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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04
FOR WOMAN WHO EMBROIDERS
Book for Holding Various CoIored
Silks Is Always Most We'll
come Gift.

An inexpensive gift for the woman
who sews or embroiders is a book
made of stiff cardboard backs, four
by ten inches, and covered with heavy
silk or an art linen in dull colors.
Embroider across the upper face
the word silk" Run this in a dag
onal direction and put little spray of
flowers around it.
On the back cover work the recip-
tents monogram or her three initials
in a corded outline.
Inside the covers are a dozen
manila envelopes, arranged with the
flap to the outer edge of the book,
that are destined to hold as many
colOrs Of silk. The mark and number
of the silk is to be marked on the out
side of the envelopes. Three holes
are cut through the covers and also
in the envelopes; ribbon is run
through these holes and tied at the
back in small bows.
The book is fastened together with
g cord or ribbon to match.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04
WORKS WITHOUT FAITH
Faith Came After the Works Had Laid
the Foundation.

A Bay State belle talks thus about
coffee:
While a coffee drinker was SUI.
ferer from indigestion and intensely
painful nervous headaches, from child
hood.
Seven years ago my health gave
out entirely. l grew so weak that
the exertion Of walking. if only a few
feet, made it necessary for me to lie
down. My friends thought 1 was
marked for consumption-weak, thin
and pale.
81 realized the danger l was in and
tried faithfully to get relief from med
icines, TILL at last, after having en-
ployed all kinds of drugs, the doctor
acknowledged that he did not believe
it was in his power to cure me.
while in this condition a friend in
duced me to quit coffee and try Post
UNI, and I did so without the least
hope that 1t would do me any good. I
did not like it at first, but when it was
properly made l found it was a most
delicious and refreshing beverage. I
am especially fond of it served at din
ner ice-cold. with cream.
In months time l began to i'm
prove, and in a few weeks my indiges-
ton ceased to trouble me, and my
headache stopped entirely. I am so
perfectly well now that l 90 not look
like the same person, and I have so
gained in flesh that l am Is pounds
heavier than ever before.
This is what Postum has done for
me. l still use 1t and shall always do
So" Name given by Postum Co., Bat
tie Creek, Mich.
There's reason" and 1t is ex-
planned in the little book, "The Road
to Wellville." in pkgs.
Ever read the above IetterF A new
one appears from time to time. They
nr> genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04
Net Blouses.

After q lapse Of a season or two net
blouses have been revived once more,
this time it is Paris who calls them
back into favor once more and some Of
the recently arrived French blouses
have been of sheer nets.
In keeping with the present vogue,
these new blouses frequently show
wide, frilly, fluffy side ruffles, which
may be of the same net as the blouse
proper, or of colored net or chiffon.
Usually they are rather simply in
style, however, with daring touch Of
color, band of black satin, a vivid
tie or some little touch to distinguish
Them. And though many of them are
made from sheer nets, chiefly Brussels.
others are Of fancy nets or beautiful
laces.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04
Sleuth-Guarded Jewels.

Pity the poor duchess of Marlbor-
ough, who has been driven to insom-
MIA through worry over her Jewels
She has hired six former Scotland
Yard detectives to camp at Sunder-
land house, Mayfair, three by day and
three by night, and guard her gems.
The outlay for this is something more
than $4,000 annually. She has spent
many thousands in equipping her
mansion with all the latest wrinkles
in burglar alarm and safety devices,
but she considers the money that
buys her peace Of mind is an invest
ment we'll made
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04

81 love you, darling, more than you
love me-" sighed the swain.
'Ah, that is impossible, precious"
she whispered back, "for l love you
better than you do mel"
You cannot!"
But l do"
you do mott" he argued
When | say q thing l stick to It'll"
she snapped.
An owl shifted uneasily above them
Pardon me, Gwendolinel"
Pardon me, Eustice!"
Miss Brown"
Mr. Jones!"
The owl hooted dismally and sought
another bower.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04
Washed Cordurov,

Corduroy may not be the easiest
thing in the waorld to wash because
it is so heavy, but 1t certainly energies
from its bath fresh and new-looking
to degree most unexpected by those
to whom the process is a new and IN
tried one
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04

A telephone conversation has been
carried on successfully between Lon.
don and Basel in Switzerland, 600
miles away, and it is expected that be.
fore long most Of the large cities in
Europe will be in telephone communi
cation with the British capital What
good will it do, however, to connect
a man in London with a man in Ber-
lin If neither understands the others
language?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04
White Slavery.

Let us rouse the church of God by
turning on the light of knowledge. s
chat all good men may unite in de-
vising ways and means for saving the
misguided and degraded at our own
doors, instead Of expanding our time
money and energy in trying to convert
the so-called heather in foreign lands.
Rev. F. w Miller, Universalist,
WoodlaWu. Ill.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04
His SusDicioD

why did you leave the place in
which you were previously employ
ed?" asked the head of the firm.
81 think" said the applicant for the
position of Office boy, de boss was
afraid If I stayed I might get his
place"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04

Prof jerks of Minnesota would
cure the divorce evil by letting wives
control the family purse strings This,
added to the countless other sure
cures and panaceas. makes one won.
der why divorce should stick around
at all.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04

The cutting off of queues by the
Chinese rebels is reported to have
made puffs cheaper. If the revolution
wins out first thing we know puffs
will be SO cheap they will be unfash.
fonable.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04

Surely 1t ought not to be repug-
nant task for every good citizen OF
the country to comply with the apple
growers modest demand and eat five
apples day until further notice.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04

The beauty lecturer who has been
advising New York women to use
more soap and water on their faces,
but not to forget the rouge. reminds
us that some beauty isn't even skin
deep.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04

The names Of statesmen and cities
in China are inexplicably mixed. and
they cannot well be unscrambled until
this cruel war Is over.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04

Fifty Pittsburg men are suing for
divorce on the ground OF extrava-
gance. 1t surely is shame for their
wives to spend the money they need
for the Great White Way.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04

The Chinese emperor, aged 5, is do
ing all that can reasonably be ex-
pected Of him to pacify his numerous
subjects, and they should rot in ell
fairness behead him.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04

European nobleman tried to reduce
his weight in order to win a wife and
died Of starvation Moral: It is better
to have men say Isn't he fat?" than
Doesn't he look natural"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04

A prisoner begged a magistrate not
to fine him, saying it would be the
beginning Of seven years Of bad luck
1t had been his good luck that had
kept him out of trouble.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04

The wearers of high crowned der.
bys declare that the hatters shall not
for the sake Of profit introduce tho
low crowned article They say they
will die first
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04

A Seattle clergyman preached in
the streets from a coffin and was car
ried home by ''pallbearers.' And one
o. his objects was to prove that he
was not a dead one
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04

Now that the lawn moving season
is over, the muscular system may be
kept in trim by judiciously heaving
coal into the furnace
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04

Most persons are willing to &C.
knowledge that there is such thing
as old age, but the bridegroom of IS,
never
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04

Professor Lowell reports sighting
a frost on Mars, but could not tell by
the telescope which party had been
defeated
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04

A ditch digger is sole heir to
$4,000 estate When the whistle
blows at noon he can eat his lunch
Hght-heartedly
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04

Just because the small boy likes to
play with toy railroad trains is no
sign that he will be president.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04

Goats milk is strongly recommend,
cd as cure for inebriety. Still, the
victim may find difficulty in getting
somebody's goat
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04

Six hundred asteroids travel along
with the arth, and one OF them is
missing. Has any one seen a lost
asteroid?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04

the sun, induced no doubt by a chilly
feeling.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04

Most Occidentals can tell Manchu
from a Chinaman when they meet
one in the street
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04

Medicine Hat will soon be on
straight again.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04

The engineless aeroplane is even
less inviting to the cautious citizen
than one of the noisy kind.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04

China's Emperor is in no frame of
mind to enjoy the sacrifices or any
thing else.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04

When the super-dreadnought shall
have been exceeded, how will the YES
sci be referred to?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04

Arabs in Tripoli who killed Italian
wounded soldiers we're not bidding
for gentle treatment.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04

Now the fur overcoat begins to stir
uneasily amid it's moth balls.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04

TEXT-And the Lord went before them
by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them
the way; and by night in a pillar of fire
to give them light-Exodus 1872
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04

Comets ought to be required to keep
civilized hours.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04
For Won1en's
Needs

Every woman should fortify herself
against those weaknesses and de-
engagements which are usually pres
ent at times when Nature makes
extra demands upon the system.
For women's special ailments
there is no known remedy SO safe
and reliable as
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04

In one city in Connecticut boys are
taught cooking in the public schools.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04

Stella-If the third finger is for the
wedding ring, which is for divorce?
Bella-The finger of scorn.-Judge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04

On The left is a smart evening wrap
of black velvet and white satin The
right-nand figure depicts a dress to
wear with the cloak, Of ivory and rose
pink crepe de chine and tulle, en-
broidered in silver.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-10-11
AFTER NOVEMBER FIFTH.

Election day 1912 will be here. We will at
time hold fouryear roll call of workngclass progress 1t will
be time of rejoicing time of reward for long years OF agitation
education and organization The great growth OF the socialist party
will aStound the unthinlng and the indifferent
But what should November mean to u.s. VIII work be
done?
On of the workers and producers
of the nation will vote the socialist ticket Nine out of every ten
will still be ignorant of their economic interest
Still will be recognized of the large parteshe only
with firm foundation of truth and certainty of future growth
and power
They will be many
Among them the following
l. The building of stronger and larger dueSpayng or
ganzaton of workers and producers.
The building of powerful daily and weekly socialist
papers.
school board members and the
consequent attention the education of the next generation
of workers
Attention to the work of elected socialist officials.
The careful and trng support of the National Lycem
Course of 193he largest educational campaign ever undertaken
by the socialist party
study make ourselves individually
worthy of the great cause for which we work.
Last but not least constant attention to events on
dusra field in the great and everviolent class struggle
really requires courage consider the work before after
November But this work will be done The first work mentioned
the building of organization essential to the success OF
and all of our efforts
consider ways and make organization
Registration open After of
statement of occupation Secure list of all those signed
aborer Take this list your local Send postal card of nvi
your local meetings each your list
This suggested for the back of your postalt may
be written printed:
You are registered as aborer AS you
value your toll Only political party
lied this for the working cathe Socialist Party The
socialist local nearest you is at You cordially IN
ved attend its meetings. ask questions and convinced OF
your place in its membership, to join.
Our meetings always open to all.
''OW next meeting is November at p m.
Workers of the world unite. "
The Commonwealth will discuss from time to time the different
phases of party work and will endeavor give helpful
lions CLEANED from the many sources at our command
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-10-11
WORKERS TAKE NOTICE.
Some Unpleasant Facts.

For long time it has been commented
on among socialists that the Tacoma
Times was playing a confidence game on
the working class
The Times and other Seripps papers
have been handing us sops in the way Of
wor<ing-class news in return for our
confidence and our pennies. Once it OBJ
tains the confidence by soldering ink
over such candidates as Bob Hodge, the
King county sheriff whose office directed
strikebreakers to the Grays Harbor
strike last spring when the workers there
We're battling for more bread-more Of
wealty they produce. We are also in
suited by being told, in effect, that hon
est men are so scarce that Bob Hodge is
running for governor ON that issue.
Professor Wilson and Teddy the
chameleon hued politician have also had
their portion of Times ink.
We see the Times standing everywhere
and nowhere, trying to please opposing
economic classes i'm society and apparent
IN UNFOLDING conflicting interests.
In perfect accord with it's past antics
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-10-11

Iaunlyzc our form of organization.
In law, organizations nre classified
and there orr different rules applied to
the different classcs For instance, there
are corporations. joint stock companies,
voluntary associations, and political
parties Each of these is in a different
class, governed by different rules.
Now the socialist party has double
entity. The whole mass Of voters who
vote for the socialist ticket comprise
what the law regards as political
party; but those who hold membership
cards, pay dues. and are subject TO our
constitution constitute what the law
calls q voluntary association
The law will not interfere with nor
regulate the affairs of voluntary asso-
Citations; and the general rule has been
to let political parties also make their
own rules; but there is a modern tend
ency to regulate parties by law, and that
is the reason for the primary law pro
vision for precinct committeeman.
The primary law also says that parties
may make their own rules, so the law
is contradictory, and the courts might
hold it to be optional, or they might hold
that the legislature had no power to
make such a rule
Surprising, however, for the sake Of
argument, that these precinct committee
men we're recognized by the law as the
legal representatives of the socialist
party, there is absolutely nothing for
such n committee to do. When candi
dates were chosen by conventions a com
mittee was of some Importance, because
the convention that was called by the
recognized committee was the one that
got its candidates on the ballot under
the party name But since the direct
primary came into use such committees
are of no Importance whatever except in
the election of delegates to national con
ventions.
Since our delegates to national con
NVhbIbH9 arc ChooCH ~ itlCitiduih VI Ohi
red card membership. it looks as though
the job of socialist precinct committee
man was pretty worthless office.
The socialist party of King county
voted not to elect precinct committee
men, so there was no contest. and any
one who voted for himself for that office
would probably be elected by one vote
This explains the 'unbroken series of vic
tories" of the insurgent faction in King
county They are welcome to the offices,
but by their deliberate act of running
an opposition ticket, they have put
themselves outside the party.
They expected the approval and sup
port of Victor Berger, but Berger is a
socialist, and he told them plainly to do
their fighting inside the party, and not
attack it from the outside.
As to the party property being award
ed to this precinct committee by process
of law-that is ridiculous. The only way
they can get control of a voluntary as
ISOLATION is in the manner provided by
its constitution.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-10-11
Comments By Locals

we now witness the Times in its issues
of September % and 30 making use of
twisted facts and misleading statements
in order to assist some traitors to the
working class to destroy our socialist
party dues-paying organization. They
will certainly fail there. Bone, Burns
and Einhaus will be repudiated by all
true socialists.
Every red -blooded working man and
woman, who KNOWS whether they be-
long to the class that SELLS labor
power, or, to the class that BUYS labor
power, will at once quit feeding pennies
to the Tacoma Times and line up with
their economic class to abolish economic
classes along with the wage system and
achieve our economic freedom.
Ordered for publicity by Local Puy-
allup, socialist party of Washington, in
regular meeting October 4, 1912.
ISianedf J. O.. MCKEE,
Chairman Of Session.
r. A. NaCAUGHAN,
Secretary PRO Tenn.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-10-11

disregard monopoly which regards not
these laws. Since capital is of high and
low composition, that is since the pro-
portions of constant to variable capital
is different in each of its employments,
If surplus value is earned only by the
variable capital, that portion devoted to
the payment of wages, then perforce,
while equal capitals receive the same
profits, they do not produce the same
profits, consequently the commodities of
capital of high composition MUST habit
ually be sold above their values and the
of capitals of low compost
ton MUST habitually be sold below
their values. On ABSOLUTELY no other
suppostion can you explain the law of
equal returns or average rate of profit,
or the law of falling rate of profit, or
the law of such thing as an average
rate of profit.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-10-11
1T SEEMS ALMOST A SHAME

Judge debate Everett the Coliseum
November 4.
He is fighting the republican party.
He is fighting the ''bul moose"
fighting his democratic party in the courts of Wash
ington.
all fact that he has been challenged to debate
Maey socialist candidate for governor and that he DOES
NOT ACCEPT
REMEMBER THIS, JUDGE BLACK In spite Of your claim Of
being Of popularity at home Anna May received
0 for than you did in the primaries in Sno
homsh county losing ground fast and will lose still
if Comrade Maey debate and to try
least show why the workers of Everett should vote the democratic
ticket
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-10-11
NO PRECINCT Committeeman For US
IuLEr NJ WELLS

4 number of socialists IN Seattle rc
gently committed party treason by de-
.Bbcntcly running q stickcr ticket in
the primary Some Of the candidates on
the sticker were in opposition Co regular
socialist candidates for the same office.
others were for vacancies on the regular
ticket. but in both eases the names were
selected informally by a few individuals
without the endorsement or consent OF
The party.
Now those same people have had them.
selves elected az Socialist precinct com
mitcemcn," as they are allowed TO do
by the primary law, and they are claim.
ing to be the only real party. They arc
even threatening to have the law on the
regular party and take their property
away. They claim that the law made by
republicans and democrats for the regu-
lation of their parties has taken the
place of the socialist party constitution
in the matter of choosing our party Of
ficials, and that If we are TO have any
standing as a political party we must do
as they do, and accept a governing com
mittee elected by the votes of all voters
who want to call for socialist ballots.
This self-elected precinct committee in
Seattle is in correspondence with social
lists and eX-socialists in Tacoma and Spo-
kane and hopes to get a few precinct
committeeman from other places TO join
those in Seattle in forming a "statc cen
trail committee They would then take
over the management of our splendid
dues paying organization of over 1000
members, and our present state commit
tee and executive committee would auto
matically lose its authority All this
would be done by the power of the courts
through the enforcement of the direct
primary law.
Now I believe that the socialists of
Washington are so clear and uncompro-
missing in their party tactics, that they
would not think of allowing any but red
cara members 70 NoJt l'l p"iCS oAi''i"i9'
and if a capitalist legislature really did
pass a law int ended to force us to let
the public elect our committees, then we
surely would ignore the law, just as we
have already successfully ignored the in
tent of the "non-partisan" law.
But the fact of the matter is that
there is no law to force us to do any
thing of the kind, and the group of
lawyers who are leading this precinct
scheme must know it, if they
are good lawyers.
There were doubtless some loyal So
cialists who got elected as precinct com
mitteemen because they thought the law
required it, and they were not parties to
the Seattle plot to disrupt the move
ment. There were also some who ran
on the sticker ballot whose names were
put on without their knowledge.
My aim in this article is to clear up
the confusion as to how that section of
the law providing for election of precinct
committeeman applies to the socialist
party.
To understand this it is necessary to
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-10-11

In a recent number of the Coming Ma
ton, Debs makes the astounding an
nouncement that capitalism has no liter
ature Ye historians of the great man"
theory, we elegant writers of legal fic-
tions, We philosophers of the Herbert
Spencer type, ye novelists decumbent be-
meath the tears of the inconsolable weep
ing willows, would not the dogma that
capitalism has no literature rattle your
bones?