The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-28

nomic mastery as they are also in
their control of the political machin-
cry. Their money and their mercen-
aries controlled the republican con-
vention at Chicago. wrote its platform
and dictated its nominees. and the
| same is true of the democratic con-
vention at Baltimore.
LAS for the so-called progressive
convention, 1t is sufficient to say that
there Is no attempt to conceal the fact
that IT was financed and controlled by
three conspicuous representatives of
plutocracy, which largely owns and
| rules the land
The republican. democratic and
progressive conventions We're com
posed In the main and controlled en-
tirely by professional politicians in
the service of the ruling class.
No Working Men Delegates.
There We're no working men and
| no working women at the republican
convention, the democratic conven-
ton. or the progressive convention.
These were clearly not working
class conventions. Ladies and gentle
men of leisure were In attendance at
them all. Wage slaves would not
have been tolerated in their COM
pany.
But there was fourth convention
held this year which did not attract
the wealthy and leisure classes. 1t
was convention great in purpose
though not biz in numbers. This con-
vention was held at indianapolis and
represented the working class. The
delegates who composed this conven-
paid by the workers to represent the
class interest of the workers and to
clear the way for the workers in the
present campaign.
THE socialist convention was the
only democratic convention and the
only progressive convention held this
year, the only convention that repre-
sented the duepaying party mem
bers and whose acts before becoming
effective must be ratified by the refer
endum vote of the party.
The socialist party is the only party
| in this campaign that stands against
| the present system and for the rule
of the people. the only party that
boldly avows itself party of the
working class and its purposes is to
, overthrow the drudgery of the wage
! slave
so long as the present system of
capitalism prevails and the few are
allowed to own the nations indus
tries the toiling masses will be strug-
are today.
ITO tel! them that Juggling with
the tariff will change this heastly and
diseraceful condition is to insult their
| intelligence. The professional poll
ticians who have been harping upon
this string since infant industries
have become giant monopolies know
better Their stock in trade is the
credulity of the masses
Inc exploited wage slaves of free
trade England and of the highly pro-
tected United States are the victims
of the same capitalism; in England
the politicians tell them they are suf-
tive tariff and in the United States
they tell them that the tariff is the
cause of their poverty
| And this is the kind of confidence
game the professional politicians have
been playing with the workers of all
nations all these years. To keep
them in subiection by PLAYING upon
erns their campaigns for votes among
the workers. The issues upon which
| they keep the workers divided into
hostile camps are of their own max
ing.
The socialist party is absolutely
the only party which faces conditions
as they are and declares unhesitating-
lv that has definite and concrete
Plan and program for dealing with
them.
The socialist party is the party
'.f the exploited workers in the mills
and mines. on the railways and on
the, farms, the workers of both sexes
and all races and colors and the
working class in n word constituting
great majority of the people and
in fact tho people demands that the
nations Industries shall be taken over
by the nation and that the natlons
workers shall operate them for the
profit of the whole people.
Private ownership and competition
have had their day The socialist
party stands for social ownership and
cooperation. The one is capitalism:
the other socialism. The one indus
trial despotism. the other industrial
democracy.
The republican. the democratic and
the progressive parties believe in regli-
latins the trusts. The socialist party
believes in owning them so all will
get the benefit of them instead of
few being made plutocratic and the
masses Impoverished.