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The Ely miner., 1926-10-29

Mr.. Charles G. Firoved is a can
adidate for Register of Deeds for ST..
Louis County He has served the
public for over six years as a mem
ber of the Board of Education, CIV
.ing freely and without pay his, time
to ably serve the public schools. the
;teachers and patrons. He has more
than made good in that position as
his colleagues will quickly say. He
sbelieves that he can give even bet
ster service as Register of Deeds in
the st. Louis County Court house,
thence he is a candidate.
! Mr.. Firoved is no hypocrite and
he also has the courage of his con-
victions as all who really know him
can testify. Being asked as to how
and for what he stands in this cam
.paign Mr.. Firoved concisely said:
"I have made no pledge or promise
except to the people of st. Louis
County as whole. Personal COM
mittments most carefully have been
The Ely miner., 1926-10-29

For many years a statue of George
washington stood before the east
front of the federal capitol. The fig
ure is now In the Smithsonian insti-
tuition.
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Saued Taxpayers Money

Leaving off the blue stripes on mail
sacks saves the United States govern
ment $4,000 year. 1t used to cost
a cent a yard to put them In and they
lessened the scrap value of the sack.
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Next to Methusoieh

From am English story No ono
ever thought of Lady Susan AZ old.
although her sixtieth decade loomed
ahead In the not very distant future"
The Ely miner., 1926-10-29
The Final Error

Neglect cold If you want to, but
remember that it may be one of the
very last things you ever do on this
earth.-Nashville Banner
The Ely miner., 1926-10-29
The Discerning Sex

Women are notoriOusly bad judges
of a man till they get to an ageAwhen
II doesn't help. -Geoffery Moss.
In Whipped Cream. sa 1s@tS
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Not There

The automobile may be putting
few railroad trains out of business,
but not when they meet on grade
crossing. Los Angeles Times.
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Uncle San1's Land Deals

The United States paid S295 an
acre for the Virgin islands, $3.50 an
acre for the Canal zone, 81 cents for
the Philippines and cents for Alas
ka, says the Dearborn Independent.
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Absolutely

Diner Ito waiter)-One hundred
and fifty francs for the chicken? You
were mad to have killed bird which
was worth so much!-Paris Pele Mele
The Ely miner., 1926-10-29
London's Official Flag

The official flag of the city of Lon
don shows on white background the
red cross of ST. George and below II
beam of wavy blue.
The Ely miner., 1926-10-29

The scientist who was TO lecture on
THE Infinitude of Space" was half an
hour late He couldn't find a place to
park.
The Ely miner., 1926-10-29
Universs Like Crindstons

About u hundred years ago the
great English astronomer, Sir William
Herschel. showed THAT the sun, to-.
gether with all the stars we see In
the heavens, forms vast system re-
sembling q grindstone in shape.
The Ely miner., 1926-10-29

II we had no defects ourselves, We
should not take SO much pleasure In
noting those OF others.-La Rochefou.
cauld.
The Ely miner., 1926-10-29
OF Course 1t Must

Folk say "it never rains but II
pours" But the point Is how could It
rain unless it poured?-Erie Railroad
Magazine
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Girgies and LoU

A New York court has held II is not
Illegal for a girl to laugh at a police.
man. The giggle is thus given sta
tus among the tnalienable rfghta
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"To Thine DUN Self"

Chain up the unruly legion Of thy
breast. Lead thine own captivity. cap
tive, and be Caesar within thyself.-
Sir I. Browne.
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Head-Hunting Curtailed

Slavery and head-hunting have been
abolished In Burma, except In the
most remote parts OF the, country.
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Differentiation

May be small sound difference. but
there is sound distinction between
pacts and pax.-Wall Street Journal. ]
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The Usual Meaning

When man exelaims there is no
such thing as Justice, 1t means there
is, and he 10 getting it.-Atchison
Globe. ~
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Issued by S. ]. Searls Volunteer COMMITTEES, 6o6
First Nat. Bank Bldg, Duluth. Minnesota.
The Ely miner., 1926-10-29
English Chimney Tax

A tax called chimney money was
levied on each hearth In a house II
the reign of Charles H. OF England I
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Hard and Soft Minerals

The bureau Of mines says that the
diamond is the hardest mineral There
are O. number of mineral liquids.
Probably water 10 the softest
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Inserted by Joseph F. Ko.Ee in behalf of himself.
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By o. w. Olsen of Duluth in behalf of c G
Proved
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Inserted by L w tPaD Brown in his own beha
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REPRESENTATIVE.

He is honest, sincere and able. He
was a progressive and has been
identified with the progressive
movement since its inception.
He is a "sative son." born here in
Ely and has been a resident of
Evelth the last 20 years and of
the district over %, years. He
knows it's needs.
HE IS IN FAVOR OF:
I. Constructive Legislation
= 2.s< Direct Primary and a Consoli-
dated Ballot.
8. Statewide Boxing Bill.
A. Teachers Tenure Act.
5. Measures that Promote Safety
and Better Working Conditions.
ELECT A PROGRESSIVE.
ELECT A PROGRESSIVE.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-04
June Twenty-Fifh

In this zoe print articles by George Hicks ana
Purcell We regret Gerry much for their oon sakeS tGt they
comfne themselves speaking the Suspected weaknesses
and ay casuaes revealed by the general strike 'otthout
making clear the oeGkneS not among the t0orerS
but IN the General Council.
regret the 0orkers going to punish the
leaders them dOt0n and Hicks and Purcell hare not
said aoord so far that in the eaohery Of May IL
thea are not in a united front NTH j. Fl. Thomas.
Perhaps Hicks and Purcell preparing to shoD By
deeds tohat they don't like saying IN toOrds
WeI is opportunity STILL before June @5, '0hen
the Conference Trade Union EGecWUeS assemblies Purcell
saus he still goes on" Hicks "The condt
tions made the general strike still eDiSt Quite tre
million miners still locked out Their Dves and children
still Cant bread And, aohle German Butch, and French
transport 0Ging Britain British raiIoGyen
and lockers still handling scGb COAL Indeed Cook tells
as the n u r. and A. s. L. b. F. leaders haze actually
informed the government of their "aoitingneSs'D
Here is yo chance. Cook has appealed to all "TrGde
Unionists to enforce embargo upon all coal"
transport 1oOrkers and rGoaymen behind the miners,
and the aohole behind them d that is
the ay 1on 1T is the UGy the aoOrkerS going and
tee, is the least they expect Of leaders!
Sunday Worker, June 10.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-04
WHO NEEDS THESE DECLARA HONS? RAhnag VHN
By A. LozoOsky

sundry whitewashes the shameful .ac-
ton Of the general council in the
strike. It directs and focuses the minds
of the workers on what is a false
road; with fine-sounding phrases it
patches over the. crassest treachery
and cowardliness it lustlties a crime
committed against the working class
of Great Britain.
We are not so greatly interested in
what these three general council mem
bers wanted to say, but what they
printed cannot fail to call forth deep
indignation in every honest worker.
The Sunday Worker" is wrong,
thousand times wrong, when it &C
claims and welcomes this statement
issued by Swales, Hicks and Tillet.
Declarations like this can only dis
credit those signing them. What the
British and the international proleta-
riat needs is not self-illusions or hec-
tic declarations of this sort, but che
naked, the unadorned, the outspoken
truth.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-04

wanting. 1t is true that the strike
was a great demonstration of pow
err; it is wrong to say however that
it served the purpose of urgent and
necessary defense" 1t is correct that
the government and their satellites
met the workers gesture of comrade-
ship with an armed force; correct,
too, that the Strike showed the eco
nomic grip of the workers upon all
industries; correct, further, that they
CLOSED a virulent lying capitalist
press" but it is wrong to depict the
calling off of the strike as a "cour.
ageous gesture Of peace"
1t is still more incorrect, too, to
charge the government and the en-
ployers with showing willingness in
"endeavoring to misrepresent the logi-
cal CD meaning of our act lie. the
capitulation) as being one Of surren-
der" Does that mean that the gen
eral council did not capitulate? Are
we to take it that it concluded an
honorable peace?" Odd that nobody
has noticed their honorable peace as
yet! All three of them protest against
the "cowardly travesty of the truth. )"
In this question the "cowardly trayes-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-04

A few days after this great strike,
when the results of the capitulation
had been ascertained, the authors Of
that same capitulation forget to tell
how "a demonstration Of power" was
transformed into the greatest demon
stration of impotency ever seen. They
forget to tell us who, and why, brot
the whole thing to debacle. More;
they even try to defend this incredible
capitulation by qualifying as "a cour-
ageous % gesture of peace" what the
English worker calls treachery and
cowardice. Again, the miners are still
out; are they in the right or not?
Should they identify themselves with
the general councils courageous ges-
ture of peace" or continue the strug-
gle? Should the miners be supported
or not? How it is possible at time
when a million workers are out on
strike for such question to be passed
over in silence?
DRECISELY by doing that, this
statement addressed to all and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-04

tyr lies not with the government and
the employers, but at the door of those
who wanted by hook or crook to rep
resent what was defeat as vic
tory.
TT is true further that the strike
L brought forth from the Russian
trade union movement a spontaneous
gesture of goodwill" but it is wrong
to leave il at that and say nothing,
not single word, about the way that
fraternal gesture of goodwill came to
naught because of the courageous
gesture of peace" the general council
made. Isn't it strange that even on
this question these three could not
find the courage to call spade
spade?
/ think we can stop at these ex-
amples; they reveal the true char
acter of their statement in which there
follows behind each plain and gen.
orally admitted truth IA series of
wrong, false and apologetic aver
ments.
pUT this declaration is interesting
IL not only because Of what is said
therein but mainly and primarily be-
cause of what has been left unsaid.
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action Of the whole Of the working
class of Great Britain, do not be de-
eeived by it. 1t is but sign Of
weakness in some of our people
against which we must all fight and
which we must overcome.
Without wishing to minimize the
meaning of words ~, the stupid in
sistence of the employers to force
an admission of wrongful acts was
more a sign of their weakness ~
than of ours. Our own comrades
and our own membership will
neither be bullied nor sidetracked
from their purpose. The employers
must realize the workers camarad-
erie. 1t is up to them not to chal-
lenge that in the future by their own
capitalist wrongful acts, because we
feel assured that our class, having
demonstrated its oneness, will again
prove a national and international
oneness and courage in aim and in
purpose. The capitalists must real
ize that the right to live and the
right to greater citizenship are
rights above any pettyfogging law"
Emphasis ours.)
THE first question that naturally
l. arises after carefully reading this
statement it.: What is it for, who on
earth needs this sort of declarations
What were these three general coun-
ell members aiming at when they is
sued this statement? An analysis OF
their statement will provide the an
swer.
In the statement there are true
statements and statements that are
plainly wrong, but the main thing is
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-04

italism thru the election Of majority
of the members of the legislative
bodies of the Capitalist government
and the executive officials of that
government, and by using the exist
ing government to establish the new
social order.
The Constitution of the United
States was so drafted as to protect
the interests of the exploters of the
workers. The merchants, the bank
ers, the landowners of 1887 wrote
into the Constitution provisions
which they hoped would forever pro-
tect the interests of their class.
A majority of the people of the
United States cannot change the
Constitution. The vote of two-thirds
Of the members of the legislators of
three-fourths of the states is re-
CURED to pass a constitutional
amendment. one-fourth of the
states, in which there may live only
one-fortieth of the population can
prevent any change of the funda-
mental law Of the land.
The Constitution contains a series
Of checks and balances, which are
intended to make il impossible for
a majority antaaonistic to the rul-
ing class to make its will effective.
The members Of the House of Rep
resentatiVes are elected every two
years, the President every four
years, the members of the Senate
every six years, so that a COM
pIete change Of the government can
be made only through elections
spread over six years. The Senate
has a veto over the decisions OF the
House, the President can veto the
actions Of both bodies, and over and
above the House, the Senate and the
President stands the Supreme
Court, which can nulIify laws which
all three unite In passing.
The character Of the Constitution
as a document intended to protect
the bankers and industrial maunates
of the country has been clear In
many decisions under its provisions.
Child labor laws, laws regulating
hours Of labor, and protecting the
life and health Of the workers, and
minimum wage laws have been de-
elared void. A weapon to strike
down organized labor has been
found in It's clauses as shown in the
Coronado decision.
In addition TO the protection
which the Constitution gives to the
coal barons, railroad kings, and
the industrial and financial lords,
millions Of workers are disfran-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-04
American democracy" in Action

centennial, history is being written
which proves the Characterization of
that democracy as a fraud" which
appears in the program of the Workers
(Communist) Party.
Altho the capitalist class is united
in its struggle against the exploited
workers and farmers it frequently has
fallen out between different groups
within the capitalist class itself. Then
we are often treated to the truth about
American democracy.
There has been such falling out
on the World Court issue between the
interests who are primarily concerned
with international loans and invest
ments and those whose interests are in
American industry. The prohibition
issue also divides the capitalist class
in two groups.
AS a consequence, we have the pri-
mary contest for the Republican nomie
nation in Pennsylvania, and in I'LL
nois, and the exposure of the real
character of American Democracy"
Can anyone read the story of cor.
ruption and bribery in which over
$3,OO0,0O0 was spent in order to de-
eide the question which capitalist
candidate for the nomination for sen
ator on the Republican ticket in
Pennsylvania should win and have any
further illusions about the boasted
American Democracy" Can anyone
read the story of the struggle of
money bags in the state Of Illinois, in
which great sums were expended to
decide a similar issue and not know
that every capitalist 4th OF July orator
is laughing at the poor boobs who take
him seriously, while he utters his
poems of JOY because Of the victory of
the fathers and their achievements
in establishing our American Democ.
racy!"
There was no free expression OF
opinion in either Of these elections.
The various capitalist groups simply
measured their money bags against
each other. The president Of the Man
ufacturers Association in Pennsylvania
who raised more than half million
and the famous Public Service Cor
poration head in Illinois who is cred
tied with contributing a similar
amount were not thinking of democ-
racy, when they handed over the
money, but of how much It costs TO
buy an election.
The exposure Of the crooked meth.
DDS and stealing Of votes in the Chi
cago election which comes simultane-
ously with the facts about how the
nominations were bought in Pennsyl-
vania and Illinois are simply another
sidelight on American Democracy"
The American Government was es-
tablished as government Of for, and
by the exploiting classes. II has been
ever since, such a government. The
methods thru which II Is maintained
as snch a government are being writ.
ten down for the future historians in
the investigation from the Senate
committee In Pennsylvania. and the
promised investigation OF the election
The analysis in the program of the
Workers Community Party of our
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chIsed In this country through ma
turalIzatlon laws. Hundreds OF
thousands of citizens cannot vote be-
cause of residential qualifications,
which through the necessity OF earn
ing a living make 1t impossible for
the. to comply with.
The capitalists control thousands
of newspapers thru which they
shape the ideas Of the masses in
their interests; they control the
schools, the colleges, the pulpits, the
n1oving-picture theatres, all OF
which are part of the machinery
through which the capitalists shape
the minds Of the workers.
When it serves their purpose the
capitalists do not hesitate to expell
members of the legislative bodies
elected by working class votes. This
was done in the case of the Socialist
members Of the Cleveland City Coun-
Gil and a member of the School
Board of that city. These repre-
sentatives, elected by the workers,
were expelled in violation of all law
to stifle their protests against the
imperiaist war. The expulsion Of
the Socialist assemblymen of New
York state is a case of similar char
acter.
Under these conditions to talk
of democracy" is 70 throw sand
into the eyes Of the workers.
The much-talked of American
Democracy" is a, fraud. Such
formal democracy assis written into
the Constitution and the laws Of
the country is camouflaged to hide
the real character of the dictatorship
of the capitalists. ~
While recognizing the impossi-
bility of the workers winning their
emancipation thru Use Of the ma
chinery Of the existing government,
the Workers Party reaIizes the i'm
portance Of election campaigns In
developing the political conscious
ness Of the working glass. The first
step toward revolutionary political
action by the working class must be
made thru independent political ac-
ton by the workers in election cam
paigns. The Workers Party will
therefore participate in election
campaigns and use Them for propa-
ganda and agitation to develop the
political consciousness Of the work.
ers.
II will endeavor TO rally the work.
ers to use their power to make real
the rights which the fraudulent
American democracy denies them.
II will use them to carry on the
struggle for the right Of labor TO
create revolutionary political
party and for such an organization
to function openly in the political
life Of the country.
The Workers Party will also nomI-
nate Its candidates and enter into
election campaigns to expose the
fraudulent character OF capitalist
democracy and to carry on the
propaganda for the sovlets. II will
use the election campaigns to rally
the workers for mass political de-
mands upon the capitalist state. Its
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candidates, when elected to officeI
will use the forums Of the Iegisla-
tive bodies for the Same purpose.
From the Program Of the Work
ers (communist) Party.
TIME celebration of the Sesqui-cen-
i tennial of the American Revolu-
ton will be signal for hundreds Of
speeches in which the achievements
of the fathers" in establishing our
great democracy" will be emphasized.
The ruling capitalist class will take
full advantage of the occasion to once
more spread its propaganda that the
Revolution resulted in a government
"of the people, for the people and by
the people"
In all these poems of praise of our
great government" the counter
revolution of 1887 will be forgotten.
The "embattled farmers" of 1776 to-
gether with the artisans from the
cities who were the backbone of the
revolutionary army undoubtedly were
inspired with the ideal of setting up a
democratic government. They had
been driven to rebellion by unbear-
able economic conditions. They saw
in independence from Great Britain
and a democratic government. their
road to freedom from these unbear-
able conditions. They fought and won
the American Revolution.
With them, fought the Southern
planters, the landowners, the bankers
and the merchants of the colonies who
found their economic interests in con-
flict with those of the ruling class Of
Great Britain.
The counter-Revolution.
THE victory which the "embattled
l. farmers" and city artisans of 1776
won in the revolutionary struggle
against Great Britain was however
snatched from their hands. The mer-
chants, bankers, landowners and
Southern planters organized to pre-
vent the realization Of the ideals which
inspired the masses which" fought and
won the Revolution.
The Constitutional Convention OF
1887 which drafted the Constitution Of
The United States was the counter
revolution. II was dominated and con.
trolled by the merchants, bankers,
landowners and Southern planters,
who now that the struggle against the
ruling class of Great Britain had been
won were intent upon organizing a
government which would protect
their interests against the exploited
masses who had been the backbone
Of the revolutionary army. The Amer
lean constitution was not the product
of the American revolution, but the
product OF a counter.revolution.
The program OF the Workers Com
munist) Party quoted above correctly
analyses the character OF the docu-
ment which was adopted by the ConstL
tutional Convention and then by hook
and crook damned down the throats
OF those who had fought for a demo.
cratic government in the Revolution.
American Democracy In Our Day. "
WHILE the poems OF Joy celebrating
w American Democracy" are rising
from the threats OF thousands OF ora.
tors In the celebration OF the SesQui.
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Suggested Ballad for
Embattled Farmers

Tune: II Called But You Were
our
With farm relief the senators have played
While the farmers in the fields look on
dismayed,
But many have a bunch
That they's going TO chase the bunch
And it's time to close the hand that
Yields the spade.
The farmers say they want relief RIGHT
now,
Wall. Street senators with bellies like a
SOW
Refuse the needed aid
And Of Coolidge are afraid,
So it's time 70 close the hand that guides
the plow.
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'Af an Aft

Lord Birkenhead has been i'm
pressed by the British strike sutfici-
emily to make the proposal that the
number of picISets should be limited
and distinguished by badges. From
what we learned his Iordship was sore
because the general strike wasn't
worked that way. The scabs were lin
tied and they were distinguished with
badges, chiefly black eyes.
Another thing his Iordship suggests
is that union mems ballots should be
counted in union election by gov
eminent officials instead of by union
officials, to insure that they don't vote
for strike. His Iordshlp's suuges-
tions aren't necessary in the U. S.
The union officials too often have the
same idea. Vide Majah Berry and
Bill Green.