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The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-04-18
A TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT.

(By Alfred Wagenknecht, Assistant
State Secretary
It seems funny, but it isn't. 1t is
rather tragic. That any member OF
the socialist party in his right mind
should eventually believe what those
who are making an effort to disrupt
our organization say in print, is past
human understanding. We have often
said that repeated assertions in the
capitalist press of most anything
eventually hypnotizes the workers so
that they really begin to believe it true.
But we kind of thought that after a
person joined the socialist party, he
became intelligent enough to reason
out everything for himself, and accept
no mans word and no papers word
for anything. This does not seem the
case, however.
113 Wrong and 10 Right.
Here all of us have built for years
and years. With our money, our time
and our energy we have constructed
a socialist party second to none in
the u. S. And now, because a very,
very small minority will not abide by
the decision of the large majority,
they leave the party, together with a
few of the unthinking, and make war
on our organization. In the state con-
vention held a month ago, the vote of
this minority faction was just ten, as
against 113 for the majority faction.
Most of these ten delegates returned
to their locals, proved to some"ef the
members in their locals that they, the
ten, were right, and that the vast ma
jority, the 113, were ever so wrong.
Just think of the Righteousness of this
position. That ten should presume to
know so much more than 113 that as a
result of their superfluous knowledge
they really must leave the party and
organize one of their own. Well, WE'LL
Orqanization VS.. Anarchy.
Shall we have an organization so
we'll disciplined that every unit in it
shall abide by the majority will? That
is the question. Until we do we will
not win. That is the answer. The
majority in our party will always de-
eide the party policy, the party laws,
the party principle. OF course, there
will always be minority. But if the
minority is an intelligent minority; a
loyal minority; a minority that has
sense enough to understand that only
by educating more of the membership
to believe with them can they ever
become the majority; minority that
knows that it must remain a part of
the whole to do this educating; mi
nority that is willing to admit that it
may be proven wrong, but will stay
with the organization until it is proven
wrong or until it proves the majority
wrong; such a minority is a need in
the party 1t furnishes the opposition
so necessary to progress. Either you
are blessed with the organization
spirit and will stick with the organiza-
ton through thick and thin, ever lend
ing a helping hand to right it when
YOU think it wrong. Or you are an
anarchist, ever ready to destroy and
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-04-18

State Convention Echoes
disrupt and desert,

hlol uPA efAAd hSRNAN
An Insult to the Rank and File.
There is not one reason for desert
ing the socialist party In our party
we have the initiative, the referendum
and the right to recall. All matters
of controversy can be settled by the
rank and file If you desert, because
the organization is not conducted to
suit you, you insult the rank and file,
for it conducts the organization. II
you desert, you as much as say that
you know ever so much more than the
rank and file and that you refuse long
er to abide by the will of the rank and
file. Just before the state convention
the membership voted upon the recall
of the state executive committee and
the state secretary and decided against
recall by 1,143 to 353. The member
ship also voted upon the Chairman
Plan" of conducting the organization
and decided against this plan by a
vote of 903 to 434. Before the state
convention, by a referendum vote Of
the state committee (the same body
that afterwards met in convention as
delegates) several locals were expelled
for condoning party treason. The vote
upon these several state committee ref
erendums was 110 to II. Then this
state committee met in convention,
and it made decisions in conformity
with the vote on both state member
ship and state committee referendums.
And because these state committee
men in convention assembled truly
represented their locals and the ma
iprity of the state membership, these
state committeeman are now abused
and misrepresented, are claimed to be
from STRAW" locals, only organized
by the state office for the purpose of
capturing the convention. Some high
minded deserters even go so far as 10
say that these state committeeman,
113 in number, are ring" meaning
thereby that they are controlling the
rank and file against the will of the
rank and file. Such absurdity. They
honestly represented the rank and
file. What hurts the deserters is that
they together with the locals expelled
for party treason were not able to
capture these committeeman for their
use, in spite of the fact that they
opened headquarters in Tacoma days
before the opening of the convention.
It's Just case of sour grapes, COM
rades.
FaIsehoods Answered.
Let us kill few accusations they
make against the officers of our party,
yes, against the party itself, for the
officers of the party are officers only
as long as the rank and file agree they
shall be.
1. The deserters say that the con-
vention endorsed Haywood and his
anti-political theories The fact is, the
convention refused to endorse Hay
wood and his agitation against politi-
sal action, but did go on record as
opposed to the METHODS used in
effecting Haywood's recall from the
national executive committee.
CONTINUED on Page Three.)
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-04-18
A Grant COUNTY
Experience
An empty school house.
Windows boarded up.

An empty ScnOOl mousse
Windows boarded up.
Deserted.
Why?
The comrade who drove as along
that sandy road said it was because
there are no children there now.
"Winter before last we had a good
school, but everybody has left that
can get out" Within a five-mile rad
ius from there we counted sixty de-
serted homesteads. Several more
people are preparing to move out; in
a few months there win be seventy
deserted homesteads. One had build
fngs on it that cost over $4,000, others
were over the $1,000 mark.
AT a crossroad stood a solitary mail
box. The old man who lived near 1t
told me that it is the sole survivor OF
go mail boxes that stood there two
years ago. and that had served the
mail for upwards OF 200 people All
except one OF two families have gone.
Everybody gets out that can Those
who remain win quit as soon as ways
and means allow OF H.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-04-18
PROTESTS
PORT ANGELES PROTEST.

Port Angeles, Wash, April Z, 1913.
To Woodrow Wilson, President of the
United States, Washington, d. c.;
The people of Port Angeles in mass
meeting assembled demand that you
use your official position to free
Mother Jones from the clutches of the
capitalist vultures in West Virginia,
We warn you that the working class
of this country viii defend Mother
Jones with their lives if necessary.
WILL G. DeROUSIE,
Chairman.
The above is copy of motto.
carried almost unanimously by ris
ing vote at Comrade Twining's meet
ing, there being only 10 or 20 who
stuck to their seats out of an audience
of 800. 1t was wired to Woodrow Will
son.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-04-18
STRIKE AT BALLARD MILLS
STILL CONTINUES.

over 800 men are still out. Ten per
cent increase is the chief demand.
Wages i'm the Ballard mills are lower
than i'm any other of the shingle cen
ters I'm the Northwest
There are other complaints. such as
time stealing and the compulsory pay
meut of hospital fees. The strike
leaders are hopeful of victory.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-04-18

Auburn, N. Y.-The police here fired
point blank at 300 strikers. One wom-
an and four men fell wounded. No
trouble occurred until a detail of 20
policemen took up a position in front
of the mill gate to keep the pickets
away.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-04-18
Tn Ne w York State
Capitalist Press Reports
About Buffalo Untrue
Here are the Facts

The gangs of hired gunmen are a
constant menace to the peace of the
city. The whole outfit is Illegal and
unconstitutional.
Don't be misled by the fake reports
in the capitalist press.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-04-18
PROTEST FROM HOME ACRES.

Resolution passed by Home Acres
socialist local Everett Wash:
Tn regards TO the action of the state
of West Virginia toward Mother
Jones and the miners, we condemn the
authorities iu using the military courts
Continued ON Page Threel
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-04-18
In West Virginia
Armored Train;
Illegal Guards;
Court Martial

torney for the miners, visited a giant
negro miner, Dan Chain, better known
among his mining pals as Few
Clothes" at the Moundsville peniten-
Continued on Page Two@
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-04-18

H1uedale. Mass.-siX hundred men
Quit work al tine Draper company S
textile machinery plant TO enforce
demand for a 30 per cent wage in
crease and the abolition Of piece work.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-04-18
W ID. ELRE

J.. c.. C.. AUBURG,
Committee.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-29
Decorations Wonderful.

There is no doubt that those who attend the exposition during the, next week will be agreeably surprised by the beautiful and elaborate decora- tiOns which have transformed the big armory into a veritabIe bower of beau ty. A small army of carpenters and decorators from the Decorative Com pany of America has been at work during the past week and the final ef- feet surpasses anything of the kind ever seen in Bridgeport. This is the ecuted the decorations for the recent automobile show held at the Grand Central Palace in New York.
 The ceiling has been covered with tn ousands of yards of blue bunting and the roof and steel beams completely hidden under the billowy mass of cloth. The ceiling has been paneled by the use of huge f1ounces of white bunting and a myriad of electric lights hidden in the folds, so that the effect of a miniature sky is secured when the illumination is complete.
 The side walls have been covered with yellow cloth with pale green ma teriaI draped from artistic wooden columns. On one end of the hall is a large electric sign with the words Bridgeport Exposition" thereon and with the travelling bag and crescent, the symbol of the order, also in cleo tries. The main floor is occupied by 60 booths made of handsome wooden columns and along these are strung hundreds of electric globes.
 The exterior of the armory will be outlined in incandescents and a large sign, similar to that inside the hall, will be placed over the main entrance.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-29
ALL ISIN READINESS FOR OPENING OF
 BRIDGEPORT INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION
 AT STATE ARMORY MONDAY EVENING

several thousand useful articles will be given to all visitors during the week.
 The Warner Bros company will have a handsome exhibit of the we'll known corsets and while the plans have been kept secret, a surprise is assured. The George B. Clark Com pany will also show model rooms by the use of their well known line. One of the most interesting exhib- it's will be that of the Standard Oil Company which will show the various products made by the company for household use and will have expert chefs in their booth to cook delight full dainties for visitors. These will
 also be served in the palm garden. : The Southern New England Te1e- phone Company will have a switch board installed and will have several operators at work showing the general public just what has to be done when a call is asked. This board will be connected to phones in all the booths and with outside wires and calls can
 be secured by those who so desire. It
 will be very interesting and instruc- tive.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-29
Pictures A Treat.

Perhaps the most interesting feat ure of the exposition will be the in dustrial moving pictures which have been taken during the past three weeks by the Towns & Cities Film Go. of New York. They are the first of their kind to be taken and will un- doubted1y draw thousands to the ar mory during the week. Bridgeport is the first to have them and it's exam pie will be followed by many other municipalities when they are exhibit ed throughout the country after next week.
 These pictures carry an interesting heart-interest story in them so not to have only Bridgeport's industries on the screen. Miss Rosalie Brennan, the popular cashier at Howland's, who was recently chosen from several hun dred of Bridgeports pretty girls at the recent popularity contest held at the Plaza theater, to portray the char acter of Miss Bridgeport" in the films is being sought by her sister, Miss May Bowlby, the charming and viva cious leading woman of the film com pany, who was charged by her parents on their death bed, to find her long lost sister and restore her to her po- sition of wealth.
 Miss Bowlby is seen arriving at the railroad station, is driven to The
 CContinued from Page S.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-29

Everything is in readiness for the opening of the big Bridgeport Exposi- ton at the Armory on Monday after noon and its formal opening on the stroke of o'clock by Mayor Clifford B. Wilson. The exhibits have arriv- ed and are being put in place. the dec orations have been completed and the many details have been seen to by Manager J. Alex. H. Robinson. When the mayor pushes the button that will formally open the exposition and will illuminate the thousands of electric lights and reveal the splendid and elaborate decorations, he will have given impetus to the greatest indus trial affair ever attempted in Bridge port
 The opening ceremonies will be watched by several thousand people, among whom will be all the city off cials, who have accepted the invita- ton of Manager Robinson, and also the heads of every civic body in the city. Representatives of nearby cit ies will be present and everything points to a. a..record-breaking attendance and a sweeping success.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-29
Members Will Receive.

A reception committee consisting of
 many of the members of the Bridge
 port council of the United Commer-
 cia1 Travellers will act as a reception
 committee and will wear handsome
 badges made from "corpro', the new
 metal which cannot be told from gold.
 The badges were made by the L. C.. Smith company who have the secret
 for the making of this metal. The
 members on the reception committee
 are:
 T. M. Adams, W. B. Allen, E. H.
 Beers, w. B. Booth, G. H. BrferIy, R.
 F. Benedict, J. P. Brennan, W. S.. Brown, W. E. BolIes, H. P. Beers, H.
 H. Bennett, R. H. BulkIey, E. A. Botsford, G. B. Benedict, D. H. Bar
 rett, M. H. Brautigam, R. W. Brown,
 Theodore Courtright, P, J. Cooney, G.
 H. Coulter, J. c. Cooper, E. B. Chaf- fee, B. G. Carlson, George Cook, N. B. Decker, M. M. Downer, J. H. Dorus,
 w. M- Deichler, w. H. DeWolfe, F. B. Doyle, w. R. Eaton, H. B. Ellis, F.
 G. Funkie, H. c. Freshour, R. H. Fitz- Roy, P. w. Poland, T. L. Gallagher,
 M. B. Griffin. s. c. GoodselI, D. E. Grenninger, W. F. Hurd, H. V. Hay
 man, B. J. Higby, E. F. Hurd, B. o.
 Jenkins, V. H. Ktncaid, J. F. Keegan, G. V. s. Kaesman, T. L. LaIley, M. J. i Mallory, G. E. MeIius, E. P. Middle brook, P. W. Murray, T. S. Mclean, w. E. Norris, w. A. Nothnag1e, P. J. Onkey. W. T. Probert, w. B. Penney,
 M. P. Quinn, o. G. Fighter, c. J.~Ryan w. G. Powell, F. s. Ray, T.. V. Rob- erts, Lewis Smith, B. G. Stabb, M. J. | Sanborn, F. c. Sanford, J. H. Spitt1er, w. N. Sullivan, George D. Schwartz, 1 J. Burton Smith, J. T. Sexton, Summer Simpson, J. w. Sterling, c. B. A. Thompson, J. L.. Thorpe, J. T. Trainer, c. L. Thompson, Louis VerIin, c. w. Wilson, M. F. White, c. c. Wilson, w. G. Weber, w. B. Wills, J. G. Wright, c. J. Whitten, T. F. Walsh, E. H. Will Hams, W. c. Waterbury and c. A. Youngs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-29
Many Exhibitors.

Among the well known local and out of town firms who will have inter esting exhibits at the exposition are: The Bul1ard Machine Tool Co.,, l.. H. Corbitt, who is the official photogra- pher, Edward C.. Waters, The Crane Valve Co.,, The National. Pure Food Products company will exhibit deli cious soups; the B. T. Rabbit Soap company will give away 30,0 sam pies of their cleaning preparations; the Buffalo Cereal company will dis tribute breakfast food at the hands of Miss Rosalie Brennan, who was elect ed Miss Bridgeport" in the industrial
 pictures; the dictaphone for steno- graphic purposes will be shown by the Dictaphone company of New Haven, while George B. Clark company will show model rooms. Other interest ing exhibitrs will be Erwin M.- Jen- nings company with automobiles,
 Herb-O-PhoSa Co.,, Dorkin-Fr Frank company, Royal Equipment company, Fairchi1d and Shelton, the Rowland Dry Goods company, Connecticut Of
 fee and Library Supply company
 Cutting and Worthen, Pyle and Tom
 1inson, Ronalds and Johnson, M. E. Griffin, Powhattan Water company, Parott Varnish Works, L. c. Smith company, A. w. Burritt company, Gas Appliance Exchange, Wellington & Co.,, Armstrong Manufacturing com
 pany, the Joyce Press, Warner Bros. company, sealer of weights and meas ures, state trade school, Bridgeport Chain company, Hunter and Ravens, American Graphophone cmpany, H. O.. Garfield, Corn Products Refining com pany, Crane Valve company, Conso1i- dated Piano company, La Resista, Cor set company, Union Metallic Cartridge company and the Bridgeport public schools.
 One unique feature will be the ex-
 hibits of measures and scales which SeaIer of Weights and Measures Den his Kelly has conf1scated during his term as city sealer. There are hun dredS of them, every kind and descrip- l ton. He will also show the house wives how they are cheated by a dis honest store-keeper and peddler and will also distribute pamphlets telling | just what weight every measure of certain foods should be
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-29
Interesting Exhibits.

No more varied line of products will be shown that those exhibited at the exposition. Most of the prominent Bridgeport manufacturers and mer- chants have taken space and many well known outside firms. The booths will be prettiIy decorated and each will have the name of the exhibitor in gold letters over it. Running ma chinery will turn out the finished products from the raw material and every exhibitor will distribute useful and handsome souvenirs. In fact
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-29
3T7z BRIDGEPORT INDUSTRIAL EXHIBIT Sl

ty had many years note the progress of local enterprise rapid strides, and the attained through efforts of prominence ability
 The columns of The Farmer today, index the active interest Bridgeport industries have in supporting the local vertsements and the superiority of 'Made in Bridge port'' products, mentioned therein.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-29

The course of stream is downward increasing as it's tributaries augment it's volume That the Nature Trade is the reverse Apparently insurmount able obstacles must be overcome opposition climbed in the commercial scramble success There is round about That the law of conserva 
 The exhibit of the United Commercial Travellers is the best illustration residents of Bridgeport and vcn
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-20
CONGRESS IS ASKED
FOR EIGHT MILLIONS
Secretary Of Treasury McAdoo Says
This Sum Is Needed to Cover
Deficiencies.

Deficiency and emergency appropria-
tons agsregating more than 100000
are requested in supplemental estimates
sent to the House today by Secretary
of the Treasury McAdoo. The larger
portion OF this sum is for deficiencies
for the current fiscal year.
Secretary McAdoo asks 81, $4,000 for the
expenses of the Interstate Commerce
Commission during the next twelve
months in its investigation of the physi-
cal valuation of railroads. Congress au-
thorized the valuation. but failed to pro-
vide the funds.
Approximately a million dollars is re-
quested for the War and Navy Depart
ments to repay the amounts expended
for the relief of the Ohio River flood SUI
ferers at the time OF the Dayton floods.
The estimates also ask $500 for the
new Department of Labor, of which
amount $4,000 is for the Commission
on Industrial Relations. The Treasury
Department needs N,sS3.ooo to continue
work on buildings. for which approrria-
lions have been exhausted.
A total of 81, $4,000 is desired by the
Department of Commerce. and the White
House has a deficiency expense bill OF
s.. 800 Secretary McAdoo estimates that
il requires $500 to conduct examinations
of fourth-class postmasters, who are to
be put under the civil service.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-20
SONS OF VETERANS
MEET AT CAMPFIRE
Representative Willis Is Speaker and
Tells Of Healing Of Civil War
Wounds.

A campfire meeting in Grand Army
Hall, at which Representative Frank B.
Willis Of Ohio delivered an address, occu-
pied the attention OF members of the
Maryland Division, Sons of Veterans who
are holding their twenty-seventh annual
convention here. Mr.. Willis confined
himself to patriotic remarks, telling how
the breach between the North and South
had been healed
Preceding the meeting a banquet was
held In the Hotel Sterling. The meeting
In the morning was opened with an ad-
dress by Commissioner Cuno H Rudolph.
to which Silas z. Robb, commander of
the Maryland Division. responded. Moth
ing but routine matters came before the
body In the morning.
The auxiliary of the Sons OF Veterans
met in an adjoining room at the same
time as the parent organization was in
session. Mrs. Edith R. Munson, division
president, occupied the chair. The con-
vention will adjourn today with the cleo
ton Of officers.