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The Washington times., 1910-04-17
STUDY OF SEIDEL.

WE have now cleared the foreground
w for an intimate study OF the man
who enjoys the unique distinction OF
being the first Socialist mayor OF an i'm
portaut city Of the United States
city with a population OF 10000 souls,
chiefly Of foreign birth or extraction
When The Times representative first
sought him. Il was learned that he had
slipped out Of the city and gone into
secIusiou, after the strenuous campaign
through which he had passed He had
cut the wires, and his most intimate
friends did not know his whereabouts.
Il developed later that he was pick
ing Wild flowers, building miniature
miUdams, sleeping out Of doors, wrap
ped in a blanket. and in short Just
playing the boy again" with all OF a
BOYS youthful ardor, on his brothers
farm near ShebOygan, not far from
Lake Michigan. IN the upper part Of
the State
His choice OF recreation was typical,
for he has the heart Of & boy. with a
merry spirit which breaks through
even his most serious expOsitions Of
socialism. There are burrows in his
forehead. bat there are wrinkles be
hind his eyes.
The Tines representative found
him. on his return. seated in his little
Office at his home, 1154 Twentieth
street It Is a modest home in q mod
est section OF the city Mr.. Seidel Is a
stove designer by trade, and around
him were spread the implements OF
his calling, such as ne might require
st home His pencils and paint
brushes lay on the table A tabloid
sort Of typewriter was on the inside
window sill
The book shelves contained q small
library, in which the works Of Karl
Marx jOstIed those Of Goethe, Schiller.
Heine, and Tom Paine There was q
note OF pathos IN his simple, direct
statement that he had never yet been
able TO buy an adequate edition Of
Shakespeare, although he loved him
very much In another bookcase were
a number Of modern works on social
ism on the walls hung crayon por-
traits. enlarged from photographs.
end few other pictures which fndi-
Gated a love for art which had been
imperfectIy developed, but was deep
and sincere Between his desk and
his bookcase stood a bronzed plaster
cast OF himself, which he had done
while an apprentice in Germany. It
was executed in manner highly
creditable- In short, 1t was the sort
Of room where a workfngman with
fine tastes and sensibilities would i'm
prove the odd hours by following his
trade at home. but with many a side
long. yearning glance at the intel
lectUal feast denied him except in
hours yet more odd and rarer.
The Washington times., 1910-04-17

municipal experiment Of the present
century
VIII the red lights which are 70
welcome Emil SeideI as the Socialist
mayor OF Milwaukee, surrounded by
Socialists in every city Office, and
supported by twenty-One Of the
thirty-five aldermen who compose
the city council, symbolic the peace
full equality and fraternity which
Socialists say to the general public
is the meaning Of the red flag, or viii
they stand for that ultimate appeal
70 force and disorder which Demo
Gratis and Republicans, during the
recent campaign, declared il repre-
scented and encouraged
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THE SIGNIFICANCE.

WITH this glance at the Iocar situa-
ton. and the immediate purpose OF
the Socialists. we may revert % the
broader significance Of the Socialist vic
tory. Victor L Berger. one Of the ed
itOrs OF the SoCfaI-DemOCrati Herald.
Of which Frederic Heath is the editor
IN chief. Is a man OF dynamic force and
is STEPPED in German socialism he was
born In Pennsylvania, but came TO
America at an early age He was first
a single-taxer, but he felt that the sys-
TEN established by Henry George was
destructive rather than constructive as
a whole, and he finally embraced So
cialism- He IS a ready and forcefuI
speaker, and Tor more than half Of the
thirty-twO years he has spent in Nil
wau}1ee ne has been devoted 10 the
Socialist propaganda. He does not hest
tate 20 recall that during the campaign
he was held up as the devil behind the
amiabIe mask OF Seidel- II was he who
converted Eugene Y. Debs to Socialism
from the old line Democracy back In
1893, and he has been active IL the party
councils Of every national Socialist or
ganizati0n for many years. He over
flows with vitality, and has a quick,
nervous manner IN the warmth OF his
speeches ne probably goes further than
he intends. Whether this is true or
not may become important hereafter.
for the evidence goes TO show that the
''bIood-Iust speeches" with which he
was charged in the recent campaign
were something more than inventions
OF the enemy
In conversation with the representa-
tive Of The Times, ne declared. when
his attention was called 70 certain
statements made by the Republican can
didate to the effect that he (Berger) ad-
vocated bullets behind the ballots. -
that the charge vas made out Of the
whole cloth"
The Washington times., 1910-04-17

! and management OF ali public service
I enterprises as far and as fast as the
state laws viii allow We demand that
( the city be given the power to take over
and manage such public industries as
are now in private hands, by getting
/ permission 70 raise the bond limit and
3 by issuing bonds secured on the proper
E ties which thus VII shortly more than
pay for themselves. We also want the
; city 20 inaugurate such new enterprises
I as the citizens. by a majority referen-
! dun vote, may approve"
Plans for
Municipal Docks.
The party then pledged itself, so far
as the laws would permit. 10 carry
out 8 number Of details IN the policy
Of coIlectivisuA formulated as a de-
msnd. II was declared that the city
shan establish and maintain the own
ership OF land Con Jones island) for
the purpose OF constructing and main
tanning municipal docks. and for mu-
nlcipal railway terminal, traekage.
and belt line.
It demanded that the city erect.
maintain. and manage public
slaughter house. with four public
markets and four municipal storage
HOUSES N orOer 70 enlarge the fuuC-
ton OF the municipality and 70 lower
trust prices as far as that can be done
locally"
It demanded that the city abolish
the contract system and maintain q.
public works department. which shah
directly perform the necessary work
OF the city-its building. plumbing
grading, paving, etc.-at an eight
hour work day and AT q fair union
wage"
It demanded that "the CITY shall pro-
vide for its unemployed citizens" To
this end. and in the interest OF all the
people II was proposed that the city
should operate a municipal quarry. to
supply crushed stone establish a rnu-
nicipal coal and wood yard. and a mu-
niciPal ice plant. and sell wood. coal
and ice at cost
It demanded that the city should
provide at least four municipal hos
pitals, free from every faint OF char
ity, including a maternity and tu-
berculOsis hospital, and a free medical
/ dispensary. which should be kept open
on Sunday
II demanded that plumbing and sew
erage be done in all dwellings by the
city at cost, the same 70 be paid for
In monthly tnstellments, and that pub
lie comfort stations be stablished.
such as are found IN modern Euro
pean cities"
The Washington times., 1910-04-17
Woman Gets
TwenfV Voters.

These sidelghts upon SeideI and. Der
ser may ne permitted 10 speak for
themselves as Illustrating the future
significance Of the Socialist victory
They VIII help US to determine whether
this IS merely the triumph OF A local
reform movement or the frst captured
The Washington times., 1910-04-17

plot Of ground IN the rear OF the house,
which in reality opens on q back street
OF some size, IS filed with trees and
flowers, which viii soon be IN bloom
The Rose of Sharon IS there, and the
Towering almond. ready 10 burst into
blossom Two young lindens. growing
on the edge OF the pavement. remind
him Of the FatherIand The home
loving Socialist has built. In the back
yard there. a unique playhouse for little
Viola, the only child. But Viola IS tHfr-
teen now and her interest II the out
come Of the election would Indicate that
she would soon outgrow plsyhouses.
Mrs SeiGeI moved about the home
busy with her household duties-from
which she was called every moment 70
answer the importunate jingle OF the
telephone. She was dressed in q simple
giBgham. and locked the part OF The
scrupulOus hausfrau who IS PANIED 10
see so many muddy footprints on her
floors Little Viola was at school. but
there were many evidences Of her child
hood Tastes ebout the place. No woman
IN All the land could be prouder OF the
success which has come 10 her husband
than Is Mrs seidel. She proudly recalls
that IT was IN the back yard OF their
little home that the first Socialist meet
Ing IN Milwaukee was held a number Of
years ago, and that the torchIiEht pro
cession with which II terminated de-
pleted her kerosene can.
Time has written some wrinkles on
her brow, but It has also taught her
philosophy.
Help my husbaud7'' she said, IN echo
OF such suggestion NO. 7 have only
let him alone 7 have never worried
Mt. 6eidel. have never complained
no matter how late he stayed away. OF
how many nights he went down town
for knew he was doing something
good-something 70 be proud OF"
The Washington times., 1910-04-17
Love Of Nature
Always Is Manifest.

Across the hall the "parior" stood
open, revealing a tapestry representing
harvest scene. which he bought at the
Worlds Fair at St. Louis It was
fanked by landscape paintings which he
himself had executed, although not with
the sure hand OF the master BY the
parior window grew a rubber :, ant and
a number Of potted flowers His love Of
nature is always manifest The little
The Washington times., 1910-04-17
Other Places
Secured by Socialists.

It may be mentioned incidentally that
the Socialists captured the board Of
county. supervisors and two civil judges,
but Il Is Of greater interest to analyze
the city council according 10 the Occu-
patiOns OF it's members Here We find
that eighteen OF the new members rep
resent trades which require physical ex-
ertiOn. and that all but two Of these are
Social Democrats They include four
TnRChinists, three painters, three print
ers, and two carpenters Victor L
Berger. the masterful figure IN ATilwau-
kee Socialism. whom we shall hear
more hereafter, was one OF the sue
cessfuI aIdeTmen-Rt-large and Emil
Seidel retires from council, where he
has sat many years, on the day he takes
up his duties as mayor Of the city
Let US consider the articles Of faith
with which the Socialists went before
the people Il sounds trite enough to
say that the keynote was the trusts, but
the Socialists had a way Of bringing It
home In the preamble to their plat
form they declared that the trusts were
q local issue, since there were. local mo-
n0polies IN such necessayies OF life as
ice and coal, while the electric light and
gas plants and the street car company
were all part Of the North American
Securities Company. Il must be borne
IN mind that. according 10 the Socialist
philosophy, the trusts are inevitable.
but that the collective people, as ma
ton, state or city. should own and op-
crate the trusts The Socialist candi-
dates and their newspaper organize
Social Democratic HeraId-weut out az
ter the street car company with scath-
ing viEor. characterizing Il as "the sar-
dine-packinE industry
The Washington times., 1910-04-17

with the bond limit raised. they can is
sue and sell enough bonds 70 iake over
the public utilities OF the city.
The Washington times., 1910-04-17
Wants to Teach
Rising Generation.

my vile and I were no longer
young We were thirty years old. We
didn't know what was the matter with
the boy at the time and that far
away look came into his eyes. with
Just a hint OF tears. "but we after
ward learned that he died of over
feeding. We were ignorant he said.
with deep emphasis who was TO
blame7-'
And then he explained that a part
OF his dream Of usefulness is 10 teach
(Cor+fn,7e.5 or, D-;v4E, p,
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Most Vital
Question of Hour.

vital questions Of the hour in the United
states today. and II is 70 furnish data
from which satisfactory conclusions
may be drawn. and at the same time 10
present an intimate study OF Mayor
elect Emil Seidel, that a representative
OF The Times went 70 this the first i'm
portaut redoubt captured by socialism IN
America.
Let Us get the dry but essential fig
ures out OF the way al once. and
write II down that the vote for SeideI,
the successful Socialist. was 1852:
that for VincenZ J SchOeneCkeT. heir
apparent to the Democratic regime OF
Mayor David : Rose, 2O.513. and that
for Dr.. John NJ Befel, the Republican
candidate, 1889, whereby the Social
ist received a plurality Of L109. which
exceeds the record plurality by which
Mayor Rose was elected the first time
he ran
Let It be recorded that the Socialists
also elected the comptroller. the city
attorney, and the city treasurer-the
latter position having been flied Tor
many years by the Democratic aspir-
ant who has just been defeated for
the mayOraIty-
There are i've holdover aldermen at
large. all OF whom are Democrats, but
as result Of the Socialist clean sweep,
so far as there were any vacancies, the
complexion OF the One-chamber council,
whose members are known as alder
men, viii be as follows:
The Washington times., 1910-04-17
Something Mystic
In Mans Personality.

There IS something OF the mystic
about him He confesses that as a boy
he was very much Of q. dreamer. and al
ten years OF age wrote verses which he
fondIy believed were poetry he has the
philosophy OF the collective school Of
thought at his fingers ends, and with
it is ready TO illustrate every incident
that arises. He Is a man of literary
tastes. without ever having had the op-
portunity 90 crafty them as deeply as
he wished
There IS no sham, no pose about him,
and he has a way Of puncturing them IN
The Washington times., 1910-04-17
Says Country
Is Corporauon-ridden.

knowing the interest which the whole
country feels in the Milwaukee situa-
ton and the apprehension which exists
in the popular mind, in some quarters
at least, the representative Of The Times
asked Mr. SeideI to give out a signed
statement in reply to two direct, lead
ing questions, and he did so. He was
asked first:
What viii your administration do
which the general public will regard as
revolutionary"
He dictated the following reply:
The country at large Is corporation
ridden All legislation administration
and Judicial construction have mainly
tended TO place the rights Of vested in
terests above the rights Of man. We
propose TO DO just the other hing. Leg
islatiOn should be directed first TO pro-
tect the man in his life, liberty. and pur-
tionary. make the most Of it: but in
fact il IS only a return to the principles
contained in the Declaration Of hide
pendenCe
What about the bullets behind the
ballots2" he was asked next
Z do not believe that the problems of
the day can be solved on the barri-
CadeS- with stones and gatIing-z1ns 7
believe IN evolution as being the true
revolution. One live Socialist can do
more 10 curb the special interests than
hundred thousand dead ones The
problem that cOnfTOntS our nation TO-DAY
IS to give to the greatest portion of IFS
people their just share of what society
produces The factors We have are A
rich country large Industrial enter
prises and a willing working population
With these factors let US solve the rrob
lem Destroying. or even inaoa frinc a.
one Of these factors would be absolute
insanity compllcating the problem and
defeating the end in view.
EMIL SEIDEI,"
The Washington times., 1910-04-17
Wears HouOTs
Light As Flower

The center Of interest and activity in
the little home. however, was, OF course.
the rnayo~-eIect- He wears his new
honoTs as lightly as a flower. He Is
democratic TO the core. No man could
feel I'll at ease in his presence, unless he
had done him a wrong Surely he
must have his impulses well under con
troll, for. although the telephone rang
almost every moment during the two
hours in which he talked with the rep
resentatfve Of The Times. no word Of
Impotence escaped him And yet there
was something quick and decisive which
carried the impression Of hnality with
his answers
To one voice at the other end Of the
wire he said:
Let US understand one another. You
owe me nothing. and I owe you nothing
1 shall consider only what Is for the
best But am anxious TO see you and
talk over the matter with you"
He Is low Of statue, but well-pTOpor-
toned. with a mass Of hair cOU1bed back
from his forehead The color. which
forty-fve years have not tinged with
gray, must have won for him the name
OF .'sorrel-top'' II the boys II his school
were as irrsverent in their homely &C
clIracy Of description as they usually
are. There IS a piercing look in his
deep gray eyes when he looks at one
through his glasses and the little fur
rows come between his eyebrows
When absorbed in conversation he has
q tense way Of holding his hand. half
closed, before his face, as If ne were
looking in the palm for some occult
sign. and g far-aWay look comes into
his earnest eyes. as 81 he were seeking
to put into words the feelings and senti-
nlents for which no words are ever
found. He speaks with an easy duency,
but with an occasional lapse in pro
nunciation, which indicates that lack Of
q rounded education which he never
ceases to s5epIore
The Washington times., 1910-04-17
PATTERN MAKER RULES.

II HE patternmaker who designed the
stoves used in all the Milwaukee
cars has been chosen the executive head
OF the city itself after campaign IN
which 3-cent fares and seat for every
PASSENGER were leading issues VIII his
larger vision. IN which he looked toward
the municipal ownership OF the street
car system. be realized2 The apprentice
boy who went supperless frOm work TO
night school for six years in Berlin has
been chosen mayor Of Milwaukee BY
the largest plurality in the city's history
on a platform that demands that col
lectivism. under the name OF a city
government. shall provide poor school
children with at least one warm meal a
day.
VIII the one meal become three2 was
socialism placed in power because Mayor
Davis s Rose persisted in going on
lecture tours and negIecting the duties
OF his 5000 office, OF because Victor L.
Berger's twenty-year propaganda OF
German socialism has carried abiding
conviction to a majority OF Milwaukee,
population?
And having grasped the reins Of
power. VIII socialism, exulting IN its
Milwaukee success. proceed by evolution
or revolution Is IL a local victory
or an international triumph?
The Washington times., 1910-04-17

Continued on Ninth PaEe9
The Washington times., 1910-04-17
SOCIALIST OPPORTUNITY WORTH
STATES ORGANLZA7
PLATFORM URGES HOME
FOR WANDERING WILLIES"
ity' Another Project New Executive Will Attempt
to Carry Through.

Continued from First Pags)
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS
Cotton Narket

NEW YORK. Sept. He F. Hutton's wire
says: There was more or less bear pressure
based on the unfayo-able dry goods situation.
ana the prospect for much heavier movement
next week as private advices stated tbat
farmers were willing To sell freely at these
prices Chief buyers We're local traders who
went short Of the market lase yesterday and did
not care 10 remain Sunday
Z air weather IS promised for the belt over
Sunday. The weeks statistics were buIlish in
every detail, and as IL Is too early to make
predictions far into the future the only logical
thlng Tor the market 10 do is 20 accept fhe
weekend figures at their face value and 10 re-
member that this is only straw showing the
direction in which the wind Is blowing
Notwithstanding the fact that MANY mills
are still idle. there exists today much more
urgent demand for prompt SHIPMENT than nx-
lsted at this date one year ago as Shown bv
TIE movement at Interior towns While re-
ceipts were smaller than last year. shipments
We're larger by good margin. Exports also
snow an increase over the previous wear TINS
far 235,5a3 sgainst 222 PIG bales. '''''a
The Liverpool stock is less than 200 Ooa
bales bales and ne gravity Of the situation Is re.
hected in the strength of the spot positton
which is being maintained around the S pence
Spot closed quiet MiddIing nplands. 13 ooc
middling gulf. IA 15c Sales. o. 2S7 bales
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18
Eastern livestock Market

CHICAGO, Sept 17.-Cattle-R Receipts. 1000.
Market slow. Beeves, 81. .sods 81: Texas steers.
SSI5d6; western steers 81 -25G7; stockers and
feeders, $4.25M6l0: cows and heifers, $2.25@
$40; calves, S6.75d975.
Hogs-Reeeipts. 5000 Market SC MP. Light.
ass; rough. SIS. 35ds co: good to choice heavy,
$S6o49.55; pigs, $s.50G9Go; bulk of sales,
IS T0d9.I5.
sheep-Receipts, 1000. Market steady Ma
tive, $2.T5M4.65; western, 3.25@4. co; year
lings S4.T5d5S0; lambs, native, So al. % I;
do western, $5.50d7.25.
KANSAS CITY
KANSAS CITY. Sept. T.-Cattle-Reeeipts.
1000. Market steady. Native steers, S56S;
and feeders. S3-25do.T5; bulls. SS.40@4. %;
calves, S4@s; western steers, $4.50G 30; west
ern cows. s.. .S0@5
Hogs-Receipts 1.5O0. Market strong to sc
higher. Bulk of sales. 50. .2019. 50; heavy, s96
$50: packers and butchers, $9.20@9.55; light,
s.. 9.4OG9.60.
sheep-Receipts. 500 Market steady Nut
tons S404.60 lambs. s6.25d7l0; fed wethers
and yeaTIings S4@5.50; fed western ewes,
SOUTH OMAHA
SOUTH OMAHA. Sept. 7.-Cattle-Receipts,
1000. Market unchanged. Narive steers. 81 80
G7.s0; cows aud heifers. S3d5.75: western
steers. s3-50d6.75; range cows and heifers,
S2s0@4.T0; Gamers. s.. T5Gfi.50; stockers and
feeders. s3@625; calves, $3.50@T.25i bulls,
stays. etc. S3M5.
Hogs Receipts. 500. Market steady. to &c
higher. Heavy: SIS. 7o@9 -; mixed. $s-9oGs:
sist iigst IS saso9so' sS@e pigs Ss2S925 bulk Of
Sheep-Receipts. 100 Market steady Year
lings. s46Jd5.50: wethers. Sc. 3.9064 10: ewes.
S3.5064 4 10; lambs S6.40d6.90.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18
General Mrrchandi,e

Bags-Grsin bags, 5% G5hc; San Quentin
bags. 51tc; wool bags, p &c for = 10 and 29hc
Tor lbi fleece twlne, T1ac per ID.
Coal-PennsylTania anthracite egg. SIC per
ton; Wellington. So; New Wellington. 50; Coos
bay. 81; Australian house-Richmond err. 81 .
Pelaw Main, So; Stanford Richmond SO; Cum.
berland, SIS IN bulk and S16-50 IN sacks; Welsh
snLhracite, SO; coke. SIC per ton in bulk and
ol-Quotstion5 are for barrels Linseed. 81 10
per gallon for boiled and SLY for raw
cases oc mores castor oil in cases. No /
&c; Bakers A SLI7dI,l9; China nut cases
s5tsc Tor Xxx, T7k nsic for No. ! and 75M
set2e Tor No >. according to quantity; extra
Neached winter sperm Oil. Soc: natural winter
sperm Oh, Soc; natural whale oil. soc; pure lard
Oh :. EinteE strained lard oil. 90c pure
ring on SOC: salmon Oil. soc; boiled nsh on Soc;
psint OIL z5c ~ 49,
Coal Oil, Gasoline etc.-water white iror
carreis OF drums &c; I50 degree oil iron barrels
Or drums, l01ae. special do lie: pearl oil in
cases. l6c; astral l6c: star lee: extra sfar iee.
Elaine, - nc; eOcene. l9c; red crown and n,ofos
gasoAne, IN bulk l7c, In 24c; engine distfl.
late, N drums nc, cases &c more; S6 degree
gasoline, IN bulk soc. in cases 3TlLc. var5fsb
makers, and painters nsphths, in bulk. I5c- In
eases 225kc. 49, :"
TurpentiDe-e5c per gallon in cases and ssc in
bulk. drums and iron barrels
kosln-ls higher Z. $40; F. S9.z5: q,
Slo-S5; VIC. Sl0.50; WV. sl0.95 per barrel Of
= Red and White Lead-Red. slz asc; white.
81 q sec per ID.
Prices have been marked down 10 points
The Western sugar refining company quotes As
follows. terms net cash. STANDARD nne granrl.
lated. 5-a5c; standard coarse grenuiafed 555c:
fruit gram ted. 555c: cut loaf. In barrels only
7.55e; r. / L crystal doiainOs. ID cartons IN