The Working Man (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 21, 1910 Page: 2 of 4
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THE WORKING M A N
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Lawton, Okla., April, 22, 1910.
DOES TRADE UNION-
ISM COME FIRST?
By ROBERT HUNTER.
We Soc ialists are fast revising our
views, indeed the revision is pro-
ceed.a£, a bit Leo fast.
Vesterday We were extremists 011
one side, tomorrow we promise to be
e..tromLts on th ecthcr side.
John O'Neill, editor of the Miners'
ne. said recently, "that it was
idle to talk of political unity while
the workers were divided on the
economic field."
"It is consoling philosophy," he
said, "that tells us all we have to do
is to march up to the ballot box on
election (lay. But other things are
necessary.
"We must have unity in the shops,
mills and factories. We must be thor-
oughly educated and organized. We
must be alert, must be prepared at all
times to resist encroachments.
"Blind protest voting will solve
nothing. Otir emancipation will not
come from the sky nor from the
manipulation of little slips of paper
called ballots. Get the workers into
the unions.
"We arc slowly rejecting the the-
ory," he said, 't'hat political action
alone Is necessary."
Now these are the words of a
sturdy Socialist! John o'Neill has
fought a good fight and what he says
is worth giving ear to.
And we must recognize the fact
that in this case speaks th§ view
of thousandj of oth*r spoti Social- .
S*U. We have gone :o one eairtaie, j
c.;n! now v.o ar« or* the point of go- •
ins to the othor extreme. j
Now, luea and movements that 4* 1
to 01:0 extreme are likely to awing J
about ru. l the other extreme. .
Hurho Ft I u.-ed to be the moat ria-
lent revolutionist in the Socialist
movet ot i-lurope. The other day
ho left tho Italian Socialist party to ■
support the now capitalist cabinet. !
John Burns, was, iu his ycuuger j
days, a racing lion, today he is mora j
conservative than Winston Church-,
ill and Lloyd George, two liberal poJ- j
... i
iti< Jaus.
Arlutldc i-'riand used to be a vio-
lent "direct attionist," nothing but a
general stiT.c and insurrection would
satisfy his revolutionary soul. To-
day ]>ria:ul is premier of France.
'ihe extremist is an extremist even
when he turns from a revolutionist
into a conservative.
1 do not mean to say that O'Neill
is of this type—far from it. i only
mean to gay that with lrovemcuts as
with men, extremism is dmgerrtis.
Join O'Neill and othci Socialists
all over America arc beginning to
Fee tint political action will not solve
everything. And that ' true.
Ti e n 'stake wa> n.adc 11. going to
the firvt extreme. \Vj ought nev;r
to have said that political action
re w: s necessary.
We o ight never to have derided
the ail' ) s. jeered at their weakness*
c-f®. or muckled at the. - every mis-
fake.
That was the first error aud a ter-
iible car. It was ai error 1 e <!cr-
i.ans made at first although they
soon squared themselves.
And it is a fact that in no other
country has this error persisted as it
has in America. And it is also a fact
that if we continue to persits in this
error we shall create a situation that
will put back Socialism for many
years to come.
We shall see able and valiant work-
ing class Comrade like John O'Neill
abandoning this folly and turning to
the other extreme. They will then
try to build up an economic move-
ment, while ignoring the political
movement.
And after going to that extreme we
shall have to come back again, after
a few years, to the work of build-
ing up a political movement.
Surely, it is as possible in this
country as it has been in other coun-
tries to have unionists and Socialists
constantly urge the necessity of bota
political and economic unity.
Without both political and econo-
mic unity the working class will le-
mafn hobbled, unable to move with
any force or decision.
Tte fact is the working class must
build up two powerful organizations
and wield two powerful weapons, and
those who strike in unity must also
vote In unity.
\\> must hive Socialists a:?*1 trad a
i;M"nistH brothers aud comru !. • iu
the tainc fight. We must make tl.em
tiinu together. backing e*< lx other
.ay i nd night in rite common battle.
W'c must allow he economic n ova
ment freedom to work out it* own
destiny, In its own way, and give it
every support, aid and comfort that
lies in our power.
And we must ask freedom also for
ourselves to develop our own meth-
ods of action, and the union move-
ment should give the party every
support, aid and comfort that lies In
! 1.4 power.
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The Working Man (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 21, 1910, newspaper, April 21, 1910; Lawton, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc123125/m1/2/: accessed May 14, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.