St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1908-09-04
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president you mentioned the name OF
some fellow we never heard OF before
as the socialist candidate.
meant to drop into your office an
put you next before you made anoth n
break like that, but neglected II and
here you have gone and done (
again.
In your front page article on so
ciallsm in Practice you speak ol
the socialist candidate in the peni
tentiary where some of the rest oi
us ought to be. Now, this last is
no doubt true enough but socialists
who deserve that fate are all petty
thieves and law violators, while that
that class who steal to the tune OF
millions and use their III gotten gaini
to corrupt the legislature, the exec
utlve and the judiciary are republi
cans and democrats ano bitter oppo.
nents OF socialism, every last william
OF them.
But we started to inform you that
Eugene V. Debs is the candidate Of
theSocialist party for president, -
not and has not been in the peni-
tcntlary. but Ia TO begin a lecture
tour OF the country In a special car
just like plutocrats I believe, how.
ever, he did serve term in Jail for
violation of some labor injunction,
which sort Of Injunction both old par.
~ platforms hasten to admit were
unjust. But anyhow II was suppos'
cd to do him good, and we presume
II did, and some old partyites we
know would be more worthy Of votes
after than before serving term IN
the penitentlary.
Now, MIR. Editor, we know that yoi
are not In any conspiracy OF old par.
ty papers 10 deliberately deceive yot.
ers concerning the great socialist
movement by taking advantage Of tn,
fact that some dinky remnant OF a
labor party has nominated for presl.
dent man who IL In the peniten.
tiary probably for violating some In.
junction bought by republican influ.
cnco and infamy
You have been yourself deceived.
We forgive you. hut cannot object
II We make the point which is No
obvious that like thousands OF others
you were easily deceived because you
haven't read anything about real 30.
ciallsm. from an authentic source ana
In fact. dno't know anything about
soclallsm--bcg pardon, but rcally.woll
for instance. here's President Rooso
welt In his speeches referring to the
fund out OF which any one may help
himself ad lib. New even dlctlon.
AIRY definition would teach him better
than that. Primer class stand up
Define and diffcrentiatc. Socialism,
wrong with Teddy at the foot OF the
class. Not one IN fifty opponents Of
socialism can give an intelligent an
swor. Certainly the writer whose
screod you quote on your front page
cant do H. Why say. the socialist
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