Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-27
SPOKE ON SOCIALIST DOCTRINES
Audience of 100 in Town Hall Heard Cubernatoria Candidate Beardsey-James F. Carey of Haverh Depicts Present Labor Conditions William Kellas Local Congressional Candidate Also Argues for His Party.

Three speakers in the town hall on Thursday evening addressed an audi ence of f1eary one hundred people at meeting held under the auspices of the Norwich local of the socialist party. They were Samuel D. Beardsley of Shelton, who is the party's candidate for governor; James F. Carey of Hav- erhill. the first socialist ever elected to office in this country, and William Kel- las, who is the party candidate for congressman from this district In the audience were several women.
 In opening the meeting, Albert Board man said that the fact that the meet ing was being held in tn etown hall was an encouraging indication of the growth here, as a few years ago the party was only in the soap-box- street corner stage, and was not up to the dignity of a meeting in the town hall The socialist party is party of work CTS. The exploiters have been using the people as dummies, and the work CTS are beginning to recognize that the socialists represented their interests. the speaker continued.
 No Buncombe Promises.
 He introduced William Kellas, the To- cal party's nominee for congress, and a burst of applause greeted MT. Kellas as he rose to speak. It was not an empty honor, said MT. Kellas, that had been given him in nominating him for congress. He spoke of the usual pledges made by those nominated for political office, and said he should re- fuse to make any such buncombe promises His creed he said, would be found in detail in the national and state platforms He did not propose to tell what these apould be, but was satisfied with he ,ocialist platform adopted. One of the other parties had dictator to make it's platform.
 Should he be sent to congress, MT. Kellas said, his position would be the position of Victor Berger, forcing measures to discussion against the controlling interests represented by the other parties. Berger's activities in congress the speaker said, had been a most potent influence in cenvicting men of the opposing parties to what socialism meant. Candidate Kellas predicted that capitalism had reached it's climax, and the next stage in civ ilization was socialism, that should far surpass the steps of capitalism. He appealed for the support of the people of the working class who believed with the, socialists.
 Took a Collection.
 The earnest address of Candidate Kellas brought ou tapplause,and Chair man Boardman then invited the audi ence to participate in the meeting by taking part in the contribution which was taken up for expenses.
 Not Political Indigestion.
 James F. Carey, who is state secre- tary of the party in Massachusetts was next introduced by the chairman. Since an ignorant vote is always a dangerous vote, the speaker asked that the voters should understand the posi- | tion of the socialists. He and his CO., laborers are not socialists because they want to be peculiar or have political | indigestion. If we were moved by lust for office we could get it with use of much less energy and infinitely less brain by staying in the old parties. If you don't believe 1t look at what they elect.
 The speaker said he wanted to talk | to any poor and neglected individual | had wandered into the meeting and did not understand socialism. He was not so much concerned about talking to socialists. Continuing, he said: | It is within the truth to say that b5 machinery man produces ten times what he could fifty years ago, and yei 1 fifty years ago our fathers lived free from poverty and fear of poverty. Now their sons hang on to a miserable ex- istenee. The reason is found in the ownership by the captains of industry of the tools for production and distri-
 button of the necessities of life. You wages are determined. in the last anal ysis, by the struggle for the job, ant the hungriest man in the end gets tht
 job.
 What the Workers Get.
 Every foot of timber in a factory and every inch of steel in tool repre-.
 sents the labor of the working class but the products of our labor havt
 been wrested from us. he claimed. Int
 workers enter factories that their clas'
 built, operate tools that their clas' mace. and work up the raw materia to the finished product of food anC
 clothing and shelter, without which n' man can live. The workers get pais in pieces of gold and silver and paper but the capitalist keeps the food ant clothing and shelter which they pro duced The workers cannot buy baci
 with their pieces of gold or silver O