The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-11-13
4 coMRADE TAKES EXCEPTION
TO MoSLARRoWs LETTER.

NlCkerSnam, wash, NON' o.
The Commonwealth, Everett, Wash.
Comrade Editor: In your issue of
October % an article appears signed
by one McSlarrow. The article in
question casts u bad reflection on
Local Sedro-Woolley. S. p, also on
the single weayers' union. It's true
that these organizations are not men
toned in name at this particular
time, but the comrade might just as
we'll have called them by name, for
about two weeks previous to this time
ne wrote an article in the Common
wealth wherein he mentioned both of
these organizations and signed his
name as secretary of the Socialist
local at Sedro- Woolley, 50 that it was
very plain at glance to what or
ganizations he referred. Many of the
tate nents in the article are entirely
ialse and the account as a whole is
entirely misleading.
The comrade says that a person
was arrested Oy one of the comrades
and the charges on which he was ar
rested were so flimsy that CAPT
alist judge laughed at them and
threw them out of court"
The facts in the case are these:
The person who was arrested had
stolen some dishes and other uten-
sils that belonged to the Labor Tenn
\ pie. He was arraigned in court OH
4 Saturday and his trial set for the
\ following Monday. In the meantime,
( the trustees of the Labor Temple
Ltook pity on him and told him If he
! would bring back the stolen property
they would not prosecute the case
The culprit agreed to this and com
piled with the same, and that is why
the case was dropped. The comrade
who caused this persons arrest was
simply protecting the property OF the
Socialists of Sedro-Woolley. And lei
lit be remembered that this property
was bought and paid for from the
Ihard-earned pennies of the workers OF
this place. And let it further be re
membered that neither Comrade Nc
Slarrow nor the person who tried to
purloin this property ever did a soil
tary thing to help pay for it.
The comrade says that a member
of the local was tried for violating
certain section of our state consti-
| tuition, but he forgets to state that he
was tried by handful of hand-picked
Jurors and then the case was so flimsy
and the evidence so raw that he was
only found guilty by majority OF
one. He accuses some of the COM
rades of going out in the red light
district and saloons to get members
to join the party so as to carry their
point. In the first place it's laugh
able to hear him pick flaws in the
morals and habits of others. These
comrades who Joined the party to
whom he objects are as respectable
even from a capitalist standpoint as
he has ever dared to be. There was
no one in any way connected with any
red light district That is an absolute
falsehood made from whole cloth.
It's true that Comrade Hill owns
saloon; but if he didn't own it, some
one else would; and if the comrade
knew anything of scientific Social
ism he would know that these are the
products of capitalism and will disap-
pear with the system that makes
them Comrade Hill has suffered
for Socialism and done more for it
than any of his critics. But we will
not take up more OF your space or
time for all the ISLANDERS of McSlar-
row will not hurt us, only we are
CORY that the Commonwealth should
be used to carry this SANDER, Fra
ternally yours,
E. e. BOLDLY.