Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-05-23
SQUARE DEAL WANTED

Mrs. GrundF, Felix" aud the dem.
ocratic party of Grundy county begin
their wal on social democracy bY false
ing them "-greeBy, - ''scrub.'and ''ra-
zor backs, and arrOgating TO them
sely $ fine Jersey and Berkshire blood
We had hOf ed that the old sore would
not be pricks6 in the coming cam
paign. aud the hatred ana bitterness
of the past wonld not be resurrected,
but il seems. Felix" one of Mrs.
Grundy's disciples, couldn't trump up
anything against social democracy,
only that the miners undertook to put
in Practice what he ~pleases to term a
false theory of equality, while the I'M.
ION was in existence here at Tracy
City. The union was right and did
the night thing when it adopted the
ten car system 1t vas an act of JUS
tlce between man and man. and Mrs.
Grundy, Felix ami the democratic par
ty cannot refute the idea, and was in
perfect harmony, and the Declaration
of our American Independence as well
as the bill of rights attached thereto.
Social democracy and our self-Te-
speeding miners stand for equal rights
to all and special privileges to none.
Felix and his gang have undOuht-
eddy lived of the sweat and toll of
Others and now our miners are begin
ming to think and act for themselves.
Mrs. Grundy, Felix" and the REM
nant of the democratic party call
them ''greenies, scrubs and ''ra-
zor backs and not to be compared
with the improved order of Jerseys
and Berkshires that infest Tracy City.
and Grundy County. 1t is all right
for them to dictate what shall and
shall not be, hut when labor begins to.
think aud act for itself they consider
it all wrong aud lies are told and pub
llShea a ten year old boy would have
more sense than TO utter, let alone
publish. Why, they even charge sos
cial democracy would cut the wages of
the school teachers. Any man with a.
t%himbleful of sense ought to know
sucn a report is a lie.
Socialism believe in economy. and
not wastefuluess, and as such hopes,
If successful, to increase the. school
terms to s months if possible without
putting the teachers on starvation sal
aries. We want the people to get the
benefit of their money, and we want,
II successful, to give the patrons of
the school a chance to get the teachers
of their choice. We believe the people
are as competant to select their teach
ers as the school boards are. Social
ism does not propose to usurp any of
the rights and privileges Of the people
on any question or problem that on
Germs them. OF course this kind of a
way of doing business won't suit Mrs,
Grundy, ''Felix' and the democratic
party. They have no regard for the
wishes of the laboring class and never
have had, and fostered chatteli slavery
as long as it could and will do the
same for wage slavery. Such is the
democratic party.
We bold the balance of power in this
f1oterial district and can name and
will name the representative and may
it into our heads to do some in
the upper house. Wait and see that
the people who fight us will not be
killed by any socialist. Well noanin-
ate Saturday night, and then the fur
will fly. The republicans are not fight
ing us although the chairman of the
democratic executive committee has
tried to get them to fuss but failed.
They acted wisely one time. Stand by
your guns, boys, and keep your pow.
der dry. SOCIALIST.