The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-05-06
Claim Party Is Making Ire
mendous Strides in
Politics.
Expect 10 Poll Million Votes
This Fall and Clinch
Third Place.
~ n. Y. FRAZER.
(stsr Special ssrvIesl

CHICAGO. NAV 6 The soclaliat
party, which holds its national con
ventlun here beginnlns May 10. IL
nov the recognized third party Of
the nation soeialis, leaders expect
"a elinch thia position srmly Ia the
neRt election By polling 1000 900
kotra
They are confident that watson'n
pvpuiiai party can never b. reaar.
ueicds that the prohibition party
has heau absofbei permanently By
the anti saloon movement. aud that
Hearatu Independence league will
disappear 81 ffcior when all the
parties have made their nomiua.
tlon.
soeiaiis,s' Earth.
Tho socialists faith In their Ahli.
iiy tQ double their vote of four
years ago II based on the fact that
thvy have twiee as many duerspa,s
lua members and active workers an
In 1895. while their press has la.
creased largely aud enormous guam.
u'l.a q literature afc bAinK eirca
lated
The .oci.lls. maintain an Eng
lab daily paper ia Chicago. aud one
In beiuS started 81 New York. while
acme existed IN 1906 They also con.
troll dsiii~a Ia the German. Hrls.~
and other languages. as sell as aess
eFal hundred weekly ard moufhis
papers One weekly organ. prtatsd
IN Kansas. has a larger cifeuiatlon
than any daily newspaper Ia ths
country.
Auxiliary sodies.
Furthermore. the socialist PARTY
has many auxiliary bodies that did
not exist four years aEo. One 10 chs
intercollegiate socieiY. which has
been making rspld progress IN tho
serk Of forming clubs and pFup4.
eating socialism In nearly all chs
leading universities Of the country
Then there IA the ChfiatiMn SO.
cialint society. composed Of prom.
lusht ministers aud iaYmsn II all
denominations. who are ptusslstsns
among the churches aud religious
organizations
The Hund. q Jewish society that
has he.a growing rapidly during the
past fww sears. IL In ciose afftlisr
ton with the socialist party. and
the Flnns. HohemiAns. Hunssfi.as
aud other People II foreign birth
have nAtiopzl organizations that are
In touch with the third party. Al
Women's Socialist league IL also
making rapid progress. and a yoang
peoples national society In ia pm
cess Of formation.
Hut there are many other Ess
sons besides the growth and 81
panslon ~ the party machinery Nhy !
the socialist party expects 60 pile i
up a million votes this year. The |
Industrial depression has had /
wonderful effect In stimulating /
thoaght along the line ~ economic /
problems. The many unemployed /
meetings IN the Industrial cent~fs 1
have been strAwn showinE the diree
tion Of The viud.
The attempts Of employers 20 es
tabilsh the open shop have aroused /
a feeling among many workingmen
that they must strike At the ballot
box 60 overcofns the power welded /
by capital
psbs the Nominee.
Tho decisions 81 the United
States supreme court lesalixlnx the
blacklist and ouslawing the boycott
have produced a storm Of indltna
ton among union workinKmcn from
coast 10 coast. and promises po.
iiticai revolt the dimensions Of
which cannot be estimated at pres
cut.
The socialists viii nominate
Eugene V. Dchs for president or
the third time. They believe that
no other man In America has a
tighter hold ON the affections of the
working people.