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Show I Marxian Club Socialists ? Any question concerning 8ocla1- Editorial Commlttest T Um answered. Address all com- KATE S. HIIXIARD. I I munlcatlons to K- S. HIMIarJ, E A BATTELL. T 436 Herrlck Avenue. ROY E. SOUTHWICK. J "r t 1 1 ! I 1 l I 1 ' i i i1 1" THEY NEVER FAIL. i They never fall, who die In a preat I cause; ; Tho block may soak tbrlr Rore; ' Their heada may sodden In the sun Their llmba be strung to city gafs ! and walls; Hut ttill their spirit walks absoad Though years elapse and others share ! s dark a doom, j They but augment the deep and swerp- I lng thoughts . Which overpower all others, and conduct con-duct The world at lost to freedom. Byron. j MILWAUKEE ELECTION. Milwaukee, April f. To what rna Ihe Porlal Democratic victory bo at-' at-' trlbutod? Thin Is a question, arising ' In tho minds of many, and which, the ! writer will attempt to inner. The Republican party wi dlsorsan-, dlsorsan-, Jid. On one side were the Ilalf-fcreds Ilalf-fcreds (adherents of V. R. Senator ! Ij Follette) on the other the J5UI-i J5UI-i varta (adherents of TT. S- Senator Ie 1 Stephenson . Tho Democratic ma-! ma-! chin and Mayor have pilfered whsr-vr whsr-vr opportunity presented Itself. D. S. Roso, present Democratic mayor. ( devotM his time- but very Mttlo to his ! official duties; h was lecturing ' throiidhout tho country against Pro-' Pro-' Mbltlon. a particularly obnoxious thine to Milwaukee. The voters of Milwaukee were alck of this. The Republicans wore nuarrelllnR amoni; themselves. This then was an oppov-tuno oppov-tuno Umo for the Social Democratic . ieadera to play their trumo card. ' Thoy pot op a platform In which I they demanded homo rule. Initiative f and referendum, municipal ownership, !A scat for every faro on the street cars, etc. If a stranger comlnic to town had Rotten a platform from th f three parties In bis band, without their nsjues thereon, he wouldn't have I boon able to tell the difference. The Paper platform, i The literature and statements of tho S. D. P. speakers contained a phrase-i phrase-i oiopy to convey to tho worker tho ; idea that all that was necessary to ! redueo tho high cost of living was to : vote the S. I. P. ticket. Another cause for their victory Is their adherence to the A. F. of L. Even national officers of tho Inter-' Inter-' national Unlona told their members to vote for Seldel. Vpon reading tho above statement one will Inquire, has tho A. F. of I captured the S. D. P.. or did the S. D. P. capture the A. F. of I. Mayor-elect Seldel Is a, man of Rood sinndlnc In the community: bis In-leKrlly In-leKrlly has never been questioned. , The voters were disgusted with tho old parties, and threw their lot with the S. T). P.. this resulting in a vote of 27.C22. The democrats received " 20.S1 tho Republicans -1 1,262. Hut the real S. P. P. vote waA about li,Sli. This vote was vast ior i thrlr candidate for Circuit Judge, i Klclst. Their Civil Judges fared even ' worse. Of the 7 to by elected the 2 S p P.'b who sot In, did so near to tho bottom of the list with less than 13,00-) votes each. All voters that really wanted the S. D. P. naturally ' voted for tho Judges, those that did rot, only votd tho 9, P. P. City tick-' tick-' ot for one or other of tho reasons stated above. Conservative Campaign. Th MUn-..iIAA "flanlln!-1 nf Wed. I I I I I J I I I I 1 1 I labor cannot buy back its own product, pro-duct, and, the market being glutte. I I -a Nor Is thrown out of work. Thtls "Overproduction Is a symptom of actual ac-tual want and distress. In capitalist or vulpar -eonomlcr which always comoIuoVs from surface appearances, "Overproduction means that there 1b more wealth than people need. I BUSINESS, MY FRIEND, BUSINESS This It la Which Keeps Men's Aspiration Aspir-ation and other Deeds at Fisticuffs. There Is fnjethlnj: ludicrously humorous hu-morous the spectacle r.f the ordinary I hijhlncss man denouncing Socialism as j selfish Immoral, and opposed to the j hla-her Interests of humanity. For all the Bystenn of society that hvo ex-I ex-I Ifted (and It Is well to remember, Ibf our business rnan never does, that wa are by no means at the beginning , of social evolution) what system has so built up to the utter exclusion of , all that makes for the development of the more generoun and kindly 1m-pvlf.es 1m-pvlf.es of man as the capitalist system sys-tem tho system which has produced onr business roan?" Tho savin? "One must not lot de-n'esiio de-n'esiio affairs interfere with business." busi-ness." or "In business there is no room for sentiment" are common 1 br.sos, alone with many more ron-veylne ron-veylne much the same moaning. Sayings Say-ings puch as theno servo to express tho unscrupulous and brutal character of tho reckless struggle for profits wbirh characterizes the capitalist system. sys-tem. Everything may go In this .lruE-gle .lruE-gle religious creeds, family Hflcc-t'.on. Hflcc-t'.on. frUn.ls (how old i the cry ot "friend, remember not") and nil that Is called secred should any ono of them Interfere In the accumulation of prof-' prof-' It. Christian Trading Co. Concrete evidences of this fact are rioriing up continually. It Is not such a long time ago -Chorion Sheldon, Shel-don, set tho world apog with hlF b'uk "What would Jesus do " In which the conflict "between professions uf re-' re-' llglon and business practice were I made capital of But a few months since, there npponre.) an oMtuary no-I no-I tlce of a rertaln Christian Trading Co., which had opened up business In Eng-; Eng-; land. Christianity In business maintained main-tained a struggling existence for thr" months and then succumbed, fraolily ' admitting tbat tho Gods Competition j ami Profit were Ita masters. Material Interests Dominate. After all, such Incidents as there fcimply serve to express tin- fact that j I material Interests dominate. .TH'i - fact we Socialists are always striving to press home. It does not requiro an exceptionally brilliant Intellect to I perceive that so long as coirnetUlon I ; reigns anj every man's hand I at hl j fellow's throat, hypocrisy of this 8-.vt j must be a Ptandlng fcaturo cf our o-! o-! tial life. Tt Is not a boastful cUlru on our part when we say' that Soci!-Ifdi Soci!-Ifdi alone can pot an end to lt Vy 'tho organliatlon of the co-operative! 1 labor of the people f..r tb- f"its-f-irf(c ! or the general needs of those earuo ' jieople all reason for such cqaa.- .-. I tion will roniood, ami there ro I linger be any reason fur the dlsgust-' dlsgust-' Ing spectacle of a number of men pro-' pro-' feslng a bolief in the' brotherhood ;n I I mutual InteroHts of man. but wl:o?e wholo existence means nothing more or less than a continuous Injury to tiulr fellows. The New World. nesday. April 6th. says: "The S. D. r. conducted a conservative cam-' cam-' palrn." The oapltallst preH editorially editor-ially congratulates tho new S. D. T candidates. Tho S. D. P. now Tiavo a working majority In the city Common Council, Coun-cil, and In tho County Uonrd. If you meet an S.,1") P. man now nnd talk Industrial Unionism, ho von't listen. Why should he? Didn't I they capture tho city? They are let- ) tlnp their enthusiasm got tbo bet j of their roasonlnft faculty. But , . 'when the mnke of the election Is I ' pone, tho S. D. P. Is confronted with. this question: If the cap'tallet class renlly fenrs o. and at tho next election elec-tion threaten to closo tbo Industries If your men are elected, what will you do? I Their (the S. D. PI economic or- 1 psnlzatlon bore lx tho A. F. of L., all ' having "sncred contracts." Tho fact of tho matter Is that tho ! S. D. P. IS NOT FEARKD. Tho mid dle class oven helped them at tho last election; and, as to the high up ; Republican capitalists, they plumped I thflr vote for the S. 1). P., but of ! course nni for Kleist. i If ever th teachincs of the R. I., p. n.r to receive vindication, they will hi: vindicated right hero in Mllwau-I Mllwau-I k-e. Watch and see. Section Milwaukee will ftand by tho i Rood lkhtfhlp "S. D. P. IirIs" and I wh-n tho S. 1). P. sutfers the -hlr 1 vreck In store for It tho R. 1.. P. will I continue to throw It slight upon tno I stormy sea of disorganized labor. ! This article will bo immediately fol lowed up by one en what tho S. D. P. stands for nnd has done In Wlscon- sin. I Readers of The People wU be leg- j tilavly Informed on how ihe 8. D. P. i Is "bringing about Socialism." j Albert Rchnsbol, L"ly F'ple. j WHAT IS OVERPRODUCTION. j "Overproduction" Is in Socialist par- j lunco a technical term. It doe not ! mean that production lias been carrle-l to the point of there being more wealth than the. people have need tor. U means tbat producilon has been oar- I rled to a point whore, due to the j amallness of tho wages paid to labor. |