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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-27
The FLORENCE Cr,ttenton Home.

The daily newspapers OF recent
date state that aiplan is afoot for a
national movement to reclaim vic.
TINS of the white slave traffic. I'll is
recognized that the problem OF car.
ing for these victims is the hardest
part of the subject. The plan, ali
are told, is to establish rescue
homes IN which girls who are re,
claimed from the under world may
be given care and instruction during
such time as may be necessary fol
them to get new start in life.
It may not be generally known that
there are now seventy-eight rescue
homes in the United states, and that
the. Florence Crittenton Home oil
West Virginia at Wheeling is cae
5of the chain, all having the same
name. The work done by these
'Romes should besbetter known.
Z The. philanthropic corpora
ticn to be chartered by Congress was
the National Florence Criterion
Mission, headquarters at Washing
ton, d. &c. The IRed Cross Society
occupies second place. T:iis char
ter was obtained in 1898; the OBJ
ject being THE Protection OF
the young. the rescue of the
fallen and the maintenance
of single standard of NOR
ais as equally binding on men
and women The seventy-eight
Florence Crittenton Homes new care
fcr about 5000 helpless girls each
year. They open the way to a
sheltered avenue of life by which err
ring, hayward and unfortunate girls
may return to normal conditions in
society.
The work is mainly preventive.
When these girls first fall they are
usually misled through their affec-
tions, the prey of a stronger'nature.
They are usually very young, tthe
most of them from 10 to II years
of age) more sinned against than
s.nning. Unless a door of hope is
open to them many of them would
be drawn into the house OF sin. Each
girl who enters home is expected
to stay at least six imcnths. This is
a needed preparation for the future.
She is taught to cook, to launder, to
do general housework, to sew, to
read, write and spell and to become
familiar with the bible. She must
also be neat, orderly and polite and
to care for her own person end that
of her child.
The charter for the West vir-
GINA home was obtained in Febru-
ary, 1911, ITO establish, maintain
and conduct a home for, and to give,
aid and comfort toneedy, erring and
women"
In the years 1911 and 1912 there
was sheltered and assisted eighty
.hree girls and infants received from
1neteen counties OF the state. Some
Of them were white slave victims
aiken there by the officers.
The legislature OF 1911 made an
'ppropr' aticn of $1,000 per year
for the years 1911-12. This was a,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-27

reform city administration at Par
keFsbuss- Does he not show you,
the evil that impends here. condf-l
toned. upon the adoption of com
mission form OF governments How
would yop like it? BE honest with
yourself and your ne;ghbor, and you
you win have none OF It..
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-27
An Evening Echo.

After all. the kind of world one
carries about in oneself IS the inn
portant thing. and the world out
side takes all its grace, color and
value from that. LOWELL.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-27

Samuel b. Montgomery, of King
wood, was a visitor here Monday.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-18
REPLY OF STATE SECRETARY
B0STROM TO THE LABOR
JOURNAL ATTACK.

The following letter has been sent
to the Labor Journal:
Everett, Wash, Sept. 49, 1913.
Editor of the Labor Journal, Everett,
Wash.
Dear Sir-In a front-page double
header of your paper of September 12,
some one who does not sign his name
and who must therefore be presumed
to be the editor or have the approval
of the editor, takes upon himself to
castigate the Socialist party of Wash
ington in the following language: "Be
it known that the Commonwealth is
the official organ of the Socialist
party. Anything appearing, there
fore, in its columns must quite
naturally be taken as an expression
of the sentiment of that organization.
We had known that individ-
ual members of the Socialist party
preferred the revolutionary /. w. w.
to the trade union movement and were
bitter enemies to our movement. We
did not suppose that the organization
as a whole was hostile to trade union
ISM Some of the biggest figures in
national way are members of and
strong supporters of trade unions.
A direct question which we
wish to PROFOUND to the Socialist party
of Everett, indeed of the state, is:
Does it stand for that editorial ex-
preston of the Commonwealth as be-
ing it's own attitude towards Labor
Day and the labor movement as typi-
fled by the A. F. of LIP"
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-18
CITIZENS MEETINGS CON
TINUE.
Organization Supposed to Be
Permanently Formed to Teach
Good Government in Everett
Real Purpose Recall.

IF The People had heard the re-
cent investigation of the money trust
in Congress there would be an up
rising that would drive every money
baron from the country"
These words were uttered by R. J.
Faussett, Prosecuting Attorney" in
a keyed up mot key-note) speech in
the high school auditorium on the
evening of Wednesday, September 10
They were sprung near the end Of
reform speech filled
with bitterness at individuals and a
woeful lack of understanding Of un-
derlying principles
This man Faussett should be for
ever known among Socialists as the
Prosecuting Attorney" Because Of
vanity wounded by the fact that Com
rade J. 2. Sinclair had exposed his
lenient attitude toward the vice dis
trict ia Arlington where his Bull
Moose friend Ford, holds sway as
mayor. Causseft has ever since been
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-18
Buchanan Relates The Story His Kidnapping Jail Experience and Trial

union" has no bearing on the general
policies of the party which is gov
erned by absolute majority rule. The
party is not clannish, it stands for the
WHOLE working class on the politi-
cal field, and leaves the industrial
field severely alone. 1t has, however,
never neglected to support the work
ers, union or non-union, in their strug-
giles against their masters. In this it
has always set an example to organ
lied labor, which it is to be regretted
is seldom followed by any union.
The direct question by the Labor
Journel, Does the party stand for the
editorial expression of the Common
wealth in regard to Labor Day and
the labor movement" has already
been answered above as far as con-
Germs the position of the party to the
movement. AS regards Labor Day,
the party has not officially expressed
ITSELF and it is therefore to be sup
posed that it considers the question
too insignificant for serious consider
alton by grown-up people
The Question of Scabs.
1t is perhaps natural for the trade
unionist to consider a person "scab"
who does not work with his union
against the master, but by the same
process of reasoning the Socialist
would be justified in considering every
unionist "scab' who votes with the
master against the worker. I submit
that nothing can be gained by resort
ing to recriminations, and that on the
other hand the cause of our class can
best be served by an earnest endeavor
on the part of every worker to do what
he can in the particular field he has
chosen for his activity
Political Disruption.
The too manifest glee with which
the author of that Labor Journal
article launches into his work of de-
the Socialist party shows a
sick conscience. Not being able to
explain how he can consistently be a
true union man as long as he fights
the political union of the workers, the
Socialist party, he takes delight in
having at last found something in that
party which he can hold up as evil
dence of lack of class loyalty. Verify,
if the party were one day to pick up
the gauntlet that has been repeatedly
fired at it by the leaders of the diff
ferent unions, what would become of
the labor movement, if not it's utter
demolition? Political action must,
after all, in accordance with the law
of the survival of the fittest, super
sede the crude methods and direct
action of the trade union, but it can
be done without a devasting war be-
tween the organizations.
Let the workers beware of those
who advocate disruption.
FRANS BOSTROM.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-18

AS teacher, university graduate, rev.
olutionist, writer and speaker, Com
rade Hazard is well qualified to give
a most interesting talk on the public
schools, which will be more than time
ly in view of the present attempt of
the masters I'd disqualify Socialist
teachers.
The Open Forum meetings are all
free, and it is hoped that large audi
ence will turn out Sunday evening to
hear Comrade Hazard and listen to
the free discussion which is sure to
follow
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-18
SPEAK TO YOUR NEIGHBoR
ABOUT 1T.

While you're talking over this vital
question of building up a strong So
cialist press in Washington without
which any pretenoe ~ effeoti-e or
sanitation is but a farce, just speak
to your Leightor about subscribing to
the Commonwealth Any man of in-
elliseEce VIII take a, least A six
months trial subscription for 50 cents.
J.st tgy ~ and see how easy it is TO
gsH them
Bulls Up your ewn Pressi
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-18

So the Citizens League has decided
to recall Brodeck, Thompson and
Christensen. They are hiding their
purpose under an alleged permanent
organization. But the whole spirit of
their meetings is "Pick good men for
Offices pick men you can trust; the
city has been sold-and so on"
Everything is based on the theory
that good men, uncontrolled, can in
dividually save the city
Socialist Auditor Lands.
Toward the end of the performance
Comrade Jake Michel arose and
showed up the huge joke of the whole
affair. He pointed out the fact that
not a worklagman was on the pro
posed list of officers of the Citizens
League, and that the list of men con-
tanned names Of individuals who had
always been against the working
class and had always sold out when
they could get an excuse to do so.
There was a hurried attempt to
place the names of laboring men on
the list. Blu. the task seemed hard.
The only one they could find who was
not a Socialist was the editor Of the
Labor Journal And, Of course, the
Socialists refused TO stand for office
in an organization utterly useless to
the working class.
Tho meeting adjourned.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-18

hot after vengeance. And then the
Buchanan trial on the same Wednes-
day p. M! With the consent and
approval of Faussett Comrade Buch-
anan was arrested for alleged in
sanity, held from sending word to his
friends for three days, and subjected
to every attempt possible to unnerve
him.
These few words in appreciation of
our Prosecuting Attorney are written
as a setting for statement of the
underlying principles behind such
acts
The persecution of the individual.
the reform recall movement against
the individual is the result of the
belief that the individual
is the cause and not the effect; that
a removal of the individual will re-
move the cause. This is one type
of anarchy-ube one underlying the
campaigns of Theodore Roosevelt and
his "Progressive?" followers. It is
the underlying principle of the good
man theory in polities-the theory
that good men can save us by leader
ship in spite Of the fact that under
the present conditions it pays TO be in
public life. and that the uncontrolled
individual has as much chance to re-
main good in public life as the pro
verbial SNOWFALL has OF retaining its
spotless purity 10 Haaes.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-18
THIRTY ONE HUNDRED EX-
IRA COPIES OF THE COM
MONWEALTH SOLD

That the COMMONWEALTH is
fulfilling a useful function in this
state and county is evidenced by the
enthusiastic demand for more and
more copies of last weeks issue. The
number of extra copies so far ordered
(Monday noon, is thirty-one hundred
This demand for the facts in the Sin
elair-Buchanan school fight shows
also that the workers of Snohomish
county are fully alive to the serious
ness Of the situation regarding So
cialist school teachers.
The facts regarding the plot to ruin
Sinclair and send Buchanan 70 the
insane asylum should be given the
widest publicity possible
HELP TO TURN ON TIE LIGHT
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-18

producer of it. And third, that when
the wealth is received the owner
thereof will be absolutely secure in
the enjoyment of the same.
Neither of these three things which
the Socialists hold inseparable from
the rights of life, liberty and the pur-
suit of happiness, are guaranteed in
the least degree by the capitalist sys-
tenn that exists today.
But, you say, what has all this to
do with the questions of schools? Be
patient, you will see in a moment
Socialism and the Schools.
The capitalist system, which robs
the workers of eight-tenths of the
wealth they produce, is in existence
because the capitalist class which
profits thereby is in control of the
political powers. They are the gov
ernment. And all the laws they pass,
all the religions they control, and all
the sources of education through
press, forum or school, are twisted
and turned to serve but one purpose
to make more secure their position of
power and add to their strength to
plunder and rob.
Their laws make legal their method
of exploitation and make illegal all
other methods. They make it a penal
offense to hold up a man with a gun
and take away his money, but it is
legal to possess one of life's neces-
stiles and plunder millions of people
as a price of that necessity.
The capitalist churches have always
taught humbleness of spirit and con-
tentment with lack of riches and good
things in this life in return for an
unknown but gilded future after
death. Previous to the Civil War the
churches as a unit, both north and
south, taught, and by solemn resolu-
t.cn1 at convention declared, that
slavery was a divine institution and
must not be disturbed.
Schools Mold the ChiId's Mind.
But it is in the schools that the
greatest power of the ruling class lies
Here, from the humble little red
schoolhouse to the Dragging brown
stone front of metropolitan high
schools, where the plastic minds of
our children are receiving their first
and most lasting Impressions, the
ruling class of today find their most
fruitful field. AS in all ages, that
which the ruling class allow to be
told must always uphold the ruling
class and their method of making a
living The histories, the readers, and
even the arithmetic, are all written
for the purpose of impressing upon
the young mind that the ethics of the
ruling class are the only guideposts
to future success. Claiming to teach
the history of the world they simply
brag about the doings of individuals
and never give one hint of the
economic interests of any people that
forced the various changes; in all
their readers there runs the unseen
argument, false as false can be, and
as so proven by every fact in history,
that the individual can rise superior
to his environment; that, in other
Continued on Page Three)
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-18
Bp G. E. BOOMER

selves particularly OH Wnat you claim
to be your loyalty aud love for this
republic, with its fig and it's prin.
ciples. Very well. Ind you are par
ticularly proud of the things this ma
tion has done-its army, it's navy, its
postoffice service, police and fire de-
partments, public parts, etc, etc. This
is also very well. But-when you
condemn the Socialists you are deny
ing your own belief n the things you
have Dragged about and are proclaim
ing yourselves to be the most miser-
able of hypocrites. For the Socialists
would also put into the hands of the
people through their government the
making of shoes, of clothing, of bread,
as well as guns. They believe that a
nation wise enough to build jails and
almshouses can also build fine dwell
ings in which honest people may live; ;
If the nation can grow flowers in pub
lie parks for the sake of beauty, it
can also grow wheat that bread may
not be held from human mouths that
private individuals may make a profit;
if-but what is the use? The So
cialist believes in the honor and in
tegrity of the American people as
greater and higher than that of any
individual. You republicans and
democrats who claim yourselves as
custodians of all the virtues and
patriotism and flag-loving, you prove
your professions OF loyalty to your
country to be but hollow lies, for your
every vote declares that you distrust
your country, that you believe it is
dishonest and incapable, for you vote
to continue to leave the destinies of
the whole American people, their
present and future security of life and
enjoyment of life, in the hands of a
handful of individuals, who themselves
think so little 0f US S.oaLtry to whose
flag they fly for protection, that they
maintain homes in foreign countries
and prefer the thin tainted blood of
titled beggars to that which flow in
the veins of American citizens.
Our Demand.
In other words, all there is to the
Socialist demand is this: That the
working class shall organize, politi-
cally and industrially, capture the
powers of government through the
ballot box Ca legal right just illus
trated by the return of the democrats
to power after defeat for many years.
and take over and operate the indus
tries of the land. How that shall be
done is a question of tactics that has
nothing to do with the question before
us.
The nearly four million Socialists
in this country make the above de-
mand for three reasons. First, that
every human being, from the mere
fact of being a human being, shall
be guaranteed at all times the right
to the opportunity to produce wealth
necessary to his existence and enjoy
ment without either having to beg or
buy permission. or pay a pauperizing
tribute in case the permission be
granted Second, that when wealth
is produced as near as possible the
full value of it shall be secured to the
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-18
KIDNAPPING OF BUCHANAN.
Socialist School Teachers Story
of the Outrage.

On behalf of the Socialist press I
asked Fred Buchanan to tell me the
story of his persecution so that the
working class of Washington might
be prepared for such things in the
future In this story the contemplate
baseness of Prosecuting Attorney
Faussett, who pretends to be trying
reform Everett, and the weak trick
cry of County Superintendent Lizzie
Jones are easily discernable In fact,
the whole fight against Socialist
teachers is shown up to be nothing
but a criminal conspiracy snealIing
behind the flag for the sake of re-
spectability. Here is the story:
"On Sunday, September 7th," said
Buchanan, there had been a mass
meeting of citizens held to consider
the matter of my discharge from the
Fortson school by the school board
This mass meeting was unanimous in
denouncing my discharge. The tide
was clearly against those who are in
the plot to put us, who believe in the
revolution, out of the schools.
Before this meeting was called
Harold Wilder had evidently scented
the breeze. He is a member of the
Fortson school board and he had much
to lose were I successful in sticking
with the school. So he and Lizzie
Jones framed up charge against me.
l was accused of threatening her over
the telephone. At least that is what
capitalist newspapers say. 1 have
never seen the legal documents. In
fact there were none.
"At the home of Mrs. Campbell, of
Fortson, where / boarded. there ap-
peared shortly after the mass meet
ing Sheriff Donald B. McRae, accom-
panied by a deputy and Harold
Wilder. l was informed that | was
under arrest. I demanded that I be
shown the warrant. The sheriff re-
fused TO show IL, but forced me away
from my dinner and on to the hand
Cdl WuiSu Iney uSSu W Odlly hi0 uOMh
to where they had left their automo-
bile.
Buchanan Abducted.
81 insisted on a warrant being
shown me. At last 1 was shown
John Doe for a blind. l knew then
that they were kidnapping me and
felt for the first time in my life that
wild fear of the trap which the things
of the forest know by instinct. But
l knew that they would have to go
through Arlington and was promised
the privilege of seeing my friends
there or phoning them. I did not
know at that stage that this was
simply a lie to quiet nae.
GAS the automobile flew along and
Arlington came in sight l asked the
sheriff to get me some food as / was
nearly starved But it was there that
l was undeceived. Not only was I
denied a nickePs worth of peanuts;
but was also denied the right to see
my friends or phone them. l also
asked for the privilege of changing
my clothes, hoping that while doing
so some of the gallant fighting COM
rades there would learn of my plight
and come to my rescue. But the auto
flew through town without a stop.
Fright here let me state what
Harold Wilder told me about my dis
charge from the principalship of the
Fortson school. He told me this in
his own office.
Harold Wilder's Story.
"When he came back from his trip
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-18
The Socialists and The Public Schools

Before one can clearly discuss the
attitude of the Socialists toward the
public schools there are several points
that first must be disposed of so that
there can be no misunderstanding of
the final argument.
First, it is true, as charged, that
the Socialists are losing no oppor-
tunity to elect school directors all
over the land to the end that teachers
who are Socialists may take the place
of the non-Socialists. This intention
and plan has never been hidden, but,
like in the growth of all movements,
while the Socialist movement was
young and weak our plans of captur-
ing first one and then another of the
points of vantage held by the capi-
talist class were viewed by the latter
class with the vapid amusement of
careless disdain. But now, however,
when the movement has taken on a
ceaseless growing strength and the
actual practice in hundreds of school
districts throughout the country, the
enemy is alarmed. It's subsidized
press is rushing frantically to the de-
fense, and even the courts and law
making powers of the ruling class
are being hastily lined up in an effort
to overthrow and crush these efforts
which are almost at the point of sue
cess. That the press piles up false
hood after falsehood in frantic de-
fense of the present regime, and that
these who at other times brag so
loudly of their patriotism to the flag
and to the law now openly threaten
to trample the laws under foot in or
der to terrorize or punish peaceful
citizens who do obey the law, is all
another question that needs no dis
cussion here.
The real point to be discussed is
this:
What is it the Socialists intend to
do with the schools when they once
control them? And will that which
they intend to do be bad or good as
far as the education of the youth of
the land is concerned?
Surely those who brag about their
American citizenship and the freedom
that is supposed to go with it, need
not fear fair, calm discussion of any
question. Is that granted? Well,
then, who are the Socialists, and what
do they want?
What the Socialists Intend to Do.
The Socialists are human beings,
Just as much so as are the republicans
and democrats. They are citizens,
they are fathers and mothers, with
the same love and hope and aspira-
tions for their little ones as have
ever been felt by other fathers and
mothers. They are your neighbors,
your fellow workers in the shop and
field, and until they declared them
selves to be Socialists you never con-
sidered them dangerous to the welfare
or the future of this country.
You who are so busy denouncing
as anarchists and traitors these in
creasing thousands of men and women
who are affirming their belief in the
principles of Socialism, pride your