THE INDUSTRIAL
WORKERS OF
THE WORLD
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I
(Continued from Page 2)
launched free speech fiascos and precip- |
itated strike^ as a means to raise rev
enue to feed the favored bums and vol-'
untary tramps of the 1. \\\ W. did not
even manifest a particle of gratitude for
the organizations that were deluded by j
pathetic circulars wet with tears, ini
appeals for funds, some of which clung
to the itching palms of the ‘‘spitoon \
philosophers” and ‘‘chair-warmers. ”
They not only malifested no gratitude
toward the organizations that were bun
coed by misrepresentation, but the foul
giouthed loafers spewed their sl<ipc and
vilification on the very bodies that gen
erously donated to the work less vagrants
who branded everything as scabby, save
the unblushing blood-suckers and leeches
who spat upon the flag to get into jail
to raise more money to satiate their
fondness for strawberries in winter and
club-house steaks smothered i n mush
rooms.
Tlie editor of the Miners’ Magazine
I
made no mistake in liis denunciation of
these transient tramps who fastened
their tentacles on the labor class, and
file following editorials taken from the
the (lying rag published in Spokane and
known as the Industrial Worker, fort
ifies the position taken by us when we
contended that this conglomerstion of
hoodlums, know as the “Bummery,”
was a fraud and a libel on the labor
movement. ”
Why should tlig editor of The Miners
Magazine, the official organ of the West
ern Federation of Miners, use such
i:
scathing language in speaking of an or
ganization that professes to be a body of
workingmen ? Why should men that
have been loyal to the cause of labor all
their lives repudiate them—such m e n
as Debs, Berger, Untermann, Mother
Jones, DeLeon, The Western Federation
of Miners ? .
Next issue we will tell \vhat the I. W.
W, stands for.
TO The ALASKA SOCIALIST:
This
is an age of organization.
. Men and women engaged in the same
line of work and having the same inter
ests should unite.
Alone they can do but little, united
they can accomplish wonders. Business
men and professional men of all kinds
are thoroughly organized ; the working
class are partly organized.
The lawyers have a closed shop and
woe to the unlucky devil that scabs on
the job.
Thy merchants put a uniform price op
their goods while pretending to compete.
To do this they seek a high market to
sell their wares in, and all kinds of art
ificial tricks are Used to bolster up a de
clining market, the result of free com
petition They want to sell in a high
market apd buy in a low ; no matter
what the commodity may be; lumber
machinery, steel or labor power, and the
price of each is regulated by the amount
ifi the market, except where artificial
nieans are used.
Workers should sever their connect
ions with all political and hypocritical
organizations and join the Socialists of
Alaska for you will find that the first
ships that come through the Panama
Canal will be loaded down with cheap
labor for the Pacific coast and Alaska.
Yours for Socialism,
O. BRKX.
READ THE DISCUSSION ON
THE RECALL OF JUDGES AND
FfND OUT WHY THE LAWYERS
\ dK OPPOSED TO THE RECALL.
THE RECALL
OF JUDGES
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have had a provision in their constitution i
authorizing the recall of judges for good 1
cause for the past four years. During:
!
that time how many judges have been
recalled ? Not a one. A year ago an ,
attempt was made to recall the trial :
judge, Judge Coke I believe, for laying i
down the law of murder too favorably j
for the defendant. The prosecution were .
greatly disappointed and very indignant, i
They started a petition for the recall "of
the judge, but it met with such general
disfavor among the people that it was
soon given up as a hopeless case.
Another tribute to the good sense, the
sound judgment and fair play of the
American people.
Suppose they do make mistakes. No
body claims that the people won’t make
mistakes. An infallible people is as im
possible as an infalible individual.
Because the people make mistakes in
sometimes electing the wrong man, is
that any reason for denying them the
right to elect ? Because they sometimes
make mistakes by nominating the wrong
man, is that any reason why they should
be denied the right to nominate ? The
bosses are the only ones who s e 1 d o m
make mistakes, because they are elect
ing men and nominating men, especially
judges, for the selfish special interests
of themselves and their big business allies
T li e greatest benefit, however, o f
the recall provision in our constitutions
will be the automatic effect of it. It will j
act as a mighty wholesome restrainging ]
influence upon the judiciary.
I favor it as a policy for the protection
of the judge himself. I f his whole jud
icial administration shall be responsive
to the best intelligence, the highest con
science a n d t h e soundest patriotism o f
his people, it will not only conduce to a
higher and better service but longer ten
ure in office of an efficient magistrate.
There is no public office requiring any
higher order of talent, tact and temper
ament than that of the trial judge. You
cannot tell who will make the most ser
viceable and efficient judge, whether he
be the office lawyer, the author lawyer,
the trial lawyer, or a combination of
each. There is absolutely no way of fore
casting h i s efficiency except b y giving
him an actual trial on the bench. When
he takes three days to trv a case that
r should occupy but one, the public are
losing one hundred dollars per day, the
parties to the case probably as much
more, and the cases to follow are being
delayed and delayed because of the slow
ness and the dilatoriness of the judge in
:
: the administration ofjustice. Iftlie
| newspapers give the proper publicity to
! his work on the bench, as above indic
: ated, the cobblers and pctterers will be
come known and can be recalled from
the public.service as they are now re
called, removed or discharged from pri
vate service. The recall election is the
only way to reach such inefficient. judges
who permit the senseless, ridiculous pet
i tifogging in the trial of cases. It is one
of the greatest hindrances and delays in
the administration of justice, You can
not impeach a man for general in
efficiency, but it is mighty important to
the public to have the right to recall
him.
The hardest blow yet delivered to the
! judiciary of this country is the leaders in
! the movement-against the recall of jud
j ges. I want none o f thear panegyrics
| upon established precedents, settled law
and technical construction.
Every big railroad corporation, with
j its armj- of counsellors, is againt the re
! call of judges. Every big special interest
financial trust, oil trust, coal trust, tob
occo trust, with its army of counsellors,
, is against the recall of judges. Every
I old bourbon and reactionary senator and
I congressman in this country to-day, with
all their political alliance with big bus
; iness and machine, are against the recall
! of judges. Why ? Because, be it said to
; our shame, the judiciary is their last re
fuge, their last hope, their last bulwark
j
their last defense to defeat those laws
that the public are to-day demanding in
the interest of social and industrial jus
tice and the general welfare of all our j
people.
The opponents of the recall seem most
concerned with protecting the judge, j
The advocates of the recall are con- j
cerned most in protecting justice. When j
the two conflict, we must remove the j
judge rather than sacrifice justice. The j
judge who is a friend of the people need
not be afraid of the people. The judge ,
who distrusts the people will soon find
that the people have just cause to dis
trust him.
But lam forced to close I have
li £ d barely time to touch upon the !
edges of this great quertion.
Charles Sumner, a great senator,
a great lawyer, once said, ‘ ‘Bor myself
let me say that I hold judges, and
especially the supreme court of the
country, in much respect, but I am too ,
familiar with the history of judicial pro
ceedings to regard them with any super
stitious reverence. Judges are but men, i
and in all ages have shown a full share j
of human frailty. The worst crimes of;
history have been perpetrated under
their sanction. ’ ’
Your distinguished Lincoln once said: '
“The people of these United States are
the rightful masters of both congresses
a n d courts. ’ ’ It \v ou 1 d be absurd t o
have tham matters in elections, if
thej- shall, jiot be masters in reason
ably controlling judicial decisions upon
matters of vital public policy affecting
the general welfare of all our people.
(Applause)
THE PRESIDENT : Gentlemen, the
other side of the question on the Recall
of Judges will be opened by Mr. James
H. Wilkerson, of t he Chicago bar.
(Applause.)
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(To be continued)
IN NEXT ISSUE
ARGUMENT AGAINST THE RE
CALL OF JUDGES BY MR. JAMES
H. WILKERSON, OF THE CHICAGO
BAR.
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Miss Joy stood before her Sunday
school class one bright spring morning
and said: “Now, I want each of you little
folks to tell me what you have to be:
thankful for this morning. ” Little
Mabel was thankful because God had
i given her blue eyes. Dorothy was thank
: ful for her wavy hair. Little Willie,
i freckled-faced and red-haired, sat at the
end of the seat. When his turn came, he
said: “Teacher, I don’t know what to
be thankful for. God purty nigh ruint
! me.”
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THE KEARNS RESOLUTION
Introduced In the U. S« Senate by
Senator Kearns of Indiana to In
quire into Conditions Existing in
The Strike Region of West Virgin’
ia.
Resolved, That the Senate Committee
on Education and Labor is hereby auth
orized and directed to make a thorough
and complete investigation of the con
ditions existing in the Paint Creek coal
fields of West Virginia for the purpose
of ascertaining—
First. Whether or not any system of
peonage is maintained in said coal fields
Second. Whether or not access to post
offices is prevented ; and if so, by whom.
Third. Whether or not the immig
ration laws of this country are being
violated in the West Virginia coal fields
and if so, by whom.
Fourth. If any or all of these con
ditions exist, the causes leading u p to
such conditions.
Fifth. Whether o r not the Comm
issioner of Labor or any other official or
officials of the Government can be of
service^in adjusting such strike.
Sixth. Whether or not parties are be
ing convicted and punished in violation
of the laws of the United States.
Mr. STONE. Mr. President, this
trouble in West Virginia is connected
with coal mines, is it not ?
Mr. CHiLTON. Yes, sir.
Mr. STONE. How many men are en
gaged as coal miners in West Virginia ?
Mr. CHILTON. In round uumbe'rs,
70,000,
Mr. STONE. Can the Senator tell
who they are ? I5y that I mean, can lie
classify them as to nationality P
Mr. CHILTON. No, sir; I can not. A
great many of them are native-born cit
izens, both white and black. A great
many of them have come in from the
State of North Carolina and the State of
South Carolina, and the overplus from
Virginia. Those are mostly of the color
ed race. Then there are quite a number
of other nationalities.
Mr. STONE. As between whites and
blacks, how are they divided ?
Mr. CHILTON. I should say there are
about two or three whites to one black.
Mr. STONE. How is it as to the
foreign-born people—Italians, Poles
and so forth ?
Mr. CHILTON. It would be a guess,
but in my part of the country the maj
MASTERS AND SLAVES
Was industry made for man or was
man made for industry ?
If man was made for industry then it
is just that industry should be the mas
ter and man the slave. It is just that
five thousand men and women should be
killed and injured annually while they
minister to the Industrial deity ; i t i s
fair that women toil long liburs for a
pittance ; it is right that liumanity
writhe in agony under the goad of the
industrial taskmaster.
If on the other hand, industry was
made for man .then it is just that man
should be the Master and Industry the
slave. "
It is fair that any calling which
crushes men’s bodies destroys the souls
of women and little children, or takes a
toll of life and joy greater than its con
tribution t o t h e community, should be
reformed or abolished. —Ex.
COMMUNICATION
Fairbanks, Alaska,
Nov. 8tli, 1913.
TO ALASKA SOCIALIST:
Would you
please publish in the next issue of the
Alaska Socialist how many amendments
are in the American Constitution up to
date and oblige, A Democrat.
Since the Wilson Administration got
into office they have added two amend
ments to the U. S. Constitution, which,
with the fifteen before, make seventeen.
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ority^ of the people are native-born
whites and blacks. I cannot speak of the
upper[end of the State. In my end of
the State—that ^s> i'1 the New River
and the.Kanawlia fields, and I take it in
the McDowell fields—a large majority
of the miners are blacks and native-born
whites. [I should think that would be a
correct statement.
Mr. STONE. They are citizens of the
United States, theft ?
Mr. CHILTON. Yes; they are citizens
Mr. STONE. Most of them ?
Mr. CHILTON, Yes; that is myopin
ion’about it,[_Of course’therejare a great
many people there, a great many
foreigners that are not citizens of the
United^States. I desire to have it under
stood that I do not speak from actual
figures. Ijhm speaking generally from
my limited knowledge of the situation.
WORKINGMEN!
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The family that friends of this system
are afraid Socialism ■will destroy.consists :
of the followingjimong*other members: !
Profit, Interest, Rent, Poverty, War,
Prostitution, the Liquor Traffic, .Greed,
the Slum, Overwork, Compulsory Idle
ness. These are the legitimate offsprings
of capitalism and it does not wish them
destroyed.
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