Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-02-29
Tracy City.
Specal 10 eh6 kaUs.

SPECIAL 10 ehc Mans.
The Socialist Local selected an or
ganizer and he has succeeded in organ
izing a local at Meeks and one at Coal
mont. This work will proceed as rap
idly as possible. Several calls are al
ready in. The Socialists hope and be-
lieve they will soon have a strong
county organization, aud will number
at least 400 by the time the straight
democratic party's primary arrives.
They, the democrats, have made the
conditions of their proposed primary
so that republicans, independents,
prohibitionists, etc, may vote in it.
Attorney Bell, a democrat because
pap was," was questioning Uncle
Dock Landon Saturday at the depot.
Uncle Dock wore a Socialist button,
which attracted Bells attention. So
be began to examine it, when he ask
ed Uncle Dock, "Why are You a So
cialistl" because l have read the
Socialist platform and like it. l will
read the democratic platform. Will
you furnish me with One2" Bell said,
''We haven't any, we will make ours
in June" Uncle Dock said, II see,
you make it for votes and forget it I'M
til you want Office again. Mr.. Bell
belongs to the class who has been ma
king the laws under which the work
ing class have grown so rich, and to
be sure, opposes Socialism. He will
not attend the meetings of the Social
lists, which are open to all, but pre-
fers to stand around on the streets and
charge that the Socialists are a dark
lantern organization and meet behind
closed doors. We intend to force him
to hunt up a new story, as this will
not always be believed. One by one
their props will be taken from under
them and they will then be at sea.
Another charges that the. Socialists
won't pay their debts, and he was su'
ed on his grocery bill the next day
All this will be made plain before the
election is over. You can owe the
people of your town, take the bank
rupt law to keep from paying them,
be a good democrat, run for office as
a democrat, and you are all right.
But if you declare you are a Socialist,
you are a very bad man. Everything
is charged to Socialism now, and you
may look for more. They can't de-
ceive us all, all the time. They are
harder pressed nov than they were a
few years ago.
A candidate for sheriff in our oun
ty as a democrat, charged that the So
administration of Milwaukee
bad plunged their city a half million
dollars indebt. He honestly believed
this, as he had been told this by his
The truth was, this city was
b220, 800 in debt when they took
charge. and they saved $4O0, 900 on
paving alone. They have nor
BY to their credit after doing more
han has ever been done by any prev
ious administration. When this can
lidate was shown the record of this
he said men should be indicted
'or telling such lies, but he's a demo-
,rat.
When the McNamaras were arrested.
me big dailies of the Capitalists shout
ID, Socialist" There have been if
arrested in connection with
ibis dynamiting and s far only one
in the bunch. Most of them
we're democrats. If this had been
iome of the Socialists, every little
,apitalistic sheet would have had
whole pages condemning them.
One other thing l want to call your
attention to and that is, the real dyna-
niters have not been arrested yet. All
so far have been union men or
capitalist spies, employed by the CAPT
alists to spy on the unions, induce
heir leaders to go into the dynamit-
ng
Our, no, their (%capitalists), govern
nent in it's investigation could see
zone but union men leaving the real
Iynanliters still at liberty. This will
70 shown up by the Socialists of the
United States led by the Appeal to
It's a great task and no par
y is large, great or gritty enough to
how mp the real criminals, but the
socialists. We must get in it and as
be Socialists of Milwaukee ran the
apitalist spies and union smashers
ut of Milwaukee, let's put their mas
ers before the public.