The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21

Comment. our success M the polls
last November Is attracting n number
of middle class politicians whose sole
ambition "a to Ect into offices the
salaries of which viii enable them to
associate with capitalists The SO
cialist. whose devotion 90 the cause has
made this movement the world com
Melting force that is A., thinks not of
contamination other than the joy of
boipp able to live and see the APP
preaching elimination of the great
revolution. He feels that the organic
ers who daily face mobs. iails, police
mons clubs. and all the hardshlps of
homeless men are of at least as great
service TO the movement as are those
fortunate comrades who by the self
sacrifice of thousands of suffering
comrades are elevated to office and
the emomments thereof. He feels that
he who seeks more from the move
ment than that paid the daring men
land women who are spreading the
light and making political and econ
omic success possible is an incum-
brance that may well be disposed of.
For Local Midland by ]. E. Sinclair.
/ Puyallup. amending section &c, has
been seconded by Locals Spokane 9th
Ward No. 3, Tacoma No. 1 and 5. Be
/ ing previously seconded by Bangor
and Edmonds Bird Ward, It was sent
out as referendum "B" 1913. 1t will
| be Tailed on February %.
Bangor seconded the motion to elm
mate convention stamps, made by
Everett 9Th Ward. The motion being
previously seconded by Everett I'd
Ward, Bismarck, Clipper and Seattle
9th Ward, it was sent out as state re-
fcrendum "a" due to be Tailed Feb
ruary %.
Motion by Colville to eliminate sec
ton &c referendum "G'O from the
state constitution, was seconded by
Mountain View, Everett Cd Ward,
Outlook, Spokane Sd Ward, Nordland,
Echo and Wickersham, and has been
sent out as state referendum &C." due
to be tailed March 10.
Local Outlook seconds motion by
Bellngham North (expelled) to reor-
ganize King county.
State committee motion by Walter
Price to employ r. B. Martin as state
organizer, was seconded by Hallberg,
of Nelson; Freeman, of Tonasket;
Brown, of Spokane Sd Ward; Lichty,
of Spokane I'd Ward, and Shockley,
of Bismarck, and was sent out as
| state committee referendum No. l,
1913 Tally reported below in this
| bulletin.
| Motion for state committee referen-
! dunn by Walter Price ito print at the
party's expense the defense of expell-
ed locals" seconded by Lichty, of
| Spokane I'd Ward; Brown, of Spokane
/ Sd Ward, and Freeman, of Tonasket.
| Motion for state committee referen-
dunn by Freeman, of Tonasket, ito
re-instate M. ]. Kennedy to member
| ship in the party" seconded by
Lichty, of Spokane I'd Ward; Brown,
of Spokane Sd Ward, and Walter
! Price, of Outlook.
Report of canvassing committee for
| State Referendum "H' 1912:
The following named locals voted
straight yes as follows: Duvan z,
Havillah s, Machias 6, Sedro-Woolley
10, Sunnyside 6, Sumas 10, Trafton 8,
Port Townsend Third Ward 5, Falls
] City 8, Scotia 5, Burlay z, Seouim 1S,
Kirkland No. 2 IL, Seattle Thirteenth
| Ward No. l Is, Burlington 10, Lopez
! 8, Eden -, Des Moines 5, Renton 10,
Manette 8, Deep Creek 26, Ten Mile
! II, Spokane Fourth Ward 10, Spokane
Third Ward 8, Spokane First Ward
No. 2 8, and Misunderstanding Colling-
wood, Ruckman and Alger one vote
each.
| The following locals voted a straight
nay as follows: MountainvieW 5,
Winlock No. Is, Silvana II, Auburn
| 8, Rosedale 5, Elma 2, Walla Walla 6,
| Port Angeles Sixth Ward 4, Algona
| Il, Kapowsin 8, Granite Falls T. Juan
tia No. 7, Precinct 279 6, Seattle
Fifth Ward 1913, Lyman 5, Lower
Natchez 6, Centerville 8, Puyallup &c,
Cherokee s. Seabeck 4, Medina 8,
Lakewood g. Salzer 5, Home Acres 5,
Buckley Z, Wenatchee IS, Tonasket 5,
| Meyers Falls 6, Charleston 8, Rainier
| Z, Edmonds Second Ward 8, Silverdale
| 8, PIT. Angeles No. %, Falkland 4,
| Vancouver II, Bossburg 7, Malo 5,
Ethel 7, Nordland Z, Arlington 10,
Liberty a. Fox Island A, Ariel 6, Fe-
| Ida 6, Edmonds Third Ward 7, Fern
dale 5, Echo 6, Elberton 6, Otter
| Creek 6, Oak Harbor Z, Goldbar 6,
Mt Vernon 6, Entiat 6, Echo Valley
II, Coupeville 4, Everett Third Ward
IS, Everett No. 8, Seattle First
Ward II, Seattle Third Ward No. 1
"a, Seattle Thirteenth Ward No. 2
Is, Tacoma No 1 27, Tacoma No. 4
u, Tacoma No. 5 II, and the follow
ing members-at-large one vote each:
Mulch, Kietis, Siebentritt, Rees,
Cawthon, Wanhope, Mitchell, Andrew
Anderson, Hopkinson, A. H. Hansen,
Campbell Contner, Enenkel
The following locals divided their
votes as follows:
Yes. No.
| Bellingham North -----------23 10
4 4
Bangor ------------------ 1 10