The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-18
ACCEPTS SOCIALIST
NOMINATION
DR.. w. r. Rowland, Candidate for Gov
ernor, Tells His Reasons for
Running.


the following address;
To the State Committee and Members
of the Socialist Party OF Vermont'
Dear Comrades; I'm view of the fact
that our recent state convention assem-
bled in Barre saw fit to give me the nom
nation for governor of the state, ! most
sincerely desire to express to you my ap.
preciation of your confidence and good
will and my great pleasure in your Sc
lection of associates for the 1914 ticket.
Surely, any member of our party would
esteem IL more honor to lead the fight
for the Socialist cause than to be elected
by old party methods.
Tt is a time when we may feel salts
faction with the advancement of Social
istir ideas, and the dawn of our hope IS
over the Green Mountain state. Every
where, in large town and hamlet, In
shops and on farms, are found the pio-
neers blazing the trail with our litera-
ture. Like true Socialists the world
over, bringing Others to the ranks. On
every tongue, is the discussion; and en-
emies and friends alike are advertising
the logical reasoning and good sense OF
our claims. Ignorance of our cause IS
being driven out in spite of misrepresen-
tation by old line party leaders. The
man who always supposed Socialists
were anarchists is not much in evidence
to -day. His fellows now contend that
Socialism in control of government would
govern the individual too much for his
good--too much government instead OF
none at all, as anarchists favor. Some
are still saying it is an enemy OF the
family; but this is too absurd to say OF
party who strive for conditions where
ali receive Just fruits OF their labor,
where commercialized vice cannot exist,
where women shall take their rightful
share in guiding destinies OF nations,
and where little children shall not be
exploited as cheap labor to produce larg-
or dividends,
Another falsehood we'll told and oft
repeated ia that the Socialists are Ir-
religious and oppose the church. The
movement is purely economic. 1t IS
truly American along this line, question
ing no man as to theology. Catholic,
Protestant of every shade of belief. jew
or Gentle, is eligible. Undoubtedly,
there are those of atheistical views; but
there are also great number of Chris
tians and large and growing number
of ministers of tie gospel. Robert In
earsoll was a Republican OF great re-
pute; yet for this reason, the party was
never accused OF atheism. Certainly, q
great number of the old line politicians
seem far removed from Christian ideals
| in their practices. Many who are his
followers find the Socialist ideals very
near the teachings of the Carpenter OF
| Nazareth.
We are in a time when an upheaval,
YES. a revolution Of economic conditions,
| must come. The capitalistic system has
been tried and found evil; and by its
| fruit we face now terrible crisis. In
| this splendid country OF ours a noted
educator SAYS "A composite OF the noise
that arises is cry of PAIN We have
made tremendous strides in inventions
which by the wonderful improvements
| in lighting, heating, transportation, pro
duction Of all needed things has made
40 earth "a teem with riches. Yet
those who labor are not benefited by a
shorter day OF toll or better conditions
in which they work. These things have
come by strike. struggle, and only grudg-
ingly granted at best.
The natural resources have been fun
der the ''system") seized by the strong.
Coal. petroleum, gas, timber, minerals OF
all kinds exploited by the interests;
bumper crops manipulated by middle
men so that producer and consumer are
robbed: stocks watered to conceal enor-
lmous dividends; legislators corrupted;
courts perverted in their decisionsi and
all the world, as in Jesus time, taxed
| that a few thousands should have un-
told wealth--vast estates. regiments OF
retainers, and Injuries beyond belief.
/ These mapnates Thy their own testi-
monv; whatl) would turn public atten-
ton from their graft by philanthropies.
Foundations to promote peace. study
disease, pension ex-presidents, subsidize
institutions of learning that youth may
he falsely taught, even overwhelming
! the church of God by endowment. Mil
| lions are given thus; millions raised by
taking toll of the food and comforts OF
| life. by overworking the laborers and
manning their bodies.
/ We sec women forced by the poor
wages paid the heads of the families into
mill and shop; and these mothers Of
the race are thus deprived OF strength
necessary to give their babes health at
the start. The children are snstched
from public school and home and worked
till the Joy of youth is dead in their
heart. These things tend to make us
| look askance at the showers of hospitals,
pipe organs, foreign mission funds, etc,
which sprinkle the earth.
We know that the System" by its
greed and rapacity drives 90 per cent OF
/ those who enter the fight to the wall of
failure. Leading sociologists tell us that
misery is being manufactured ten times
as fast as it is being relieved and that
charity is only drop in the remedial
tbucket and can never make things right.
We can easily see il undermines the
self respect of the recipients and renders
them less able 10 help themselves. What
is needed is a state of affairs that would
give these unfortunates a chance to earn
what they need and put the hope needed
/ in their hearts. When the Socialist IS
Gold that his theory would kill ambition,
he might well reply that If ambition can
alone be fed by selfishness and cruelty
it better be pruned. And many viii IN
auire. "What would You Socialists do
/ to improve matters?" let us consider
few things. We would not take away
private property, but we would work IN
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