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Yfadnesdav Aprfl 22
Some time ago a telegram was
received fromNome in answer to
one sent from here. This tele
gram \ 3 to the effect that Chit
berg h ul gone outside and that
the in’ .r element would throw
its wlich* support of that district
for th ; oininalion and election
a? dflecate to Cb ngres;, J. M,
13. cl..-:.
The Alaska Socialist publish
ed il> '. ui he wire that fein
ted lo rliilberg and omitted
the p. r that related to Brooks,
Is tins s ine of the evidence
that the Alaska Socialist" is go
ing to - re-' nt which will show
that the workers of A’aska do
not want Brcok;?
It m s. not b inferred by 'he
at ove tl ; . we have any personal
preferei.c between Brooks and
lkCi.bc v.5 are acquainted with
neither i rd merely wished to
draw the retention of the public
to the unfair methods in use by
the Alaska Socialist. The Czar
of Russia or the AssociatedPress
have certainly got nothing on
\
the Alaska Socialist when it
etmestu censoring a telegram
and cutting out news that the
jieople really want.
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It is to be sincerely hoped
that in the expected retrench
ment of the expenses that have
run this city in debt, that if
if Ihe axe goes near our ednca
tional system at all, it will be
only as a last resort,«nd after all
the o.l.er departments have
been cut down.
The dog case is settled—So
Bay some—Others say the trou
ble has o-]y commenced. Why
do not the city fathers settle the
matter ly (easing every dog not
kept chained. Pluy no favorites
and the license money thus se
cured we have nodoubt the City
«ould use to advantage.
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Coming And Going.
By W. J, N.
The editor cl the News Miner
say- that Socialist- are financial
failures, Weil I am willing to take
his word for it, for if there is
a man in thiscoimtry in a position
to know from personal experience
just what o financial failure is,that
man is the editor of the News Min
er. I believe there is no man in the
N\ rth who has made m ire and com
pit ter failures to the t-qunre inch of
e£k»r than he' ——*
Bui the oh ;rge of beii g financ.al i
fai.ures is suppos' d iu be an ‘‘arru
ment’’ against b c.alism, and a r - .
pr aah to Socialists, r.n ! he* been j
brought by every »upe;fic >.' wou’d |
be critic of the movement. course ;
Sociah-’s are financial failure? as a
iU.e. Tfiere f.rj many well-to do So
ciaiists however, a d -ome who are
wealthy, l v: t!,e d ajori y are n
poor a? Jrb when that ye .tlemaii
wu- at outs with the Lord.
>ociaIi :u i.- la ■ r mcvvmeo Libor !
that is wage labor as the w mo has
come to be uudeistoi'd, is sy nony- j
mob- with poverty. If everybody
were wea.thy, or even c mfuUably
iff, th-re wo ild be uo socialist
a nvement for conditions wou.d not
bo .-ueh a to justify and pr j<-ct it.
If everybody had a competence, or
by a reason tide exercise of energy
and | ru i-ii. e, coul 1 secure oi.e, .it
would be proof c f the claim that alp
men and women u .vj an equal op
p rtunity under the capitalist sys
tem. but cueh f- n t the case. Con
sequently there is a Socialist move*
uieut. Tnere is no iffcct without a
a cai ~e. Thecaueeof socialism, the
redsie.’tre that is sweeping over
trie e.-.ith, at d causing plutocracy
and it- minions to shake with a ter
ro: the., never felt before,is that the
inexo ble laws of cap itaiis: devel
opment expropriates to# vast ma
jority of the people from tae means
of life, and plates them iu a state of
absolute dependency upon tae will
of a small minority, and enables
that minor tv t' exploit the majori
ty down to the uttermost farthing.
The capitalist system is based gp*
on this condition of things and
could not txist a day without it.
Yes indeed, S.cialhts are finan
cial failures, but they know why
they are such, and io that extent
have the a I vantage of that inumer
aole host id other financial i.ulures
who are stiii lost in the brakes and
brambles oi capitalist sophistry and
su. erstuion, and are still praying
to the capitalist Joss for a success
vihiea to 95 pcr cent wi,l never
come, and in th* nature of things
.never c in come.
Thera seems to be much satisfac
tion le t because of the deleat of
Mr. Driseoil for the Couucii, both
atnoDg working men and politi
cians. Why the politicians are alter
nim with their “bowies” I don’t
know, unless it ba having esaayed
publics, nt is ol a too honest and
straightforward nature to baa de
pendable quantity in tlias, lealm of
endeavor. A gang of pirates will
knife no one bo quickly as one of
their number who is loo chicken
hearted to “go through.” Working
men are down on him, principally,
bt cause of bis stand on tne 8 Hour
hill down at Juneau last winter and
rightly so as they should be down
on every enemy of laoor. But I !•
Iieve Mr. Driscoll is honest and
it n.» ■ ■ — ~ ■ ■ ■ i ii wirf? I ,«■ —
tri at) do his duty as be saw it.
The rouble with Mr. DrisWl is
that h-is livmg fu the twentieth
century. It he had lived in the 18th
century, his type oi mind, so far a
matters economic are ocncernrd.
would have fitted into the environ
mentand the prevailing thought a
long those lines of that titcf, just to
a T. Mr. Driscoll believes that the
utmost right's that a working man
posses-e.., s i far as his eninl yment
is concerned, is to be free to sav
whether he w 11 or will not work.
Many think Mr. Driscoll in ealli g
upon eui| 1- yrrs only, last winter,
-ii order to obtain an ex; ressir.n of
-entiniriit in refer* me to the pro
posed 8 hour latv,wac an attempt to
pTav politic-, in that it appear >d
that li • was only making a bluB at
being fair and tmp .rtia! to ail con
cerned. But tilts i mjstake Hi
ealled upon employers only for th
reason that he b'l eves that employ
trs only, should have anything t
svy, tne employees absolutely no
thing, as to the hours worked, the
conditions f work, or the rate r1
pay. The employee- couid take it or
.cave it—that is their privilege. Hi
does no' realin? that such ideas ar,
being rel gated to the scrap heap.
But it is a fact that enlightened
employers and the world general!'
<.re rap dly coming to the conclu
sion that the workers are of iigh
entitled to dictate to a great exient
the condition# of their employ merit.
Evan the courts, tba; grett bulw rk
of economic achai-m, are ihow'ng
sis.ns of j fling io se from middD
ago tradition aid swirging into I
lino. Mr. Drise >11 simply has cot
caught the spirit of the times in
such matters, ar d is not sufficiently
politic or dishonest to conceal it,
bonce politicians and workingmen
have their tomahawks out for him.
Alaska, with th -t prrgre=sivenes?
characteristic of front'e co muni
ties broke into the \Voma.i Suffrage
proce-#ion at the ffrst opportunity.
The wcmea of Aiaiku while tiiev
have hitherto had the richt to
• ote in school aff tirs; were, in the
t ontinued on last page.
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Fairbanks
By R. Smith.
According to a recent issue of tbe
“Nome Industrial Worker,” the mi
ners of that vicinity are out on
strike for the eiaht hour dav.
In discussing this sulject the ed
itor says:
“Tr.e larges meeting of local No. \
2-10. W. F. M, held in many yea s'
vas the regular meeting of this un
ion held on jest Saturday night;
and anyone who may have been I
underthe impression that this 8;
hour movement wBj but’the ideal
and wishes of a few, by the unani
mous enthusiasm therein displayed !
would ha re been speedily diseiilu- j
sioned. j
It was a great meeting, inspired
by the magnificent success with
which the eight hour day has been
instituted in this camp.
The proposition amounts to this.
Either there are mines which can
produce living conditio; s for the
w .rkers or which cannot aff »rd
such. If the mines cannot afford pr
pe* nvine conditions for tee men
wh > do the work, lot them close
down and stay closed.
If th1- mine* which cannot give
the workers proper iiving condi
tions—ju t living cendiiions—ar«
operated, they benefit but on'1 or
two. They may benefit a fe>v
stores which profit hyeeliing camps
■ome supplier, the banks which get
the gold and the ?o cul.el t perator
who is more often than not t! c
steward of the stores or tne bat.; ,
whil* the workers idling the „
reives by hard labor fri a winch
hey prefit nothirg, are in a eh rt
•■nee d iMud on the -,i to
k>'8tu: nt Some in me where key
- ii: ger out a mise .. .
ruee p.\-oiatniely mu jrcin ever*
work.
“It - ;i Prea! ‘hing t, B, ftn
determined to stand u-> • r (hair
ridits. •; is a . .. ... ,
mta' 0 wili mm - ani :a
t>at opp easii n auj w.... ., not , f
llut iQvsrie-.rata matt rial „id n
crairitth in t-o iLrkiiseft >. j lg
trod Jen u dsr jo:t d;j . ,
A.ad the e: nt.iiieiit wh.di v., j,:c.
•«nt, uud ; pr .t - , _ am ,
taen.i .ere of t..is ul-tiict ;s
they ihll-t have the e'.tlit h :: d, y
h there a sin,-!,- inn i . . t lNin
whjl n hrii g a -in i3 uhel^ont
argument ,.g dr.-; it?
ton e nlltge the ground will not
, stand it. 7 >>rff who say th.s do p r
know w:j. t are t Ikii g i ui,
■ Moreover t>— ..._t of the matter is
j that there is no earthly reason why
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