The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-02-28
SOCIALIST PARTY
ORGANIZATION
~ EDWIN ,. pRowN,
Candidate for Corporations Ccamsei.

for mayor said. zone lesson OF the
primary Is that for the present there
appears no place In public office for
an honest. Independent. progressive
man. he must yield his Judgment TO
rampant radicals or sell his soul TO
big business I construc this TO mean
what all Socialists have long since
known and proclaimed TO the people.
namely, that there are two classes
in society. ono Is the exploited and
the other IL the exploiting class. but
We Socialists know one thing more
which Mr.. Griffths did not tell. and
that IL that an honest. Independent.
progressive man can not represent
the Interests OF both exploited and
expiciters In public office. All this
talk about nonpartissn politics IL
bunk, Intended 10 obscure the ex-
ploitatlon, robbery and betrayal OF
the working people by those who
work the people who work.
FALSE RrNOR
Word has come 20 me that II II
rumcred that have effected a trade
with the Giii forces for votes. This
votes BY compromising the grand
principles OF the party 90 which be-
lsng. and which love for Its clean
illness and lofty ideals. And the
fteea votes east for n Socialist can
didate without the support OF
newspaper NhUFt N1Nu ~NNtAANHt
paper. mean far more to me than
an election 20 office through barter
frg the PRINCIPLES OF our party. The
people are learning that the Social
lists are the only once who can real
~ be trusted.
rhs acrcbrstic stunts Of some po-
iisicsi ecnsortionists In Seattle viii
l. esIdsns that Ike people have about
concluded that "rndicais- are much
souls to big sasiness The buyins
~ political souls has been a profit
able business 10 this country, and
attls. white others were given away
for mess Of potsass TO tho highest
bidder.
THE LESSON WORKERS MUST
LEARN.
y, has been admitted that the alb
les; man OF all mayoraity candidates
was that grand warrior. -oar COM
rRde.- Judge Richard winsor. II
was he and Socialism that the ex-
plolters feared. and truly may they
fear. for u was = chain Of circum-
stances that prevented his nomfnn-
ton. and had he been nominated our
election was assured and Seattle
a dreaded nightmare OF spprehen-
sion for the morning after.
WORKERS UNITE.
We common people must no, look
beyond ourselves for the cause Of our
defeat and condition and the power
for our deliverance. We have the
power TALL power when our power
II organized. II IL q waste Of time
and blasted hope to expect our
emancipation from any other source
We must do II ourselves. BY the
class conscious action Of ourselves
for truly / tell you our cxftoiters
cannot lift our yoke nor strike our
chains from US without destroying
their power OF exploitation.
We Socialists are no longer a
mere propaganda league. we are a
powerful political Identity. and We
must now 20 organize as 10 bring
The full force OF our united con
scious power into action at the right
time and place so that we may
ascend 70 political supremacy. We
need but one political organization
but many propaganda workers
PARTY Committeeman. HOW Sc
LECTED.
Sec. %. At the September pri-
mary each voter may write In the
space left on the ticket for that pur-
pose the name Of one qualified cleo
tor OF the precinct for member OF
the party county committees. The
ANF AAANsNh HUMMER VI
votes shall be such committeeman Of
such party for such precinct. The
party committee Of each county shall
consist Of the precinct committee
men from the several precincts Of
such county. The state committee
shali consist Of one committeeman
from each county. elected by the
county ntttee, which shall meet
Tor sueh purpose and organization
the court house al the county seat
Vt each county at 2 o'clock 9. m. on
the second Saturday after such prl-
mary election. unless some other
Time and place of such meeting shall
De designated by regular call Of
tne properly authorized officers OF
the retiring committee. Each po-
htical party organization shall have
the power 20 make its own rules and
regulations. call conventions state
ana nationally. FIN vacancies on the
ucket, provide for the nomination Of
presidential electors. and perform all
other functions inherent 10 such or
sahizations. the same as though this
ACT nad not been passed. Provided,
mat IN no Instance shall any con-
yention have the power to nominate
any candidate to be voted for at any
primary election. city commlttse-
men may be elected at municipal
elections In the manner provided in
tnls section, as near az may be"
fou see. after the committee IL
elected and organized under the law
y performs all functions as II the
law had never been passed, and II
mas power under this law 10 define
what constitutes a member ~ the
sOcialist party II may and should
prescribe that only card members
are eligible to have a. voice and vote
IN the conventions Of the party. The
propaganda organization would al
ways guide the political OrKaniza
non, and In doing 80 would bring
harmony and purpose 20 s. The
great benefit that the Socialists
would derive from the primary law
would be that we would have a pre-
elnct committeeman In each precinct
VINO ~ turn would gee 10 u that an
erection Judge and clerk were select
20 from each precinct 10 serve the
party on election day, those three
msfnDers In each precinct would
eve us an organization In Seattle
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organization under the primary
Nv would raise the Socialist party
rom strife % united action and give
VIZ SOCIALIST voters confidence IN ia
1pillty ana purpose and add mater.
g 70 us propaganda membership
ahn ~ ~ turn would guide and guard
the political party.
, We cannot expectst 70 possess polit.
la power without demOustratins
lhat our confidence in the neonis
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