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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-12-28

quent members, the reorganizing of
old locals, the organization of new
ones, and raising of a campaign fund
by voluntary contribution and other
wise for the purpose of carrying or
the same. {
A motion to reduce the represen-
tation in the county local from three
delegates from each rbanch to one
was adopted.
With these changes in the per-
sonal in the cou.lty organization
the socialist party in Ohio county
has placed itself in formidable po :
sition to carry on an aggressive line
of agitation and organization work.
But the comrades in general must
not get into their heads that when
they. have perfected their organiza-
tion all they have to do is to sit down
and wait the commencing of the CO.
operative conn onwealth. Now,
more than ever before must each
comrade who is worthy. the name,
put his shoulder to the wheel. Ali
the committee and county local can
do is to point the way. 1t is to the
rank and file we must look to for
our strength. If We have but ten
comrades in good standing, then,
that measures our strength, if we
have a hundred then we are a hum
dred strong. with thousand. then
a thousand strong, and with twenty
per cent of the voters of Ohio
county organized into compact
cohesive body we woulG- present. a
front to the enemy worthy of his
finest steel.
On the whole the meeting was Il
Srea: success and every comrade
went home with better grip on the
movement and better understand
ing of his duty to the cause. And
from now on Ohio county will be
heard from and we must heartily en-
;er the race with our sister counties,
Kanawha and Harrison for first hon
ors in thc fall election of 1912.
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sOCIaLIsr wuL WIN.

That the socialists will rule the
United States in ten years is the
prediction of Victor l.. Berger, So
cialist congressman from Wisconsin,
in an address before mass meeting
held in the national Rifles Armory
in Washington on December :1St tn.
The only socialist member of
congress declared that the apparent
desire on the part of that body to
abrogate the passport treaty with
Russia was merely for the purpose
of alternating the Hebrew vote. pr
He explained that the recent de-
feat of the socialist party in Los An
geles was due solely to- the McNa-
mara incident, and justified the ac-
tion in defending the dynamfters.
the socialists in THAT they were be-
ileved to be innocent.
Mr.. Berger told his hearers that
the big business interests did not
want war, and .tthey only stopped
playing dollar diplomacy in congress-
occasionally to get few votes..,
They laugh at me up there. he
said. but 1 am the sole representa-
tive of 100000 votes and 10000
900 persons. and none of the rest.
democrat or republican can ssay.
that 80 - =
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HARRISON COUNTY,S
CORRUPT OFFICIALS
MrslStand Before the Bar of Justice

ham, These four later, when there
was nothing else but indictment
staring them in the face, changed
their votes and ratified the work of
the jury, making it unanimous for
indictment.
After the indictments were report
ed to the court the jury was dis
charged. but the. Judge took occasion
to say that while it was customary to
thank the jury he would have it un-
derstood that he was not thanking
them for finding an Indictment or
not finding an Indictment. but for
the service rendered in being atten-
tive to the work that was before
them in attending the sessions. etc.
1t will be recalled that the TcleSra m
and Exponent quoted the judge as
thanking the former jury for its
prompt and efficient service"
Later on Friday morning Sherman
C. Denham and A. A. and ]: G.. Lang
filed bond for $4,000 each for their
appearance at court. which will con-
vene in March. 1912
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II. KIETZER.

The spe grand jury OF the Grim
inal court1tich had been given the
explicit d,E Ito examine the report
OF tho sta tax commissioner in
which tits jim, beyond doubt. that
theft had N committed. found
true bills ainst Sherman c. Den
ham. the rehblican ring leader OF
matehIess .orrupt and diabolical
combination,Hn Hnich gang would not
Hesitate at ylcncc to gain their OBJ
icctivo poIffal point. and A. A.
Lang and hisarother, John G. Lang.
the tools andEassals of the indomit-
able boss. Assinst Denham the jury
found four .sictments. with two
counts each. 4hbezzlemcnt and lar
CEN. while urn the Lang brothers
Was saddled DE responsibility for
eighteen, eounf contained in twelve
indictments. FIR the same offense5
III" noIey Ayolved amounts tc
about seq Gooo. Al
Tic ri Ind july took up its duty
on WedDgfdayI December 13. and
complcteds it's l ,orll on Friday. De-
ccmber 15. in ii AmorninG. The ses-
sions of jTedneA Ay enabled the aud
itors NJ KylA v. w. Stewart and
julius Sd.rr, III Neave Clarksburg
on the evkiinG ed tn for Charleston.
With the last ID of time to these
busy menlL OthB witnesses we're
"zamined n TIT Fday and by the
adjournm9it of ht days sessions.
and it wax aSreeH upon almost to 4
man that Denharf would receive the
samc cons; deratibn when they bal
loted Friday ncrning. The concur
renee of the Jury twas that that was
Going to be- done. However. during
she night the sentiment of several
Jurors Changed. alnd it is said for
the reason that much coersion was
used upon i most prominent member
OF that jurf, bringing into the play
the charge4 now hanging over his
BROTHER. whom he desires to shield.
and for whom was promised the in
Thence OF EDenham and his political
machinery in the clearing mp of these
charges Cu takinS up the ballot of
Friday nlotnilg to indict Denham.
the UNIVERSAL chorul resolved itself
into a bare He favolring indictment.
tustin SMITH who fTas secretary of
the jury. chAhged His mind during
tha night. wfsfle Jalckson Fletc' er
% remaine.i true 10 his first com
y"r.ons as lie had out to do all
though the 1ury: ~. Ferd Rogers
a. Joshua s 9mith, is given out.
n the. mfrch % indicting Den
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THE ANNIVERSARY EDlT1ON

COMRADES: JANUARY
PAPER FOR YEAR OUR ENEMIES PREDICTED
ARGUS" SIMPLE
TO A REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST
LIVE SIX WEEKS WE ARE STILL ENEMIES
TESTIFY NUCIIsaIIvE-
OUT AN
HAVE ASKED THE FOLLOWING NOTED
CONTRIBUTIONS
FIRED d. WARREN WNI MAIII
GEO II NIRKPATIsICI WILSON HAROLD
Frs FROM WEEK TO WEEK
SUBJECT THOSE
LLsiiED ANYWHERE. FOR PsOPAGANDA PURPOSES
MAKING ENTHEAIE HUNDRED.
EDITION. so
WE WILL KNOW HOW MANY TO HAVE, PRINTED. 4
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KELLY AXE co. CUTS WAGES
An Appreciatiue Christmas Gift to
the Wage Slaue.

The Kelly Axe Mfg. Co. gave their
men in the bitdrawing department,
Christmas gift no doubt they will
appreciate, in the form of reduction
in wages. The men in the entire bit
drawing department were cut 10
cents on the hundred. which amounts
to about 80 cents day and The in
dications are that the entire work
ing force of the factory will receive
similar cut. The bitdrawers de
partment of the Kelly Axe Company
faced lockout the first of the pres
ent year and after they had practi-
cally won in the controversy the men
weakened and went back to work on
Mr.. Kelly's terms and conditions.
AT at time it was charged that Kel-
ly hired some of the union men to
scab for $4,000. Doubtless these
same men who betrayed their class
and fellow workers realize now that
they were cheap. AS now Mr.. Kelley
is able to make them pay themselves
By being forced to accept this cut
the wage slave will pay Kelly the
$4,000 back he paid them for their
birthright and $500 a year profit
besides. We are informed that Mr..
Kelly showed the men an axe and
could be produced much cheaper
than he was making axes and in or
der to compete with the company
who were making axes by machine
process he would have to cut the
wages of the men. It matters not to
the Kelly Axe Company If his men
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Whole No. 2s6.

are reduced below the poverty level.
1t matters not to them that a human
LIE is being ground into every so.
many axes. 1t matters not to then, IL
the workers must, deny himself and
his family the necessities of life. His
one aim and ambition Is profit, and
he cares nothing about how he gets
it, He is pitting the Drawn and skill
of his workmen against a machine.
The men have families to provide. for
and must eat and wear clothes. pay
house rent and rest and sleep. The.
machine has no family, no rent to
pay. wears no clothes, nor does it,
need rest nor sleep, but works on and
on and Srumbes not Again we see
the effects of"a capitalistic system.
The machine instead of being a bene-4
fit to the working clsss Is means of
oppression ard exploitation. Tho
socialists offers the only reasonable
and practical solution of the, prob
lem. The workers must. own the ma
chine, then they will not be thrown
out of work by It or have to compete
with it, but the opposite is true, The
burden of the toiling masses will be-
carried by the machine. the work
will be lighter and the .workday
shorter. There is but one remedy.
working class political action.
what the socialists have been unable
to teach you, Mr.. Kelly will drive
you to understand. The; Socialists
will show you the way out and Kelly
will drive you through.
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We note l pit. Hoods Historical
ition OF .. Fayette Journal. he
'tslogueu mo political crooks Of
.yGtte county as we'll as some OF
cssia,5or cxpoliters of this non un-
nj guard ridden disgrace to West
IrEinia. We don't know whether 20
mpathizc with Captain Hood as
hopeless. helpless submissive tool
Fayette county's political boss and
crowned king of slave drivers
m Dixon or to admire his nerve
y way Boss Dixon owns his job
II a,has bought the Captains time
l Jas who ever owns the job owns
man, We are inclined 20 think
II Captain Hood belongs to Sam
Pn soul and body, for the time
Is. This Historical Edition" OF
lain Hoad's would read good to
if on in Alaska or Cape Horn, but
AEc people of Kanawha and Fay
lcountics. especially the work
1,eoplc who know the condition
icxists in this guard ridden and
Icgrsed section it sounds "fishy"
tEatptain not only eulogizes some
lfscrs that are known to be dis
llDle, but he made it good and
-hy trying to put a halo on the
hsat are more suitable fo-
Ii To read Captain Hoods BIZ
O. of Mayor Kelley, of Thur
N nc would think he was an
ifcutive, but when the truth
ot SC is known he measures up
toll of an ideal If reports from
thlion are true. 1t seems that
Arfellcyt and his very efficient
cbpolice,. Mr.. Mont. Black, are
wd cheek and jowl with the
sr. county officials and are fur
niahc poems for the building Of
thSmobile road from Fayette
stato Fayetteville. The editor
of fayette Journal failed to tell
hob Mont. Black was arrestins
hark men and boys for tres
pa aaon the railroad. and taking
tho e Mayor Kelley and hav.
ing |entenced to from 40 to co
y day Qtliin violation Of the law.
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SOCIALISM.

Socialism is friendship. fellowship
comradeship. 1t is the joint owner
ship in rights. duties. privileges i'm
munities. and obligations of the en-
tire human family, children, women
and men. 1t is practice of the doc
trine, Omitted we stand: divided. we
fall" 1t is the application of the
law. In union there is strength.
1t is the meaning of Americas motto
From many. one"
Socialism is the proclamation OF
emancipation to all who labor and
are heavy laden.
Socialism is equity, the evenhanded
Justice that deals impartially by
all.
Socialism is the antidote of hui
man suffering.
Socialism is freedom in its final
analysis.
Socialism is fate and manifest des-
tiny.
Socialism is certain and salvation.
Socialism is the inheritance by
all the children of men of the king
dom of happiness here and now.
Socialism is the religion of hu-
manism.
Socialism is the trinity of love.
justice and truth.
Socialism is the gospel of the
atonement of humanity for mans
inhumanity to man
Socialism is the secand coming OF
1.-The elder brother.'-Capt. w E. P.
T. c y
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SOCIALISM is ON
THE WAY: CAMPBELL

are,,we surprised at the characters
tics of !, others. We are no longer
strangers. What is the connecting
link between all nations and races"
Why there 3strifekin China, India.
Morocco. !. Algeria. Persia. LosaAngeles
Berlin and London? Why are all
these human beings struggling? Why
are all their ideals similar in the
main? Because they have interests
that are identical: they have earth.
ly heavens within common sreach:
they realize that a victory of the pro
ducers in China means step for
ward in Indiana. The world is tied
together. At last is the world Or
ganiZed-ig ghting.
Calls it Socialism.
What is this new international
ism? Nothing more than socialism.
Socialism is the demand of the
workers for more life. for more air.
for cleanliness. health. beauty. love
and joy. Socialism gives concrete
expression to these aspirations So
cialism thrills youth and manhood
with new internationalism and pro-
duces "a ferver even more intense
than was the church ever able to pro-
duce.
This new internationalism7Zs
cialism-is the common ideal of
common people. 1t is coming Moth
ing can stop 1t. The social ,revolu-
ton is on its way. You had bette,
get ready
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A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

the workingman laughs at his mock
heroics. Bryan may below about his
Grown of thorns and cross of gold
until his oily tongue is parched, but
the toiler will not walk into mis-
parlor.' We have cause to rejoice
that these political bunco steerers
can no longer work their con game
on the American workingman. The
toilers have gotten tired of thrash
ing straw. The year of 1912 sees "a
real issue enter the political arena.
1t is an issue that will never be laid
aside until it is solved. Old party
politicians have lodged it for years.
but this year they can not dodge it.
We have forced the intellectual pros
tituteS of capitalism to acknowledge
that they must meet this issue. II
is not tariff issue. silver issue. or
any other fake issue of that nature.
The real issue is. shall the American
toiler be free man?
To be a free man. does not mean
simply TO be free from police inter
ference. 1t means to be free to live
a real human life. 1t means the right
to be free from robbery. It means
freedom from the burdens or wage
slavery. 1t means freedom to work
for the ones we love. not for u par
site class of rich idlers. 1t means
freedom to enjoy the fruits of our
own labor It means freedom to
build home and a hearthstone fit
to house a free man. It means a
manhood without shockles-a man.
hood that knows no master. 1t means
all of this, and more than this. It
means an end to the infamies now
heaped upon the wealth creators of
the nation ;by -
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THE LARGER STRUGGLE OF
TO-DAY

The same. human nature is at
work now as always. The same ever
lasting passion for tyranny and the
same everlasting passion for liberty
still in the same everlasting conflict.
Today the struggles is step higher
than one hundred years before.
Then it was, the right of men as
men to voice. in the management
of that industry we call government
dealers in forts, coinage, courts.
harbors, postage stamps.
Now it is right Of men as men
to voice in any other industry
which has become of supreme social
Importance, for the right of the peo-
pie to be free from taxation without
representation in any business which
has so great a power over US that it
governs us, to have a voice in any in
dustry SO great that those who own
it own us, to a vote in any property
so great that it is government
whether it be the control of the rail-
roads or the lights of cities. or the
supply of the necessaries of life. 1ik e
coal. oil. salt. steel or anything else.
Henry Demarest Lloyd.
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rades, that we have forced them to
\ recognize this issue. Mark Hanna
said that socialism would be the is
sue in 1912. 1912 is here and So
cialism is the issue. Furthermore, it
will remain the issue until 1t tri-
| umphs. Taft said that it is the issue.
The harlot press of the masters has
thrown off the mantel of silence and
\ is preparing to demolish us. A mag
| azine called THE Common Cause
has been started in New York "to
oppose the propaganda of socialism
\ which we believe is Fundamentally
destructive to the best interests of
| the nation and society,"" Among its
! first contributors we find Roosevelt
and Bryan. Thus we see all enemies
of the working class lined up against
us.
So. comrades, let US rejoice at the
| coming of the New Year. The seed
we have sown so painfully in the
past is bringing its .fruitage. Harvest
time is coming. Our cause.-the
cause of all humanity-is finding its
voice. 1t is not voice crying in the
wilderness. Today it's voice is
thunder roll. The tread of the So
cailistS army shakes the earth The
of social revolutionists who are MAX
ing the mountains echo and rc-echo
with the call to battle for freedom.
Our press, NAMED by fearless fight
ers and brilliant thinkers, are hurting
thunder-bolts at the citadel of en-
trenched wrong. The cowardly
thieves who masquerade as "the very
best citizens. and then rob even
childhood of it's joys for the few
pennies they can coin out of their
blood. realize that their doom is
sealed. The nour has struck for a
new deal for the workfngman. The
robbers will fisiIt desperately for
their right to rob. Let us close up
our ranks, comrades. for the political
battle that is now here.
The year 1912 will be memorable
because it will see many things. It'll
will see many cities and counties
join the socialist column. 1t will see
an army of socialists go to out state
legislatures to help make laws. It
Will see at least twenty socialist con-
gressmen go to join Victor Berger.
1t will see the political power of
some states go to the builders of a
better civilization. 1t will see an up
rising of the toilers at the ballot box
IldL Will Seuu IeTrOr-lOyCIle neaTtS Oh
the industrial masters 1t will see
the dawning. of the day when child
hood d.will' no longer be starved. 1t
will see the beginning of the end of
poverty. 1t will see new light shed
into the lives of those who bear the
burdens of the world. 1t will see the
heavy laden take renewed hope tt
will see a rift in the dark cloud of
ca DitaljSm that has SO long. darkened
the, world. 1T will see loosening of
the chains of wage slavery. 1t will
see, two of the great counties of West
Virginia swing into the control of
the workers of the state. 1t will.
see 'Kanawha and Harrison counties
in the control of the socialists. This
is part. comrades, what the year
of 1912 will see. So say to you "A
happy New Year" I know that in
your heart and upon your lips is the
song of victory.
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Complete returns from the elec-
tion for members of Parliament in
Switzerland last month show that
the Socialists increased their seats
from six in the last session of the
national legislative body to Is in the
new Parliament The gain in the
popular vote was $4,000. raising the
total socialist strength in Switzer-
from $4,000 to 100000. This is re-
garded as a remarkable showing
when it is considered that Switzer-
land. despite it's proud boast of being
a democratic country, possesses an
unfair and undemocratic ballot sys-
tenn under which thousands of work
ers are disfranchised.
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7 ;''-E' = > 90 = -
The Rev. II. J. Campbell. pastor of
the City Temple, London. did not
spend two months in America for
naught- The effect is distinct, en-
phatic and staggering-Dr. Camp
bell used slang in his address last
night. Think of it: Here's how it
happened.
; DR.. Campbell was dwelling on the
fact that certain features of the me-
diaeval church. for instance. orphan
asylums. hospitals and other elimosi-
nary institutions. were now in the
hands of society, where they be-
long. When he reached that part of
his discourse, he said, in his most
poetic manner:
Its all to the good" -.
The lecture was delivered in the
main auditorium of Plymouth Con-
Gregational church. Van Buren, and
Oneida streets. Wednesday night.
and was proceeded by banquet in
honor of the distinguished Londoner.
Sees Social Unrest.
"a casual survey of this little
world of. ours shows us three distinct
characteristfcs-the social unrest of
our time: the dawn of new and
vast internationalism and the COM
parative decay of religion said Dr..
Campbell.
ct me dwe1l-on the first That
there is social unrest is now admitted
by our most conservative brothers.
The people are dissatisfied. and by
the people 7 mean those who work
for a living. They are dissatisfied.
They are discontented. And why?
Because the workers are waking up
to realization that they are entitled
to that which they produce: they are
entitled to the world itself. They
realize that they deserve the abund-
ant life. And what is more, they
| are beginning to realize that they
posses the power to do anything they
| may decide upon
Find Glass Struggle.
tAnd SO we find class struggle.
The workers are striking economi-
cally. politically. relisiously. and in
every conceivable manner. They are
striking for the world. They want
the world And they deserve the
world if they can get it. We have
only recently learned that when the
{ workers stop working, we intellect
uals stop eating. When the workers
stop producing we big, brainy, all
knowing philosophers and thinkers
and preachers just simply sit down
| and stop eating.
"And now I wish to turn to the
new internationa1fsm of our day. The
new internationaIism means that the
| world is shrinking. The world -, i z
tr'oi.e mighty plsass; ihe ~ -;
y =
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Lawyers make their living on quar-
rels between nefshbors and crime
Do you think they want s-sxstem d
void of quarrels and cri Rsrss.s Z {
,yers eontrol the nation. =. AesdressX
esies nsifea 70 ON. .ss7ss e I'D f,fff;g a.
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The possibility of merry and
happy Christmas for every man,
woman and child should not be alone
the desire of all. but the demand of
all. ard unit until III this condf asers : ~ y
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-07-07
A Park System For Richmond.

CONNER
a Club for the of the Hawkins good news
feel
is more thanh in it's benefits to he town
Richmond Mr. Richard
Indianapolis Trade
More the leaders OF e oees
which Indianapolis a progressive city
S the of the
children
he a the
of the park
will through the
something better than any city
fashonooked the and
ou have a succeed"
the Hawkins that then there followed
rivera been
bank the
movement preserving
We wish theew world
than American man born
lie has
doing something for the town in
he he the
Of in
in the
thought of the Hawkins improve
Commercial Club Monday night
w ehopet S
Improvement that the cen
be
the beauty of
Whitewater valley in the spring men the summer ana IN the "
of his her heritage
is of this country-The
Abingdon country creek
the Ohohrough
have
you the lime
stone Road
the Whitewater and
it will not be o this a park
anywhere likely to be put in
to t to have a real landscape architect brought in
He e of exac
of this Hawkins
will be a part of such a sch eme