The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-06-30
Preamble and Platform OF The
Socialist Party Of the L. ).

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wo-zers Of rights zbicc me! had ~o1
% Ee1era.io-s @: struggle
TIE a..enp. 70 destroy he Wes:ern
Federation @: Mixers, q bough defeat
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ar ne Socialisi COveDen,. revealed
ne existence 0: :ar-reaching a1c
uu>c-up1lo-s Conspiracy OF the par: o.
st= r1lipg powers sga-ns. lie orgaciz.
a..o-s q l4oor.
Z ,teir efforts 70 iaze the lives O
.te faithful leaders 0: Ire miners ne
co-sui-a.ors violated ,ae s:a,s avs alc
me federal Constitution Il ua11er
seldom el1a.e6 ever Il COUNTY >
couu.e.ely dominated a. : he Cri.eo
o.z.ss o. he pro5;-seesiug class
re congress Q: ne Cci:ed safe:
ha= <o~1 - cou.eup. for me Interests
Q. Abr - piairl. ard Enthusiastically 3
have he o.1er branches OF me govern
ueu.- Tie legislature for which he
labor orgaciza..ocs have cootiruol-!
p=,i,io1ed Las been rejected. The
sca1. legislation app4reo,ly passed tor
their osr=6: las teen - distorted - %
iujure ,hose xhou !, pretended % help.
Tie working class OF the o..ed
S.a:es ca1ro. exp=c. any r=De6! for
i. ~rooss from the preseu: ruling
class o. from Ire douican: parties. s.
lo1E = snail lumbar OF Individual :
arg permitted - u>s ihe conDoo 70
sources O. ne nations wealth for their
private profit Il competition wiki each
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:eIloEueo, Industrial depress!o-s are
bound 20 occ1r :. certain icter7als.
70 curre-cy reforms o. Other legis.a-
tire measures proposed .! capitalist.
r=tor-er. car avail sgaics: these ta.al
re.u-,s o. : system Of utter acarch! u
production
s. lor- - the wealth production OF
tte COUNTY, : based OF Individual cou'
ue.i..Cc .ae 6=-ce struggles q II.
coupe,..ion Kill Inevitably lead q
combination. AID russ. No AMOUR,
q goTern1er. regulations, or 0. pub
lic..y. @ q restrictive legislation VII
sr-es: ne ra.urz. course Of modern
Industrial Development
50 losE as or courts legislature:
AID exec1:ive offices remain Z ne
hacds Of ire ruling classes All their
sge-.s. our EoverEuen. viii . Used II
ne Interest. Of these classes as agains:
~ ;oi.srs.
Po..tica. parties are blt ,he e1pres-
SECS q ecoccmic class Interests. The
republican. the democratic. ard me So
cz,.ed .-icoepenience" parties. and a.
ua-..es CHER ,c.n me Socialist party,
sre s14oced. directed AID controlled
by re representatives Of di6eren.
group. Of ne ruling class
II .5= nair.enarce Of class govern
ueu. to:h the democratic ard republi-
car parties nave been equally guilty.
TIE republican party has had contro,
O: re 1a,io-a, goverrneu: and has
bean directly ard actively resporslb Die
for these wrongs. Inc democratic,
parry. While saved from direc. respon.
sio:li,y oy is political impotence, has
shoxr Itself equally suhservien: 70 Tie
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