The Rebel (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. [5], No. 231, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 25, 1915 Page: 3 of 4
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Office Notes.
T. A. HICKEY, State Sec. Hallettsville, Texas.
STATE SECRET AMY ELEC-
TION.
At the time of going to press,
three days before the final return
date, returns for State secretary
are *s Mows:
Points.
g W. T. Webb ^ 746
T. E. Foster 1155
Mrs. B. W. Carlton 1382
There appears to be little doubt
that W. Tr Webb, of Cisco, Tex., is
elected state secretary by a large
jmajoifcjr,
. Carl Rosson, of Palestine, (who
bad no opponent) is the next na-
tional committeeman for Texas.,
Tabulated returns will be in the
hands of the membership about
.uaryj,
Xe
A TYPICAL LETTER.
sj-.y . '**■! i''J ■' ••
Galry, Tex, Dee. 18, 1915.
Mr. T. A. Bicker,
Dear Comradp: 1
1 notice in the
CALL FOR NOMINATION
(The following eaQ has been sent
out to locals and member*?t4argej
HaOotUviUe, Tes., Dee. 1, 1915.
To ilocal, and Members-At-Large:
You art hereby colled on to no-
minate for tk$ /Mowing p>ositions
(o*o of whkh mo omitted by
sMttofa i* a fomor <wB> s
One State Woman's Correspond-
ent, (Mutt ta* five or more No-
One State Chairman (5 or more
nomination required).
Nominations dose Dee. 30, 1915.
f, A. HICKEY,
~JUte $eo. 3. P-
The movement everywhere is
taking on new life.
LocalAmarillo re-organised with
Jweek.
the announcement that I wrote 8 ftj bunoh of revolutioniststltfa
them that we (Panola oo.) are
solidly for the recall of the
him any
such thing. We are bot voting to
recall'anything, didn't know that
there was a machine, without we
call tbe Ft. Worth convention a
machine.
WiQ you please be so kind as to
me right before the Socialists
ugh your paper.
Yours Fraternally,
L. W. Young,
Co. See. Panola eo.
P. 8.—Comrade Arch Lingan is
with us at present doing fine work
over the county.
Hurrah for Socialism,
L. W. Y.
• • ♦
Klebetg eounty is now organiz-
ed with J. H. Denham, of Kings-
as county secretary.
• .e- • ;•
W. L. Allen and others recently
rganised local Gastine, Com-
iche, and expect to have a mem-
Mp of 50 sooib
• • •
County Secretary M. J. Abbott
rites : I am enclosing SO Cte. fer
*rter blank and office supplies
id No. for Murchiaon Local (re-
J. R. McClain, Sec.
i • •
The Socialists of Knox county
a mass meeting Saturday
11, and elected J. S. John-
county chairman and other-
arranged for the 1916 cam-
Boyd Gillespie, Co. Sec.
Knox county.
• se w •
Wood County Meeting.
announce a mass meeting
held in Quitman, Tex., Jan.
1916, at the courthouse at 10
I. for the purpose of attending
all important business coming
fore said body. Yours for Hum-
iity, _ .
W. H. Boozer, Chairman.
J. W. McDonald, Sec.
Denton County Coll.
Get Ready.
San Antonio Local.
Our loeal has started on its way
jkto the11916 campaign, and what
[we want especially to do is to ad-
vise all our members and those in
sympathy with our party to be
sure topay their poll tax so as to
lelp knock out the pall tax al-
ether. <•
Comrade Nugent was with us
last week and will be with u*
again first week in January.
E. Bellinger.
• • •
Coleman County AcUve.
Glim Cove, Tex., Not. 29, '15.
We held a mass meeting at Cole-
man on the 6th inst. The comrades
iriected Comrade4 EL J. Parker, of
Santa Anna, county secretary, be-
ginning January. Voted to hold a
grand encampment .at Coleman
sometime in the sununer of 1916,
and chose one member from each
local in the county to serve on a
committee to make arrangements
forteae. ; ftpf'J"
^ ' J. G. Wilson, Co, See.
«r, M
w
Secretary
. L, . f'in receipt of
frraiv Caurrade W. P; H
? of Elderville, Tex., and h<
be tlsheS to start
Rusk wtmty.
• • •
ounty
AHSocialists of Denton county
are urged to be present in mass
meeting, Monday, Jan. 3d, 1916,
10 a. m. at Socialist Hall, Denton,
Texas, for the purpose of perfect-
ing our political organization for
1916 in accordance with the State
election laws and for other matters
of importance to the Party.
0. Crawford, Rec.-Sec
Local Denton.
• • - •
ORGANIZE YOUR LOCAL
NOW SO YOU CAN BE READY
FOR THE GREAT 1916 CAM-
PAIGN.
• • •
Montgomery County.
All Socialistic inclined and all
Socialists of Montgomery county
are requested to meet on Saturday,
January 16, 1916, at court b^use
in Conroe at 1 p. m, to organize
and put out a ticket for 1916. All
be spre to come and be with us.
We all necessarily want a change
in this eounty of Montgomery,
Texas. ■
I. F. Hauff, Co. Sec.
Conroe, Texas.
• • *
In the Second
District Secretary Yarbrough
writes: Please send charter, sup-
plies for Local Lamar Schoolhouse
to J. R. Lemons, Secretary, Center,
Tex., Rt. 2, organized by Arch Lin
gan with seven members.
Lingan leaves today for a eoun-
ty meeting at Alazan, Nacog-
doches county, which will be held
tomorrow. He then goeg to Panola
county for five days. If the money
were in the country we could have
a local in every precinct in the
Second District, in short order.
• « •
Lee County organized.
Tanglewood, Tex., Dec. 16, '16.
We had a Socialist county meet
ing at Lexington Saturday, Dec.
11, Mid organized and elected
county chairman and secretary.
E. C. Burroughs is county chair-
man and S. E. Linn county secret-
ary.
Please send me names of some of
the lecturers. We need a good man
to some and lecture and organize
this county for the harvest is ripe.
S. E. Linn, Co. Sec.
Tanglewood, Tex.
(The following applies to So-
cialists every where).
To the Socialists, 2nd Congression
al District:
Seetion 67, Election Laws of
State of Texas, provides fir the
appointment of Two Judges and
two Clerks of elections, by the
Commissioners Court of qaeb
county, at the February term ol
that eourt, in each precinct where
the pell tax and exempt is lest
than 100.
Comrades in eaah county jap
urged to see that there is no fail-
ure to certify the names of party
members for one judge and one
sink, to their Oommianonera
court, for such precincts.
§a jafMster* that "they
■A *11 be appointed from different
political parties, IF PRACTICA
RLE. Go to your County Judge
with thqse names, or mall to him
under registered letter (request-
ing return receipt from pest mast-
er) and see that IT IS PRACTI-
CABLE.
Section 58, provides that four
Judges and four clerks shall be
apointed in all preeineta where the
POLITICS IN LOONEYTOWN.
(For The Rebel by Monroe Jones.
My papa i Silas Wigglewook,
t lit* ia Looneytown,
I own a shotgun an' a pipe,
A steeltrap an' a hound j ,
I'm a citizen of the U. S. A,
I'm aimin' way up high,
I think ill be a president
Sometime before I die.
My granddad was a democrot,
He always voted 'er straight
An I was born a democrat
Down in the Lone Star State:
I'd rather live in the house three
With the old Debel,
Than haVe my politics all spiled
By readiu' of the Rebel.
iXCi'lV .'I'ivV'- t'Jt ' '
When a Socialist epeaks in Looney
fcirn,
III tell you what we do:
We git a lot of rotten eggs
A ' pelt him with a few —■
We're bavin' it 'round and 'round
Gwine to steal every Socialist vote
That's polled in this old town
Dad says the world wuz made in
a day.
Wuz made by Wood row Wilson,
An' Bryan made the moon &n<
... . .stars
An' sat the trains to whistlin'
Chieogo, Dec. 15.—Final count!
of the first nominating referen-
dum of the membership of tho
Socialist party shows that in spite
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NOMINATING
ERKKDVM.
RE-\
OUR R£BS.
T. B. Foster of Palestine,
a rush order for four Rebel bqmba
e e •
jf, T. Millisan of Robertson
, declination Eugene V. I)ebs|cottntv ,irps ^ foMr'
still leads with more than three ^
times ss msny votes as bit nearest D- A. BeU «f Knot county
competitor, however he will not I knock* with a^elub of four.
a°^iere are 86 nominations for \ Iff
positions on the nstional executive d.onk* ®f CoMho eouaty and lawk (
committee where five are to be|w* acalps.
elected.
The names of the leading nomi
nees for president, vice-president,
national executive committee and
natkfial secretary, with the num-
ber Of nominations received by
each are as follows;
For president: Eugene V. Debs,
468; Charles Edward Russell, 207;
Allan L Benson, 147; Emil Seid-
el, 90; Fred D. Wsrren, 82: Vie-, .-
tor L. Berger, 38; I Stitt Wilson
31; Seymour Stedman, 29; Cfeorgew'th a
R Kirkpatrick, 28; Arthur LeSu- dub of
eur, 15; James H. Maurer, 14, and , . ... • • •
Adolph (former. 10. , ?■ A .AU™.. WuMrw.
For vice-president: Broil Seidel, hi "n U e job. II.
Kate I >n a club Of four sgain tnis
* * •
Wm. Combs sends a rush owfer
from Hunt county for four coin**
of our famous mental dessert.
• I •
J. L. O'Hair, of Collingsworth
eounty, renews Us allegiance to
the Rebel army and sends a Hhb
of four. l.
• • j
W. P. H. Wilson, the sauey B/*b
Colquitt made the grass that grows
In our pasture on' the lane —
at once, so
work. Have written him to that
effect Things seem to be coming
A- _ ^ J
^Things Doing in Third.
Murt&ison, Tex., Dec. 20, 1915.
To the Soeialiste of the Third Dis-
trict >
In October, I sent out calls for
nominations for district secretary,
but this call resulted in no one be
ing nominated but myself, and I
did not deem it wise to spend the
slender funds of the district in con-
ducting an election. But remember,
that I will freely consider any m
tion from any local or member-at-
large, relative to this election,
i Also I will ssy, I have sent-out
calls ftr nominations for con
gmsman for this district, as we
are preparing to make the biggest
ffght for our congressional nom
inee that Capitalism has ever wit
■in ibb* tLH'-ict.
plan is, for our oongressipn
al nominee to make a scbo>ll-oc«e
' )aign ()f the entire eight eoun
and fir us la et Iwwt pT; up
and hel(. bi out with
local speakers and literature
Ipqimand
a . are organizing new locals
«t daily, so watch ftm the So-
cialist vote hi the Third disteictnn
1916.
Yours for Victory,
•V.'; }, . ' :
100. In all such preeineta certify
two judges and two clerks who
are members of the party.
The law says "THEY SHALL
BE FROM DIFFERENT POLI
TICAL PARTIES, IF PRAC^l
CAL." Do not trust to the Com
missioners Courts knowing the
names of our party members. SEE
THAT THEY «NOW MEN FOR
THESE OFFICES. THE ONLY
WAY YOU CAN BE SURE IS
TO FURNISH THESE NAMES
TO THE COURT. GO TO THE
COURT FEBRUARY TERM, ami
SEE that IT IS PRACTICAL^
ALSO CERTIFY NAMES OF
ONE JUDGE AND ONE CLERK
TO SERVE IN ELECTIONS
OTHER THAN "GENERAL,
LOCAL OPTION, OR PRI-
HARY" elections.
If you have no County Chair-
man, get busy and elect one, and
see that there is no fall-down
* Fraternally,
Arch Lingan,
Organizer 2nd Cong. Diat.
Johnson County Meeting
There will be a meeting of So-
cialists at the City Hall in Cle-
burne, 1:30 p. m. January 3, to
put out a county ticket. We want
all that fell like they are beinp
robed by the biggest political and
industrial machine in the world to
be with us.
Fraternally Yours,
J. W. Pritchard, Chairman
S. C., Johnson co
Jno. M. Killough, Sec Loca
Waco, writes like a true soldier o
the revolution who never gives up
Hear him:
"The intellect of the masses o
neople at Waco are so steeped with
the capitalistic ideas that they
have no room for socialistic ideas.
Various local reasons hsve
nled the movement here and for a
long time we have had no meeting
lace except at Comrade Trotr
ter's ho"*e. At times it looked like
would hare la aarrender our
charter, but a few of us were an*
xious to keep the camp fire barn'
ing. though small, with the hope
that the people would sometime
rallv to the work. I suppose it was
negligence that prevented us from
electing a delegate to the eomren-
at Waeo. One reason waa w
no member who cOuld atten<
v day except Svaday.
Jno. M. Killough
Made the sorghum cane.
tab Williams made our Billy goat
An the bushes where he's brow->
sin'
An' Stanley Clark an' Eugenn
Debs
Make Socialists by the thous-'
ands;
Joe Bailey made the sun to shinej
Champ Clark made the ocean, ;
Governor Ferguson made the akyj
An' the great perpetual motion
SEl
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248; Allan L, Benson, 130;
Richards O'Haro, I2X Fred D.
Warren, 109; Charles Edward
RuaseU, 106; J. Stitt Wilaon, 59;
James H. Maurer, 48;; George R.
Kirkpatrick, 43; Victor L. Ber-
38 ; Adolph Germer, 22; Ar-
ur IjeSueur, 21; George R.
Lunn, 19; Seymour Stedman. 19;,. ,
Duncan McDonald. 16; Meyer ty, opened Are on the donki, mth
London, 13; and Morris HiUquit,lthe Hrwvtser, and look fiv«
12.
For members of the National
Executive committee (five to bo
chosen): Victor L. Berger, 356;'
Adolph Germer, 327; Morris Hill
week.
9 • •
W. II. Conley, a red Rebel frftin
Okla., orders two bundles of a
hundred each arith which to elub
[the dying donka o! his state.
—.— ♦ ♦ ♦ ;
G. B Comptoa. of Panola conn-
prisoners of war.
1
Cone Johnson made the 'possum !
An' the gravey for,our tatera, !
An' Tom Ball made the big green
worms
That et up our termaters;;
The pros are makin' lots of noise
Down here in Looneytown,
They knock the hoope all off our
barrels,
Spill our beer upon the ground.
!
I'm scared to death at "The Re-,
bel",
I fear the thing is pizen.
Might cause old Pide to lose her
cud
An' keep the bread from risin'
Might bring HANTS to my room
at night
An' chase good luck away,
An', now, I bid you all good bye—
I've got no more to my.
Jud. Texas.
ABO LI MI INFORMATION DE-
PARTMENT.
quit, 319; James H. Maurer, 312;
Emil Seidel, 280; Arthur LeSueur
238 ; Kate Richards O'Hare, 201
George H. Goebel, 199; J. Stit
Wilson, 196; Allan L. Benson
132; Eugene V. Debs, 123; F
D. Warren, 19; L. E. Katterfield
Patrick, 101; Oscar Ameringer,
86; Anna A. Maley, 78; Charl
Edward Russell, 74; George R
J. T. Pitsgerald. another Ibuv-
derson couuty hustler, fires in it
club and predicts that his neck
of woods is going to,be heard fjfpui
in 1916.
J. A. Parmer, Qlenburn, Gal.,
I takes advantage of tho Rebel-
Pearsona Magazine offer and
adds: "The Rebel is the boss pa
I per on the land question.''
N. Mitchell, an Old Reliable of
Lunn, 73; John C. Kennedy, 721V*" Za^ made anotftftr
Meyer London, 65; John M. Work'lra,d on the d6ok ,oreeB thw week
Gov. James Ferguaoa told the
delegates to the recent conference
on marketing and farm credits
held in fcbieago how be is trying
to save Texaa from Socialism. He
said i " The only real
will come when ever
have his little
the only answer,
make to the
Socialists,
landlord.—
can
to
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The costly Information De-
partment" at the National Office
is UNNECESSARY. All its worth
while activities were handled by
the National Secretary satisfacto-
rily before the Department was or-
ganized. Gathering and giving in-
formation valuable to the Socialist
movement and helping our needed
officials will continue under the
direction of our Executive Secret*
ary after the "Department" ij
abolished.
The Information "Department"
was conceived in iniquity. At
least part of the reason for organ*
bring it was ibe 'desire of Berger
and Co. to chastlte John M. Worfc
Work had shown a surprising amf.
ount of backbone. He was the first
National Secretary to Jorce Ber.
ger's Wisconsin Social -Pemocracy
to comply with our National Con>
stitution and aend their Ust of Sec>
rctarics to the National Qffica
So, they "disciplined" Comrade
Work by taking away from him
functions th^t until then had ali-
ways belonged to the .National
Secretary. They made Barnes
campaign manager and Thompson
manager of an " Information , De>
partment."
The recent deplorable friction in
the National Office was an inevit-
able result of this division of
authority. There must be one res-
ponsible headl That head should be
the Executive Secretary. Abolish
the "Department"
This Information Department is
a COSTLY LUXtlRT. It has cost
'jsmsT" ^
Let's quit chasing butterflies.
Punt the lion.
Vote to abolish the lnf ormation
Department: Put. that
59; Carl D. Thompson, 43; Pa
Nagle, 41; Dan Ilogan, 41; Lewii
J. Duncan, 41; C. E. Ruthenberg,
39; Tom Hickey, 39 ; George D.
Brewer, 33; Fred W. Holt, 36;
Kate Sadler, 36; Job Harriman,
35; Walter Thomas Mills, 35 j
Henry M. Tichenor, 34; H. G.
Creel, 34; John Spargo, 32; A. M.
Simons, 30, and Seymour Stedman
30.
For National Executive Secre-
tary, Walter Lansfersiek, 408;
Carl I) Thompson, 210; John M
Work, 80; H. M. Sinclair, 41;
Kate Richards O'Hare, 38; Fred
D. Worren, 19; L. E. Katterfield,
18; John C. Kennedy, 13; Frank
Bohn, 13; lialph Korn^old, 11;
Frans Bostrom, 10; Robert B.
Itingler, 9; Anna A. Maley, 6;
Theodore Debs, 6, and Adolph
Germer, 6.
The first nominations were re-
ceived Nov. 10. The time for ret
ceiving nominations closed Dec.
10.
Many Will Withdraw.
Those nominated will be given
until Jim. 1, to accept or declinej
Tpe ballots will then be sent t<j
the membership immediately, elec*
tion closing about March 1.
The nomination of a presiden
tial candidate has been somewha
complicated by the declination o
Eugene V. Debs and by Chari
Edward |Russell 'a speech favorin
preparedness at Philadelphi
Soon after Debs' declination
steady stream of nominations foi
him continued to arrive. Rnssel'
Philadelphia speech caused manj
locals to withdraw their nominaT
tions. Allan L. Benfpn shown up
strong for president and vice-
president. Benson will likely ac
,<?ept for president-
There is an unusually larg^
number Of nominations for the nar
tionsl executive 4 committee. Vicr
tor L. Berger and Morris Hillquii
former members of the committee^
are first and third on the list, Ad'
olph Germer is second, and all thq
old members of the committee^
Germer, Maurer. Seidel, LeSueur,
and Goebel are not far behind
Kate RichardB O'Hare also re-
oeiyed 201 nominations for the
executive committee. She has ac*
cepted the vice-presidential nomi*
nation sod declined the xu
tion for executive comnuttee.
<£[ },•fiat.'IIF'- :.'.K
. w i'.'A t- '•. Vj.
and was succewful in taking eight.
s<alps.
• • •
J. B. Gauntt, one of the Hender-
son county live wires, sends in
another elnb this week and ahtn
remits for cards. Gomrade Canal t
believes in persistency.
• . • •
Among those who believe in
"preparedness" are Comrades K.
H. Spelty and Monroe Jones of
Jud, Texas. They plated their
figures three years ahead.
• • •
W. E. Doyle, one ef our Omage
county* sub hustlers, orders fflwr
cards while sending in a elub and
remarks: "Wo want to see if year
medicine won't take the crippifc
out of thfc heads ef the donkn
around here. They seem to be
sound otherwise.
• i •
B. F. Ezzell, an old reliable Rpb.
orders copies of No. 228 copttun-
ing proceedings of the Land
League convention and remarks
that he hopes that the sleepy ren-
ters will soon arouse.
• • •
Comrade Reddin Andrews, recent-
ly made an address at Baylor col-
lege in Waeo by invitation of the
faculty during anniversary exer-
cises of thst college «f which he
was president many ycare ago.
From there he went to Kaufuinit
county, making ten speeches lor
Socialism, after which, he will, be
at home for awhile. 0e sends in a
club to The.ftebd.
. <. •
Some eomradft Paduceh will
fail to get his Rebel because he
overlooked a very important <te-
tail; that of giving us his name
and address.
THE JINOO.
An anxious subscriber asked the
Rebel what is the origin of the
term "Jingp". lt originated fiwn
a music hall sotog like "A Lrtpf?
Way to T^pperary" and "was Rwrt
sung in England in the
"patriotic" war-fever in 1882 at
the time that Gladstone, the Eng-
lish Ifreswer, ordered the bombar-
dement of Alexandria, The ipflpain
'Tw^on^ant to fight but by
Jingo if we do
We*ve got tbe-ehipe, we've got the
«re a prodnel ot
SSTft
a horribb*
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