Socialist Party Conference
While th* storm raged on last
Friday ai.d Saturday the Socialists
of Fairbin1: ■ » ere a; out t'> leeall
the nuri 0: c - ...lit i the confer
ence for Suuday, but when the day
came the storm had como.'etely suh
sided at d a jroc lj number a-sem
bled at 10 a m.for tbe-baeinese ses
sion. Mrs. .V.L. Gcrth called the
meeting to order and Mrs. L na
Jlorrow Lewis w.-s elected chair
man i f .he conftrence and N. K.
King so rctrrv.
v\\ith a brief statement fr m the
chairman as t > the purpose of th
conier(‘i.c->, t he members proceeded
at once to the formation of a .new
constitution, inasmuch as the one
adop'ed -ooie months ago was more
nr lers L ii.-ati.-facLcry. A epiriteu
discin' >icn arose ever several (mints
and the text of the new constitution
will contain a numb, r of minority
reports on p unts that the comratie
iou!d not agree on.
There is no oth-r politcal party
where the rank an i tils are prive
legedtj think far theme.Ives and
discing diff.r-. nces as in the Sjcial
ist par.y. Freedom of speech is the
safeguard of every orzsr.iz ttion. On
ly by an open and frank discus
sion of differeners ard a Sincere de
sire to a. rive at the ve y best result
can we benefit by such conferences,
The afternoon session w as devo
tsd to business until 2.30 p.m.wheu
■ the chairman announced the prop
aganda feature of the program.
One of tee most interesting..items
was an address by Comrade Ring
dahl of Cleary local on the differ
ence between the old parties and
the .Socialist pariy. Same very cle
ver allusions were made to Teddy
tr e I AM. Mr. Ringdaul is *-erv
we I grounded in the socialist phi
losophy and gives promise of beco
ming a fine speaker. The socialist
of Alaska want to keep their tv
on him as he is a man 01 great pos
sibilities.
In spi'eof a s vere coll which se
ricuslv handicapped him, Lars
W estenvil: al.?.i of Cleary read a
fine paper on the neces- ty of Iibw
:u t r i.'Ol to tli^ liue and keeping
:li tn re ive propaganda work. Mr.
destenvikis an Old timer in the
uovement and is al ways leady for
[any genu, the orgamzat.on asks
of him.
Tne p:cstnee of these members
from Chary Leal ad led very much
I to the discussions in the business
sessions.
Special mention shonld also be
mad- of tils pap r read by Mr. Nice
ley i n the conditions that confront
the movement in A.asKa ;and how
conditions produce a different type
of mind among the workers than
conditions do outside.
L ttia Margaret Milkman enter
tiined the conference with a couple
ot her fine v rendered recitations.
••Hie is a favoiita wi:h Fairbanks
uudences.
Mrs. Lewis interspersed short
p> i ,ted comments between the va
rious sje;chos and pipers. The
Cons.itutiou as proposed and also
he platform as endorsed by the eon
!erm..e will be sent ou.t to tne lo
cals of Ahska foi approval or rejeo
tion as the members cf the party
may see fit.
Jobless Persons
Demonstrate.
Buda Pest.—There was a demon
stration of 30.000 men and women
here wlio were out of employment a
few days ago, Windows were smash
3d and foodstuff stcres and coal
wagons were Blundered.
Thepo.ije charged the pejple
with drawn swords and arrested
many of them.
World's wonders Prizes
A big popular daily which has
passed into the hands of a syn
dicate which is supposed to re*'*
resent the Kaiser in Berlin, offer
ed prizes for the best symposium
of the seven wonders of the
•■world.
Prizes have been awarded to
«ight people who are n<jreed tb it
4-he following *re the >,-ven
modem wonders of.'be world.
Wireless telega phy, the Panama
Canal, the dirigible airship, the
flying machine, Radium, the
cinematograph and the Impera
tor.
Wireless and the Panama Can
al were the faverites among the
voters
Csnidates’ Statements As Far As
Secure Them,
lJeoplo s
When interviewed by our ren
reaeutat’va Mr. Peoples said ho
would if e e; e i eland for just a
clean cut Ui-iness man’s admiu
1 istration.
Uriscoll
My idea is to keep expenses
as low ns possible and at the
same time keep up the highest
standard of efficiency possible.
To conduct the city as a busi
ness proposition.
Gordon
If elected,we intend to get the
city out. of debt and Keep it out,
and at the same time to keep up
the present high standard of effi
eiency with a lower rate of tax
ation
Socialist
We, the regular candidates of
the Socialist party individually
and collectively offer the fol
lowing policy and program
which we wi'l endeavor to car
j ry out if elected to office. This
pro ram is by no means Social
ism, hut it is at least an effort to
protect the best, interests of the
community and especially the
working class with the means
we have at hand,
We favor the most careful and
economical managament of the
city’s affairs in keeping with
the highest efficieuey.
We favor the payment of ade
quate wages toall city employ
ee* and are opnosed to reduc
tion of wages on principle, but
if it hecon.es n°eo^arv to re
trench in the city expenditures
by reducing wages, we demand
that the reduction begin with
the higher paid employees..
We demand an equitable as
sessment on all property.
We demand the chiefs of eve
I ry department shall give h s
I
! personal attention to the duties
| of his position.
We demand the highest effi
eiency in every department of
the city Service and particularly
that ut the tire eepartment.
If it becomes necessary in a
policy of retrenchment to reduce
the present fire fighting force,
\ro beleive that the efficiency ot
the department would he less im
paired by combining the posi
tions of the Chief and Captain,
letting one man do tlie work of
these two, rather than by radu j
cing the number of men who do
the real workof the department. I
We demand the maintenance i
of the present standard of the
schools and are opposed to any !
retrenchment that will reduce;
their efficiency. j
We demand the strict enforce!
meut of all building regulations 1
looking to the protection against
fire and the enactment of such
other ordinances.as may be nec
essary to properly safeguard the
ciiy against fire.
We demand the enforcement]
of the ordinance keeping in re-1
mir all sidewalks tliat thy life*
a <1 limb of pedestrians sha 1 n t
be jeopardized.
We demand that if the re 1
light dtstriet must exht. that it.
be governed as to forbid as
fares possible the exploitation
of the residents o fih.it dis
trict.
Geo. Brinkman
Frank Buteau
Bernard Friss
N. R. King.
It. I’. MacGowau
Henry T. Woodcock
ATcJJonnlcl
My record as a Councilman
speaks for itself. I shall if elect—
ted continue to w, rk for the fur
therauce of the best interests of
the people ofFairbanks.
Xaliahatn
I am running as an indepen
dent candidate. My record on
tiiecouncii for the past 9 years,
shows that I have invariably,
generally successfully, oppose]
anything inimical to the inter
estsofthe working class. For
the rest I pledge myself, if I am
agatn elected to wore with a
mind solely inlent tor the good
of Fairbanks.
Nordnle
Get the City out of debt and
keep her out of debt.
Thorn ton,
If I am elected I shall serve
the ci'y to the best of uiy ability
Several of the candidates we
were uuable to see.
James, who is broke—I have
oto f .i'h'ul frieni left. Hulks, al
so broke, Who is in’ Jame-—My
pills). lean ftill draw on it.
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Senate Contingent Fund.
Washington, Razors, Grape
fruit knives, spools of red tape,
horseshoes, 4,C50 pounds of tim
otliy hay, oats, meal and bran,
straw, arnica, gargling oil and
mustang liniment are among
the items for which expenditure
was made out of the cont ngent
fuud of the senate for the period
since the Democratic party took
control la?* 'farcli up to the end
of the last fiscal-year
This information is disclosed
in the report of James M. Baker,
secretary of the senate; which
has just been sent to the public
printer. Another expandituresur
n-ising at first glance is $27.23
but it develops that this was for
services of Amos Woodcock.