The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-04-03
AS TO POLITICS.

Today being election day, and as many will excite themselves over is sues which may or may not be ln- yolved, a few words as to politics from the standpoint of this paper and the Miners Union which owns and controls it, may not be, and should not be amiss,
 The Miners Union is not as a body endorsing candidates in this election, although the individual members thereof may actively en' gage therein on their own personal responsibility, and doubtless the ma iority will express their opinions at the polls.
 The political action in which the union believes is that which is reflex of the organization itself: workingclass ticket with working class not middle class policies.
 That any of the issues involved in this election are working class issues is of course not the case, Some reforms may be suggested by this one or by that, but the inten- ton is that it will be a bourgeois government for the large or small business man and in their interest solely.
 Naturally for that reason there IS little use getting excited over this election and regardless of whom the people may elect. the worker will still be committed to his toll just because he is a wage worker.
 The end of working class politics is a totally different end to that ot any other. In the first place it seeks triumph for the express purpose of abolishing a class administra- ton of affairs. And to be success ful it presupposes a well organized economic organization which will have power to back up the political acts which may be the subject ot bitter opposition in any event.
 We observe critics of labor poli- tics denounce it because of the in- lection of class antagonisms into the political realm. As if, indeed, such class antagonisms were not plentifully in evidence under any party administration. The main trouble with those who complain of ihe class nature of labor politics is that they have closed their eyes and refuse to see the most obvious fact, that party politics is class po- litics, to the exclusion Of the work ing class altogether.
 In fine whether we discover defi- nite exploiting interests seeking re- presentation, throwing sops to labor to keep them quiet, sops which have seldom the doubtful use of ever being recognized in the courts or even enforced it is still class politics.
 Because a number of men arc politically ambitious is no reason
  est. To represent labor interests they must have the backing of the economic organization, supporting them through thick and thin be- cause of their being the representa- tives of such organized labor and with labor ideals in view
 pho T,ducfrial Workar would emphasize the fact that unless can didates who are workingmen are nominated and endorsed by labor and nominated and endorsed by la ,bor for the express purpose of ccr- wing out in clear class conscious manner the designs of labor, and re 'fecting in their representation the united and solidifed strength of la. bor upon the economic field, then only are they the legitimate candi- dates of labor.
 Labor does not inject the class Issue into politics to perpetuate the rule of one dominant class ir society. Labor does not insist upon class conscious action so that the working classes may govern the other classes. Labor injects the class issue as the only issue oi vital importance on the economic and the political field in order that the triumph of such may mark foi ever the abolition of all classes ir that neither this nor that shall be dominant. but that there shall be neither exploiters nor exploited.