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The. emancipation of the working
t class ftiust bethe class- conscious work
of the working class. - KARL JtfARX
THE ALASKA
no- 13. FAIRBANKS, ALASKA ,HARCHI31,1914,
THE CAMPAIGN
IS NOW ON
. Many Tickets In the Field
One Lena Morrow Lewis
Ticket, One Business Men’s
Ticket, And One that looks
like Tom McGowan Was
at his Old Tricks.
Dan Callahan Won’t Mix With any
of them, so Travels Alone.
The Municipal campaign is on with five
tickets in the field. All the candidates
have been invited to appear before the
women voters of Fairbanks and show
cause why they should be accepted as
councilman for the next year. If they
fail to show cause they will no doubt
meet with opposition of the women. Of
course when politicians are after office
they have little scruples about making
glowing promises which, after election,
disappear from their minds like snow
under a June sun. The voters of Fair
banks should scan all of the candidatas
with a critical eye, regardless of any pro
mises tney may make and especially
tliose that were working hand in glove
with the old gang in the recent Grand
jury plot. In the past few years, Fair
banks has enjoyed “Good Governments”
councils, Business men’s councils, Citiz
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en’s councils and all other kinds of coun
cils, but still the old gang put through
their schemes. Most of the former counj
cils of Fairbanks have beed partial to
the N. Cl Co. and other outfits doing
buisness in [Fairbanks in the^matter of
taxation, and the city would not now be
in debt if all were assessed alike.
It would be the height of foolishness
to elect any one to the city council of,
Fairbanks who is under obligations to
the N. C. co. a s h e would not then b e
free to serve and carry out the wishes of
the people.
We will tell you who’s who in the
next few days.
Mr. Peoples, one of the candidates on
the Business men’s ticket is anxious to
get elected to tne city council, evidently
for the purpose of making the tax rate
so low that his dividends will incresas
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Socialist Ticket For
Common Council
James T. Morgan
R. P. McGowan
Andrew Knowles
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Joe Jones
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for Pine Watch Repairing
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The Live Jeweler
LOCAL TOPICS
Communication.
Still the fight goes on between the Cit- i
izen and the Times so-called newspapers
Good job we have Thompson of the
News-Miner to chastise them occasion
ally. It was amusing to some, as was
stated in your last issue,--but regarded
by many as the height of impudence and
insolence—to see two, common, ignorant
printers like Roy and ( Caskey try to
sneer at contributors who have shown
themselves to be men of culture. But to
serious why should we fcfe bothered read
ing over and over again about who own’s
Roy’s printing plant and about his -
hi3 defaulting in his tax payments,
or about how Caskey got hold of the
Miner’s Union Building, and whether
the lumber for it was paid for or not.
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It was deary stated by “Piker” in the
last issue of the Socialist that the miners
on the creeks had successfully combined
to boycott the Railway celebration in
Fairbanks on account of Wiseman mak
ing a choppiug block of one of their
heads last Fourth of July. Wonder the
Commercial Club and every wise man
in town have not banquetted Wiseman
for the wise and discreet manner in
which he caused this wise movement to
come about.
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And speaking of Wiseman makes one
a3k if he has any real authority for go
ing outside die city limits to levy and
collect taxes, charge interest for the
days and hours the alleged taxes are
supposed to be overdue, and charge ex
penses for the collection in addition to
his salary. When he is sent outside the
city limits he can’t have sufficient time
to look after his duties within his juris
diction or he would, in addition to look
ing into the speed of automobiles, have
their numbers properly registered and
| advise his masters, the city fathers, to
impose on them a licence as is done ev
erywhere else. This is an important
matter for the new council.
Now that the city election is approach
ing there is plenty of talk about past
! grafting and one Dan speaking of anoth
er Dan, who wants to get elected is all
j eged to have exclaimed: “Dan will have
a lot of explaining to d o about his con
nection with Chovin and his grafting on
the Row and other places before he gets
fools to vote for him!”
When the witty editor of the News
Miner publishes the fact that there are
1 fellows in the North who, “when they
| get hold of an army press and a hand
ful of type, proclaim themselves editors
and newspaper proprietors. I wonder
! what individuals he had in his eye.
Brother Bellows must have been tickled
when he read that : “The Times beat
the Alaskan in sensational ‘scoop rubb
ish when it published a dispatch, com
ing from a reliable souree, of course,
that the army of unemployed had made
arrangements to take hold of the United
States govesnment. Thompson over
looked that joke by a dispatcher on a
fool editor on account of the youth and
inexperience of the latter. And he also
ignores another disgraceful encroach
ment on his profession when he allows
a big stiff of a canvasser about town to
pass himself off as an “assistant editor”
when it is known that the stiff can only
write his name and has to get his cousin
to write his letters for him. Thompson
get busy!
GRASSHOPPER.
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SOCIALIST POLITICIANSIOUTDO THE
OLD PARIS IN POLITICAL TRICKERY
They Abandon the Principles of Soc
ialism and Work Political Tricks
that Would Shame A Bunch of
Tammany Politicians.
J. J. Nicely, N. R. King, Lena Lewis, A. A.
Olson and one or two others Start a little
Steam Roller all their very own.
After weeks of advertising through
the press and by correspondence the
“Great Mass conference” of the Social
ists of the Tanana Valiev came and weut
and proved to be as big a fizzle as the
“Great Mass Railroad meeting.” It
came because the date tor its coming
had arrived, -and it went because most of
the Socialists of the Tanana have repud
iated the so-called organization, Fair
banks local as a joke. The following let
ters will explain why the Socialists o f
this part of the country want little to do
with this outfit.
Communication From
Fairbanks Local to 01
ness Local asking the
latter to meet in a
Conference.
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Fairbanks, Alaska, Feb. 4th, 1914.
Mr. E. Pozza,
Secretary, Garden Island Branch,
Local Olness.
Dear Comrade:
At the last regular meet
ing of Local Fairbanks, on Feb. 1st, it
was proposed that a conference be held
in Fairbanks some time during the lat
ter part of March or some other date
which may be agreed upon. The pro
gram to consist of papers ou the inter
national, national, and local movements
dealing wfth the history and growth of
the movement. Also short articles ou the
different phases of organization and par
ty work.
The conference would afford an oppor
tunity to discuss the platform for the
coming campaign and give us a ehanco
to exchange ideas aud promote a greater
degree of interest and comradeship. Be
sides, the publicity that such a confer
ence would give the movement wonlb be
of untold value.
The conference to be called at 10 A.
M. with a short session. _Tlien the uoon
lunch served at the hall. Convening a
gain at 2. P. M. until 4.30 or 5 P. M.,
closing iu the evening with a rally and
an address by Comrade Lena Morrow
Lewis.
Will you kindly bring this matter be
fore your local at your next meeting and
let us know what the senttment of your
members is with reference to it.
Yours fraternallv,
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N. R. King. Cor- Sec’)-.
THE REPLY Of OLNESS LOCAL
Garden Island, Alaska, Feb. 14, 1914.
N. R. Kin#,
Cor. Sec. Fairbanks Focal
Dear Sir:
Yours of Feb. 4th was received and re
ferred to a committee of three. I here-,
with enclose you their report as adopted
by this local at its regular meeting held
on Feb., 14th inst.
First, the local wants more details of
what the purpose of the conference
would be. Is it to be open to members
only, or are there to be others besides
members present, or is it to be open for
delegates from the various, locals, and if
so, how many from each local? Is there
going to be a collection, and if so, who
is to get it ?
„ . . Will" you kindly give ns more de
tails regarding your plans, and we will
give it our earliest consideration.
We urge the membership of Olness
local to be cautious in entiring into any
relationship with your local who com
mitted what we consider Party Treason
... We consider a man or woman who
enters into the domain of old party pol
itics unfit to be a member of the Social
ist party, and regard those members o f
Faiubanks local who d i d commit party
treason as ready and willing to repeat
their work when the opportunity pres
ents itself, being a good reason for us
to regard them rs dangerous to the
work ing class organization.
We will be willing to meet any one of
your members that have not committed
party treason. We urge tne membership
of this local to keep away from those
that have committed party treason in
violation of our Ntticnal Constitution,
and thus be a real factor i n assisting in
our great struggle against oppression
and greed, and champion the rights of
labor, and help to increase our member,
ship and act in harmony but with hon
esty of purpose ill the true spirit of frat
ernity and at all times prove true to the
obligations we have taken, and you will
be a useful member of our organization
in its efforts for progress.
LOCAL OLNESS
By Emil Pozza, Sec.
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I Dome Cigar Store
OLNESS
CARRIES FIRST CLASS
IGothincj, Cigars, Tobaccos
STATIONERY, CANDIES
AND FRUITS.
Large Circulating Library.
WM. VOSS, Prop.
Watch the old parties fuse as the
‘Menace of Socialism” shows up.