The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-27
OUR COMRADES OF PIERCE
COUNTY.
Explanation and Suggestions on
County Situation as Result of
Actions Recorded in the
Enclosed Minutes.

Editors note. This article by mem
hers of lmal Puyallup has bearing on
the question arising from the attempts
to do away with the present organi,a
tion of the socialist party by el"cting
precinct committeeman. Names are
mentioned. We will print the reply of
any who wish t" reply.)
The primary law enacted by the state
legislature several years ago was made
with the intent and purp"s. of apply
ing to the capitalist parties, democrat
and republican. the only parties at that
time eligible t. take part in the pri
mary elections. Therefore. the provi
sion for the election of precinct com
mitteemen" in the primaries was fitted
Only for the loose methods Of the CAPT
talist parties and in no manner fitted
to apply to the socialist party, which is
under the control of the socialists who
pay dues into the organization.
If the members Of the socialist party
do not ignore this cute plan to take the
control of the organization away from.
the card membership, the first we know
we will find people from any OF the
other parties going into the socialist
pimaries and electing precinct com
mitteemen" for us. Then where will
our organization be?
The locals of Pierce county have
worked all summer to build up a county
organization and establish county au-
tonomy. Now we find three members
of our county executive committee,
Bone. Burns and Einhaus, whom we
elected through our own organization,
deliberately throwing down the organ
i2ation we have built up and taking
refuge in a scheme which they term
legal, because they can hide behind the
capitalist laws in this manner and
simply laugh at the efforts of the mem
bership T. discipline or recall them.
Such scheme might work fine for a
bunch of politicians who are anxious to'
please our enemy, the capitalist, in or
der to get into office and let the prin
ciples of the working class 90 gimmer
ing.
The question now before us is, What
are we going to do about this?
Are the locals of Pierce county going
to stand behind such a traitorous action
as has just taken place, or, are we GO
ing to promptly withdraw our support
from this presumptuous county com
mttee and apply to the state office and
the S. =. C. for a resumption of bust
ness through the state office as we
have always done in the past and abol-
ish county autonomy until such time as
we can safely take it up again?
Just so soon a. we allow the capi-'
talist legislature to prescribe our form
of organization for MS we are whipped.
There is no need for us to try to fight
this by forming a dual county organiza
ton. We can simply ask the state or
ganization 10 allow us to resume bust
ness through it and lev this eleventh
hour county committee - il0 own way
Why allow local Ne ; OF Tacoma tot
run the county with six OF it, member.
on the county committee of nine
It is certain that the two largest
locals in the county, Tacoma No. ] and
Puyalmp, will not uphold the capitalist
committee. Members of these two locals .
have already arrived at thar conclusion
What are YOU going To DO about il.
Members ~ local Puyallup: 4. ell
Hale. e. W. Jarrett. W s Ayers J. r.
Biiwei.