Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-12-16
THE FAILURES
OF SOCIALISM
Former Socialist Discusses
the Inef6ciency Of Party
When Tried
MILWAUKEEFOREXAbdPLE
Wherever They Have Had
Power, the Vote Falls
Off This Year


At this time, when the progressive
cities and counties of the nation ara
eliminating partisan politics from To-
cal governments, the socialists Of All
erdeen are busy In an effort to in
ject their party beliefs into the man
agement of city and school anairA-
To be sure. they have 4 perfect legal
right to do SO, It is the local patrfoe-
ism 6f the step that may be ques.
toned, together with 2 demand thar
this party make showing as to fts
fitness to improve conditions. when IL
asks to be given local control.
In combating the insiduons propa--
ganda of socialism, one Is at a 1osa
as to what that doctrine really is
Scarcely any two of it's leaders or
papers agree upon what is wanted oE
how O secure it. SO that for an out.
slider the socialistic tenents are be-
yond understanding. But, as to the
fitness and capacity Of that party tn
govern. we have the testimony Of one
who has stood high in those ranks.
David Goldstein, OF Boston, Mass.
delivered a series Of lectures In Seat
tie recently, In which he showed cor.
cluslvely that wherever socialism wxH-
tried It had failed. Mr.. .Goldstekn-
was the socialist nominee for goveF>
nor of Massachusetts Is years asu.
and carries . card in the" CiEarm4aE-
ers Union. Eleven years ago he pre-
sente& reaolution ina contentiuR
Of the party that would have COMMIT
ted the party against violence and tle
advocacy of free love. which was re-
jected, and he then. quit the party.
and has since been ON the platform
denouncing the evils he had tried tn
steer the party clear Of. At one OF
his Seattle lectures. he said, in part
wherever socialism has been tried
it has failed; the socialist officials
have not made good. because of their
entire ignorance of business prilA-
ciples and an obession they have pos
sessed to save money, upset existing
conditions or to do something else
without any regards for permanent re-
suits.
Even socialist city investigat-
ing committee travelling from Sche-
nectady, N. Y, to Milwaukee, to in
vestigate a pavement that the social
ist administration laid and for which
the administration claimed q saving.
went back and showed the Milwan-
kee socialists had laid a very good
pavement for a cemetery or for DTf-
vate grounds, but that at the end Of
nine months 1t was disintegrating and
soon would have to be laid again at
an immense loss to the people.
Everywhere they have been In
practical. Nowhere have they lived
up to the tenets of their political
doctrine.
Its a great party for the noise
maker-the little fellow that the big
men of other political Organizations
have overlooked. In the excitement
of his own noise-making, the little
fellow has not appreciated the tacf,
that he is saying nothing; is doing
and suggests nothing. He
Is intoxicated by the fact that he
has found an opportunity to make n
noise. And noise ia the principal
of the socialist theories
Losing Strength Rapidly.
'In Massachusetts the socialists.
who elected the mayors Of HaverhiH
and Brockton nine years ago and
who then cast 41,00O votes, only cast
{, 900 this year." said Mr.. Goldstein-
'This showing was made despite the
fact that they spent $4,000 In the
Lawrence affair and used that strike
to create sympathy.
1.-TWO years ago in Milwaukee the
socialists elected the mayor, 20 eut
of 35 members of the board of alder
men, the district attorney, sherif.
coroner, registrar of deeds and other
city officials, besides II members Of
the house in the legislature, two
state senators and congressman
Today all they have left is = show
ing Of six Representatives. one SEN
ator, two or three school committee
men and II aldermen, some Of whom
are holdovers.
'~The Milwaukee socialists prom
Used to reduce the cost Of living,
their budget showed IN actual I'M
crease of $1,000. 900 In two yvars
and the only permanent improve
ment they had to show Tor Il was the
construction Of one comfort station.
'"They violated the civil oervioe ge-