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1N PAGE •—1 WYra ^4"' ~r'-^l0fs&5 '£.trf$ rfVj, .& -~0-^ ji xH^»#"'»*'%'- New UlmReview Owners: New Ulm Fublishing Company Lessees and Publishers: United'Press and Publishing Company Published Every Wednesday. Subscription Rate* $2.00 Per Year tSmeieo as Second Class Matter at ttte »'«st office at New L'lin. .Minnesota Wednesday, November 19. THE LABOR PARTIES. By Walter Thomas Mills, M. A.' (Author of "Democracy or Despotism") Article^Number III. SELECTING CANDIDATES Note: This is one of a series of seven articles on the Labor parties. The se ries covers "The Occasion for Their Existence," "Methods of Organization," Campaign Methods," "Selection of Can didates," "Carrying on the Government," "Their Achievements When in Office," and "What of the Future for Labor Parties." The illustrations will be taken from any places where organizations of labor have entered the field of politics. —Editor. Probably the most critical and most difficult task which it is necessary for a political party to undertake is the selection of its own candidates for public office. This difficulty, always very great, is multiplied many times over in this country by virtue of the very large mumber of public officials who come to their positions by popular election. Improved primary laws, have abol ished many of the old-time abuses, but they still operate under most'se rious limitations. Men are special ly chosen by the great private inter ests and made prominent in the public life by schemes of promotion looking directly to the end of making them "available as candidates." Sham bat tles are framed up, the press is filled with personal notices, the voter goes to the primary with his mind filled with this misleading material, provid ed expressly for that purpose, and with no sufficient knowledge of the real character or the real purposes of »the One Year's Subscription to (1[R AA Minnesota Daily Star qilJ.UU One Year's Subscription to $0 AA New Ulm Review. Total A A persons whose names are placed be fore- him. v-L' Pitfalls Tha Remain. With the improved forms of organi zation under which Labor parties are cdming to be organized, many of these difficulties will be removed in large rreas. re, but all will need to be guard ed against with the utmost care or the workers in thd future, as in thepatronage past, through- organizations of 'their .-,'•, jgf*t~\ *&?/C-, IIIIII1IIHM 1 own will, be winning the-public power [the trust imposed in them, only to place it in the hands of their A Better Way. enerr.ies.^ _, 'j In North Dakota, and in other states Methods of Procedure. ',• ?-I where the farmers' Nonpartisan league The- British Labor party" has a is bejng organized, persons whose names standing committee, made up of the are to be supported in the primaries best known, the most disinterested, the most thoroughly trusted of its own men—rwomen who have been tested out in years of conflict and have never been found at fault. This committee is re-informal quired to, prepare what is called the eligible list and no person's name goes on that list except it has been placed there with the greatest care, and. no one becomes a candidate of the Labor party for parliament except his name has first been on this list of eligibility. In order for any one's .name to be placed there he must be recommended by some trade union or other local body affiliated with the labor organiza tion. The fact of this recommendation is made widely known. A long series of questions are submitted for infor mation to the person himself and toconvention, others, and any one having any objec tions to him is given an opportunity to be heard. Sometimes these preliminary in quiries last for many months, and inprocess' some instances have run into years, but no one is ever secretly investiga ted, no «one is ever turned down for reasons not made known to him, and no accusation is ever entertained ex cept the accuser meets face to face the person whose ability or integrity. trade unions or other organizations he has questioned. In some instances: seeking to co-operate, they do not meet there has been a. hotter battle to put .together in a mass. Each group meets a man's name on the eligible list than by itself, selects its own representative was afterwards required to put him after its own manner, and these men in parliament. by mutual conference and arrangement A Record Of Disaster. adopt each other's candidates, indorse In the earlier Labor parties in this I a country, and particularly in the Popu- Pk work. list party, there was practically no limit "to the outrages of which the or ganizations were made victims of "JLABOSC Special fc\# Clubbing.Ta^ if •00 ,«3! SSE- *a promoted candidates under which the "jolly gpdd fellows," ,t*he "friends of labor," the "man "who once worked at the bench himself," the man who had delivered himself of some sensational declaration in the 'lbehalf of labor" or against^ some great private monopoly? were given positions of power which they themselves had sought under the of .the enemies of labor and for the express purpose of betraying %t are selected after this .fashion All the League members meet in their voting precinct. They select a delegate to the legislative convention by asking for nominations. Each name pre sented is written on a blackboard and an informal vote is taken. If any one whose name hag been written on thewho board gets no votes'at all, each such name is erased^fThere -then takes place the "frankest, fullest, open dis cussion of the persons who have been presented, after which the voting is renewed, and after each ballot the name having the smallest, number of. votes is dropped and this, is continued until some one of the nominees is given a majority. These delegates meet in a district and following the same plan nominate their candidates for the legislature and for the county, offices and elect a delegate to the state convenr 'tion. In'the state conventions the same of elimination' finally leads to the selection of the state candidates. After that all names go to the primary election for final approval. Co-Operating Organizations. In all of these gatherings where candidates are to be named, if there are other's measures/ and so corn- Old-Time Politicians Still Betray. So far this has worked so well that there have been very few betrayals in 9 SPECIALieiSOBBINGlOFFERS8 "THE ONLY FAIR AND FREE DAILY IN MINNESOTA" .TTwo Year's. Subscription^ Minnesota Daily Star» A. dn A I Year's Subscription to JO.OlPSW New Ulm Review For Both Iglr Total $140i ?& ... ui~ *u~ u:_i -m _„_^„._is ^i_. of*first-class newspapers. generous as i«, possible, considering the high cos* of ail material entering-s_Jt_ into the prodiution the brief existence of the League. Of these it. may be said that the persons who have broken faith with the League .were not members of the League. They were not directly related as far mers to the work of the League. They Had been~pld-time politicians and office holders and were unfortunately indorsed by the League after it had made what it believed to be a sjfficient investiga-' tion. The League's"experience withMessrs. Hall, Kositzky and Langer of Nor.th Dakota, twice elected by League votes and now fighting the League, not only' justifies this manner of selection, but ought to suggest the very great import ance of a strict adherence to this pro gram in the future.^ ,,? The Tested Men. ". It may be said, frankly that the more directly the candidates for a public" office are chosen by industrial organiza tions of some sort and from among those by long service have demonstrated their loyalty and their capacity, the more certain will they be to prove themselves both capable arid loyal in the adminis tration of public affairs. Under such an arrangement the possibility of being imposed upon by persons, who may seek to use a Labor party to promote their own personal ambitions to the disad vantage of labor and to betray the purposes of a Labor party through pri vate bargains with the enemies of labpr to their own personal profit will be re duced to the lowest minimum. I':•, Should a successful Labor party arise in the United States, in order that it may be successful it would need to combine within its ranks the great organizations of labor, such as the farmers' Nonpartisan league, the rail way brotherhoods, the miners, the tex tile workers, the steel and packing house 'employes, the building trades and other such bodies. The temptation will be great to select candidates al ready in the public eye. The very habit of mind which has taken posses sion of the public thought in this^ coun try will tend strongly to the selection of candidates already famous, or sud denly made so by some sensational ut terance or by some unfortunate event. A Safe Rule. No one should be selected by it as a candidate to represent labor in pub-* lie office, who would not be accepted A N E -.' :K.C»«?-Jk.Z S SUBSCRIPTIONS ar^KENmT|REVIE\APOFFlCE*$7**'^ $10.00 $1.00 Messrs. M. H. and C. W. Ott of Minneapolis, representatives of the Minnesota Daily Star, are now in this vicinity, soliciting subscrintions to the Star, and. selling stocks in the Northwest Publishing Co. If you cannot invest in this stock, you can at least do your "bit" by subscribing for the Star for from one to five years. A large stock subscription is neccessary to insure the success of this enterprise, as it takes money to thousands of people in the way that we intend to do. .We cannot, nor do we want to, depend upon "big biz" for the necessary funds it's up to help us! Subscribe NOW—both for stocks and for ,the Star. Our Special Clubbing Offers above should be an inducement. They Special ubblnj Oler $13.30 For 3o.lv readily in position of trust and ofthe importance, within .the great industrial groups which must together make up the party: Long activity in fighting the farmers' battles, long activity in behalf of he -railway brotherhoods, the miners' union or some other such great industrial group is a better recommendation for sen ice in anybeen public position than can be any con siderations of the sort which usually prevail in the selection of political party candidates. For a quarter of a century the can didates for important positions in this country have been selected for both parties by the great private interests, and in :*no instance have these inter ests been disappointed in the services rendered by these'officials in positions of public trust. When the workers are as wise in the selection of candidates as ire the exploiters, their servants will be as efficient and their disappointments as few and far between. ^£?/^.^^ THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION President Wilson has issued the fol: lowing Thanksgiving proclamation: "The season of the year has again arrived when the people of the Unit ed States are accustomed to unite in giving thanks to Almighty God forby the blessings which he has conferred upon our country during the 12 months that have passed. A year ago our peo ple poured out their hearts in praise and thanksgiving. Through Divine aid tjie right was victorious and peace had come to the nations which had so coura geously struggled" in defense of human liberty and justice. Now that the stern task is ended and the fruits of achievement are our, we look forward with confidence to the dawn of an eraof where the sacrifices of the nations will find the recompense in a world at peace. But to attain the consummation of the great work to which the Ameri can people devoted their manhood and the vast resources of their country they should, as they give thanks to God, reconsecreate themselves to these principles of right with triumphed through His merciful goodness. Ouf gratitude can find no more perfect expression than to bulwark with loyalty and patriotism those principles for which .AJj^l-A' Fiv^ Year's Subscription tot Minnesota Daily Star.v^ Fivs Year's Subscription to A AA New Ulm Review $1UUU Total :...'. /.^r-.H 35.00 free peoples of the earth fought and died. "During the past year we have had much to make us grateful. In spite of the confusion in our.^jeconcmic life resulting from the war we have pros pered^ Ouf harvests have been plen tiful and of our abundance we have able to render succor to less favored nations. Our democracy remains un shaken in a wTorld torn with" political and social unrest. Our traditional ideals are still our guides in the path jbf pro gress and civilization. ,-N "These great blessings,' vouchsafed to us, for which we devoutly give thanks, should arouse us to a fuller sense of our duty to ourselves and to mankind to see to it that nothing we may do shall mar the completeness of the vic tory which we. helpedt to win. No selfish purpose animated us in becoming a participant in the World war, and with a like spirit of unselfishness we should strive to aid by our example and by oux co-operation in realizing the enduring welfare of all peoples and in bringing into being a world rulef! by friendship and good will. "Therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, Presi dent of the United States of America, hereby designate Thursday, the. 27th day of November, next, for observance as' a day of thanksgiving and prayer my fellow countrymen, inviting them to cease on that day from their ordinary tasks and to unite in their homes and in their several places of worship in ascribing praise and thanks giving to God, the author of all blessings and the master of our destinies. "In witness whereof, I have here unto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. "Done in the District of Columbia, this fifth day of November, in the year £ur Lord, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, and of.the independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-fourth. (Signed: WOODROW WILSON. (Seal!) By the President Robert Lansing, Secretary of State. Rich. Pfefferle, Jr., telegraph operator at Monroe, S. D., spent several days the past week, visiting his father and other New Ulm relatives. 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