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The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-26
CAPITALIST POLITICS IN
EVERETT
Socialist Commissioners Loyalty
to Workers Meets Rebuke
BRIDGE TENDER INCIDENT RE-
REALS "CLASS STRUGGLE"
IN A NUT SHELL

The numerous working-clas bone
heads who vote on the good man.
theory, instead Of along class lines,
have had the Socialist principle of
the "class struggle" illustrated fully
and put into nut shell by the acts
of comrade J. M. Salter on the wage
earner's side, and Clay and Kelly on
the employers, or taxpayers side of
the struggle.
Every effort made by the Socialist
commissioner of public works to bet
ter the working conditions of labor
in Everett, or to meet the prevailing
union wage scale, has been hampered
by the two taxpayers commissioners,
Clay and Kelly.
AN EXAMPLE IN POINT
No sooner had comrade Salter
established an eight-hour work day
for the drawbridge tenders, when the
two capitalists representatives, put
their heads together to see how they
could kill the proposition. Result
Gin nut shelD: The bridge will
hereafter be worked on the contract
system.
The highestS bid is $3.50 per month,
and the lowest $55.
There were only eighty-two jobless
patriots bidding on the job.
Sure, amy man can get work who
really wants it,
And there "ain't no classes" in this
country.
And the working-class like good
men," and vote against their own rep
resentatives, SO why should they not
get what they vote for?
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-26
KING COUNTY COMRADES
WILL HOLD COUNTY
FAIR DEC. 7 TO IL
WILL WIPE OUT CAMPAIGN DE-
FiCIT AND HELP ON SCHOOL
ELECTION EXPENSES

AS means of wiping out deficit
Of $75 incurred during the recent cleo
ton campaign, and to cover any school
election debts that may have been in
Cured, the comrades of King county
are going to hold a regular old-time
fair, at the Socialist temple, I'll Olive
street, Seattle, beginning Monday eve
ming, December 7, and closing Satur-
day evening, December ~.
Cider, big pumpkins, squashes, prize
apples, and all the other time-honored
iktas and muck-a-muck that go to the
making of real county fair will be
in evidence. Socialists from adjacent
territory or from afar will be welcome
guests during the carnival of farm
products and good fellowship.
The Washington Socialist wishes
the Seattle comrades a good time and
full treasury as the result of their
enterprise.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-26

by amateurs under the political re-
wards system"
This statement is not only mislead-
ing in inference, but absolutely false
in point of fact.
First of all, Washington can boast
of having for chief of police one of
the most experienced and efficient of
ficers in the United States, Major
Richard Sylvester. Secondly, we
need only mention the fact that where
as the annual average ratio of homi-
cides per 100000 in Washington, D, c.,
is 5.56, in Rome, Italy,-"the home
of religion and culture"-the ratio of
homicides is IA per 100000 of the
population. We could mention at
least dozen other capitals of "civi-
lized countries" whose crime record
is still greater than Washington's
(Some of the large Italian cities have
very low homicide records.)
One more point
If Washington's record is due to
amateur police SERVICE" consequent
upon political favoritism lin this case
it could not be due to popular stuff
rage, since the Washingtonians do
not vote for their administrative of
ficials), how does the colonel account
for the fact that the varying crime
records of American cities bear nc
relationship to the method of choosing
officials? Cities having the same
form Of political government exhibit
a homicide record varying from 1.47
per 100000 of population as in Mil
waukee, to 1859 per 100000 as in
San Francisco.
MORAL: The capitalist class and
their apologists will find any excuse
for the evils of present-day society
but the true cause, ROBBERY of the
workers at the point of production!
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-26
FOR THE HOUSEHOLD -
TIMELY RECIPE

Now that the winter days have set
in, and the supply of Stone C Web
ster's celebrated health waters is
abundant at reasonable price per
gallon, the following simple recipe
for preparing these nutritious waters
for table use is sympathetically sub
mitted:
To an ordinary faucet attach the
family flour sieve, turn on the water
and allow it to flow through the wire
netting into pitcher, and place upon
the table, ready for use. The animal
and vegetable matter left in the flour
sieve may then be placed in an iron
kettle and used as a base for null
gatawney soup. If no flour sieve is
available, an ordinary gravel sieve
will help some. Try it and be con-
vinced
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-26
SEGREGATION IN SEATTLE
New Fire House May Be Manned
by Negroes.
WHITE FIREMEN WILL NOT BE
PERMITTED TO WORK
WITH BLACK

Sixty Seattle negroes are prepared
to take the civil service examination
for city firemen, according to I. F.
Norris, transfer man, and one of the
leaders of the people of his race.
'The negroes have no desire to mix
with the white firemen," declared Nor
ris, "but we are American citizens and
taxpayers, and are entitled to repre-
sentation in the city's service Fire
Chief Stetson has assured me he will
do what he can to have the new fire
house manned by company OF ne
groes, and Mayor Gill says he will call
the civil service board to hold ex-
aminations of negroes to see if 16
men are available to take charge of
the new house, under a white cap
tain"
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-26
nmped Mass Meeting 1872 California Friday Evening November There ErybI
EVERETT CITIZENS TO AID
UNEMPLOYED
Mass Meeting Will Be Held Fri.
day Evening
TO DISCUSS WAYS AND MEANS
City Commissioners to Take Up
Question

City commissioners 10 axe UP
Question
At the council meeting Tuesday
morning Commissioner Salter said the
time had come for the commissioners
to take steps to meet the unemployed
problem in this city.
He further stated that hardly a
day passed without from four to ten
applicants coming to his office seek
ing employment This is in addition
to the innumerable daily applicants
at the regular municipal free employ
ment bureau.
Each of the applicants whose des-
perate needs drive him to Salter for
special consideration, tells story
whose main points are identical with
others who make application. First,
that they have been residents of Ev-
erett for long period. Secondly, that
they are now laid off from work for
a period of month or more, and that
the grocer had refused to extend
further credit So now it was a ques-
ton of either stealing or quietly let
wife and children starve. as they had
left no stone unturned in search for
employment.
Mr. Salter called his colleagues at
tention to the fact that this was an
international problem, and that NUM-
cipalities the world over were at
tempting to meet the issue; and mas
much as cities in the war zone of Eu-
rope could care for their unemployed,
surely cities in nation as rich as
ours will not let children starve in
the midst of plenty.
Commissioners Clay and Kelly
agreed with Salter that meeting
should be called in the near future to
consider the problem of the unem-
ployed.
The first meeting will be held Fri
day evening at 1912 California, and
plans will probably then be laid for a
great mass meeting in the High school
auditorium next week.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-26
COL. MCCLURE ON THE CURE
FOR CRIME
Sensational Statistics Wrongly In
terpretated by Noted
Editor
WHY AND WHEN CRIME
INCREASES

Attributing nearly all the ills to
which society is heir to the election
OF city and state officials by direct
vote Of the people, Col. S. S, Mcclure,
the noted magazine editor and owner,
made some startling declarations at
the Everett theatre last Friday eve
ming. His talk was valuable in that
ii it accomplishes nothing else, 1t at
least called attention to the fact that
the cities and states of this spread
eagle country are about the worst
governed in the world,
We have space here to discuss but
one phase OF Mr. McClure's argument,
that pertaining to the extent, in
crease and cause of crime in the
United States.
After declaring that murder is in
creasing in the United States six
times faster than the growth of popu-
lation, the lecturer gave as the cause
of this increasing lawlessness this
simple explanation: THE safety laws
are administered by men either ignor-
ant or corrupt"
That the average chief of police,
mine inspector ETC., is both ignorant
and corrupt is matter of judicial
record. But this is not why crimes of
violence increase, especially the crime
of murder Nor, as matter of fact
has homicide increased in this coun-
try anywhere near as much, in pro
portion to population, as the colonel
asserts.
Murder in this country, Mr.. Mcclure
asserted, increased six times as rap
idly as population from 1881 to 1896.
going from one in 10000 in 1881 to
one in $500 in 1896, the United
States now having ten times the num-
Der Of murders per million population
of any other civilized country. Wash
ington, the most criminal capital in
the world" is such, said Mcclure, be-
cause its policing is done by amateurs
under the political rewards system.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-26
FARMERS RALLY TO CAUSE

Although the Socialists put almost
all their money and energy to work in
the industrial centers, the election re-
suits show that the Socialist gains
were mostly made amongst the farm
ers. What would have happened if
the Socialists of the county had con-
centrated their propaganda efforts on
the farmers can easily be surmised.
1t might be a good policy to change
our tactics and put our energy to work
in the rural districts, and leave Mr..
Wage Worker in the hands of Mr..
Policeman and his club.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-26
PILCHUCK WENT RED
Hurrah for little old Pilchuck,

Hurrah for little old Pilchuck!
Red? You know 1t.
When the mill boys and the farm
ers of Pilchuck precinct went to the
polls November 8, they forgot all
about voting for capitalist-class candi-
dates, and when the ballots were ex-
tracted from the box they were of a
color that would start a bull-moose,
or any other bull, on the rampage.
Comrade Mike Kronholm sent in
the glad news days ago, but the COM
rades who completed the returns
failed to get them into the list of Red
precincts. Anyhow, the bosses were
not permitted to forget to count the
Red majority. Bravi Pilchuck work
ers!
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-26
COMPLETING THE COLONEL S
STATISTICS

The reason the colonel purposely
omitted the homicide record since his
chosen year of 1896, is because the
panic years of 1895, '96, and '97, were
also the years of maximum number of
crimes of violence in the United
States, the ratio of murders to total
population rapidly declining with the
return of prosperity" for the bosses
and steady work for the wage slaves.
The number of homicdes in each /,
100000 of the population in 1895 and
1896 was 1852. By 1907, when men
did not have to rob and murder in
order to live, the number of homi-
cdes had fallen to 100 in each one
million of the population. AS Editor
Mcclure does not know the annual
average ratio of deaths by homicide
and murder in other countries of the
world" his assertion that the United
States "has ten times the number of
murders per million population of any
civilized country" is pure bunk. Such
statistics as are available for pur-
poses of comparison afford no basis
for such a conclusion. Much less do
they lead us to infer that our deplor.
able record of murders is due to our
policing being dome by amateurs
under the political rewards system u
The crime statistics of Europe and
South America show that the causes
of grave criminality in those coun
tries, as in this, are POVERTY ANT
| IT'S CONCOMITANT EVILS, namely
want and opulence, hunger and glut
tory, over-work and idleness, worry
and ennui, ignorance and false cul
/ ture.
AS an upholder of capitalism, as
Bull Mooser, Colonel Mcclure mus
raise a sand-storm of petty politica
reforms and this can only succeed il
binding the unthinking popuIace t.
the real problem, THE ABOLITION
OF POVERTY!
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-26

When the women and the negroes
have their rights, and are equals with
the rest of us in full-fledged citizen
ship, presidents may not be treated
discourteously, since redress for griev-
ances will be sought at the ballot box.
But then it may also be that the presi-
dent will have less patronage to dis
tribute and he will neither be fawned
upon nor offended
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-26
"GROSS MATERIALISM
National Municipal League En-
dorses Principle of Economic
Determinism.

At the annual conference of the Ma
tional Municipal league, held in Bal
timore last week, it was candidly con-
fessed that the only consideration
given any civil problem by American
business men and their underlings is
that which centers on "the main
chances S. Men and women who
entertain high ideals of civic welfare
must be relegated to the rear, declar-
ed, in substance the principal speaker
of Fridays session, Mr.. A. Leo We'll,
president of the Voters league Of
Pittsburg
The report of the committee on
political methods declared that poll
tical reform organizations must come
down to earth" and remove "the sign
of the highbrow' and substitute the
dollar mark which alone apparent
ly, is sufficiently potent to be effec-
tive"
1t was further declared that "too
much stress is laid upon patriotism,
civic pride and the like, and too little
upon what the continuance of poor
government or institution of good
means to the purse and the person of
the individual citizen"
Just so. But when the Socialist
lays this down as guiding principle
in the philosophy of history he is
charged by this same class of dollar
worshipers with advocating "gross
materialism."
The fact remains, however, that the
Socialist party alone, of all organiza
lions now influential in political af
fairs, is inspired by ideals that appeal
at once to individual self-interest and
the progress of the race. None but
the ignorant or the prejudiced deny
this. Read up on the subject, Mr. Non
socialist, and see for yourself.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-26
AS THE LAW WORKS WHEN
WAGE SLAVES ARE
THE VICTIMS
Insurgent Miners Are Given Long
Prison Terms.
MAN WHO AIDED IN LooTING
MINERS UNION HALL SAFE
CONVICTED OF BURGLARY

BOHEMIAN, Mont. Nov. 23.-John
Foley a Butte mine worker, was
found guilty here today of burglary
in that he assisted at dynamiting and
looting safe In the rloting at Butte
last June. Four hours after the case
was called Foley had been tried, con-
victed and sentenced to 20 months in
the state penltentiary. He will be
taken to Deer Lodge to join Michael
Mcdonald and Joseph Bailey, two
mine workers sentenced Saturday
night at Boulder 70 three and five
years respectively for kidnapping and
deporting three miners from Butte.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-26
MUK1LTEO ALSO WON

Our neighbor, Mukilteo, was mad
vertently omitted from particular
mention, but the workers there proved
themselves to be thoroughly alive to
their class interests, and piled up a
good Red majority in the little old
ballot box.
Comrade F. J. Haynes was elected
justice of peace hands down. Good
for you fellows! Let the good work
go on until precinct by precinct we
win the state, and then the nation.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-26
ONE MAY BEG FOR JUSTICE
IN WHITE HOUSE BUT
NOT DEMAND 1T
President Exercises Regal Powers
GET ON YOUR KNEES OR GET
OUT

In contribution to The New York
some timely observation on the Incl
dent mentioned in this paper last
week, relative to the president getting
huffy with Mr.. w. M. Trotter, dele
gate to the White House representing
the negro race. Trotter, it will be
recalled dared to demand his rights,
after courteous petition had been
denied, or evaded.
AS comrade Cohen views the Incl
dent from an angle not treated in The
Washington Socialist last week, we
quote from his article a few para
graphs.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-26
OKLAHOMA GAINS 11,116

The Oklahoma Socialists made a
governor was: Dem, 100,773; Rep,
95,744; Socialist, $3.50; being a gain
of II, JIG for the Socialists over 1912.
The Socialists carried six counties:
Beckman, Dewey, Harper, Major,
Roger Mills, and Kiowa.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-26
SOCIALISTS IN PORTO RICO
ELECT MAYOR

Porto Rico, the little tobacco-grow-
ing, sugar-growing, island off Cuba,
has elected two Socialist candidates
to office out of three nominated. This
is the first general election the So
cialists have participated in and the
result is a Socialist mayor of the city
of Arecibo, one of the seven largest
cities on the island, and one Socialist
to the house of representatives.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-26
U. S. HAS NO OFFICIAL RECORDS
OF MURDER

In estimating the value of Editor
McClure's remarks on the increase of
murder in the United States, the fact
should be borne in mind that this
country shares with China and Swift
zerland the reproach of having no JU-
DlCIAL statistics covering the entire
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-26
UTAH SOCIALISTS MAKE
GREAT ELECTION SWEEP
By MORTON ALEXANDER.

MYTON, Utah, Nov. 17.-Socialists
of the new county of Duchere, at the
Tuesday, won a tremendous victory
over both old parties by electing two
commissioners, county attorney and
sheriff and coming within about 100
votes of electing their entire county
ticket, including representative in
the legislature.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-26
POOR EXCUSE BETTER THAN
NONE

Because both sides in a controversy
were not explained to members,
st. Louis judge has restrained the
trainmen from calling a strike there.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-26
NEITHER FAWNED UPON NOR
OFFENDED

1t has happened twice now that
some one calling on the president of
the United States, to present a petit
ton for redress of grievances, has
teous to him.
The first instance was that of a
committee of women, when the
spokesman proceeded to quiz the chief
magistrate of the United States with
regard to his opposition to equal suf-
frage. Since the president was
dropped into hole from which he
could not lift himself by argument, he
abruptly adjourned the meeting.
Similarly in the recent instance,
when committee of colored people
called to protest against the segrega-
ton of their race in the offices of the
federal departments. Once again the
president was in an uncomfortable
position and he dismissed his callers
There are cases when a little emo
ton, even passion, serves to empha-
size proposition. In fact, outside
of hypocritical diplomatic circles,
people are accustomed to adding color
to their ideas by robust expression.
Two circumstances when commit
tees might be pardoned for using
some heat before the president of the
United States are in the presentation
of women's rights and the rights of
the negro race. Both are disfran-
chised, not in merit, but because of
is a disgrace to the presidents party
as being, in a great measure, respon-
sible for it.
To be sure, the other dominant
party, the republican party, is equally
culpable. 1t has played the same
game as the democratic party. 1t has
never raised it's voice to enfranchise
the negro of the South, although it
has been trading for more than half
a century on it's reputation of eman-
cipating the chattel slave. Likewise
has the republican party, when in
power, ignored the right of woman
to self-expression and self-rule
There remains the most important
point of all. That is whether the
president, as such, should expect to
be treated other than as the servant
of the people. This is the popular
fiction. The real fact, of course, is
that the president exercises regal
powers, even more so than most kings.
His relation to the people, just as in
the case of hereditary monarchs, is
that of master to man. This should
not be, but it is innate in our Ameri-
can system. Neither need there be the
supposition that the president, being
the servant of the people, should be
treated with contempt by the citizen
whose servant he is taken to be. That
is highly absurd. But what is most
true is that the president must ex-
pect to deal with human beings, not
dispensers of elegant rhetoric. He
must expect to transact business with
men and women who feel deeply on
the pinch that reaches their hearts
and he must expect to have them ex-
press themselves in the language that
swells up in them.
1t is no crime to look at a presi
dent, and it might be just as reason.
able to shout criticism in his ears as
to shout applause. 1t unfortunately
happens that those who come to seek
their rights must come as petitioners
With the old parties in command
they should realize that they come
to beg, not to demand. They should
bend the knee instead of the fist. To
be tactful, requires it.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-26
GET A MONTH FREE

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ceived during the month of De
cember will be given the expir-
alton number Of Jan. LIST, 1916.
Send in your S $ $ and get one
month free.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-26
AS TO WASHINGTON AND
CRIME

Mr. Mcclure alleged that Washing
ton is the most criminal capital in
the world, because its policing is done
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-22
HARE AND HOUND CHASE
WITH NEGRO AS HARE
Hundreds Follow AS Police Trail AIeck
Brunt, Who Is Charged With Run
ming Gambling House.

After chase. in which one police
| man was so tagged out that he had TO
| lie down and rest afterwards. Alecls
BrunL colored. was arrested yesterday
afternoon By Policemen Allen and
Brennan on a charge of cracking AL
ired Hastes skull, and also on {; charge
of running gambling establishments
At BIZ Lodge street.
When Allen hove I'm sight on horse
back, Brunt took to his heels making
bee line for the Hermitage Road.
Allen put spurs to his mount and there
was Il grand race. Spectators followed
until there We're nearly 200 of them.
1t looked Ike cross-country hare md
hound hunt. with Brunt as the hare.
He did we'll. He circled In helds and
around houses, and followed his own
tracks back TO the city He went into
, the yards of the Richmond, Frcdericks-
burg and Potomac Railroad Company.
and was lost. Calling on the running
gallery TO watch for the hare Allen
went to telephone and called the
Second Station for assistance. Bicycle
Policeman Brennan went 10 the rescue.
and the two beat about the Yards for
nearly an hour, with no hare in sight
| and not clue 10 lead to his refuge.
Finally Brennan decided upon Il certain
house as likely sanctuary. and thither
hied himself AS he entered the front
door Brunt appeared at Il second story
WINDOW, ana me leap he made was
wonderful TO sec. Allen. who had spent
tho latter part of the case on foot, re-
mounted, and now the chase went west
on Broad Street Brunt was a good
runner, and he made u record. But
Aliens charger got the spirit of the
chase In him. and opposite the g. +.
Sauer factory he came almost atop of
the negro.
With Wild yell as two shots dipped
past his ear, Brunt fell 10 his knees
lie begged for mercy, swearing that he
would run no more. He couldn't have
if he had tried. He was taken to the
Second Police Station, where he was
Informed that he had fractured Haste's
skull Allen was so nearly overcome
that he had to lie down, and a restora-
tive was administered to him byian am
bulance surgeon.