The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-10-15
SOCIALIST PARTY PLATFORM
State of Washington, 1914

recall to apply to all public officials, the petit
at the previous election.
5. Abolition of child labor ur der the age
of 16 years.
6. The elimination of the injunction in
labor disputes.
Z. Abolition of all residential aualifica-
lions or other restrictions for voters. The
abolition of all filing fees at primaries and
other elections and repeal of all non-partisan
laws. Abolition of property qualifications
for jurors. We favor the election of a public
defender as we'll as prosecutor, together with
the adoption of other means to insure the
free administration of justice.
8. We favor a constitutional amendment
abolshing the senate and we also demand
that all cities be prohibited from enacting
ordinances infringing on the right of free
speech and free press
9. We favor the establishment of state
board of health with full power for the in
spection and condemnation of all unsanitary
factories, tenements, ETC., and the liberal ap-
preparation for the use of the latest scien-
tific methods of eliminating disease
TO- We demand the free use of all public
buildings and property for public meetings,
including court houses, school houses, parks.
ETC., without discrimination, and we demand
liberal appropriation for promotion of So
cial centers.
RESOLUTIONS.
Resolved: That we the Socialist party
in convention assembled, do hereby recall to
the minds of the working class all the arbi-
trary, cruel and inhuman methods used by
the capitalist class in this class war; includ-
ing the use of police power to suppress the
freedom of speech, press and public assem-
bly, as recently evidenced N several cities
of this state, and as this abuse can only con-
tlnue as long as we, the working class re-
main divided, we here and now, urge the
members of our class to devote their efforts
towards greater solidarity, clearer class con-
seriousness, and the necessity of united poit-
ical action, and we hereby endorse the prin-
ciple of revolutionary Industrial unionism
Resolved, That we, the Socialist party,
hereby endorse all united action of the
workers and pledge ourselves to assist them
by supplying speakers, money and other nee
essary support wherever possible, to the end
that we may win our economic freedom and
overthrow the capitalist system.
The manufacture and sale for profit of in
toXicating and adulterated liquors leads
directly to many serious social evils. Intern
perance in the use of intoxicating liquors
weakens the physical, mental and moral
powers.
We hold, therefore, th4t any excessive
indulgence in intoxicating liquors by mem
bers of the working class is a serious OBJ
political and economic struggle, and we urge
the members of the working class to avoid
any indulgence which might impair their
ability to wage successful political and eco
nomic struggle, and so hinder the progress
of the movement for their emancipation.
We do not believe that the evils of alco-
holism can be eradicated by repressive meas
ures or any extension of the police powers
of the capitalist state-alcohoism is a dis
ease of which capitalism is the chief cause.
Poverty, overwork and over-worry neces-
sarly result in intemperance on the part of
the victims. To abolish the wage system
with all its evils is the surest way to elm
mate the evils of alcoholism and the traffic
in intoxicating liquors.
We are absolutely opposed to the Boy
Scout movement, and the teaching of mill
tary drill with guns and other means of de-
struction of human life, to our school chill
dren.