The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-01-10
Everett, Wash, Jan. 7, 1913.

Editor Commonwealth:
Dear Comrade-Bill Haywood is to
be recalled. The New York state com
mittee says so. That body never did
like Bill; he has been thorn in their
eyes for some time past. Bill does
not take very we'll with the profess
sional class, anyway, which the New
York state committee is mostly COM
posed Of
Big Bill is fond of organizing the
wage slaves into one big union for the
purpose Of participating in a general
strike. The professionals are not in
terested in strikes at all, because it
disturbs their political sensations.
Bill Haywood teaches the wage
slaves i'll manners toward the master
class. The yellow politicians don't
believe in too much antagonism to-
ward the capitalistic class for fear of
losing their votes as we'll as their re-
spect.
Big Bill teaches revolutionary
ethics; he despises bourgeois respect
ability as the devil does holy water.
Bill has the wage slaves at heart;
the pure and simple politicians have
an office at heart. Haywood teaches
socialism with it's working clothes on,
as it looks through the shop windows.
The "reputables" teach socialism only
through the halls of legislation.
Bill says the wage slaves are poor
parliamentarians, and should not de-
pend on that action altogether, but
use their economic power = labor
power.
The pure and simple says this is
half socialism and half anarchism.
He is accused of repudiating politi-
cal action. Those who have read his
book, Industrial Socialism," know
that isn't true Haywood stands for
the same policy as the International
Socialist Review.
The recall of Haywood is on a par
with the recall of our state officials.
It is an issue between the reds" and
the "yellows" otherwise reputables")
as to which is to control party ma
chinery.
AS to the outcome of the recall ref
erendum now pending, it is safe to
say they will be overwhelmingly de-
feated as there is absolutely no reason
to recall our state officials at this
time.
The principle charges that are made
ought to be more of a boost than a
knock.
Charge No. 1 is our state officials
ar eanarchistic and arbitrary; second,
they are incompetent because it is too
much money in the treasury.
Let us take up charge No. l, and
let us see who are the real anarchists.
The main feature about an anarchist
is that he won't be bound down or
disciplined by any rules or regulations
adopted in any organization by ma
jority rule. If our state officials have
not obeyed the majority rule they
have acted enthusiastically; on the
other hand, if they have acted ac-
cording to our constitution and the
majority rule of the state committee,
then they are socialists.
There have been referendums sent
in to the state office that were ultra
anarchistic because they were abso-
lutely irregular and not at all accord.
ing to the constitution adopted by ma.
jority rule. Some of these comrades
who initiated those referendums know
they were not put in a regular man
ner, but owing to their anarchistic
contempt for the constitution they
would not do it in an organized way
if they could; therefore, we can see
those referendums were introduced in
an anarchistic way by the real an
archists and turned down in a socialist
way by the real socialists.
I want TO say right here if anyone
will show me of one single referen
dunn TO the state office that was
turned down that was anywhere neal