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| tering officer at the place and within "a
hours after the time designated in the
summons shall be taken to be de-
serter and dealt with as prescribed in
the Articles of War of the United States
unless he shall produce sworn certifi-
cate from licensed physician of good
standing that he was physically unable
to appear at the time and place desig-
mated, or unless he shall have fur
nished a substitute as in this act else
where provided.
You and l, men and women of the
working class, know when those dis
Itinguished men of the legislature OF
1909 put the terms war, insurrection
and invasiOns in as occasions fOl
drafting your boy or mine into the
army that they were simply repeating
so much twaddle and for the one pur-
pose of fooling the great mass that
might some day be asked to play at the
game of target. But they were sub
tly getting down to real business when
they put in those other damnable
Terms, tumult, riot, resistance to law
or process or breach of the peace.
They were put there for but one pur
lose, and that is, to provide that lab
cring men may be drafted into military
service to quell any and all labor
troubles. That is the one reason for
which that law was passed. The
trainers of that law knew as we'll as dc
we that they had no idea of any invas
ion and they knew as do all Americans
that no law of drafting would be neces
sary for such an occasion.
But just as truly as we know that all
manhood in America stands always
ready to fight a known foe, just sc
truly do we know that not a drop OF
manhood's blood is offered willingly
to in any way force his fellow man to
endure intolerable conditions.
For that purpose state militia laws
are passed and in this great state OF
Washington is law of which there is
no more contemplate in the statutes
of any state in the nation.
Read the above quoted sections and
if you can find copy of the session
laws of 1909, look at page ABS and read
the entire law; then think.
Now space forbids further discussion
of this or other laws on the statutes
unfavorable to the great working class
but l want you folks to be sure to &c
to the polls on November the fifth and
first vote for the initiative and referen
DUN so that you can repeal such laws
Ivy your own votes and you won't have
to depend on any good man to do II
Tor you. Then vote for the recall sc
that If man mistakes his position for
one of ruler instead of a servant and
thinks the office was given to him fol-
his own use, you can just send him
back home.
Then If you have made up your mind
what party ticket you want to vote
help yourself. But as truly as you
live it is more important to get con
troll of any official in Office than it is to
put the most sanity creature in the
community in a position of authority
over you. The Socialist party has a
system of requiring the undated resig
rations of all the candidates before
their names are placed on the tickets
so we have the most absolute control
of our candidates. Just inquire oil
some of your Socialist friends for some
literature and find out how we'll the
iabOring class can do things If they but
try. If you are convinced vote the
Socialist ticket.
If you are not willing to be drafted
| into active citizenship, voting AND
! thinking for your own interest and the
interests of your children and mine
vote one or the other of the old party
tickets or just 60 home and try to learr
your lesson. For since the cost of liv
ing has gone up 80 per cent in the pas
ten years and wages but 20 per cent
and the grind for an existence is con
stantly getting harder there is no dan
ger but that you will soon see through
the proposition If you don't now.
Yours for democracy, rather thar
violence.
| EMERY C. WILLIAMSON,
Socialist candidate for the state
senate.
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