The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-10-18
WHO SLOAN IS
AND WHAT HE
STANDS FOR
FOrceful Character Whose Practical
Training Specially Fits Him
for Work at the National
Capital


gress who will be elected this fal
will help in solving the greatest anC
most important problems that have
ever faced this great and glorious
country. The reconstruction perioC
will be one to try the souls of mer
and will clearly demonstrate their
fitness, their honesty of purpose
their steadfastness-the honor and
character, if you will-in greater
measure than at any period during
our history. That greater care should
be exercised in their selection is,
then, more than ordinarily clear.
They should be men of that sterling
integrity that knows no swerving
from what is right, the ability to
comprehend affairs of the nation in
their wider aspect and the fearless
ness and honesty to fight with fixed
ness of purpose for the accomplish
ment of the desires of the people as
"HoiS anu WiIiouI DelilS SWeFN-
ed or influenced by partisanship, ex-
cept as party leaders stand for the
more progressive ideas of the people
and evince an earnest desire to en-
act legislation distinctively beneficial
to all alike.
In presenting the candidacy of Jo-
seph A. Sloan for Congressman in
the Second district, it may be said
without the slightest fear of sue
cessful contradiction that he is
aminently more fully qualified to
meet present and impending prob
lens than any man before the voters
for consideration. His wide expert
ence in the field of practice has Civ
en- him a wider conception OF gen
eral affairs and men than that of
the theorist, while he is actuated by
an honesty and earnestness of pur-
pose that makes him at all times a
dominant influence in any under
taking.
Distinctively progressive since his
earliest manhood, mingling and work
ing with such well-known leaders as
Tom johnson of Cleveland, Ohio, he
has consistently followed his early
lncllnations and has been active in
all of the movements which have
meant the upbuilding, progress and
betterment of the Pacific Northwest. |
And, without exception, his has been
activity. Just to il
lustrate:
Joseph A. Sloan was among the
first men in the Pacific Northwest
to advocate from the public platform
a government owned and operated
merchant marine. He was among the
first to urge a Merchants Marine
League in this section, meeting all
his own expenses and talking on the
subject to thousands of people in
various of the Puget Sound cities.
Joseph A. Sloan has always been
an ardent worker for the Seattle Port
Commission and improvement of the
1arbor, so that the Pacific Northwest
night have the greatest seaport on
he western coast, with facilities ade-
luate to handle the immense traffic
hat his foresight and broad vision
NEW must come.
Joseph A. Sloan has been a con-
;istent advocate and worker for mu-
licipal ownership of public utilities
md bought bonds of the municipal
treet railway in Seattle and war
ants so that public markets might {
'e provided. He is firm believer S
n government ownership of the rail- (
Dads, the telegraph and telephone s
ines, and the ownership and opera i
ion by municipalities of those pub {
ic utilities on which their citizens
lepend. t
Joseph A. Sloan-just to illustrate t
vhere he stood and stands-was for {
wo years president of the Munich
al Ownership League. He was
lso member of the Referendum
league and consistently supported
he enactment of the initiative and
law in this state. b
Joseph A. Sloan has been for more i
han thirty years in favor of pro- f
ibition, and has voted for prohibi- v
ion whenever opportunity offered, d
is first vote in that respect being
egistered more than thirty years
go. He has also consistently sup a
orted woman suffrage and stands f
n a platform pledged to an enact f
lent for universal suffrage. "
Joseph A. Sloan, in times of peace S
$ well as in times of war, has al
ays measured up 100 per cent
merican. While not a man of 81