The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-01-20

The Silk Hat conSpn atOfS ana lne
u1aI,t-bc lynchars of the Pacific
Coast and elsewhere insist on war,
let il come. We have nothing to
lose. but the gags on our lips ana
the chains on our bodies, etc My
3tienus, it does not require pro
alct TO foresee the time fast ap-
preaching, and not in the far distant
.IIltre. when the various parties. oil
this fair land Of ours will have 10
i. aside party differences and COM
t,inc forces and fight and utterly de-
stroy the Bolshevki, the l. W. Wand
kindred organizations for the sake OF
God and America. The question Tor
rs TO decide will be whether We de-
sire 10 have the Stars and stripes
floating over our heads us Il FitdSe
CT stability and prosperity, or Wheth-
Ct We shall permit the Red Flag or
Socialism to put an end to and de-
strov our liberty, bought at such a
great price of blood and sacrifice.
How can a Socialist aspire to politl
cal Office, to which, if elected, he
must come with perjury and treason
lin his heart Before he enters upon
an Office his first act is to make
mockery of God by calling Him TO
witness that he will uphold the Con-
stitution of the United States.
The Socialist knows, and the peo-
pie at large should know, that he
has no more idea of upholding the
lawfully constituted authority OF TINS
land than he has of supporting the
Ingilsh Crown. He has no more
itiea of working for the stability ana
iue but a political party, having
pia form like all other such parties,
calling upon the voter to witness It's
ablii.y and intention to meet the
problems of the day, and to redeem
the pledges which the othet parties
| have broken.
Has the Socialist party any right
| to pose as one of our political par
ties?
Let us first see what the spirit OIL
the party system is in our country.
ANY country depending upon constl-
welfare of this land than he has OF
maintaining the authority OF the Sui
! tan of Turkey. His one aim. his one
purpose is to undermine all lawfully
i constituted authority. Such is the
strength of this international organl-
cation that members elected TO po-
| litical office are only the puppets i'll
the hands of those higher up III the
! organization. The organization de-
mands written resignation OF It's
members accepting public office, to
take effect Immediately, the moment
they show that they would rather
obey the voice of conscience than
their Socialistic bosses. If American
+! Socialists are sincere in tn cir plea to
be a political party, let them resign
from this international union OF
which they are part and parcel, and
make good their assertion of being
only a party like the others, having
as their aim the stability and well
fare of the U. S. A.
Socialism, political party for the
betterment of the Working man!
What has Socialism ever done for
the working man? Has it ever done
anything to gain the confidence OF
the people? Where laws have been
enacted to meet the growing needs OF
labor, they have been bitterly OPP
posed by Socialists Is there veal
thy Socialist in America today who
is absolutely fair and honest with
the workers he employs? 1 recall
reading of a certain millionaire So
cialist who lad such wretched con-
ditions in his factory that his work.
ers went on a strike. But this same
man went around the country pro-
claiming how Socialism was help to
the working man in his struggles for
a living wage, but his own workers
received starvation wages. AnG
there are other cases just like this
one.
1t behooves you, the manhood OF
our time, to open your eyes to the
seriousness of the situation. And
not only that, but you must try to
open the eyes of those who, for some
reason or other are unconscious OF
the drift of the times.
My friends, ask yourselves whether
YOU can stand aside and remain in
different in the face of the blasphemy
and treason signified in the Red
Flag of Socialism, and the answer to
this question should be your guide in
your own position toward this evil
of our times. Socialism stands for
nothing but mockery of God revolt
against God, and treason to America.
My friends, you and I accept Lin
coins definition of American Democ-