Socialist Columns
Business Men Wc Can Recommend
Kor Mayor Dr. A. W. Vincent.
Ior Councilman at Large G. L,.
I'errine.
Ifor Cotincilman lfirst Ward R.
C. Stokes.
Kor Coitncilnmn Second Ward
N. A. Gee.
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Candidates to be, not your rulers,
but your hired men. We would
ndvaiicc the municipal ownership
of utilities whenever possible.
We would abolish the contract
system in the municipal work.
We advocate the payment by the
city of the cost of improvements of
.street intersections.
We favor the development of
plans for city pnrks and securing
grounds for the same at once if pos
sible to do so at reasonable prices.
Wo stand for the enforcement of
state laws and city ordinances as
they appear on the statute books.
We stand for the strict enforce
ment of plans and specifications on
all city work let by contract.
Ifrom the National Party Plat
form: As measures calculated to
strengthen the working class in
its fight for the realization of its
aim, and to increase its power of re
sistance against capitalist oppres
sion we advocate mul pledge our
selves and our elected officers to the
following program:
General Demands: i The imme
diate government relief of the un
employed workers by building
schools, by reforesting cutover and
waste lauds, by reclamation of mid
tracts, and the building of canals
and by extending all other useful
public works. All jiersous em
ployed on such work shall be em
ployed directly by the government
under u direct eight hour work day
and Ml the prevailing union wages.
The government shall also loan
money to states and muuicialities
without interest for the puriwse of
carrying on nubile works. It shall
contribute to the funds of labor or
ganizations lor the purpose ot as
.sistiiig their unemployed members
and shall take such other measure
within its power as will lessen the
widespread inlseiy of the workers
caused by the capitalist class.
a The collective ownership o
railroads, telephones, steamboa
lino and all other means of social
transportation and communication
3 The collective ownership
industries which nic oigutii.cd
a national scale ami in which com
putitiou has virtually ceased
exist.
.(The extension of the public
domain to include mines, ipiarrles
oil wells, forests and water (M)wer.
5 The scientific reforestation
timber lauds, and the reclamation
of swamp lauds. The laud so re
forested or reclsimed to lie perma
uuiitly retained h a tsirt of the
public domain.
0 1 lie HiMolute ircwimu o
pi tMM, sM.x-ch and HHteiublsxe.
Industrial Demands: 7 I lie im
proveinent of the industrial coudi
lion of the woikers.
(ti) lly shortening the work day
in keeping with the tucreawMl pio
duclivciicsK of machinery.
(b) lly securing to cvciy worker
u lust peiiod of not less than a day
and a half in each week.
(u) lly securing a more effective
iiiiiiHfCtioii of workMlioitf ami lueto
rum,
(d) Hy foi bidding the employ
mint of children under to years of
iigu.
(o) lly the forbidding of inter
State traiihMrtatiou of the products
of child lalwr and ot all ituiutpcct
ud factories.
(f) Hy alMillshing official charity
nud substituting lit its place com
pulwry insurance against tincm
ploymeut, illness, accidents, iuva
lidism, old age anil death.
Political Deiiinuus: s i lie ex
tension of iuliviitaiictt taxes, grail
uatwl in protwrtiuii to the amount
of the bequest and the uearuei of
kiu.
o A graduated income tax.
to Unreiitrictel and equal suf
frnge for men ami women, and we
pledge ourselves to engage iu an
active cnmNiigu in that direction,
ii The initiative and refereu
(him. proportional leprcseutiou and
the right to recall.
12 The abolition of the senate
13 i lie abolition ol the iiowvr
usurped by the supreme court of
the United States to past, upon tin
constitutionality of legislation eu
acted hy congress, national laws
to bu reiicaled or abrogated only by
an act of congress or by a referen
dum of the whole iwople.
1.1 That the constitution be
amended by majority vote.
15 The cuuctiiient of further
measures of gem r.rl education and
for the conservation of health. Th
iiuruou 01 education to ue tmuic a
department. The creation of a
department of public health.
10 The serration of the pres
cut bureau of labor from the de
partment of coiiiiiu-ice ami labor,
and the establuhiiwit of a de
partment of labor.
17 That all judges he elected by
the people for short term, ami that
the power to issue injunctions be
curbed by immediate legislation.
i The free administration of
justice.
Such measure uf relief wc may
be able to force from otqtitaliui are
but a preparation of the workers to
.Seize the whole power of the gov
ernment, in order that they may
thereby lay hold of the whole sys
tem of industry and thus come to
their rightful inheritance.
OTIS GUTS HIS
The I,o9 Angeles Times begins
to feel the irresistible tide of public
opinion sweeping against it as
shown by the figures laid before
the association of American adver
tisers that its circulation has dropt
from first to fifth place in f,o9 An
geles. Governor Johnson's opinion of
Otis: "In the city from which I
come wc have drunk to the very
dregs the cup of infamy; we have
had vile officials; wc have had rot
ten newspapers; we have had men
who sold their birthright; we have
dipped into every infamy; every
form of wickedness has been ours
iu the nasi; every debased passion
and every sin has flourished. Hut
we have nothing so vile, nothing so
evil, nothing so low, nothing so dc
based, nothing so infamous in Sail
Francisco, nor did tve ever have,
as Harrison Grey Otis. - - - -
- - - My friends, he is the one
thing that all California looks at
when, iu looking at Southern Call
fornia, they see anything that is
disgraceful, depraved, corrupt,
crooked and putrescent that is
Harrison Gray Otis." Hiram
Johnson in speech at Simpson's
Auditorium.
It happened once that there was
a carcass iu the road from which
arose an offensive odor. Atl who
passed held their noses, but 110 one
made any effort to remove and
bury the putrid annoyance. Pinal'
ly a man came along and loudly
cried: "What a stink! I.et us get
rid of it." Straightway the officers
of the law pounced upon him and
placed him in prison for using often
sive language. Then they removed
the carcass ami the stink went with
it. A stranger passing commented
" 1 lie language was not nearly as
offensive as the smell, and because
it led to the removal of the nuisance
the man who used it ought to be
rewarded Instead of being im
prisoned."
rat was caught red Handed in
the act of poaching upon the es
tate of the I.ord So-auii-So,
His Highness "What do you
mean hunting 011 my private
lauds?"
Pat "Yure laud is tit? Sure, and
how did ye, get it? '
H. H. "I got it from my father,
sir."
Pnt--"Aud the auld glntlemaii,
phcrcdld he git ut?"
11. II . "He got it from his
father. It mis handed down from
our gteat ancestors."
Pal "Paith an' ver great nn't-
sisters, pliere did they git ut?"
II. II. "Sir, they fought for
It."
Put "Hegorra an' 0111 foight
ye ler lit.
The socialist administration of
Milwaukee has been accused of ex
travagant cxtHMiditurc of money iu
ciiuyiug out their socialist ideas.
Hut the investment of money in
something that will bring returns
is good business though n novelty
iu city government. And iu spite of
these investments, and Iu spite ol
the fact that they have xitd the
e.HMisei ot work on municipal
docks and other exiHMises formerly
met by issuing bonds, and paid
over f joo.ooo of debt left by the
former administration, the tax rate
has actually been reduced and the
budget for 1012 now ready shows
a still greater reduction.
DR. RAMBO
DENTIST
First National Dank building.
ST. JOHNS, OlltGON.
DR. J. VINTON SCOTT
DENTIST
Open Evenings and Sundays by Ap
pointment.
Office L'lione Columbia 140
Resident Phone Columbia 38
JOSEPH McCHESNEY, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon.
Dy & NIcht Ofllce In McChosnoy blk.
St. John. Oregon.
Daniel O. Webster, A. B. M. D
Residence, C97 Dawson Street
OHlcc, PHtor Dlock.
Unlvcr&lly Park, Portland, Oregon.
PERRY C. STROUD
LAWYER
First National Hnnlt Building
ST. 101 INS - - - OREGON
0. J. GATZMYER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
McDonald Building
ST. JOHNS - - ORECON
Wc buy or sell St. Johns Property
Ale KINNEY & DAVIS
Real Estate
List your property with us if you
desire to sell quickly
202 N. Jersey St. St. Johns
J. R. WEIMER
Transfer and Storage
Wo dollvor your poods to nnd from
nil pnrU of Portland. Vnucouver. Linn
ton. Portland nnd Suburban Lxnross
Co., city dock and nil taints ncccssililo
by wagon. I'lano anu mrnnura moving
Ofh'cc Phone Columbia 24
Residence Phone Columbia 108
St. Johns Express, Transfer
and Storage Co.
Piano Moving a Specialty. Haul
iug done to nud from Pottlaud
Residence 400 I vast Richmond
Ofiice 103 North Jersey Street
ST. JOHNS GARAOE
II I li. lltirlliiRton Street
Automobile Hvpiiring and Vulcanizing
We can gel you Aiilo nn-toi all until
lllcvclo nml (lcncral Kcnnlrlin:
Iu connection. New and second Imnd
bicycles for sale. Ilteycle tires in slock.
J. M.nnd V. I. WRM, Props,
l'lione Columbia 5S7.
CAMP 773 W. 0. W.
Moot ev.
cry Wed-
n 0 s il n y
evening
In Dick
tier's Hall
DORIC IOD0C NO. 132
r. unci A. M.
& Regular cninmunlcntlons
V on flrxt nml tlilnl U,..l
nodny8 of each month
111 I l.f 1 1 I. .llJk..Uv lllt.l
Visitors welcome.
S. Chut. I Luis V M
C. (). Rogers, H. cr turv
Order Eastern Star
Minerva Chapter
MeeU livery J'lrnt and Third Tuisdav
Itvriiing of P,u-h .Mouth iu Odd I dlotv
ilull. .Mrs. husie Roger, .Svcnlnrv
HOLMtS IOD0C NO. 101
Kmgiiis or iviiiia:
Mi'i-Ut'Vt-rv PrM.iv 111 lit at
T7:3 O'CIOCK in 1 t) o 1
Hull. Visitors ulyavs el
roiue.
V. , .M ASON. C C
I). P. IIOKSMAN, K KS,
LAUREL LODGE
No. 18G I. O. 0. V
SI, JOHNS, OIICGON
Meets each Monday evening in Odd Pel
lows lmll at 7 jo, A cordial welcome t"
all isitiug brothers.
I'rol. KeuilriCK P.blieilil.st years
toucher of (lermaii and Preiiclt at
at the University of Rochester,
has been asked to resign
011 account of his socialistic activity.
Duly another case where a univer
sity is given "utidesirability ml ver
Using." Kev. albeit hhrgott.
pastor of the Isnst Side lluptist
church, Portland, has been asked
to resign for the same reasons.
'All tliat we elory iu was once a dream.
Tlie world-will
iiuucliw oinvnrd ideuai
New voleu kiwik, now lMths buuiu to
by glwim;
stir;
Muu is eiuviuiuK from the .eiHilclior.
l.ft no iiuni dare let no iiwu ever dare
On time's gnwt way
ougiiiiire,
to mark: Nothor-
I he Socialist vote iu Seattle.
Plie largest vole was for Scott fot
treasurer 3.1, 381 against 36,366 for
the man elected. The lowest vote
for any socialist was 18,882 an in
crease from something over -jooo nt
the last election.
A small town iu Germany has
municipal ownership" to such
pin nose mat it lias announced "no 1
tax at all" for this year and prob
ably more.
If you have any Plumbing
you want done just call
us up, Columbia 92
EDMONDSON CO.
203 S. Jersey Street
EL
rite South American Republic of
Uruguay has made lire insurance
government monopoly.
A socialist ltniHir has bteu start-
atl fur circulation nmgug the stu
dents at Harvard Univumity.
Successors to
St. Johns SjiiiI uuil Gravel Company
I.. D. JACKSON, Prop.
General Contractor
We are prepared to do anv and
all kinds of excavating for street
work and other purposes. We
also handle sidewalk ami build
ing material.
Newton nud Kessenden Streets
St. Johns, Oregon
Phone Columbia
Butterick Patterns
John Strootman Shoes for Ladies
t
You may not be able to own an automobile, but
the ladies of St. Johns can own a WARNER'S
RUST PROOF CORSET. We have the St.
Johns agency and have them in sufficient variety
and size to fit any figure. They are washable,
and can be boiled just like any white garment.
Ladies who wear them sing praises of their com
forts; and they are guaranteed to give satisfac
tory wear or your money back. Prices from
$1.00 to $5.00.
Bonham & Currier
j Star Brand Shoes for Everybody
Headlight Overalls
pring and Summer Draperies for House
PlnQninfY TimQ Son the home discards its Winter
ulfjulIlliM I lllllJ Furnishings and turns to Draperies for the
O Spring and Summer So we call your at
tention to our showing of Draperies, always worthy and never more
complete than this season.
There is not a housewife whose fancy will not be attracted by this
unusual display every sort of Curtaining is here and the price range
will satisfy every purse.
If the problem of arranging the home for summer is ahead of you,
come and see this array of Draperies, you will be welcome whether you
buy or not.
Ginghams That Will Not Fade
We would be proud of this showing, nud rightly,
if for nothing else than the richness and exquisite col
orings of the numberless weaves, but their sturdy
goodness and extremely low prices will satisfy the
most exacting. You can purchase any of these fabrics
and be sure that they will wear to the last thread.
Our Spring Storm Serges
are already selling fast, so it might be well enough to
look them over while the stocks are complete.
In Our Grocery Department
Lots of good things to eat at all times, and prices that
are as low as true merit will allow.
SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS
BULK AND IN PACKAGES
13, ,M. Ferrys of Michigan C. C. Morse of California L. L. May of Minnesota
Lillys of Portland Maudeville & King of New York
Opposite
the
City Hall
COUCH & CO.
PIONEERS
Distributors of Merchandise since 1904
Phone
Columbia
137