, 1908-10-13
ASPECTS OF
SOCIALISM
A TELEGRAPH OPERATOR AD.
vANcEs IDEAS OF SOCIALISM
TO coMBAT cARRiTY.
aays Republican Party 10 Capitalist
Party and That socialism ID Not
Thing That Can Be compre.
hsndsd at ones-Does Not See
How Union Man Can Vote for Taft
Hermosa, wyo.. Oct. ~. 1908.

Hermosa. Wyo., Oct. IL. 1908.
70 the Editor OF The Republican.
The article written by our humureus
friend. e. 7. Clarity, appearing In a
-eoent Issue OF The Republican, under
ne caption ASPECTS Of Socialism,
Las just come to my notice, and It
rea ly is more humorous than fnstruc-
i've.
/ have NJ fear that it will be taken
seriously by any of his weak kneed"
spuDiican friends alleged to be ION
he fence" But the dear fellow is so
iamentably in the mud" as to his
conceptions Of socialism and its chief
Jbjects, that to let him pass unnoticed
would place me on a par with the one
Who stands on the bridge and watches
\ struggling man drown without OF.
fering to rescu him.
Knowledge Of Socialism.
From what have seen and observed
Of Mr.. Clarity personally, he has the
bearing of a man fairly well informed
on our national issues, but his article
eferred to bears evidence of an edu-
cation dreadfully neglected, or at least
one sided, when it comes to a ques-
ton of political economy. Indeed, it
Is a safe bet that his knowledge OF
socialism consists Of gleanfngs alb
sorbed from some overheated street
corner politicians argument, III Is
secured by careful and unparalleled
study of socialistic literature.
A First Voter.
The writer is approaching his first
presidential vote, and since last March
mas read studiously everything obtain
BILE on all the political parties, and,
while he agrees that socialism is at
present a 100 to / shot, he does not
zee how a union man can consistently
Jote for TAFT or any other capitalist
candidate, while with his union he is
.rryed against that very capitalist III
hat he must organize in order to get q
small portion of the wages he actually
arms. Neither can he remain neu-
raj.
Socialism and Uniqnissn,Z
Socialism stands for exactly what
lnionism stands for, as concerns Ii
Industrial welfare. This fall will see
. lot Of heretofore good republicans
citing the independence and socialis-
ic tickets, merely as q protest against
be unscrupulous methods OF the
diaries Of the republican party, and
I the socialist party never does more
han III the republican and demo-
ratio parties to give the social prob
m adequate attention in this country.
t will not have been in III
Not Quickly Comprehended.
Socialism is an advanced idea; 1t
3 not a thing that al be at once fully
Unprecedented. any mor than it can
e dissected In that brief interval
which transpires from the time a rail-
Dad trainman is first out" until he is
allied.
Liacon Steffens says it's up to us to
sit up and take notice" to that rapid
~ growing party. and you will not de-
ny that he is well posted. It's a thing
this government Is going to have to
deal with. sooner or later, and when 1t
reaches that point. the working mil
ions are going to receive some atten-
ton. That's what We are striving for,
isn't 1t, Brother Clarity? Let's all
read and think, then read n think
some more What do you say? But
don't vote a capitalist vote until you
are a capitalist.
TELDGRAPHER.