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Republicans, how about the money
panic of 1907, caused, it is claimed
by Wall street? We had a Repub
lican in the White House then.
Fellow citizens, are we gding to be
blind and believe all that we are told,
or will be use the brains and reason
ing power that God gave each of us.
Let's get together and think it over,
then put our shoulders to the wheel,
as American citizens, and prove that
such talk, as Mr. Hilles of March 5 is
treason.
Let's help the president, who has
had more trouble, public and private,
than usually falls to the lot of the
man whom, we, the people, have hon
ored. Dr. A. M. C. Allen.
WORKERS AND POLITICS. The
frequent articles in your paper con
cerning the urgent need of public of
fice holders working for the benefit
of the workingman have interested
me. Sweitzer, Thompson and other
candidates of the Republican, Demo
cratic and Progressive parties are
all backed by "big business." Any
one of these candidates if elected to
office will, of course, have to reward
big business for putting him in. It is
utterly impossible to work for the in
terests of big business and those of
the workingman at the same time,
and therefore those candidates can
not be the choices of the people. The
sad fact, however, is that year after
year the workingman, dazzled by the
glorious campaigning and lured by
the empty promises of" these candi
dates, is trapped, while a true work
ingman's party exists, but feebly sup
ported. The party is the Socialist
party. It is feebly supported because
in the eyes of most of the people it
stands for the abolishment of (reli
gion, breaking up of home, destruc
tion of initiative, etc. Such abom
inable lies have been invented by big
business in order to kill the party,
because the Socialist works for the
welfare of the workingman and is
the biggest enemy of the bosses. Let
every worker who is not clear as to
the principals of Socialism read soae
good books on the subject. If he ftijsn:
is convinced that the Socialist .party,
is his party let him get in line andj
push it to the front and there will be,
a real workingman's party that can,
accomplish something. K. D. ,
THE POOR SHEEP. It is not the,
name, the looks, the creed, or rank
which does the good, but thoughts
and deeds. We are not to blame for
what we believe in regards to name,
to looks, to creed or rank, but it's the
deeds that count If greed and pre
judice are eliminated the world woultf
progress a thousand fold for the good,
of all humanity.
We are none so good, but what wi
should do just a little better.
If we but would, we surely couldf
do just a little better.
Our intrusted law makers make
laws in favor of themselves and their,
favorites and the "wh'ole cheese" is
a consolidated mass of greed and
corruption. Greed is the cause of
the system which now exists arid
flourishes. Down greed and well
down this undesirable system.
Our undesirable system has creat
ed undesirable citizens and undesif-j
able acts and our undesirable citizens
are not so much to blame as our lihp
desirable system. "
Many a man, now ranked with the
unemployed, would now be holdhig1
some fair position had he thought
alone of himself, or had he undery
mined or overworked other workers
out of place, or had the system been.'
square and on the level. s'
This policy never paid him well, bui?
it has made it quite profitable for the"
other fellow who has not the same
principle or turn or mind. That's1
very plain.
The fellow with the high-grade job
should not look down on the other5
fellow who made it possible for hlirf
to hold his job. Even the aristocrat
should admit his high station in' life
is due to the hard work and suffeW
ings of the worker in general, ardent
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