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OFFICIAL ORGAN
Of GARDEN8ISLAND
Brance of LOCAL 0LNE5S,
Socialist Party
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Fifth & Lacy Streets, Fairbanks, Alaska.
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Published on the Fifteenth and
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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF
H4i .WORKERS OF ALASKA AND
ADVOCATING POLITICAL AND
INDUSTRIAL ACTION
“HIS MASTERS MICf i
Our old friend Bill baa woke up j
from bis lethargy. ‘It is supposed that a j
voice was beard a few days ago that j
sounded to Bill like the voice of his
toaster. William evidently has seen his
master hold up Ins linger, and barks
accordingly. In a large long editorial in !
his famous paper Will evidently would
like to convey the imprsssion that h e i
speaks for an immense proportion of the i
population o f this district, when i □ fact!
an immense proportion of the population
of this district looks upon Bill’s paper as
represent the N. 0. Co. and a consider
able portion of the dead line. It is no ‘
do'Hbt true that ths district attorney’s <
office, conducted as it i s at present, is a
menace to corportions that tries to es- !
cape from paying their lawful taxes and !
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also to those debased and degenerate!
characters who are engaged in the illicit
sale of hooch and the debauching of nat
ive girls. That portion of the Grand Jury
report asking that the charge be reduced
would if carried out result in allowing 1
these moral lepers to ply their nefarious
trade more freely. Paying taxes tends to
decrease dividends. To prosecute hooch
peddlers tends to decease the sale o f ■
hooch. Bill says there are no gamblers ;
or crooks hkrt. Whrtt did they all leave, j
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It seems humorous to us to hear Bill
advocate economy. \
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It is not supposed tb*t Ut is serious, j
the south wind blew and 11 must lihve
been that he heard the sound of ' 'his
master’s voice.” >
A MUST «0T,
IAttle Margaret Kelley, ten days old,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. King Kellv is
the latest Socialist to arrive in camp. To
be born a Socialist is an advantage. To
never have one's mind darkened b y
bourgeois teachings is a mighty heritage.
Better than being born rich, better than
beiiig !x>ru to a position of idleness, bet
ter than all that is to be born of parents
who know the philosophy of the produc
ing class and who will never darken a
•child's mind with the ethics of the ex
ploiters. Margaret has a big advantage
■over many other babe*." She was free
born.
The Square deal
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THE ALASKA SOCIALIST
frrAratbe for it SSdQ year
BOLTERS Of VALDEZ
CONVERSION
Names of the Ren Who Elected tile
Delegates that Were Seated at
Baltimore by Chas. F. Morphy and
voted For Alton B. Parker agaifitt
William Jennings Bryan* for Tem
porary Chairman, of the Conven
tion.
A1 Daly, Attorney from Seattle ;
R. W. Jennings, ,, ,, Juneau ;
J. Y. Ostrander ,, ,, Cordova ;
Z. R. Cheney, ,, ,, Juneau ;
John K. Coh^ ,, ,, ,, ;
Wm. Whittelsey, ,, ,, Seward ;
L. T. Erwin, ,, ,, Fairbanks ;
Paul d’Heiry, ,, ,, Millers rh ;
Ed Smith, ,, ,, Seattle ;
Frank Bach, Judge ,, Douglas ;
C. Davidson, S’rv’y’r ,, Fairbanks ;
L. Keiti, Butcher ,, Douglas ;
H. Bishop, Mayor ,, Juneau ;
B. Exuxn, Philanthropist, Vatina ;
These are the men who walked oat of
ths hall at Valdea and held a rump con
vention in Moose Hall. The delegates
elected by them to go to Baltimore were:
John H. Cobb of Juneau,
A1 Daly of Seattle,
Ed Dunn of California,
fid. Smith of Seattle,
J. F. Strong then of Europe
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I,. T Erwin of Fairbanks.
They Were seated by Murphy under a
pledge to support Parker than Bryau for
temporary chairman, snd the delegates
elected by the fifty-seven Democrats who
remained in the hall at the Valdez con
vention were refused seats in the Balt
imore convention because they were un
animously in favor of William Jennings
Bryan for temporary chairman of the
convention. A1 Daly, formerly of i'few
York, and a member of the Tammany
Club, was sent to Alaska to see that the
Murphy delegates were elected to attend
the Baltimore convention, in order that f
thejparty organisation might be controll
ed by Murphy.
The men whose names are at the head
of this article, and the delegates they
sent to Baltimore were engaged in the
same servile work that the Murphy
members of the New York Legislature
were engaged in when they removed
Sulzer because Murphy told them to.
The Alaska delegation voted with Mur
phy ou every ballot throughout tfc* en
tire session -it the Baltimore convention.
The so-called “split" in the Valdes
convention was not a local question, or
a personal difference between members •
of the convention. Bayan requested that
A1 Daly be not returned as National
committeeman from Alaska and that the
delegates to the Baltimore convention be
progressives who would vote fora pro
gressive for temporary chairman o f the
convention, while Mufphy commanded
A1 Daly, his representrtive, to see that
men were sent who would do as he,
Murphy, told them. Daly made a pitifnl
failure in the Valdez convention, but
Murphy owned the National committee j
as absolutely as he owned the New York
legislature, and defeated Bryan for tem
porary chairman, with and by the help
of the Alaska delegation.
Now the question arises, will the
Democrats of Alaska rid themselves of
the Murphy Democracy, as the New
York Democrats rid themselves of Mur
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phvism in that state at the last election,
or will they submit to a gang of office
seeking politicians, lawyers, and men of
other shady associations. Of the thirty
four Democrats who stood for the im
peachment of Sulzer because Murphy!
told them to, twenty-niae of them were
defeated for re-election. Alaska ought
to make it unanimous in the exteraiiu
ation of this bunch of Mnrphyites that
are trying to bring Alaska under the1
yoke of the “boss. ”
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m_ AFFAIRS !
The Socialist local o a Garden Island
held its regular meeting on Sunday, Jan.
25th. 10 men and one lady comrade were
admitted to membership. The Secret
ary’s report showed 36 members in good j
stau’ing. Literature aud newsparers to I
the amount of $9.50 was erdered for the
organization.
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Comrade Lars Westenvick Sec. of
Cleary local, Socialist party, reports a
New Year’ll present from the miners of
Cleary to the striking miners of Calumet
Michigan. The sum collected was $103.55
a* tb« amount was forwarded by telig
raph the charees was $10. .15 leaving$93.
00 for the strikers.
EXPELLED FOR
BREACH OF TRUST
Alaska Socialist, Fairbanks, Alaska.
Local Juneau expelled Richard Dor
waldt from membership for breach of
trust on Nov. 25th, 1913.
Fraternally yours,
(sgd) Carl A. Swanson, Terr. Sec.
per EDWARD KRAUSE
It is repoated that G. J. Nicely, Tom
Olson and N. Pass, three socialist polit
icians Visited Garden Island on or about
Sat., Jan. 17th. As.they are said to have
been making dilligent inquiry regarding
a certain paper, it is thought that the trio
; contemplates the purchasing of The Al
aska Citizen for the purpose o f further
1 ing the interest* of their candidate wno
; is said to be Lana Morrow Lewis, forener
j ly of Chicago and California.
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THE REASON THEY AM SIMMS
The copper miners in the Michigan
Peninsula have been on strike for some
time for improved conditions. The strike
is being conducied by the Western Fed
eration of Miners and the demands are
as follows:
A minimum wage of £-3 pea day for all
underground worker*, Itwttxwse of 35c
per day for surface workers. 8 hours for
all dndergrouSd Workers, and the abol
ition of ths ms'toM machine.
The Cftlutntt and 11 vela Co, wra* or
ganised in 1871 with Capitalization of £4,
500,000 but only |1, 200, 000 has been
paid tip, SiiKt 1891, this company has
paid 121 millions in dividends besides
million* invested in other minks.
Winter has already appeared ia the
Copper Country.
Send funds to General Headquarters
of Detroit I. W. W., who will forward,
or to Karnest Mills, Gen. Sec’y Treas,
Western Federation of Miners, 605 Rail
road Building, Denver, Colorado,
locals and members, help this strike.
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SOCIALIST WRITER FROM STATU
Jo* Noriing writes to Robert Bloom of
Fairbanks as follows : I see by the pap
ers that yon are buying provisions cheap j
in Fairbanks this winter. They are high
enough out here. Hggs strictly fresh 75c
best butter 50c.and so on down the line
I attended the A. F. of h. Convention
here the other day. It lasted two weeks, j
and, as far as labor is concerned, is a big
joke.
I bought a cow- and two dozen chicks
and now I know where my milk and
eggs comes from and that is more than
you capitalists in Alaska can say.
Yours truly,
Joe Noriing
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