all
came from, with the exception Of a
small sprinkle from the prohibition
lists We have never had less than
fifteen in attendance at the school
houses in the country thus far this
year, while in. the same school houses
two years ago we had from four to
six The school houses thus far this
season have run from fifteen to thirty,
showing an increase Of from three to
five hundred per cent in attendance.
We feel greatly elated over this show
ing, and in two years from now the
per cent OF the last two years, and
I'LL every school house where socialist
speaking takes place. The Republic
article referred TO, also says but we
have never yet heard a public speak
er on socialism that elucidates his
philosophy so that it may be seen to
be practicable" This statement is
often made in private by those who
have not given socialism any paricu-
lar attention, further than read on
occasional article in some paper whose
editor is not a socialist A statement
made in private is sometimes soon
forgotten, the same statement in pa
per, often makes deep impressions,
and this is the reason we wanted to
say a few words on this expression,
being publicly stated, we feel needs
public explanation We have seen a
number Of articles in the papers on
wireless biography, but what would
we know about wireless biography in
hearing two or three lectures, il We
did not read papers and books in that
science. We could not see the prac-
tibility" Of it. Socialism is a science,
and so absolute in its deductions, that
Marx sixty years ago wrote exactly
the historic path we would travel
through to reach the cooperative
commonwealth The stage Of cOmpe-
titiOn he said would be succeeded by
concentration Of capital and thus
crush or kill competition. We are
today living in the generation which
is fulfilling his philosophy in the eX-
act order he said. Socialism is a large
and deep study; this is why we harp
so much on study socialism" Did
you ever notice, that in the socialist
column, we never ask you simply to
vote for socialism, but We do say
study and vote. Somehow it seems al
most impossible to impress the signs
of the times upon the minds Of some
Mr.. W. J. Bryan is one Of the sleepiest
men in the country, as to the cause
and effect Of the signs" He talks
about returning to good old times Of
competition" philOsophicaIly; it is just
as logical to talk Of returning to the
good old times" Of treading out wheat
with oxen, or cutting it with the old
saw, with tooth sickle, or travelling in
the OK cart instead Of the railroad
train Who wants to go Backward
William Jennings Bryan for one, and
this is why some consider him a safe
man. Go to any lumber yard in town
dead. Competition is discord, and
strife, and can never be reinstated in
the economic world.
Our illustration Of wireless tele-
graphy could also be carried out with /
telepathy or thought transference.
but who would see the practibility''
OF it The same is true of what is !
called presentiment- But the people
would not see 'the practibility'' Of It /
We do not mean any slur by these
quotations, but have to use them to /
illustrate We know a woman who |
had a presentiment that some horrible /
accident would happen with Mr. Sey-
ler's auto. In two days Mr. Vance was /
killed in it But the people could not /
see the practibility'' Of presentment, /
vet it is thoroughly scientific. Study, |
study. do not turn anything down IN /
til you have studied and know the 1
facts, study
In order to elucidate some things I
more clearly( at a special meeting a /
resolution was unanimously passed. /
that we invite any resident Of Sher- /
man county 70 meet our candidate for /
Mr.. H H. Elliott, in /
a friendly discussion Of the subject OF /
socialism in. say, not less than three /
or more than five evenings. to take
place in GOodland- In this way we /
hope to cause you to see that the pro 4
mises Of the old parties for the last /
- IA"