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The clashes between the legitimate
government and the dissatisfied pro-
pertied classes had come to the point OF
violent skirmishes. To meet the needs
of the situation, and to protect their
efforts to evade the custom laws OF
the ernment-evasions which are
correctly called smuggling-the mer-
camille classes of the American gov
eminent formed a secret, under
ground, armed organization under the
name of the minute men.
Many conferences of the wealthy
colonials took place, either secretly
or in places out of reach of the gov
eminent. These conferences became
more and more open. The general
opinion was not in favor of secession
from Great Britain, but for organized
resistance against the enforcement of
the laws which touched the pocket
books of the colonials.
But the isolated complaints against
the governments actions inevitably
flowed together and took an ideologic-
al form. In France the bourgeois
thinkers were putting the complaints
of the bourgeoisie against the mon
archy into theological form with
philosophy of republicanism. Free
dom of trade was needed, equality of
merchants and manufacturers with
the decadent mobiles, fraternal soli-
darity of the bourgeois for the shap-
ing of national institutions-and these
material needs were translated into
the political slogans, Liberty, Equali-
ty, Fraternity"
The French bourgeois revolutionary
theology seeped into all corners of the
world and helped to crystalline and
clarity the purposes of the bourgeoise
everywhere. French thot became an
inspiration to the comparatively
meagre intellectual circles of the Brit
ish colonies in America. Elegant mas
tiers of great slave estates, such as
Thomas Jefferson, sat and enthused
over land plagiarized) French pamph-
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LINCOLN THE "SAVIOR" OF THE UNION By Robert Minor

SO the southern slave oligarchy in
1854, thru its domination OF congress,
took the fatal step of repeating the
Missouri compromise and opening the
vest to become either slave or free
according to the vote of the settlers.
Immediately began the rush Of slave
owners and of free farmers, and be-
tween these opened up bloody civil
war in the territory of Kansas.
The completion of the American
capitalist class revolution had now
to be fulfilled.
To obtain this political power-in
its own hands alone, without sharing
it with another power with which
some more compromises would have
to be made-it became historically
necessary for the industrial capitalist
class to have the absolute possession
and direction of mass political party.
The two existing large political par
ties were the Wing party and the DEM
ocratic party. But both wv-e products
of the past, of the compromises Of a
time when compromise was still pos
sible.
1t was necessary to create new
party, owned and controlled complete
ly by the class that was struggling to-
ward political power 1t became neces-
5ary for the capitalist class to organ
re its most conscious elements into
: new political party to lead the
struggle.
In 1854 this political party was form
ed-the republican party.
At the first state convention of the
new party in Illinois in 1856 the long.
lean, backwoods lawyer, Abraham Lin
coin, came in to participate and to
play a leading part. His abilities
quickly dominated the convention and
precipitated him into national politics.
AS the democratic leader, Stephen A.
Douglas, was U. S. senator from I'LL
nois, Lincoln BECAME an "expedient"
national leader against Douglas.
AS the fatal year 1860 approached
the political crisis grew in proper
tons. The industrial stagnation con-
tinued, and thereby fed the flames Of
politics and swelled the ranks of the
new party. Defeated in 1856, the re-
publican party was stronger in 1860,
and the leadership OF the democrat
Douglas increased the Importance OF
the rival Illinois leader, Lincoln.
At the beginning of the presidential
election of 1860, the gaunt and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-06

slouchy western railroad LAWYER and
politician, Abraham Lincoln, Went 10
New York. All that he did there is
not on record, but from that time on
he was known to be acceptable to the
big business interests of New York
fact publicly attributed to an able
piece Of oratory at Cooper Union.
At the republican national conven-
ton at Chicago in May, 1850. Lincoln
appeared as presidential candidate.
with large crowd of hired "clac-
quers" employed to make wild ont
bursts of applause at every mention
Of his name. When the voting was in
doubt the delegates controlled by an
other candidate, Simon Cameron. were
swung to Lincoln, and Lincoln was
nominated. Q4ater, after his election.
Lincoln appointed Simon Cameron as
secretary of war;
AS the republican platform called
for the shutting off of all extension
OF slavery into the west, the shrewdest
men of the day knew that this was
an election which would be followed
by civil war. After a flaming cam
paign in which Lincoln himself stayed
at home and shrewdly kept his mouth
shut most of the time, Lincoln was
elected on a minority of the popular
votes because of the split in the DEM
ocratic party.
Before the Inauguration of Lincoln
the southern states began to secede
from the Union. Lincoln came into
Washington under conditions which
made many believe that he would be
killed on the streets.
Lincoln seems to have understood
better than most of his colleagues that
he was taking post as leader of a
civil war. There can be no denial of
his greatness. Ethical questions of his
moral character are meaningless.
He understood fairly we'll how to plav
q part in struggle that was in a
definite way revolutionary part. The
bourgeoisie has need of ethics: the
proletariat has not. Altho Lincoln
was not proletarian revolutionist. no
was leader of the bourgeoisie at a
time when the bourgeoisie still had
to complete its revolution.
The government of the Confederate
States of America" was formed by the
slave oligarchy at Richmond, basing
its action upon legal CLAN (widely
credited at the time) that the U. s.
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politics. His early taste Tor writing
crude anti-religious satires was curbed
The slavery question was slowly I'M
folding as thes question on which the
politicians of the day would make OF
break themselves. Lincoln took his
position: Slavery was wrong and bad
policy, but congress had no power to
abolish it, and abolition agitation did
more harm than good. On this plat
form Lincoln caught many political
winds and scared upward and onward
in his career.
In 1916 he made the race as the
Candidate of the Wing party against
a preacher on the democratic ticket,
and was elected to the national house
Of representatives At Washington
Lincoln's political abilities were soon
put to the test. Under the domina-
ton of the southern cotton oligarchy,
the United States entered into war
of conquest against Mexico-basically
a war for more slave territory Lin
coin opposed the war, an act which
for the time being severely retarded
his political career.
Abe's understanding of the part
the slavery question was to play in
coming history was rapidly developed
and he took more and more definite
position. His powers of oratory had
developed to great proportions, bring
ing him the opportunity of his life
time when he was chosen to oppose
the powerful democratic leader,
Stephen A. Douglas, in public debates.
The Mexican war over, the cotton
oligarchy, having conquered Mexico
and taken the vast territory of the
west thru its control of the United
States government and army, was now
determined to profit by It's gains by
extending the slave plantation system
turnout the west to California.
Northern capitalist economy also
lusted for the extension of its own
system into the great empire OF the
west, and the two ambitions could
not both be realized.
In l04y discovery OF immense gold
deposits in California carried great
rush Of settlers from the northern
states to the coast, stimulating the
northern capitalist class yearning to
take the great golden west for it's
own. Railroads must pierce the Rocky
Mountains and claim that priceless
empire as an outlet for the eastern
factory system.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-06

A BRAHAM LINCOLN, born on a
"A Kentucky farm in 1909 of poor
white" parents of the wandering half
farmer, half-laborer class, spent his
early years in small towns Of Hi
nois. In his entire life he had alto
gether about twelve months of school
ing, and at the age of twenty-one he
could barely read, write and do simple
arithmetic.
Abe worked as a flat-boat laborer on
the Mississippi river and later as a
village store clerk at New Salem, Iii
nois, where he soon acquired a reputa-
ton as a wrestler and all-around vii
lage athlete. as well as teller of
what are called "smutty stories" and
writer of anti-religious satires tn be
read Tor amusement to the gaming
circle around the stove of the country
store The store failed and Abe
very hard up for a job, decided to
use his village reputation as a candi-
date for the Illinois house Of repres-
entatives. He was then % wears old
railing to be elected, Abe Joined a
military company to fight Indians
was promoted to be a captain. cot
INTO trouble and resigned without bav-
ing been in any fight.
Lincoln then tried his hand a. =.
storekeeper but soon failed becausa
OF his partners drunken habits Abe
drifted from job to job as country
postmaster, deputy surveyor. etc.
But the clouds of the coming h;o
social clash were already gathering in
1855 and Abe, by the very fact OF
MS wandering, shifting habits of life
mad acquired a sensitive mind for 60
clal currents. He was elected n the
Illinois house of representatives IN
1884. iN
Whiie in the legislature, Lincoln
studied law with borrowed hooks and
TWO years later was a practicing a.
torney. He soon made himself rem.
tation as a railroad lawyer in the
struggle that was going ON for the
breaking down the old legal form
which obstructed the advance of rail-
road building. Lincoln was fitting him
self into the currents of history that
led forward in the development OF
American capitalism.
In the Illinois legislature he quickly
learned to enlarge his village social
instincts into instincts for national
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-11
Four Music Hall
Actresses Killed
In Fire At Rome

ROME, Dec. 10 (AP)-Four mu-
sic hall actresses were killed when
a fire, caused by a short circuit,
swept through the Apollo theater
in the midst of the performance
tonight. The screams of panic
stricken women in the audience
and the roar of the flames We're
heard in the adjoining Eliseo thea
ter, where a performance Of Cav
alleria Rusticana" was in progress,
causing a stampede among the
thousand persons in the audience.
One Of the actresses killed was
a German; the others have not
been identified, but it is believed
they were foreigners since most of
the performers were recruited in
Germany, Austria and England.
The fire started at the conclu
sion of the final number on. the
Apollo programme, when the au
dience was preparing for the
dancing which was to follow. The
flames burst from behind the stage
to the curtain, spreading rapidly
to clusters of artificial flowers
decorating the walls and ceiling Of
the auditorium.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-11
LIVESTOCK AND RANGES

PHOENIX, Ariz, Dec. 9.-Mod-
crate to heavy rains have fallen in
the last few days and have been
well distributed over the state.
Desert pastures have been greatly
benefited and water holes mater
tally augmented in places where
the supply had become low. Sheep
are being moved by rail to the
lower valleys and recent rains fol-
lowed by improved conditions are
timely. Snow is falling in the
northern portion of the district at
time of publication and will tend
to extend the area of available
pasturage where water tanks had
become low. Temperatures have
been moderate and the week as a
whole has been without much dis
comfort to stock. The heaviest
rainfall Of the week occurred at
Constellation and Yuma and in
northwestern New Mexico where
amounts in excess of two inches
were reported. Good stock condi-
tions continue at Grand Canyon,
Prescott, Pinedale, Thatcher, and
Whiteriver and Douglas, and at
Fort Bayard, New Mexico. Stock
shipments from the Holbrook sec
ton are about completed.
The weather has become so mild
in the Salt River Valley section
that cotton blooms are still plenti-
full, particularly northeast of
Mesa. Shipments of winter let
tuce from the Salt River valley
have begun but will be somewhat
hindered by the heavy rain Of
Tuesday morning. Heavy showers
in the Yuma section caused some
damage to cotton and lettuce. The
rainfall at Yuma, 2.42 inches, was
the heaviest single December rain
storm OF record. Little damage,
however, resulted to the irrigation
system or to roads. The rains of
the week referred to in this bull
letin were the product of a storm
from the Pacific coming inland
from southern California.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-11
Bradstreets Sees
Retail Trade Leap
As Holidays Near

NEW YORK Dec. 10 app
Bradstreet's Tomorrow will say.
Colder weather with snow and
growth Of the holiday buying urge
aided in some areas by distribu-
ton Of savings club funds, has
pushed retail trade to the front this
week. Even at the south, where
low priced cotton still overhangs
the entire business situation, there
is mention of holiday trade being
factor although a number OF
cities report volume SO far as dis
appointing. Wholesale trade, on the
other hand, has tended to contract
except where recorder or fill-in
buying is noted. Industry has
quieted further and building, af-
fected by colder weather or snow,
has tended to slow down, building
materials of all kinds reflecting
this in a reduced volume of buy
ing.
Weekly bank clearings $9,153,709-
600, a decrease of 8.3 per cent from
last year.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-11
Humboldt Srrlelter
To Close january |

PRESCOTT, Ariz., Dec. (By
Associated Press)-The low price
Of silver and copper ore and lack
of production by smaller mining
companies is given as the reason
for the announced shutdown of
the. Southwest Metals company's
smelter- at Humboldt ON January
/, G. NJ. Colvocoresses, general
manager of the plant, announced
today.
Should the market recover suf-
ficiently to warrant it, he said, the
smelter will reopen during the
spring, but will operate on a
smaller tonnage, which will have
to be assured.
The smelter, following busi-
ness failure several years ago.,
when it was purchased at sheriff's
sale for $1,OO0,O00 by Col. Robert
Thompson, Of New York and New
port, who since has been president
Of the company, resumed opera
tions February l of this year. Lit
tie development work will be done
on the company's BIuebell mine
after the first Of the year, the low
grade Of its ore not warranting it
at the present market.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-11
FLAGSTAFF

Mr.. and Mrs. Jess R. Smith, Of
Shekayah Ranch, near Tuba City,
have been sojourning in Flagstaff
this week accompanied by their
house guest, Miss Lucy i. Tenant,
Of Milton, Mass. Mrs. Smith is a
cousin of Mrs. Zane Gray, wife of
the famous Arizona novelist.
Mrs. Mary Regan Langan, Of
Chicago, is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. H. M. Weatherford, at the
Weatherford Hotel this week. She
brought with her a check for two
hundred dollars, made out to her
tiny grandson, 15-months-old Jack
Weatherford, whose name she had
written on the lucky ticket of a
church rattle in her home city.
Tom Griffith, cousin of David
Ward Griffith, and Miss Rose See
Ter, both under contract to Kelli-
color Educational Pictures, are at
the Weatherford in Flagstaff this
week, engaged in a unique project,
that OF hunting wild animals in
their native haunts to movie
camera accompaniment.
Wednesday evening they brought
home a live bob cat and also a
film showing just how it was cap
tured. Now they are. engaged in a
mountain lion hunt in the noun
tains near Flagstaff.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-11

one Of the features of the session
Wilson Company preferred scared
nearly six points to new top OF
7S IL and the Armour issues and
Cudahy showed substantial frac-
tional net gains.
Increased activity developed in
the low priced motors under the
leadership of Chrysler, with rum
ors Of a new combination OF man
ufacturers stimulating the adj
vance. Chain store and n1erchan-
dising issues continued to respond
to reports of record breaking hol-
iday business, and national de-
partment stores standing out.
In the railroad group, Pere Mar
quette, Pittsburgh and West Vir-
ginia reached new high levels for
all time. The speculative belief
that rail carrying roads would
make a more generous distribution
Of earnings to stockholders as a
result of unusual prosperity this
year was an important factor in
the advance.
Call money renewed at 4 1-2 per
cent and held steady at that figure
all day although concessions be-
low the official rate was reported
in the Outside market" Time
money and commercial paper
rates were unchanged.
A. drop of a cent or more in ac.
tive wheat futures were based or
more favorable weather reports
featured the commodity markets
Cotton drifted slightly lower anC
coffee and sugar prices showed
little change.
Foreign exchanges displayed 6
slightly easier tone, with demand
sterling and French Francs hold
ing fairly steady around $4.S4 IL
and $50 cents, respectively.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-11
WILLIAMS

Miss Helen Sharpe, First Grade
teacher, who has been very i'll
with pneumonia, is recovering sat
isfactorily. She hopes to be able
to spend Christmas at home and
return to work after vacation
Mrs. Elsie Melick is taking her
place with the first graders.
Mrs. w. H. Ritenhouse is at
home again, after her operation at
ST. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix.
The boys who planned to go to
the older boys Scout conference at
Bisbee were compelled to abandon
their trip on account Of the storms
farther south and the resulting
condition Of the highways.
There is less sickness this week
among the grammar school chill
dren. There are still twenty to
thirty pupils absent each day on
account of illness, mostly severe
colds or measles.
The newly elected officers of the
Williams K. of P. Lodge are as
follows: Reuben Dial, Chancellor
Commander; Russell Stone, Vice
Chancellor; Fred Udine, Prelate;
G. H. Goodman, Secretary -Treasur-
er; r. D. Mitchell, Echequer; Fred
Augustine, Outer Guard; John
Boyd, Inner Guard; Robert Burns
Master of Arms.
f. o. Messimer is confined to
his bed with illness.
The Odd Fellows had very
successful initiation Wednesday
night. James Richardson, Fred
Udine, William Maston and Roy
Simmons were the candidates. A
pleasant social hour followed the
ceremony.
The Golden Rule Sunday of the
Community Church here netted
about $4,000 for the support of thf
Armenian orphans.
The Community Church has an
nounced cantata entitled '"The
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-11
New York Stocks
STOCK MARKET AVERAGES
(By the Associated Press)

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 (AP)-
Stock prices continued to move
ahead today under the leadership
of the high priced industrial spe-
cialties. Trading showed a mark
ed expansion in volume but ap-
peared to be dominated largely by
professional operators. An unex-
pectedly large increase of over
$4,000 tons in the November un-
filled orders Of the United States
Steel Corporation, easy money
rates and favorable trade news
furnished the main impetus for
the advance.
Rails, as a group, gave an even
more impressive demonstration of
strength than the industrials, with
rumors of higher dividends and
buying for control tanning the
speculative flame in those issues
The average of 20 leading railroad
shares advanced / 3-8 points to
within 2 IL points of the years
high, while the average of 20 lead
ing industrialA1 shares was only
slightly more than half a point
from the record top established in
September.
U. S. Steel common changed
hands in rather large blocks at
times, but closed only fractionally
higher at 151 IL. Baldwin closed
2 SIS points higher at 157 after
selling nearly a point above that
figure. General Motors, Allied
Chemical and American Smelling
showed only fractional changes.
Spirited bidding for information
al Harvester carried that issue uL
over six points to new record
top at 155 IA but it slid back tC
153 3-4 at the close. Among the
many other issues to break into
new high ground were: Crucible
Steel, South Porto Rican Sugar
General Motors Z per cent Prefer,
red, American Railway Express
and Owens Bottle.
Revival OF strength and activity
in the packing company shares
based on reports of steady i'm.
provement in that industry, was
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-11
FINANCIAL news
WHEAT CLOSING
IN CHICAGO PIT
SHOWS SLUMP

CHICAGO, Dec. 10 (AP)-With
North American export elearances
this week the smallest in some
time and with estimates of the
Argentine exportable surplus en-
larged wheat values dropped to-
day Closing quotations on wheat
were unsettled, to l 7-8c net low
er, corn half A 3-S to 3-4c down,
oats IA to 1-2c up and provisions
unchanged 10 tic decline.
Clearances Of wheat and flour
from the United States and Can
ada for the week were announced
as only 8,697 900 bushels against
11,6S1,000 bushels the week pre-
vious. Meanwhile the trade was
stirred by an unofficial but author
itative estimate that the Argentine
exportable surplus of wheat this
season would be $4,000 200 bush
els compared with a former esti-
mate of 15O,00O,0O0 bushels, I'm
der such circumstances and. with
new export business in North Am
erican wheat totaling hardly 400,-
coo bushels today, there was an
early rush Of selling here and the
market later. showed but little
power to rally
;. .F~Unlooked. for downtufns fnswheat
quotations at Liverpool gave par
& ticular emphasis to talk current
that prospective big crops in the
southern hemisphere were compet-
ing, with those harvested in north
5, ,ern countries and that the compe-
tition is daily becoming more keen.
In some quarters gossip about big
Russian exports had also more or
less bearish influence. Shipments
from Russia were asserted to total
100000 bushels since July l,
compared with 100000 bushels
last year.
Colder weather expected to bring
about larger receipts of corn tend
ed to weaken the corn market.
Provisions were responsive to
weakness both of hog values and
corn.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-11

King of Kings" to take the place
of the morning service on Dec. 19.
Much time is being spent to make
this a finished product The mu-
sic consists of solos, quartettes,
and choruses, and almost every
available voice in Williams has
been drafted for the occasion.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-11
ADVERTISING SIGN
PUT UNDER BAN
By Taylor

Advertising signs at crossings.
especially those which obstruct a
free view, are under the ban of
the Automobile Club of Arizona.
Manager Treadwell holds that
signs. trees and even buildings
that obstruct vision at dangerous
railway crossings or other points
Cn roads carrying a heavy stream
of traffic justly can be termed pub
lie nuisances."
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-11
METAL MARKET

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 (AP)-Cop-
per, steady; electrolytic spot and
futures, 13 5S. Lead dull; spot
100. Zinc weak; East st. Louis
spot and futures, 700. Bar Silver
So 3-8.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-11
TO HEAD AUXILIARY

BISBEE, Ariz., Dec. 9.-Mrs. c..
w. d. Chance was elected president
of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Bis
bee American Legion post at the
annual election of officers.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-11

"That man lives off the snaps of
life"
what kind of a job, does he
claim?"
He's bone speciaIist-sets
broken arms and legs"
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-11
SUFFERIy' KATZ!

To keep her husband from going
out on "joy rides" Mrs. Lena
Senese burned his car. She was
later arrested on an arson charge,
but released by Magistrate Harry
A. Gordon of the Harlem court in
the belief that the destruction of
the car was beneficial to the fam
ily.-News Item.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-11

RICH ORE STRIKE
REPORTED IN OLD
VIrLTURE DISTRICT

PHOENIX - Astrike of high
grade lead silver and gold ore has
been made on the property Of the
Rainbow company, in the Vulture
mining district, near Wickenburg.