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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-10
Carden-Bxadley.

T. H. Garden and Miss Mittie
Bradley were married at the home
of the brides father on South
Prong Sunday afternoon at $50
O'Clock. Rev T. b. Criddle of this
city officiated. Mr.. and Mrs. Car
den came to Waxahachie and left
on the evening train for Electra,
where they will reside.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-10

The esteemed Dallas Times Her
aid has started campaign to in
duce the laboring class to start a
savings deposit Better advice could
not be given. but in the light of
certain transpirings connected
with saving bank proposition in
Dallas, the Times Herald, before
it can see its preachments effec-
tive, must remove deep seated
prejudice.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-10

During the campaign candidates
have tried hard to muddy the
waters and 10 divert public atten-
ton from the real issues When
both national conventions have
acted, let the democrats press the
importance Of restoring this gov
ernmen, TO the hands Of the people
by Wrestling II from sba control OF
the special interests
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-10

At least this ought to quiet the
calamity howlers. Andrew Carne-
gle, in an interview in the New
York Herald says: 1T does not
matter whether the democrats or
the republicans win, the country
is bound to prosper, We are in
clined to agree with Andrew,
though we can't help but feel that
the prosperity will be just little
more pronounced if Wilson wins.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-10
Street Paving in Hillsboro

sbo much smaller than Cebune hasn't the population
much than boro but when that's said
all sad Coming from there last Saturday compliments heard
We
Here mile
public They beautifully also
the within the limits This without anybody
We
started
not single would be willing back the old muddy dusty
They shown convinced has
They have better light with the outside
HTsboro pro-
people has also the civic pride that they formerly
didn't have added the looks Of the city
frightening order look harmony Then the merchants began
walks and looking ouhone their bum
fronts they busy and cleaned things Such improvement
object the and will result general
along beautiful ElsbooCbmne
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-10
is THE DATE
FOR BOND ELECTION
Issue of Twenty-Five Thousand to
Be Voted on for Street
Paving.

One of the most important cleo
tions that has been held in Waxa-
hachie in a long time comes to-
morrow. The question of whether
the city shall issue bonds In the
sum of $4,000 for paving the
public square and streets inside
the fire district is to be determin-
ed. In this election only property
tax payers are eligible to vote.
The voting boxes will be ar
the city hall, Wyatt's office on
East Main street and in a store on
College street.
There has been little opposition
to the proposition and it will no
doubt be adopted by large majori-
ty.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-10

The republican convention at
Chicago will not be able, in its
platform, Ito point with pride" to
any great extent, but it will GER
tainly be in position ITO view
with alarm"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-10

Mrs Lewelliu Hudson introduc-
ed the governor to Granbury au-
Gience, and she did It we'll 1t IS
a lucky thing for his excelency,
however. that the women of Texas
are not permitted to vote.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-10
Young Mems League.

Cuero, Texas, June 10.--A
young mems business league has
been organized at Cuero which will
be a part of the commercial club
and will work in harmony with
that club
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-10

That New York man named Bur
den who was robbed, beaten into
insensibility, rolled in a blanket
and thrown into the street only to
be arrested as burglar, would
doubtless insist that there Is
something in a name
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-10

The suffragettes are raising
Cain" over the right to vote. They
might get there quicker by per-
uniting Cain to continue his long
sleep, and giving more of their
attention to raising voters.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-10

The New York Herald prophetic
ally remarks that the democratic
party can win with the right man,
Sure Mike! and IL would be hard
to pick a really wrong man out or
the entire bunch OF democrats Of
fering for the presidential nomina,
ton But Wilson, the rightest man
in the bunch. would have a walk
over
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-10

Senator Penrose of Pennsylyan-
ia. one of the most ardent stand
patters, declares that Roosevelt
cannot be nominated, and that Taft
cannot be elected if nominated
That's getting the grand old par
~ In the position we have wanted
i for d long time.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-10

The senate has agreed to vote on
the Lorimer case July 6. Wen,
we guess the country can live over
il until that time.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-10

If Governor Colquitt is reelected
governor, We may look for re-
petition Of the same trouble which
existed during the last session Of
the legislature It is evident that
the new body to be elected will not
be in harmony with his views
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-10

The Dallas Times Herald claims
that Dallas bankers inaugurated
the movement for the relief of the
A. & NJ. college. We are not dis
putting the fact. but curiosity leads
US to look for the reply to be
made by the Record and the Star
Telegram of Fort Worth.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-10

The organs insist that Cone
johnson has always met with de-
feat. In taking a glance at the
political toes which are now turned
up to the daisies, we think we
recognize some besides those of
the Tyler statesman
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-10
Inspecting Highways.

Brennan, Texas, June 10. -
Through the effort of the young
mems business association a good
roads expert has been engaged to
inspect the highways leading into
this city with view of improv-
ing and placing the thoroughfares
in first-ciass condition.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-10
WHO CAN VOTE TOMORROW

Amy legal citizen who has pol
tax receipt or an exemption certl-
ficate for 1911, and who on Janu-
airy LIST, 1912, owned any property
that is subject to taxation, can
vote.
A legal citizen of Texas is a man
81 years of age or older, who is
citizen of the United States ana
who has lived in this state a year
and in the county six months.
His taxable property may or
may not have been in the assess
ment roll-it makes no difference;
he is eligible to vote if he owned,
on January LIST, 1912, any prop
erty that was subject to taxation.
Property if of two kinds-real
estate and personal.
1t is not necessary to be prop
erty owner, in the eyes Of the
law, for a man to own real esate.
If you owned on January LIST,
1912, either a gun, or watch, or
a horse, or a buggy, and have a
poll tax receipt or an exemption
certificate for the year 1911, and
are a legal citizen of Texas, you
can vote on the general paving Law
or for Improvement bonds.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-10

The dear Houston Post can not
accept the explanation offered by
Brother George Robinson as to the
absorption of the Houston platform
by the Baltimore convention and
| the platform then to be enunciab-
ed. for the simple reason that the
acceptance OF such logical conc1u
sion would leave our Uncle Rienzl
adrift in mid air and without
history recalling an instance within
the past several years when he had
discussed a reality Take the Gal
weston platform" away from some
of our politicians and they would
be in a direful condition.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-10

Tho Daily Light want ads mean
wonderful opportunities to you.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-10

Entered at the Waxahacie Postoffice as
Mail Matter OF the Second Glass.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-10

q. W. MCKNIGHT, Managing Editor
W. A. OVNBY City Editor
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-10

SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One Month .. so
Dix Months in advance 2.T5
One Year. in advance - 5 90
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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-10

Obituaries, resolutions OF respect, cards
OF thanks all matter not NE VS. will be
charged Tor al the rate OF cents per line.
Poetry at double price.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-10-04
STATES SOCIALIST.

Goldbar, Wash.-Eyerett Common
Everett, Wash: Wanhope spoke
here in Goldbar tonight. He made a
splendid talk for two hours, holding the
minds Of his hearers as if by magic and
leading them along the road of eyon-
tion in a manner that was instructive to
the most radical mind.
The collection was liberal Literature
sold we'll Comrade Watson furnished
some literature for free distribution aft
er the speaking was over
1 think that We can see the fruits Of
the socialist efforts in November.
Yours for the revolt,
RUFUS WREN,
Organizer Startup Local.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-10-04
A ROMAN CATHOLIC SERMON
DELIVERED AGAINST SOCIALISM
by FATHER sAINDoN sAYsIDE CATHOLIC CHURCH
EVERETT, WASHINGTON

day would be where these nations are
today if it had not been for the work
of the church.
Socialists say we do not believe in
those things, all we want is the govern
ment ownership of utilities. Let the
government do that and they would do
it right and everybody would be bene-
fitted by it. The capitalist can't wrong
the poor man then. That is what they
want. Well, is that religious ques-
tion or is it governmental question,
or what is it? 1 think it is a combina-
tion of all. I may ask you, let the
government run this-is that what they
want, the government to own the pub
lie utilities? Now what is the govern
ment? just what is it? l will ask
the socialists that. Who is going to
run the government and what is it? It
is nothing, it is an abstract idea. It
is like the wheel on the road. Would
it move itselfH There must be some
power behind it or some man. Who is
going to run the government? Now
come back to the first idea-the man
who runs the government must be a
good, just, sincere and conscientious
man, and when a good and just and
sincere and honest man holds this office
we have the best form of government
in the world.
Suppose all capitalists today were
good, just, religious men, what would
it be then? We would not need social
ism if those capitalists were good, hon
est, sincere and religious men. Things
then would be different. If they would
come to the church and let the church
teach men to love God with all his
soul and to love his neighbor as him
self and in that way he would correct
this great harm and great misery today.
The unjust man, the unGodly man that
is full of greed, that is human nature.
What is going to correct thatl 1t is
bow down and be obedient to the laws
of the church and love God and your
neighbor. There is the remedy. From
shifting one man from the government
you will be just as bad as you are now.
A hundred years from now someone
will speak of socialism and people will
stand and wonder what it was. You
will speak of something that has passed
and gone. But even then there will be
other, enemies of the church, still pre-
venting her and placing obstacles in her
way. But still the church goes on; she
is living principle.
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day is socialism. If they could only
see that. Those well-meaning people,
if they could only see that the greatest
friend of the working man, the only in
stitution on earth today that can and
will correct the evils is the Catholic
church.
1t is not a sin to be rich. 1t is not
sin to be capitalist. But to be
an unjust rich man, to be an unjust
capitalist is wrong. Those men who
are unjust and control capital, those
men who control labor are unjust and
they do not look to a just God. Then
who is going to remedy that? Not
socialism, but the Catholic church.
Beloved, you may think that social
ism is something new. But socialism is
as old as the world, as old as there
have been false systems. There were
socialists in the time of Christ Even
the disciples themselves formed a So
ciety of which we might call commu-
nism. You read of that in the Bible.
You even read where the apostles had
a community of property. How long
did that community of property last !?
Just few years, and then it was done
away with. That is how socialism came
into life.
I want to impress upon you the ne
cessity for the study of the history of
the Catholic church. I want you to
study of what she has done for the
slave in all the centuries and for the
working man. The church has always
this object in view; the church has
this always in view. The church has
always been guided by that principle.
The church has always fought and even
legislated for the poor, and has chari-
table institutions for the poor and have
work for those working men to have
their just wages.
The socialism of today is very tame
and different to the socialism of the
thirteenth century. In the thirteenth
century they went on their own way
for awhile until they finally fell into
the iron hand of the civil law.
Now the church has been hampered
in her work all through the ages, has
been lied about and at these times the
good that she has done in the past has
been forgotten about, and all the good
acts and charities have been covered up.
She has been prevented in her work.
Look at those nations that have not
been Christianized; in Central Africa,
in China, and other countries. The
highly polished nations of Europe to-
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-10-04

The infinite wastes of capitalism con-
stitute the most stupendous crime against
humanity. The utterly wanton destrue-
tion of the natural resources, the raVish-
ing of forest and mine to rush out
profits without the least delay, and by
this reckless method wasting more than
is utilized and destroying what should
be the patrimony of future generations,
cannot be excused upon any ground COM
patible with reason and sanity.
The criminal wastes thus involved in
the capitalistic mode Of production for
profit are made strikingly manifest in
the following excerpt from the address
of j. A. Holmes, director of mines, TO
the miners conventions
"In ten years thirty thousand men
were killed and sixty thousand injured.
. We have destroyed three billions
of tons Of bituminous coal and two bill
lion of tons Of anthracite coal since min
ing was begun in this country by our
wasteful methods which leave so much
coal unmined. In the last twelve months
we have allowed to escape into the air
four hundred and eighty billions Of
cubic feet Of natural gas. That is the
price Of competition.
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MAKING SOCIALISTS.

"Well," said the workingman, "you
can't make a socialist out of me-"
"That's all right" I replied, 'T don't
have to. If I don't make socialist out
of you, some other fellow will;
And if some other fellow won't, some
socialist paper will;
And if some socialist paper won't, your
boss will;
And if your boss won't, the city coun-
Gil will;
And if the city council won't, the
mayor will;
And if the mayor won't, the legisIa-
ture will;
And if the legislature won't, congress
will;
And if congress won't, the president
will;
And if the president won't, the judic-
iary will;
And if the judiciary won't the two old
parties will;
And if the two old parties won't, the
trusts will;
And if the high cost of living won't,
the whole damned system will
So you see there is more than one
chance of your becoming a socialist.
For some become socialists of their
own accord.
Some are made socialists by the hard
work of others.
And some are kicked into the socialist
party.
But they get there just the sar1e
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-10-04

the mass development of the individuals
comprising it, subject to the constitu-
tional checks on majority rule. What
we are aiming at is to change our con-
stitution into a modern document, where
majority can rule, and then allow the
education of the mass to reflect an ever
higher form of government.
Suppose all capitalists today
were good, just, religious men,
what would it be then?"
Suppose something possible, father,
and we will talk about it. You are GER
tainly an optomist You have already
had over 1900 years, It appears to US,
although we are no authority on religious
subjects, that God who would endow
us with intelligence would expect us to
use it to free ourselves.
"A hundred years from now
someone will speak of socialism
and people will stand and wonder
what it was
Yes, for THEN they will know what
it Is. And one of their greatest wond-
ers will be that in the dim and distant
past. in 1912 in Everett, Wash, a man
who claimed to understand and to rep
resent the Carpenter of Nazareth, raised
his voice in the pulpit, in opposition to
a natural and inevitable step in the eyo-
luton of struggling humanity.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-10-04
of the thirteenth century. Z"

of the thirteenth century"
There was no socialism in the thir-
teenth century. Socialism follows the
development of the machine. Feudalism
obtained in the thirteenth century. After
that came capitalism and next will come
socialism.
"Now the church has been hamp-
cred in her work all through the
ages, has been lied about and at
these times the good that she has
done in the past has been forgotten
about, and all the good acts and
charities have been covered up." "
True, father, and socialism has been
misrepresented, too, hasn't it? You have
our sympathy. Have we yours2
Socialists say we do not believe
in these things, all we want is the
government ownership of utili-
ties
We want more than that. You are
talking about estate Socialism" They
have that in Germany and in New Zea-
land Government ownership under cap
italist control would mean, as in Ger
many, that the government would make
the profit instead of the worker What
we want is collective ownership, or gov
ernment ownership in a government by
an industrial democracy where the work
er of the world would get the profits
instead of the state, by getting the full
social value of the product Of their toll
We win be content with nothing else.
What is government? A reflection OF
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-10-04

Do you mean to say that all men
an even amount of intellect, an even
amount of Justice? That all are good
or bad, that all are physically strong,
equally courageous, equally brave? Or
are we all of the same taste? That is
the way we would have to be to be
socialists. There is inequality all
through the human being. The unit
and the whole make this world good,
and whole and perfect. God is creator.
There are different amounts of intel
lect, different qualities that make up
the human natures, in this world.
If we wish to have civilization, good
society, good government, must there
not be men to govern us and must there
not be men below to be governed {?
Where is the equality of thatY
Now there are those who advocate
this system of socialism. They are GER
tainly wrong when they take this view
of it that we are all equally good and
have equal justice before the civil and
the religious law.
The socialists will divide up prop
erty, they insist. That is something
which is certainly ridiculous and i'm
possible. The more you think of it the
more easily you will see its impossi-
bility. Some will govern, some will
squander, some are greedy, that is all
human nature And how can you
remedy that? Take all mankind, re-
move the different natures, the differ
ent nature from the one God gave them
and you might make man of this
kind. But it is impossible. Some have
nature to accumulate, some have greed,
some are swayed by power and other
motives. Can you make those things
even with everybody else today2
Dear beloved, I wish you to make a
clear distinction between socialism and
socialists. Socialism is system that is
false. Socialists are persons, individuals
who Join this party and who believe the
system of socialism is the remedy for
existing evils. Some of these individuals
mean well-he sees that there is wrong
somewhere and he wishes that wrong
to be remedied, to be corrected. he
thinks that socialism will correct this
wrong. Now he is perfectly sincere and
honest. I wouldn't say harsh word
against the man that wishes to correct
the evils. There are evils existing to-
day, no one doubts that. But how are
they to be corrected? The last thing
on earth to correct evils that exist to-
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-10-04

Are all ferrymen socialists? This
question occurred to me during my
travels in the upper Skagit River valley,
where one after another of the men who
work the ferries found to be socialists.
Whether other ferrymen are socialists
or not, l cannot say, but certain it is
that the long hours and small pay have
set many in these parts thinking, with
the result that in the spare time be-
tween trips they study the appeal to
Reason" Commonwealth" and other So
cialist literature, and join the movement
My travels in that part of the coun-
try took me to Rockport, ''the end of
the world" as it is called-certainly at
the terminum of the G.. N. railway-at
the very feet of the Cascade mountains
There one found socialists on the ranches,
socialists in the woods, socialists on the
railway and off the railway, socialists
everywhere. With the help of some
comrades at Sauk (near Rockport) we
held meeting and started local. Sauk
being centrally situated for the COM
rades in that locality. Quaint little
Sauk! With its one mill, one hotel, one
store, one ferry and one bear tied up in
what appears to be its one struggling
street-a friendly bear, like everything
else in Sauk-all were friendly, all re-
ceived me well, the comrades especially.
As I stepped down into Sauk off the
G. N. track, my mind took me back to
bygone days, when 1 walked into many
Burmese village, situated exactly like
Sauk on the brink of river between
the bank and the steep mountainside.
The similarity extended even to the
name, the structures built on piles and
the many hounds. But there the sim
ilarity ends. Sauk is a white mans
village and Sauk is already socialist and
is going to be more so in the near fu-
ture.
My next port of call was Concrete-a
socialist town with a socialist mayor,
councilmen and marshal, who in spite of
obstruction and difficulties are proving
that socialists can take hold and run q
town. If a town, why not a county,
state and a nation7 It is all coming in
due course, and coming fast; but we do
well to gather our experience in the
smaller spheres first.
Leaving Concrete, the city of cement,
passed on to Hamilton, another town
with socialist mayor. Owing to coun-
ter attractions offered by the county fair
our meeting was poorly attended, but I
was glad to have an informal talk with
the comrades who gathered in the coun-
ell chamber.
The next station on the line is Lyman,
and there is a live local which got to-
gether a fine meeting in the K. p hall
Comrade Herman made an ideal chair
man and offered all comers a fair and
square deal in the way of debate, ques-
tions and soforth, but although several
republicans, democrats and followers of
the bull moose were present, none ac-
cepted the challenge after the speaker
was through.
This closed a very interesting weeks