The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-05-04
The Fourth Party
THE FOURTH PARTY

November.
The two OLD parties are so through
ly dlscrclited that something to catcl
catch that well-meaning element tina,
always wants to vote for the right
. The politicians and their masters
fear that the Socialists, who are
showing great strength, Will get this
element if it cannot be given some.
thing little ''purer" than the or.
dinary 'roly-poly" of street politics
So it is proposed to form anothe,
party which is to stand for 'proges.
sive ideas and "clean politics. In
fact this parry has already been or
ganized and is now being coached
with the ardor of paid enthusiasm
and the adroitness of practical poll
ticians.
Brand-new Insurgent Senator
Work, painting to save his country
i'll speech in the senate gave warn
ing to Democrats and Republicans
that If they did not; come through
on tho initiative and referendum
their old parties were doomed and Il
new party would rise to voice the
supreme Will of the people.
Candidates are being groomed for
high position in the official roster Of
the reform party.
Among them are Roosevelt. Bryan,
La Toilette, Owen. Bristow. Wilson,
| HCch. Bourne, ct al.
| The reform press is being care
fully inspired to judiciously and
persistcntly keep these men and their
ideas before the people.
And what are these ideas? Not
a single one that has not been en-
| bodied in the platform of both old
tL
initiative and referendum.
Now. why this sudden ardor for
the initiative and referendum? Is
it reasonable to suppose that the men
| named and other members of this
NEW party equally we'll informed
lust lately seen the great importance
OF having the people express their
Will directly =.
Were they ignorant of this great
principle until this year of grace?
No; they knew all about it. but
were against it.
They still are against it as Il class,
but they must pretend to favor it in
order to check the Socialist advance
Ihe Socialist party is based upon
the initiative and referendum and
has been enlightening the people on
the subject.
favor of it. and if they cannot vote
fer it in their own party they may
| turn to the Socialists, anti once be-
ing there. they may see the cap
italistic cat and be forever lost to
! ca apitalism.
Therefore it has become necessary
to perform the time-honorcd stunt of
| fooling the people by Offering them
in innocnous doses what they want.
| The reform party will have a
| good platform and good men for
candidates, and the big interests. i.
e., capitalism hopes to catch enough
suckers to put in one of the other
wing of the Demopublican party
DRAINS AGAINST DOLLARS.
Well. we'll. will wonders never
cease.
Here the newspapers are publish
ing the story that within the next
tWeVc months new political party
VIII be organized by the American
federatiOn of Labor and Theodore
| Roosevelt. Its purpose will be
primarily self-protection against the
steadily increasing strength of So
lcialism."
Now. isn't that nicco And SO ap-
propriate. too. Roosevelt is Just the
man for the job.
Theodore Roosevelt. that sterling
tribune OF the people,: Colonel
Roosevelt. the ''practial man: Theo-
dore the Great. Founder of Ananias
Club. Ruler of the Universe Buster
of Trusts. and Denouncer of Labor
and Labor Unions.
Surely this man. who. while Presi-
dent used his powerful influence tc
railroad three Western labor lead
ers to the gallows. is the fit man tc
lead labor against labor on the DO.
litical field.
Here is another treat. Read the
following modest news item:
'LONDON.-Almer Hugh Paget
t who married Pauline. the daughter
of the late William c. Whitney. o:
New York. has contributed $1,000 tt
the fund of 100000 which the Anti
; Socialist Union of Great Britain /.
: raising to fight Socialism in respons,
: to an offer of contrib ibution of $1,000
by one party in case nine others con
tributed a similar amount before tn.
end of April.
'Paget is the fourth contributor
BY jove. That's Just ripping
= dontcherknown. So deucedly clever
l so-Oh- well. what's the use Word
y fail us-anG stimulants have to b.
9 administered.
, Such news stories cause children t,
lfal1 tho faucp aud ca,,J ola Mo,