The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-14
SOCIALISM.

To The Bulletin: The Socialis
movement is represented by part,
that has polled nearly half a million
votes in the United States II has IL
authorized declaration of principles
its platform and program, adopted by
the rank and file of the party il
| which are clearly set forth the aims
and objects of the movement anG
the means whereby these are to be
accomplished. There is no occasion
! for Misunderstanding, here may be
! found the expression of the party il
is certainly curious and noteworthy
| fact that il does not stand for a
single one of the charges that The
| Bulletin editor brings against it,
Why did not the Bulletin editor quote
line from the partys platform? Why
does he ignore every accredited
author or speaker or writer except
one whom he quoted with character
istic cunning to misrepresent? There
the scores if Socialist papers. maya
zines, hundreds OF books and thou
sands of pamphlets written by party
members, Why did You not quote
from them IN support of your un-
founded assumptions and allegations.
Instead you turn purple in the face
with rage and Shrek free love-.
free love" free love" and tell To-
~ IA ha,
room in your paper for discussion
Of the subject. Who started this
fight anyway?
This charge of free love has always
been made against real reform. 1t
was made relative To abolition In
regards to Gorky. the Russian author
the most that can be said of him was
that he was not married according
TO the rites of the Russian church,
but at the time that all the hard
things were said of him he was
legally married to the woman he was
with. Were others judged rs uu-
charitably as Gorky was. there is not
a Protestant in America who is legal
ly Notwithstanding to rite of the
Roman or Russian church
But this isn't all. suppose for the
sake of argument that Socialism
stood for free love. and that a ma
jorlty should vote for it (Under Sc.
cialism there would have to be
referendum initiated and put to whole
party membership to vote on Now,
/ want to ask you right here would
YOU vote for such a thing? But. to
continue my argument. How do you
suppose that il could be enforced
Could YOU be made TO abandon your
wife and take up with an affinity
Socialists are not big enough fools
to make such attempts. The very.
insinuation that Socialists would
make such attemIss are absolutely
silly and ought to fall TO the ground
of itself
How in the world can the giving of
power to the people, TO rule industry
and their own lives. which is the
sole and only thing that Socialism
cause you to do something
that YOU would not want to do? Come
be reasonable thing il out.
f. MORTON YALE
Cairo, July IS, 1909.
Kari Marx and an encyclopaedia
were suggested TO The Bulletin by
the state organizer of the Socialist
party, as authority for Socia.istic
teachings and purposes, Eugene V
Debs is the recognized Socialist
leader and spokesman Of the party in
the United States, 1t is a great fall
from these authorities to the party
platform, Party platforms are made
to catch votes and the Socialist plat
form Is no exception to the rule. Men
of ordinary common sense can not
overlook. nor miscOnstrue, its dis
Greet silence upon a thing which is
proclaimed to be the partys purpose
writes WIS W. IL uupuJriCK VI Ds II
forth, Ne. Although past 20 she
seems really to be growing young
again. She suffered untold misery
from dyspepsia for 20 years. At last
she could neither eat, drink nor sleep.
Doctors gave her UP and all remedies
tai>.>-.' -i-. - I2itters w0rlse
states that De was told that The Bul
letin had no more room for discus
sion of the subject he states what IS
untrue, as patient reader
of the paper must know However
for the sake OF those patient readers.
and since the controversy seems to
have gone beyond the point where il
can be of any instructive valre, it shall
end here-Ed. The Bulletin.