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The Northwest Worker
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S e«nta.
PLEASE DON'T LAUGH
The American Affiance for Labor
and Democracy—the Gompers-Rus^ell
bunch— 4a going to send delegates to
Russia to tell the Russian people
what a great democratic country this
is and liow very nice the government
treats the workers, and how "free
and independent (stick out your
chest) the horny handed son of toil
is. The delegation will beg of the
Russians to keep up the fight along
side the Allies and after the war
some good, kind American capitalists
will go over to Russia and give (?)
the Russians some work so that they
won't starve.
But if we know anything at all
about the Russian situation we are
of the opinion that Russia will be
about to put the boots to capital
just about the time this noble f.'.')
delegation frets there. It looks to us
as if the Social Revolutionists were
gaining the upper hand over the So
cial-Democrats and in that case it
will mean an end to the war with
Germany and also the declaration of
a democratic republic, the abolition
of privat property in the means of
wealth production, transfer to peas
ants of all stock and machinery on
estates, control by the workers of all
industries and the nationalization of
all industry. In other words it
would be a Socialist republic and the
Gompers crowd might talk their
damned heads off but it would have
very little effect in convincing: the
Russian's that this country was a
nice respectable country, and that the
Russians ought to get down to busi
ness and "do their bit" to "make
the world ?afe" for the same kind of
Democracy as is displayed in Amer
ica at the present ime. We wish
them a "bon voyage" anyhow.
HOW THEY LOVE US
We are informed by "Red" Doran
I. W. W. organizer, that he has seen
,a warrant that has been issued for
the arrest of ye editor, three other
Socialists and" four I. W. W. It
seems too bad that the authorities
will persist in disturbing u.s from
our peaceful pursuits. We have
been in jail four times already and
if they keep it up it will soon be like
home to us. Guess we must be too
autocratic and they want to get us
out of the way in order that Amer
ica r.iight be "made safe for Democ
racy.'' We know, dear reader, that
you are sick and tired of hearing
that term, but it is the only string
the jingoes have on their fiddle and
we want to help them fiddle it so
that it will wear out.
ECHOES OF THE PAST
The damage suit brought by Oscar
Carlson against the Vashon Naviga
tion Company, Donald Mcßae, Harry
Ramwell et al., for .$50,000, is now
before an Everett jury. Carlson al
leges that he was a passenger on
the Verona on November 5, that he
was not an I. W. W. and that he re
ceived nine bullet wounds as a result'
of the actions of the above defend
ants.
After the Carlson case is disposed
of there will be two others, one of
them by another passenger and «ne
Ly an I. W. W. who had to have a
leg amputated.
The Chicago Federation rose to the
occasion p.nd condemned the action
of Governor Lowden, of Illinois, and
that of the governors of Minnesota
and Wisconsin, in tyrannically sup
pressing the gatherings of the Peo
ple's Coui '-i!.
The International Socialist Review
has been beheaded by the Post Office
authorities. It has been denied the
use of the mails along with a bunch
of other papers. If this keeps up
we will he compelled to carry on our
work by means of secret organiza
tions and tunnels just af> was done
ij Russia and then—well every dog
has his day.
Turn in your .sub cards.
WELLS JURY DISAGREES
After deliberation! lasting 17 Vi
hours, the jurors in the Wells-Sadler
r'islernuin ease were unable to agree
upon a verdict and were discharged
by I'Yderal Judge Neterrer. Aiiron
Fislerman was acquitted.
Mr. Vanderveer, the defendant's
attorney, stated that it would be
very unlikely that the case would be
retried.
A round of applause was given
llulct M. Wells in the court room aft
er delivering an address to the jury.
The COQti ordered nil those who ap
phuiiled out of court.
One woman went out saying, "To
hear that speech and express myself
on it was worth being put out for.
I'm not ashamed."
Mr. Wells b*gMl very simply and
without emotion. "It is not charg
ed," he said, "that we did anything
that resulted in injury. We an;
charged with criminal intent not with
deeds. It is therefore fitting that
I, who know what was in our minds*,
should speak to you on our motives.
We were actuated only by the high
t'st type of patriotism.
"I recognize my own limitations;
I do not claim to have accomplished
much; J>ut for the, la.-si fifteen years
I have had the consuming desire to
be of some social service to my coun
try and my kind. With this end
in view I have not spent time on
personal advancement in business;
but I went into the labor movement
and devoted my best energies to
that. I have tried to eliminate some
of the useless suffering in the world,
to bring about better social relations
between man and man, between na
tion and nation. That has been my
religion.
"I have always doubted the con
stitutionality of conscription for for
eign service. My study of history
shows me that even in the war of
1812, when President Madison and
his wife were fugitives from Wash
ington and our capitol was in the
hands of the invader, and troops
were ordered across the border into
Canada, the New York militia stood
on their constitutional rights and
refused to go. Ido not defend the
patriotism of their act; but I knew
that even in the extremity of a lost
battle Daniel Webster argued agaiust
conscription and that the men were
sustained in the courts.
"I knew that Hannis Taylor, a
leading authority on international
law, held that the Select Service Act
was unconstitutional, and wished to
have further legislation to correct
that defect. I knew that Attorney
General Wickersham, when asked by
Congress regarding the use of con
scripted militia in Mexico, said it
was unconstitutional. With these
facts in mind I worked against the
law.
"For two or three years after the
European war broke out, I was filled
with admiration for our president.
I remember his statement about a
'nation too proud to fight.' Some
little minds misjudged that state
ment, but I was glad that he was
great enough to see that a great na
tion could well afford not to stand
upon the letter of its rights in a
time of madness.
"Mr. AUgn has reminded 'you of
the alro'eTpiflr'of Belgium- I have
at times, I confess, been moved by
the fiercest passions of the human
heart; I have wanted revenge for
those atrocities; I might even, in
the heat of a moment, have desired
to sacrifice a million of our . own
young men for that revenge. But
in calmer hours, I have been glad
that our president guided us with
patience through those stormy times.
I honor him for it.
"But as the time went on, and
the pressure towards war made it
self felt, I believed that the presi
dent, sitting there in Washington,
could not always distinguish, above
the clamor of the jingo press, the
pal desire of the common people. I
felt that he was being pushed into
war. I desired to do my utmost to
assure him, and our representatives
in Congress, that there were many
who did not wish war, who believed
that war destroyed and brutalized
the finest instincts of humanity.
"I have been accused of heaping
contempt and slander on the young
men going out to fight for their
country. -I have not done so. I
honor those boys; my heart goes
out to them. 1 know the high faith
and idealism that fills the hearts of
many of them. But I wanted to
see that idealism put to some better
use than the killing of other boys.
There are so many wrongs to right;
there is so much need of the zeal
and devotion of youth. I wanted
to see it used for something else
than slaughter.
"Some of my early days were
passed in Canada. The fate of my
THE NORTHWEST WORKER
curly t'.umpiiiiinM also influenced
me. Friends of mv boyhood are
dead i>n tht ficldl ol Prince or re
turning broken remnants of man
hood. Oirll F knew are weeping
in widowhood now, or waiting in
the tftip of terror for news.
"Some day wars will lie a tiling
of the past; this war will not con
triliute to that end. World peace
can, only come through the spread of
internationalism, and the despised
Socialist, and pacifist are working for
that purpose. When thai, day comes,
I want my hoy to he ahle to say:
'In those grim times, my father was
on the side of humanity, and was
not afraid to stand for what he be
lieved to he right, when the world
was mad."
Prosecutor Allen ran some ten
minutes over the time allowed him
by the judge. In his references to
the deli miunt he Mil more than
once rebuked by Mr. Vanderveer
for abusive language.
HILLQUIT EXPECTS HIG
VOTE IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK-Morris Hillquit, So
cialist candidate for mayor of New
York, predicted an extraordinary in
crease in the Socialist vote, which he
said would be interpreted through
out the country as a vote for peace.
He denied that special efforts were
being made to appeal to the German
and Irish vote, as was charged by
John Spargo, who recently resigned
from the Socialist party.
Asked about the significance to the
Socialist party °f the defection of
Spargo, William J. Ghent, J. G.
Phelps Stokes and others, Ilillquit
said that those who had resigned
were merely a few "intellectuals"
who had not taken with them a single
one of the 5,000 local organizations
of the Socialist party throughout
the country, nor any considerable
body of voters.
Dayton Vote Revelation
"The first and only concrete proof
of the political strength of the So
cialist party after the deflection of
Spargo and the others," said Hill
quit, "has been that of the primary
election in Dayton, Ohio. There the
party fully accepted the anti-ws.r
position of the Socialist party ai
large. The primary campaign was
to a large extent made on that issue
and, as a result, the Socialist candi
dates received in the primaries al
most as many votes as all the other
parties combined.
The sentiment in New York, so
far as the masses of silent voters
are concerned, from what I can judge,
is very similar to that prevailing in
Dayton and other industrial centers
in the middle west. In no part of
the country, so far as I know, has
the defection of the few intellectuals
headed by Spargo and Stokes af
fected the rank and file of the So
cialist party membership."
Next Tuesday
is the Last Day
for those
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CANADA'S LAW TAKES
VOTE FROM OBJECTORS
AND GIVE IT TO WOMEN
OTTAWA. — Canada's war-time
election act was passed by the House
of Commons. Nine hours of 20-min
ute stormy speeches preceded the
vole, and the cloture rule was in
voked to limit debate.
Thi* bill disenfranchises alien and
conscientious objectors, and gives the
ballot to women relatives of soldiers
in foreign service.
Shop Talks on Economics —By %
Mary E. Marcy 10£
Thursday, September 27, 1917
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