Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-10-09

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A Feu Remarks

BY WALTER B. HILTON

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VOTE FOR YOURSELVES! This is the only way
out of your difficulty Five political parties with five
ddates appeal you for your votes is not surprising
that you should be in quandary But why not settle the
whole matter by simply voting for yourselves?
Let everybody do that. Let the merchants and manu-
faurer vote for themselves and let the workers vote for
themselves.
This strips the trappngs from the thing and leaves it
bare and bald Find out which class you belong to- you
are merchant manufacturer you should vote for your
own candidates-J. G. Hea1ne Geo. A. Laughln, M. M.
Nicely j. FL. Holt It will not matter much which of
these you elect for they all believe in the system
that you believe inf you are merchant manu-
factuer
But if you are worker, then to vote for Yourself
your choice is limited to but one for all the political par
ties but caDitst parties and opposed your
teress as working man, all the candidates but one are
capitalist candidates and opposed to your interests
Workingman
The only ticket for the workngmen in this campaign
for the special election in the First Congressional District
the Socialist ticket and the only candidate of the work
ing people is w. B. Hilton.
You may think you cannot win and fear to ''throw
your vote away Now four of the five candidates will
oseony one will win -Four chances out Of five you will
Throw away your vote if by that you mean voting for
candidate who will not be elected.
But let's see what throwing vote away means. Do
you vote SIMPLY to elect certain individual you try
to elect him in order to gain certain advantages for your
sevesg If this last is true then you gained these ad
vantages although you did not happen to elect your
would you have thrown your vote way?
For instance: You going to elect congressman,
not primarily, to give 800 annual salary to
tain man. but in the hope of gaining for yourself through
electng this Now what you gain if your choice
is electedy Let say you elect Heame. What will he
do for you? He believes that the capitalist entitled to
take all that he possibly from the workngman He
will act and vote accordance with that belief and every
thing he willingly does therefore will be against your in
terests Thus though you elect him you will win
nothing you will have thrown your vote away. Nicely is
the candidate of the Consolidation Coal Company the
conscenceess coal trust of West Virginia. gang that by
every foul and vicious MEANS has been keeping it's thou
sands Of employees in virtual slavery in West Virginia.
and is himself member of the militia Can't you see that
your vote should elect him you will have thrown
Geo A. Laughlin though infinitely superior to either
Heame Nicely, also believes in the system Of the idle
rich living on the bent backs of the plodding poor &c.
even, does Holt the prohibitionist
So, even should you elect of these, you will have
thrown your vote away!
You may think there is voting for the Social
ls that he cannot be elected We but out Of the five
will win.~ But if the Socialist cannot wn NO So
CIALIST VOTE IS THROWN AWAY!
It is vote Of protest. It serves notice on those who
are robblng you that you rebelng This frghtens
them They will keep right robbng you long as you
submit to it. but will let loose in just the exact proportion
that you show signs Of unrest The Socialist vote is
warning to the masters They become ':knd" and pro
gressve In just the proportion that the Socialist vote
grows It grew in Germany year by year, and year af.
year the rulers gave the working people and
concessions until today they have upon their statute books
"labor legislation than even 'Progressives dare
to ask for here and which the Socialists called anarch
lists for demanding
You had been asking for a workmen's compensation
law in West Virginia You sent the Laughlns' and the
Hearnes and the Neeys to Charleston year after year.
and they never gave you such law until last year Wy
Because last year there were FIFTEEN THOUSAND
SOCIALIST VOTES IN WEST VIRGINIA!
Thirty thousand Socialist votes will give you twice
as much law in the interest Of the people. The
masters the vote of protest growing and they throw
out sops to try to stop it. They are willing to give you
crumbs in order to keep you from taking the whole loaf
&c. you see, the only way you can surely throw ny
your vote is to vote against your nteresto vote for
what YOU do not want cannot throw your vote away
if you do vote for what you want.
DON'T THROW YOUR VOTE AWAY!