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S turd v April 4, ,
What Shall Women
\rote Bor. j
Lena Morrow Lew is,
People with opposing inter
e-ts can never unite, Coopera
tion i-. only possible among peo
ple who have something in com
mon. So hr g as women as a bo'
by are denied the right to voie'
Ywcau e of discrimination madci
on account of sex, they have a
eomni'ui interest in seeding to
obtain that right. Once having J
tecui ed it they will still act in]
coufoi iui y with this principle. |
The women of Alaska, no longer
under tbe necessity of having’
to agnate foj the right of fran
chise because they are in full j
possession of it, will naturally j
and iogica.ly cooperate with !
whom they agree an 1 oppose!
those with whom they differ. As
women standing equal with the |
men at the polls,we have noth- |
thing that women as distinct j
frotu men may want. As politi]
cal equals our differences ar, J
not detenu iued by our sex, but;
grow out of class or social inter 1
ests. Therefore women who
want to preserve the present sys
tem with its advantages for the
liigtier class will unite with the
men who Want tbe same thing
to keep in power the parties and
the men who desire this. The I
women who want to Bee a
ciiaii^rw, and would like to set
the workers get all they produce
v\ ou.d Like to have society so or :
gan;zed that every child, every I
man .and women may have u
i;coa chance and a fair show in
. :
the world, will unite witu tlie
men who want the same, to vote :
for patties and men who s anu
for this.
Women are made out of much J
the same kind of material that.
men ale. Wueie their interest!
as Identical they will cooperate. |
\>heie they are an-agonistic
they wilt be opposed. Women
who work for wages are exploit-1
<-d the sume as men. Wives and
daughters and sisters of the men j
<jf me working class are victims
of the insecurity and inadequacy
of tlie capitalist system. When
tlie women whom file has con
c:gnod to this ciasS realize their
2 ostiion, they will unite with
i tat who want to change the
C fin.
The defenders of Hie present
[order may frighten the women
with “11 kinds ofbuge\-bnos foi
a while, but sooner or later they
wi:l find out the truth and once
the women find out fhe truth it
will oe hard to fool them any
more.
We do not expect the milleni
um to be established when wo
men vote. We do not expect
the women to do everything per
fectly right and pr >per when
they come to vote. Wliat is good
and light is altogether a matter
"V
of vi'wpoint. Women will be de
ceived and mislead as to what is
their interest the same as men.
However they will learn by expe
rionte the same as men. Once
they know what their interests
are and what party best repre
sents these interests, they w^‘
act accordingly.
Correspondence
Editor Fie • Frees:
I have read the Alaska So
cialist <?ver since the first issue ard
h ve been expecting to see tne pa
per become so rotten that if wonlfl
b- actually “g od.” At last my ex
pectation has been real zed. Instead
oi fin img aeyihmg instructive a
bout the philosophy of socialism 1
see uotniug b it misreprei-entation,
misinterpretation and covert ai
tempt* at s under akainet against
ear.on- plus-e of the movement
and individuals. The last issue
,-eems to take the caae_ There is
n .tning in it to be misinterj reted,
it ie r nly a mass of misreprestma
tions. Th iso who bel.ev tliat only
an Industrial Or..a nzation is ntc
essary to bring ab .ut ’he t manci
pation of the workingclass nava
1 ng since rte -gniz^d that his open
ritiun wss not based or reason and
knowltg-*, but on predjudtce and ig
aorance.’But the last lesue makes
it po.-sibie Jor me to congratulate
;be polfticai Buctalists in having
common ground in recognizing him
aa—well a JOB h.
We. by this I mean a 1 those who
are as well aenuain.ed with him as
I a is, pltad gu.lty to everjtaing
aejaccusts us of. becaues we are not
and cannot be respousiule how ws
appear to a fooL If a man is not
pussesred of tha faculty of uuder
standiug, it is a waste of time to
try to explain and make him un
derstand. But tnere axe othrx vir
tues ? possessed by this would.be
editor, that of mis stating the truth
There are tbiee different kinds of
liars at large iu the laud.
The harmless Munchausen who
romances for amusement, whose
:alsehoods co uot harm, the Macbi
ve.luu liar whose mendacity bears
tha stamp of original genius, and
the stupid prevaricator who re
chews the fetid vomit of other vii*
Ians bedaUae he lacke the ability to
produce them oit of his own brain.
1 his editor is a fine specimen of
the latter typo. When he attempts
to branch out fur himself he invar
iably come- to grief. What he lacks
in becoming a first class fraud is
continuity ol thought. My “com
rade editor ? can lie fluently, evtn
entertainingly bnt not consistently
With elogies to the thorough
bred. R. Smith.
Editor Free Press, Fairbanks.
Dear Sir, Will you be kind e
ncugb to give space to the follow
ing sf atemoot. The oocarion for this
G because of what appears in a
j local paper of recent issue.
The “Alu-fka Saciatis.” claiming
I to be the oflicial organ of the Gar
den Island branch of the Olnes So
Socialist local, make: s nne false
and uujust srrtemuUs ooncerning
the Socialist pa-ty of Fairbanks
an 1 ercdiiing sums things to Lena
Morrow Lbwie tliat are absurd to
tue poin of being rsuicu
In tue big heid lines of toe issue
of March'3t3-—lei us say by way
of parenthesis thit Mr. Nnowles
maue i mistake in dating his paper
It 60uu.d have be n April 1st, for
then everybody would have taken
; it af a joke—It say?,, The cam
paign is now on. Msny tickets a t
.n tile tied, One Lena Morrow Lew
ii t.cKet, one busir.ts* man’s ticket
and one that 1 *oks like Tom Me
Gowan was it hie o d tricks again
Ti.e lat er named person as well
a? thoitj on the bueine-s men's tic
I krt are qu.tj able to lake care o!
tbieto take cate of themseives and
>ve are not at ail concerned in clear
nig their skiits of any implications
that may lie read into the article re
feriel to. But in justice to the socia
list party of Fair.-auks as well e
the wr ter of this oomnauuieation,
the publ.c should havs the facts in
the case an 1 as dear an interpret*
non.of the matter as is possible to
giveia a ehort spacc
Tne socialist party organization
I is composed of men and women
who have signed a pledge to the of
feet that they hive severed from
all other political parties and re
Cognizsng that the socialist party
!is the represent ttive of the working
jdaso on me political field aid tnat
aii other political parties Serae the
interests of the capitalist class and
by the payment oi 25 or 50 teats s
monta tau ke.Oute a dues paying
member of the organization. The
luternati nal Headquarters is Inca
ted at Brussels, the National ofiice
at Chicago. In Alaska the . arty is
organize i by locals and a charier is
I held by loeai s icialiots giving the
! menders here in Fairbtnks the
iright to conduct ail business in
tni=cny toat comes w:ttnn the gift
of the socialnt party organisation.
| The constitution of the party re
'quires that ou.y those who aie ope
j rating under the socialist charter
in any community have any r.ght
to take pait iu the political cam
paignu of that vicinity, that is to
place a socialist tlckel in the field.
The constitution furtner provides
that wherever there is a socialist 10
cal the members snail place a tic
ket in all city, district, state and
national campaigns.
Fairbanks socirlist perty orpanix
ation, in regular fceesion took up
the matter of placing a ticket in
the field for the coming city elec
tioci. Not only that the regular par
ty members who are forbidden by
their own pledge to vete for other
party candidates, may have a chance
to go to the polls and vote but also
that those who are in sympathy
with socialist ideas may have a
char-ce to v. te for the ticket that
most nearly represents their opin
ion, With tins in mind the local
elected s committee to canvass •
mong the members and find nnt
who were available and would con
scut to let their names ap^peir od
the ticket. This committee consist
ted consisted of A. Olsen W. J.
Nice! y and Mrs Lew's. The C"®
miuee ie(.orUd at the business j
meeting of the Fairbanks local held j
; on Mar. 15 Is was then vo.ed tot
place a ticket in the field and the,
committee ins ructed to procure:
the sfgned re-ignation of fill
the candidat e and the filing of tin-1
ticket with the city clerk. In order
to comply with the legal kpoCt
dure, he required number ot aignu
tures and more were secured by c*r
tain parties and N. R. K ng as Sec
j ie ary oi local Fairbanks in omt a
i.y with W. J.Niceley one of the
camj a gn committee fi’ed the ticket
some days ago with the city cle.k
the u.embers of local Fairbanks who
v ted in open session to p’ace the
reguiarjsocialist candidate in th(.
field will resent the charge that th
ticket is a Lena Morrow Lewis ti k
et. R-specif dly,
Lena Morrow Lewis
Showing them up
By \V J.N.
And so now we know why Mor
gan withdrew from the regular tt
■lalist ticket. That school electi n
| of a year ago stieks in h s craw, k
! .s to i long a story to discuss that
I subject iu this article, butwhei ail
j is said and don.e granting that the
socia.ists may have vi dated 1 tter
jot coottiiutiun, tba motive hack 01
Knowles and Morgan in continual
•>' ha ping on the school election o
- year ago, is more criminal than
the act of the socialists who voted
for Moody. The mountain laooieJ
and brought forth a mouse
1 We hope tt.e good people of Fa'r;
banks will not take stock in all(
this talk about the ‘split’ in the
ranks of the socialist party. Tuere
is no split ia our ranks at all. It is
true there has been some dimension
a.l emanating from one source. We
have known ail along who was rea
ponsible'or the mi-chief, but tliev
have managed to escape being call
ed on the carpet. The city cam
paign has brought mattersto a head
ai d vve have succeeded in isolating
the source of infect o.i, quaraut.fl
ing it as a pestilenee, Knrw.es and
__*
Morg ,n aro now out of to* party,
h iviug resigned to escape «xf,ulgioig
and there wil, ba no more trouble
from that tource .n our organ za
lion.
The Know leg.Morgan faction it
'» true put up a tu k-t. But gince
the feet on consists of these two *
lone, and the tick-t includes ti;e
"hour faction, wa iinmagine that it
will poll about two.unless mayhap
someone votes their ticket bv nii
ta„e. Me do n.t believe li teever
the voters will oe deceived to mat
• x.etit.
The eocicli t jartv entered the
field «i.o» full ticket including J.
T- Morgan. Wiut motive could
Morgrn havoin wihdrawing ».OIU
Hid entering into a tr»it,ru.,
partnership with this man Knnw.’es
iloih claim to h- good aoeialist* h iv
ing the ben inters of the move
ment at hesrt, S , the question nat
urady ■ r:aes, as to tne why and the
wherefores of their nation in thus
forever practical y debarring the »
reive- from the patty, It ] not
i> s-ih.y haved»c -q from motives of
principle so what cu.lj have actu
atedthem? In these days of pol
i.i2tl were puling and trea.atry
andgral, who cun t U? ?
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