The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-07-17
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burg Yonkou ~ y. barbrrs vote
unanimously 90 strike. And SO we
could 60 on for columns to prove That
strikes are as common as muHh Tor
breakfast Capitalism's baby Social
ism. Will soon be a grown man.
Some one said. About the greatest
human specimont ON earth besides the
man who lives on his wifo's wages rs
the solemn philosopher who takes mp
Socialist editors time telling him how
to run the paper-when said philos'
opher's name does not appear on the
subscription list
The Socialist party at the last cleo
tion in Denmark polled more votes
than any other party. Socialist vote
l07.015. next highest, liberals, lO2,Sb2.
Representatives in parliament: Social
lists, 30; liberals. a.; radicals, 81; con
servatives, z; indepndent l.
The Socialist papers of Germany
now have a total of 100000 subscrlb'
ers. The Commonwealth would have
a few more than IL now has If Just
few of our comrades would stick TINS
issue under the nose of the first per
son they meet and collect the price
for a year.
Recently in Pussa, the speakers at
a Socialist funeral were arrested Tor
making political speeches. Don't hold
up your hands in horror. We are get
ting worse than this here in this free
country daily.
The superintendent of the famous
Sing Sing prison has been fired Tor
extreme cruelty to the prisoners. Ana
il has also been discovered at last
that this hell-hole is hopelessly tilthy.
The Berlin, Germany, comrades Gel
ebrated the fiftieth anniversary OF the
Socialist movement in that country by
holding fourteen monster mass meet
ings.
Comrades all over the country are
very lax in getting subscribers for the
Socialist press lately. The Cleveland
Socialist has just suspended and many
other papers are making big "holler
| for help or they will die.
The Socialists of Holland are JuD-
liant because they increased their
number of deputies from in the old
chamber to IS in the new. All THIS
in spite of the fact that 100000 work
ers are DISTINGUISHED because of small
property qualifications out of total
male population of /, 392,1l2.
Minna Katusky, aged 70, mother OF
Karl Kautsky, died recently. She be
gan life as an actress, and her healtn
falling she took up journalism. she
became a prolific writer for the so
cialistic press and her stories soon be-
came exceedingly popular. Up to the
Z last she continued to write and just
recently surprised her friends by pro
ducing little comedy.
| The Ipswich, Mass, Socialists who
addressed the striking silk workers In
the church yard of the Greek Ortho-
dox Church were given three months
each in Jail for this monstrous offense'
The Judge was manifestly unfair In
his rulings and the defense was prop
erly Disguised A little political action
might help at Ipswich.
William H. Johnston, president or
the International Association of Ma
chinists, reports that the fight for the
eight-hour day is progressing through
out the couEry. President Johnston is
member Of the Socialist party.
Now that editors and agitators and
inst plain onlookers are sentenced
right and left to from a few days TO
seven years behind prison bars, we
sometimes wonder when the workers
will get the knowledge necessary 10
elect Socialist judges and prosecuting
attorneys, mayors and sherlffs. vi
course, there are some workers VINO
have graduated far beyond voting for
control of the hand that now holds the