United labor bulletin., 1912-02-01
Socialist Party Department.

sion, such as giving out and gathering
in referendum ballots, or receiving dues,
will be transacted. Good speakers will
address the meetings with now and then
an entertainment. The business end of
the branch will not be neglected. A
committee of nine, the four regular Off
GERS and five other members, has been
elected with full power to act in all mat
ters; and not to get too far away from
democracy, the meetings of this commit
tee will be open to all members with
power to call general meeting of the
branch any time they are not wholly sat
isfied with the work of the committee.
This action was decided upon because
it was found that the public was no more
interested in the routine of the Socialists
than they would be in that of temper
ance society or an art club, or any other
kind of an organization 1t was found
that business and propaganda did not
mix we'll. If business came first, the
people who came to learn about social
ism were tired out before the lecture
began if it came after many Of the mem
bers left, or, even if they stayed, the call
of a business meeting lost them the
chance of shaking hands with their visit
ors and asking them to come again. And
SO, this new experiment has seemed
worth trying, and, later, the fifteenth will
give other branches the benefit of its
experience.
The first meeting under the new order
was tried with success last Tuesday eve
ming with Comrade Geffs as speaker.
The next, Feb. 6, will be addressed by
Comrade DIETRICH, and the next, Feb. 13,
will be an entertainment.
Don't fail to hear "Silas Hood" at
ho1I Coli 9froaf noYt
Sunday evening, Feb. 4.
"Silas" inherited the name OF plain
Jones, and then his parents added to that
the surname of Henry T. (possibly Te-
,cumsee, not sure), but when he grew
up and entered the world of letters,
though himself a man Of the plain people,
he seems to have concluded that plain
Jones, especially with plain Henry added
to it was too plain for him, so he put
on his own frills by remaining himself,
and SO as "Silas Hood" the readers OF
his brilliant articles have come TO know
him.
Now add to his literary fame that OF
a noted lecturer, and then to that the
bigger fact of his being a Socialist and
Milwaukee Socialist at that, and every
man and woman in Denver SO constituted
as to enjoy an Intellectual feast with
socialism served up in true Milwaukee
style will want to make sure of seat
at Howe hall.
Don't recall the judges" pleads Mr.
Taft. And that is strictly all right
from Mr.. Taft's standpoint. Mr.. Taft is
one of the most consistently class-con-
scious men in this country AS man
and as president he belongs wholly
and solely to the capitalist class and he
stands Loyalty by it at all times. 1t is
to the interest of Mr.. Taft's class to
safeguard their most powerful weapon,
t-.s judiciary, from the possible slings
of the numerically great working class.
The interests of the working class are
not his interests, and he is not hypo-
critical enough to pretend they are. With
e-e judiciary still in the hands of his
class he need not care a rap what else
the working class gets, for with that
everything the workers ever get can
easily be nullified. If only the workers
were as consistent and loyal to their
class as Mr.. Taft is to his socialism
would not be long getting here.