The Rebel (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. [5], No. 238, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 19, 1916 Page: 3 of 4
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JJ8 TO BRANDE{8.
Mr. Louis D. Brandeis, the Bos-
ton lawyer, who earned the enmity
1 hey Dare ?
W. T. WEBB, State Secretary, Cboo. Texas.
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ton iswyw, woo Hra«a u« wuiuv _ Qklah°rna^ The Rebel
of many of our ruler* who own the Ballot Prom The \S orkers ! asto charged and
steeL oil, cosl, land and money of The Jkppeal To Reason in a head Morgan, Rockefeller,
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OOINO AFTER TI1E WAR
I* JPJitJ&T* «™>4n
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Take i;he Rebel has continously
proved that the
DnPon*,
'jsM*.
. Organization.
11 have spent many lste hours
ndying and planning, trying to
lerise some way whereby a more
Widespread interest may be creat-
fd in the minds of the working
toward organisation.
_e lack of interest in many
pacta in Texas i no small matter
pniz&tion depends the
our movement Victory
or the working class will never
some without a struggle from the
rorkers themselves. It means that
Ach and every one of us must
iind ourselves to the task of per-
ecting the political organization,
petting a local established in every
roting precinct where one does
not exist, getting all dues paying
members in our organization
fwhere one does exist.
It means a fight against capi-
talist greed and tactics and it is
such a heavy burden a few can-
not successfully carry it. Do not
falter in yoi r duty for a minute.
Get serious about this matter ot
organization and act at once, re-
new your determination and nev-
er rest until every precinct in
Texas is organized.
• • •
Referendum Returns.
AFTER THE ELUSIVE PETER
the nation, is being attacked by
these gentry because he conducted
a fairly successful investigation
of their notorious crookedness.
President Wilson, in an effort
to gain popular tavor for tne sec-
ond term, appointed him to the
Beaumont, Tex., Peb. 13, 19IS.
Dear Rebel:—
The Beaumont and South
Park Locals attempted1 last yearto ^ ^ the
get our mutual fnend (!) Peter i throwing fits and haud-
get our mutnal mend (!) Feter j i lutes are throwing fits and hand
J. Collins, to meet in joint debate ; 0£ horror as * result
while here. The effort was made ^ New York
m writing through Mr. Ban? thel^ oUa ^ WaU >twt
secretary of the Local Knights of dent ^ Tha N«w York
1
It this writing (February 15)
the returns received and canvass-
ed at the state office go to show
that the state convention referen-
dum, including all state platform
and constitutional amendments
will carry by large majorities.
The state secretary's ruling in
[ t^e matter of James B. Good© is
^Sustained by an overwhelming
YO^0
! Patton McCord of Yoakum, is
electedBfcate chairman, and Miss
Emma G. Kelsey of Sherman,
state woman's correspondent,
without opposition.
OwQMhbt. ■ "< f
Having received nothing defi
nite through them so far, we today
took the matter up with their Mr.
Burke and Mr. Clements by phone
and were even unable to get Pe-
ter's address so he might be wired.
As a consequence we have in-
serted the enclosed "ad." in both
morning and evening papers and
will insist on Peter's arrival that
he ''come off the perch."
Local socialists attempted
Sunday to arrange for a divi-
sion of time with Peter Col-
lins on February 22. TJie local
Knights of Columbus were
unable to meet the request to
arrange debate and were not
aware of Mr. Collins' present
address. Anyone able to ar
range joint debate with Mr.
Collins kindly address Arch
Lingan, Beaumont, Texas.
We are anxious to have some
assistance and would request that
you give the matter some atten-
tion in this week's paper that we
mny shove it under the noses of
Local people to the end that they
may assist us in making Peter
"come across."
Fraternally,
Local Beaumont
Local South Park.
Per C. L. Renn.
correspondent
Times as followi:
"When the tickers yester-
day announced his choicc to
succeed Justice Lamar on the
Supreme Court, the groan
that arose sounded like the
echo of a great national dis-
aster. Brokers on the floor
of the Exchange professed to
believe that a ghastly joke had
been perpetrated by the tick-
W. L. WURMAN.
er.
And then w« read this from
plute named Sidney Lanier in a
letter to The New York Times.
Says the lion. Sid:
"The Supreme Court has
alwa.VB been justly regarded
by our people as the bulwark
of. their property rights and
the safeguard of our liberties.
Ilis appointment was so as-
tounding that is seoms like a
horrid nightmare, and his
confirmation by the Senate
would,I believe,make every re-
sponsible citizen feel insecure
in his personal liberty and
property rights. With the
great unrest that is now pre-
valent, this would seem of all
others the most inopportune
time for weakening to the in-
fu nee of this august tribuT
nal." And so forth and so
on.
When they protest against an
individualist like Brandeis, what
kind of stuffed monkeys must they
line query, issue of Feb. &th. Carnegie type of millionaire wen
Knowing the Democratic party not genuine Americans, that they
ae we do, we will confidently as ha(j o0 i,ut the dollar, that
sert that they will commit this ot tliey Mornfl(i the United States
any other crime against the work debauched it whenever and
era if they think it is necessary tc wherever possible and only look-
jrotect the loot of the Land Hogs C(j tjie f|ag when they could
and Capita! ista They have done make profit 0f jt
, ust this thing in Texas, West Comts confirmation of The lie
Virginia, Florida and Louisiana position from the floor of
and in practically every '.thet congw.s itself in speech deliver-
Southern State, except Oklahoma Ctj Clade II. Tavemer from the
and gotten away with it *> wlV Rock Island (III.) congressional
should they hesitate to complete j^trict, from which is quoted this
extract:
When war with Spain was
imminent the three concerns i:i
this country which have a mon
opoly of the manufacture of
armor plate got together and
practically issued an ultimatum
to their own Government, the
United States Government, that
they would not manufacture a
single piece of armor plate un-
less we should agree to pay them
$100 a ton more than the prici
fixed by Congress after an in
vestigation us to a fair price
But their patriotism did not
prevent them from selling ar-
mor plate to the Russian Gov-
W. T. Webb, State Sec.
• • • .
That Secretary List.
ithout opposition. pnmr«d« Hickev* i~— ~ , :
Tabulated report of returns will have had up there on th<,.upr.me
be retained next week for pubh- #f TcIM ^ /eipMt l0 in thc bench tor *vcral
^ <* 1916' d<; Z,!? ehS and bJancea." True
siring dates may address me at pnou thpir checkH are jn Walj
Sulphur, Okla. I will be ready gtrect and their balances in Wasli-
„ for encampment or picnic dates. banks
The recent secretary's list got- Aj80 j am ready to get the hide| Wn W-H>1 t(
ten out by the State Office create 0£ any jaokleg preacher who is
ed quite a flurry in different out to Socialism." But the
parts of the State on account of c&pitaUg^ Rang arc not as anxious
local and county secretarys names tQ put up these jacklegs as they
being left off the list that were uged to bo They are finding out
not suspended. that they cannot "deliver the
Byway of explanation will say go^g " an^ they are not willing
if your local secretary^ t0 put up ra0ney on them.
W. L. Thurman, Sulphur, Okla.
heir workt
The only thing that is going tc
stop them is for the Working
Farmers and Workingmen to
start oiling up "Old Betsey Win
Chester" uiul telling them to
"Come on," if they want it that
way.
"Will the Democrats dare!"—
What on earth have they got tc
"daret" Haven't they been re-
turned to power election aftei
election thru out the South now
for over 50 years by the very men
they have robbed day pnd nigh!
thru ull these years! Are they
to blame if they have come to tfv
conclusion that there is nothing
they cannot 1)0 TO the Work
ingnian and Working Farmers of
Dixie and get away with it casiei
than taking nickles from a blind
man! Why shouldn't they "dare'
when we don't show sense enough
to organize for our own protection
in One Big Agricultural and In
dustrial Union out on the farm*
and in the mills and shops and
worse, haven't even the nerve tc
vote for freedom! What's the ust
of them leaving in our possession
a ballot we haven't gumption enui
X) hack with ORGANIZED POW
OR! "Dare!" Now, really
ook at the 50year record and
hen honestly ask yourself what
daring Donks have _ to do to tak<
anything from Dixie! About all
they have given you, the Working
Farmers and Wage Workers, ir
al lthat time is pellagra, peonage
and tenantry. "Dare!" Why
they don't have to dare worth a
dern.—Covington.
Reason for Pre-
>t •*-«t-ft---wmim** ■■■* w ■ *«-•• --• • -tw-
paredness.
The Rebel has time and again
laid it down as an axiom of our
economic and political life that,
giv«n the private ownership of
industries, government, reveals it-
self as nothing more or less as the
executive committee of the class
that rules the industries. The
president is a subordinate mana-
ger, the cabinet members arc their
eierks and congress and the judi-
iary are their office boys.
To illustrate: It will be remem-
bered that in 1907, in open and
avowed defiance of the anti-trust
law of the United States, President
Roosevelt violated his oath and
smashed the law that he was
sworn to uphold, by giving to the
United States steel Corporation,
America's biggest industry, the
power to absorb tho Tennessee
Fuel and Iron Company. Morgan
and Schwab, with Rockefeller con-
senting ordered thi rape of the
law and Roosevelt obeyed or-
ders just as would a six dollar-a-
week clerk.
Comes now the year, 1!MH. The
masters of steel, oil and finance in
strutted President Wilson to leave
his desk and swing around the cir-
cle and preach Preparedness for
thfi reason that the United States
Ilior pum; i"" inn iriinoii null nit- l inifil
eminent for $241) a ton, while I SJtcel, the Bethlehem Steel
. tluiir /\U/tV I at A %m
they were asking of their own
Government $616 a ton.
com
We wish that a Socialist or even
a radical like Frank Walsh were
appointed supreme judge because
then all the plute parasites, for
'ear that they might have to go
to work, would promptly die of
leart failure and the world woult
>e better for their passing.
name does not appear on the list,
it does not mean that ypur local
or county is suspended. A revised
report will be issued this month.
state ticket for 1916.
Rusk County. 1 .
The Socialists of Rusk county
are requested to meet at the court-
house in the town of Henderson
on the 4th March at 10 o'clock
sharp, then and there to arrange
for a county ticket also to meet
tComrade Scoggin, who will speak
the streets and fill 25 dates in
tie county. Comrades, come and
bring someone with you. Let s
ake a red card display on that
Kay. Bring some money with you
lso. „ „
W. P. H. Wilson, Co. bee.
• • •
Runnels County.
O* the 5th of this month in a
mass meeting at Ballingcr, I was
elected county organizer for Run-
nels county. I want one comrade
at each schoolhouse to write me at
once, so I can know who to notify
when I will arrive at each school-
' house to deliver lecture. I must
know someone to correspond with
> arrange for meetings.
Comrades, attend to this at once
Yours for Freedom,
H. F. Nutt.
• • • ...
Fifth District.
. Talley Mills, R2, Feb. 8, 1916-
[To locals and members in tfye *itn
District;
You are hereby called on to no-
minate a district secretary for the
Fifth Congressional district. No-
minations close on March 8.
Let all get busy and see if we
can't stir up this district as never
I in its history. Send nominations
to me. _ „
Wm. J. Watkins, Co. Sec
Bosque county.
The referendum for selection
of candidates for state offices who
are to be legally nominated at the
state convention in August 1916,
are as follows:
For Governor:
E. R. Mcitzen, of Hallettsville.
Lieutenant Governor:
W. S. Noble, of Rockdale.
Attorney General:
■Clarence Nugent, Stephenville
Comptroller:
W. T. Flowers, of Wellington.
Land Commissioner:
G. A. Lambreth, of Tra
State Treasurer:
W. J. Bell, of Tyler.
Railway Commissioner:
E. Bellinger, of San Antonio.
Superintendent of Schools:
J. A. Freeland.
Associate Justice Supreme Court
R TT Gibson.
WORSE THAN THE KAISER.
The Rebel hears from George P
West, correspondent of the Com
mitec on Industrial Relations, tluat
the leaders of the Steel grout
tnd the Standard Oil group hi e
gone out of their way to presm*
armored motor cars to the New
York militia and arc doing all in
their power for a huge army ant
navy aggressive foreign policy.
Mr. West concludes as follows:
A COLLEGE OF THE PEOPLE.
(Tty Eugene V. Debs.)
alfalfa bill's bunk.
Bouie County.
Carbondale, Tex., Feb. 12, 1916.
In my writcup of our mass meet-
ing at Boston on Jan. 29 and the
one we are to have on the 26th of
February, and published in cur-
rent issue of The Rebel; you make
me say it. is to be on Feb. 29. When
I said (or meant to say) Saturday
Feb. the 26th.
Please make the correction and
oblige.
J. B. Triplett.
j
• • •
Geo. G.' Hamilton will be in
north and east Texas in March
He is available for dates in the
following counties: Cook, Den-
ton, Montague, Hunt, Rains and
Wood. Write him for dates and
terms a£ Snyder, Oklahoma.
II
I a
I
!
If there's any difference be
tween United States Steel, or
Standard Oil and the worst mili
tarist ruling class in Europe, the
advantage is all with the lattei-
so far as democracy, liberty awl
the rights of man are concerned.
Remember Youngstown, Bay6nne
and Colorado.
"Chauncey M. Depew made a
speech at a Republican Club din-
ner in New York the other nignt
in which he let the cat out of the
bag. Tie said:
"There will never l>e a for-
eign commerce until the Gov-
ernment protects American
business and American rights
in foreign countries.. After
our experience in Mexico, no
American capitalist would
want to take his family to
Mexico or put hig mor.ev in
an enterprise in that country
unless he knew our flag would
protect him."
"And don't forget Rear Ad-
miral Chadwick's paper before the
Clarke University Conference, in
which he said: 1
". 'Navies and armies are
insurance for the wealth of
the leisure class of a nation
invested abroad.' "
Congressman Murray of OkU
homa in a re<-ent speech in con-
gress stated that Oklahoma has
36 400.000 acres and that this
would make nearly 570,000 home-
steads of 640 acres each.
When we consider that there arc
36.036 homesteads mortgaged aiu
104,137 farm* occupied by teants
and only 46,889 owned free after
a generation's control of the state
of Oklahoma by the Donks, it
would appear to The Rebel that
if Alfalfa Bill Murray had any
decency in his makeup he woiil.
resign from such an outfit that has
brought ruin and desolation upon
the home builders of the state, he
would join the Socialist party that
is fighting for their emancipation.
But this is extremely unlikely
because a "Donk politician ever
holds on t0 the public tit and the
ivory-skulled Murray has only one
remedy for increasing the freedom
of the homesteds, by "homestead-
ing the remaining public lands by
tenants and a system of rural err
dits." • . .
Commenting on this asinine po
sition the Chicago public says:
"The history of Mr. Murray f
own state shows that the present
system of bomestcading stimulates
land moropoly." .
So says The Rebel, such is the ro
cord • but what else can be expect-
ed from a Southern Donk con-
gressman.
tion
We are gratified to announce
to our readers at the opening of
the new year that The People s
College, organized by the workers
of the world, is building up rapnl-
and making brilliant prtfcress
in its correspondence courses ami
in every department of its excel-
ent work. The College is main- Here it is:
tained by the College Union, cotp
Bisting of a membership interested
in and pledged to working class
education, each member paying a
dollar a year for a period of five
years for life membership, during
which he or she receives the Col-
ege News, the monthly publica-
tion, filled with vital matter re-
atiiig to the education of the mas-
>k as a means of their emaneipa-
pany and the great Munitions
TriiBt fear that the war will "om*
to an end this spring ntid ihey
fear that, they will hi •'-•prived i t
millions of dollars in dividends ns
a result. Like the dutiful little
clerk that he is, President Wilson
grubn his coat and hat an<! starts
out to talk a« ordered He must
do so I realise he knows his mas-
ter's voice.
The inside story of how and why
this order was given the president
comes from the inside, to The Re-
bel, straight from Wall Street.
Ml. , , . .. I
The People's College is tainted
y no ruling class subsidy and
subject to no restricting or con-
taminating influence whatsoever.
It is in the fullest sense a people
school. It is owned and managed
by the workers themselves and the
truth is taught and the facts are
sought without fear or favor.
Every worker in the land, how-
ever remotely he may be situated,
can become a member and giv«
himself the benefit of a thorough
course of his own choosing by cor-
respondence, by addressing TDK
PEOPLE'S COLLEGE, F0ii
SCOTT, KANSAS. This is the
school of the toiling and producing
millions and it is destined to be-
come the greatest school in the
world."
NEXT WEEK.
another one.
Here is my definition of what
m : A Socialist is a
wr for the cause of the work-
class and not a stupid animal
on its red card."
Wilde.
• e •
Simp*
in
Look for
Cowards, quitters, knockers have
np business in the Socialist move-
ment If you can't do your part in
and organiz-
you are
is
are being
~ ' V-V/ ! | ' J-' * •' v.-' ' -■■■■,. f-. ri<l Vr'v'S
Under Donk rule the man who
builds a home or does any useful
labor is fined for his industry
through exorbitant taxation. The
man who robs labor and uses land
for no other purpose except to
speculate with it, in the last ana-
lysis pays no taxes. Then you keep
voting for the Repubdonkocrat*
that ftfnd for ftll
Justin, Tex. Feb. 15, 1916.
'The Rebel,
Hallettsville, Teras.
Dear Sirs-.—
Enclosed $2.75 for Rebel, Pear-
sons and I. S. Review for myself
one year and also send The Rebfl
to enclosed four names.
Also send me your political plat-
form in full. I am (or have been)
a "Donk" 25 years but am tired
of going through the Democratic
separator with the other fellow re-
presenting and getting the cream,
Yours for Biz,
C. L. Atkinson.
Next week's Rebel, 239, will con-
tain one of tho strongest land
stories that has ever adorned our
pages. It will show the successful
working out of the Rebel s land
progrm in one of the worst peon-
ridden stated in the world, not ev
cn excepting the Congo.
This story will be worth its
weight in diamonds to every actuul
farmer in the South and to every
student of tho laud program ev-
erywhere. Its propaganda value
is inestimable and we believe that
if it were placed in every house in
Dixie it would cause a wonderful
growth in our movement. The
price is only half a cent a copy,
ten for a nickel, a thousand for $5-
Don't delay in ordering because
we may be oversold. Take our
word for it and order copies when
you read this.
Single copies of this edition wi'l
be sent to any address at 1 cent
a copy. We can send them to l>ox
numbers on rural routes.
New York, Feb. 7.—Iienskorf,
Lyon & Co., in their week's trade
review, state:
"President Wilson's active cam-
paign throughout the entire coun-
try for preparedness is a very
bullish factor for the industrials
engaged in the manufacture of
iron and steel. It is certainly fav.
orable for such corporations as
Crucible Steel, Bethlehem Ste?l
and other equipped to manufac-
ture munitions of war.
"There is every reason to be-
lieve that President Wilson will
be successful in this undertaking,
judging from the enthusiastic
reception he is receiving from the
people throughout the United
States.
Assures Big Business.
"If this program is carried out
it is very favorable for all manti-
fe -tunng enterprises, as it will
necessitate the expenditure of mv.
eral hundred millions of dollars.
This should guarantee a big busi-
ness for all of the manufacturers
of iron and steel for a long time to
come, even should tho European
war end the latter part of tliw
year.
"With a radical change in the
technical pasition ot tne market,
the constructive factors of a few
weeks ago which failed to jinflu-
ence an appreciation in values will
now be brought forward to play
their part, in Influencing senti-
ment.
Foreign I/iqu'd'ition Ends.
"The railroad earnings of the
last months are being used as the
factors to advance the price of
railroad securities, and there is lit-
tle heard of the heavy foreign li-
quidation in these stocks now that
Europe has formulated a plan to
borrow money on their securities
instead of selling them in the New
York market.
"Now predictions are made that
the next quarterly statement of
the United States Steel corpora-
tion will show earnings in the
neighborhood of $60,000,000. There
aie also rumors that extra divi-
dends on the shares of United
States Steel common will be de-
clared from time to time."
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The sale of Sub. cards for any
paper is good; the sale of the Re
bel sub. cards is better, fer thr
reason that it carries the news of
the State and. in addition, fight*
our battles in Texas all the time.
This is the golden year. You will
vote for yourself and your loved
ones for the first time in your en-
slaved life.
Tax the eyebalb off the land
speculator and exempt from taxa-
tion all improvements and pro- jn Yucatan the revolutionists
ducts of the workers. That's our I have abolished landlordism. Read
program. ' about h next issue.
U. S. Postal savings deposits are
loaned to the banks at 2 1J2 per
cent, who in turn lend them out at
from 10 to ?0< 0 per cert. Tbt
Socialist says: "Why not lend the
money direct to the farmers and
wageworkers at 2 1|2 per cent.!"
Then you vote for the Donk and
believe anything be says about the
Socialist party. Solid bone!!
Do you want the full product of
your toil! Then quit listening to
the shyster lawyers and crooked
sky-pilots that lie about the onh
political party that stands for so-
cial justice.
ym
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