The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1914-01-15
Regular Socialist Party Of Seattle
Needs Assistance of Membership
AN APPEAL TO OUTSIDE COM
RADES.

Comrades:
Seattle, the political arena of the
Yellows and the regular Socialist
party. is again overshadowed by an
other political storm.
We, the members, of Socialist party,
hope to establish our supremacy with
out abuse or villification upon any
person or political party and without
any ulterior motives whatsoever.
The actions of the Socialist party
are guided by our national and state
constitutions and our object in view
is none other than the enlightenment
and education of the masses in things
pertaining to our Social System and
the method by which it is perpetuated
and governed.
The recent riots wherein the Social
lists of Seattle had their property, in
cluding the total amount of literature
destroyed, burned as sacrifice to cap
italism, left us in a bad way finan-
cially, from which we have not been
able to recuperate sufficiently to meet
the expenses of a campaign such as is
necessary at this time in Seattle.
The members of the Socialist party
of this city have made almost every
effort with the logical exception of
committing party treason, to unite the
members of the opposing factions of
this city, knowing that the rank and
file of the opposing factions once
united, will no more be lead apart
through misunderstanding the princi-
pies of our movement. We of the So
cialist party of Seattle have done our
utmost in the way of joint meetings
and of Joint committee meetings, to-
unite the membership of both fac
tions, but our every effort has been
thwarted and the word mo quarter
has passed down the line.
Using the words of one of the COM
mittee of the opposing faction to IL
lustrate the bitter feeling that is being
engendered in this fight, at the last
committee meeting when all prospects
of uniting the opposition was appar-
emily gone, to express their determi-
nation to rule or ruin the member
quoted, LAY on, McDuff."
Hence there is no other course but
fight, so fight we must until the su-
premacy of the regular organization is
for all time established and majority
rule is complied with
We need and must have some funds
and we depend upon you who are read
ing this to do your share at this criti-
cal period.
Our paper, the Socialist Voice, which
is paid for out of the already well
drained pockets of the local comrades
and distributed free over the city by
the comrades, will need financial aid
in order to get out sufficient copies.
We need over $500 before January
2S, 1914, to file our candidates.
Posters must be distributed.
Many other things essential to this
campaign must be attended to, and,
again, want to say the word from
the yellow organization is fight Our
mission is to educate and organize the
workers so as to build an organization
that will be invincible, to settle for all
time to come the question of suprem-
acy.
Therefore, we appeal to all class
conscious workers to do all in your
power to assist us both morally and
financially in this fight as it is your
fight.
Send your contributions, no matter
how large or how small, to ]. Tresslar,
treasurer of Socialist campaign COM
mittee, lock box 1853, Seattle, Wash
BY order of Campaign Committee.