The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-04-04

Oreille county was held at Cusick Sat
urday afternoon, for the purpose Of
organizing county local affiliated with
the state organization. H. C. Leeck,
of Cusick, was chosen as secretary and
authorized to take up the matter of af-
filiating with the state organization. A
second meeting is called to be held at
Cusick on the first Saturday in June, at
which time the organization will be
perfected:
The following declaration of princi-
pies was adopted at the meeting of last
Saturday:
. We, the Socialists of Pend Oreille
county, Washington, in convention as
sembled, reafirm our allegiance to the
National Socialist party, it's principles
and propaganda.
The Socialist party, being composed
of the actual producers of the nation,
and depending upon them for it's sole
source of revenue, is unalloyed by capt.
talistic influence, corruption and dom
! nation, and thus free to advocate such
principles as are to the interest of the
producing class. Whether these pro-
ducers be independent workers, such as
farmers, small merchants, ETC., or wage
slaves, their interests are the
same, to secure their rights
from the blood-sucking, nonproducing
class. Whether these workers toll with
muscle or brain, their mutual interest
1 is to secure the full product of their
labor. Consequently, the unparalleled
growth among the agricultural and
small business classes.
We point with justifable pride to the
growth and development of the Socialist
international movement in every civil
lied nation of the earth, especially to
the phenomenal growth of the move
ment in the United States of America,
the state of Washington being in the
. front rank, and in Pend Oreille county
the Socialist party has sprung to record
and quite probably first place in the po-
litical arena.
We call attention to the fact that in
every city, town or hamlet where So
cialism has triumphed, cleaner, more
economical, serviceable and scientific
administration of public affairs has been
dispensed than any hitherto attempted,
as even the capitalist sas been forced to
admit.
While we adhere to the political be-
lief that every branch of industry, when
monopoly is completely in control and
competition has ceased, should be taken
over by the nation, for the greatest
good Of the greatest number of people.
Yet we do not believe that this can be
accomplished at this election. The time
is not quite ripe for these greater adj
vances. So, for the present, if we are
successful in the coming election, we
pledge ourselves to devote our whole
energy to cleaning the foul cesspool of
county affairs, that ring of would-be
politicians have made in our midst We
will devote our whole attention to adj
ministering an honest, efficient and
businesslike government to this graft
ridden county.
We pledge ourselves to use every en-
deavor to bring about a more equal
distribution of taxation, and to reduce
the burden of taxation, which has grown
exorbitant. We call attention to the
fact that 4a per cent rate;of taxation,
with interest compounded, in Is years
amounts to confiscation, and Socialists
are unalterably opposed to confscation.
| We cite the county auditors report
as witness to the fact that incompe-
tency, dishonesty and Encouragement
has been the method of the present po-
litical machine, and that the same ma
chine means to perpetuate itself and it's
methods is beyond doubt.
We look with assurance to the So
!. cialist method Of preventing just such
disgraceful political acts, by requiring
every Socialist officeholder to file his
} signed resignation with the people who
. elect him. A method of recall that re-
quires neither time or expense to put
in motion. What capitalistic wire puller
would dare face such weapon in the
hands of an outraged people,
! The Socialist party is a young giant,
growing with such tremendous rapidity
: that the time is nearly at hand when it
will take over the national and every
: state government, and as such cannot
: afford to make false step. This in
itself is assurance that such offices as
Socialists control will be conducted in a
!, manner to secure the confidence of all
the people.
Again declaring our determination tc
| purify the political atmosphere of this
county, to free it from ring rule, graft,
incompetency and Encouragement, we
appeal to the voters to support us with
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