Sword of Truth (Sentinel, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 7, 1913 Page: 1 of 4
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"Yea, a Sword shall pierce through thy own soul into, that the thought-; of miny heart# miy be reward."—Lulu-. 2-35.
'Ai>d ye shall know the Truth, and the Truth rhall make you hee."—John ®*32.
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Vol. 1, No. 34
SENTINEL, OKLAHOMA, WRDNKSDAY, MAY 7, 1913
W. W. HORNBECK, Editor
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Socialism in Franc*-.
To Female Workers.
Oklahoma State Bank j
The Bank that gives
satisfactory service.
Your business solicited. J. R. DeBusk, Cashier.
j THESE THINGS MUST BF. DONE.
I BY j. A. SYM«>ni>S.
u These things shall be! a loftier race
I Than e'er the world hath known shall rise
With flow'r of freedom in their souls
-And light of science in their eyes.
They shall be gentle, brave and strong.
To spill no drop of blood, but dure
All thaCmay plant man's lordship firm
On earth, and fire and soa-and ail
| Nation with nation, lanji with landT
Unarm'd shall live as comrades free;
1 In ev'ry heaij. and brain shall throb
'Jim pulse of on** fraternity.
® New arts-shall bloom of loftier mould
I And mightier music thrill the Uies,
f And ev'ry life shall be a gong,
I When all the earth is paradise
These things they are no drean - l yllb;
I For happier men when we are .••one;
These golden days for them slmi <t i\vti.
| Tianscending ought v.e gaze ir ion.
The Cnminft Naiion. ~ ||Y J. R. NICKItM
At. the recent National Con- h f orking woman or a work-
t gress of the French Socialist j jng gitI were asked whether she
+ j party, held__at Brest, all other received wages sufficient to pro-
I business was pushed to one side vide herself with plenty of whole-
J to consider the threatening mHirjsmne food, suitable clothing, and J
J tary situation. , a comfortable hwme. the .••nswet. j!
The Congress protested against i j,, , -s. wou!< I l \ "N--.' ;j
increasing the term of military i.uul the vould'tie emi'hal |
j service, avowed its friendship:^ if j;0d whether her em i
for Germany, rejected the cry p|< treat her with respect,'
| for "revenge" in regard to Icensi deration and fairness, the!
I Alsaco-Lourraine, and called up- would be uttered with
ion the Socialists in parliament t?> equal, or even greater emphasis, j
•conduct an energetic campaign; "There are. perhaps, no otJ*r
toilers who become so tired, so)
The First National
: BANK:
Capital *nd Stockholders' Liability $50,000.00
Operating under the supervision
of the United States Government
"in favor of a Franco-German
lagicement, international courts
of arbitration, national militia
j and against the three year mili-
tary service."
The party membership has in-
creased 5,245 in the hist year.
The party now has a majority in
"•4 counties formerly it was
only liiV. The Socialists- have a
minority representation in 400
municipal councils, ami the num-
ber of Socialist Municipal Coun-
< iJors in France exceeds ^,000.
There are 8)7 Socialist mayors.
F. A
MoSHKU, President. M. L. Mosher, Vice-Pres.
J. W. Lam bright, Cashier.
-What it Offers.
' '.lifornin S'njftl Democrat.
exhausted, bo depressed, so dis-
eon raged, as women and girls. —————
i v\ho work for a living; none. Socialism
fwhether employed in store, mill
lor factory, whose wages are
mure meager, or who have to, lioes Socialism offer anything
i s',i.«mit to greater indignities. |f" thp nia" who neve
J The conditions surrounding'1(1 see ^ rejd'zpd.
[them are often immoral, some-
time* even vile, and nearly al-
vv: . linliealthful
The Waste of War.
The Socialist press has been
educating the public along this
xpi'cts ''nP* H,>d now comes the capital-
ist Oklahoman with this broad*
side:
Oklahoma is so far from the
sealmard that navy affairs seem
I It offers him a ratiooa4-concep-
ition of life, based on facts; a
i correct interpretation of history,, ~___
..nth. otind. logical explanation ^reign to our every-
ihnr hvs are one eternal inf t,,.. phenomeila of our prosent day affairs. And we give little
:)nd rh y are ev under sur ,.iu[ (i..(,c>r jt offprs |,jm :i thought to matters pertaining
Snyder, Oklahoma,
- April 2 J. 101 'i.
veitlan. e. Th-■, are humiliated^. wledj?e of Lhi. , , in uhjdl to battleships and the cost there-
1 w v feeded up to the limit 5UKj of the that of. Yet we pay our share of the
io« . ndmrim. e. They drudge to i,|otormine his existence as a eiv- n:lvy maintenance and getting
Dear Comrades:
Socialist "Treason."
Here is the "treason." the
"immorality" and the irrelig-
iY)n" of Socialism. It is the
pledge trkor by Socialists on
A Cause lor Alarm
California Social Denioi r.il.
There is one peculiar feature
•of the ever-increasing Socialist
vote in this country which pluto-
•r">h ".idjioliticians cannot un-
joining the party, the only obli-1 tferBtiirnl. and what the human
gation they do Take. It is bad spocies can not undei stand it >s j
only in that it is bad lor old line jnci;n<.t| to fear.
politics and the robbery of the ^ cupitalist c\u^
worker; henchmen, tlu
Art Appeal t< Women
> for a pittance that will fur-
it meager nourishment for th<
.dgj^y of tomorrow. They
Iskimp and economize, and de-
lam calling upon the wi.menj ,, vl. themselves of the plainest
members of the Socialist party n<H.0i ;l:,.And, to what pur
to co-operate with the Woman's L,, .,,? Simply to live, to o*ist.
State Committee to get the j t„ drud^' on to the end, With no
women of this state interested t-vtaiif.fife's sweetness, nohoj>e
in Sialism.. For that reason, life's fuller joys.
I am writing to each hK*al secre-j
tary, as it seems to l e the only
; :o fr iit the l<jcals_
J'he Woman's Committer
iliz
war, the cost of both
mounts into big fig-
ready for
of which
ures.
One thousand and fifty dollars
is what it costs to tire one shot
from a W-inch gun of the United
man. It offers him a con-
ception of life which elevates
him in his own estimation, gives
him ambition a great aim and
purpose ami his actions a higher
meaning than that of merely
i living to produce goods for oth- States navy. H the damage to
' >rs the gun—$555—is added, the
it offers him an ideal lofty ^nount wouJd run to ^i1'606-
That sum would pay a first-rate
( nough to serve him as a guidin„
"Bleak are their lives, meagei j ^t-iLr on his lile voyage, and com- fot
i tueir portion.' prehensive enough to gratify the
iKV'V. itavim'n of soui U* t ";^,
I , , there is a movement abroad j,iphtooUsness and social JustW.
should be organized by this time! jn thf. ,Rnd t() bettt,r lhcir condi.
I and should he present at -< *ery
A man's life is empty if he has
I, , .■ „ , ■ . , J ti-m, to better the condition of Inothing to hope for, nothing to
|ocal mating, get^maintwland | ,, ^ ^ movement strivf, for nothinir 0 work for
. politician, may 1,10%-ise ways and means of got-;.. . ^ M t!l , 1 r: noini"K , " rK or'
"Mho under,,Kned. rccoKn.z- w<,„ fl,ar „,ls: Tl„. Swullls, | ljm, w„m,:n , "•'t '■■ ■•''■' J-' .,V < ~ l'"" " "T l,51'r!"'!
ingthe class struggle between^j);u.lv n( vei. Uuys a vot4i ^otld ,md ..hMiiiu the htai s, h,„ ,:l|,sm provides what is
the capitalist class and the work- thoul?h thorea(,. ll0W thousands Thiv «. -m.i t-.t-.,! • Many kno,v .t u ••!• needed in this resect.
ing class and the necessity of of yc^nlists in oOice in the
the working class constituting
itselLinto a political party, dis-
ous states, no ballot for them
was ever (igrehased by promise
• wiis c\cr y\ii I'liiiM'ti t y
tinct from and opposed to all of lutui0 .-molument to th. voter.
parties formed by the capitalist
( lass, hereby declare that I have
severed my relations with all
other parties; that I endorse the
platform and constitution of the
Socialist party, including politi-
cal action, and hereby apply for
admission to said party.
Indeed, no Socialist candidate
can promise a job to any man,
for such offices as are to be ti Met I
by appointment within the pow-
committee should take
charge of social affairs of the lo-
val, always however, with thf
co-operation of the men. It
should gite.special invitations to
th" wiwu of the cotmiiunfiy tc
iheM' affairs and try to get
them interested.
When the committee wants l<
er of an ehnsted Socialist official j l ain1 money for literature and
are not his to give. They can be
filled only with the sanction of
tthe rank and file of his party.
The Socialist jiarty never pur-
chases a vote in any other way:
neither with money, whiskey,
beer, cipnrs or promise. It n* v-
class solidarity? "f " man
A Great Example
by chkstkr a. wright
It is a splendid lesson that has
come to us from Belgium in the
last few days. When has there
been nobler „„ .!«.,•
When has there been finer de ?he unss.on of the Socialist
votion to principle? Close to P^rty is to educate the v, ■■•;.
500,000 people have ffllded their class and those whose mb-ve is
•arms and refused to work until are allied with the wage earned,
they can secure manhood suf- to a knowledge ol#the.r politicnl
frage. Realize what that means class interests. It teaches a
in a country so small geographi- scientific theory oi ;.m..l evolu-
callyas is Belgium! It means tion, a sound phijos..ph.\ and in-
solidarity-class solidarity of the teri... (at .on of history, a v;|,n.
sort that lasts! And class soli- of political ecowon.v whu li , un-
darity is what we must have ev- controvertible. When the work-
er.vwhere before we can build
the co-operative commonwealth!
M«ire power to the brave Bel-
gians and may Americans-work-
ing people watch them closely!
for its own use, it should give
some sort of social, such as>bo\-
supj ers, pie puppors or oyster
suppers, which will almost, al-
ways ha*ve good crowds.
Non-members ol the commit-
tee should not be permitted to
er even asks for a vote for the take part in any business meet-
vote's sake - for the mere pur-1 ing of the committee, but thc>
hould have a voice in those
things which do not require
in
lm
"No statesman has ever said
there should be no government'
at all. Anarchy is at one ex
treme, and pantheistic despot-
ism, which is the absorption of
the people into one man. is the
sovereign at the other. All gov-
ernments contain the two oppo-
site tendencies and were either
attraction or repulsion, centrid
power or individuality to disap-
pear, civil order would lie crushed /he politician fear such a vote
or dissolved." - Bancroft, in his
' History of the United States," Sword of Truth one year joe
tion by the committee
ness meetings.
I am going U ask each woman '
member to get busy and do her
share of the work. 11 vou are
not willing to work, you are no;
better than a capitalist. Vou
I are riding on the backs of those
who do work.
i Men .have said that women
b«ve not the br:dns to- under-
stand economic questions. Let
us show them that we have the
brains ami can use tuem to
change the system that is mak-
ing criminals and tramps of our
ir girls to l>e-
come prostitutes. We have not
a vote as yet, but that will not
prevent us from doing our share.
j others know it only vaguely, and
there are yet a few who do net
i Know it at all, but whether they
! know it or not, it is. neverthe-
i less, true. I ^
Fift\ million j eople aA> behind J tvlieet u.■! need- of ci
I this wonderful movement, fifty
| million workers crying for free-
i dom. It is a movement colossal
I in proportions and overwhelming
fin numbers. It transcends every
j other movement of civilization,
I and ]w rtends mure to the human f <
; race. Jt is sweeping onward likel
a mighty tide. No hand can
stay it. No power can stop it.
Its mission is peace, emancipa-
tion, justice, cc operation, fel-
lowship.
You, working women; you,
working girls, you toilers the
world over.' This is your move-
ment-, it is yours and it tor
three
years, or it would give a boy a
four years' course at a good .ool*
lege or universify.
Fifty-five thousand, five hun-
dred and sixty nine dollars is
what the United States pays for
a 13-inch cannon. That is much
more than many a highschool or
church or social center costs.
. I'h. bill for a super-dreadnougy
of the old ideals that can no Ion- 13 $15,000,000, which would build
ot withstand th- criticism of new homes at $2,500 each,
modern knowledge and well-
■iwii facts, and satisfy the in-
It would h
imagine that theliT
mofi man is bare of
tun I interest, or th
pabh' of acquiring
d that needed fo
. The study .of Socialism,
off ere iim splendid opjx>rt uni ties
tu ifet .in touch with the larger
life of which his iivlf idual ttte
is but a small part, to acquire a
wealth of sountl thoughts and
of the com-!
dl inb-llec- (
he is mca-1
knowledge i
[Ti* his daily I
motiv
Th<
erv
oiuiei .sl:ilid.-> Sociidmln be
votes the Socialist ticket; his
vote is no longer for sale; it car
not In? houirht. It becomes an
intelligent vote, a vote for prin-
ciple. No blind following of [boys and forcinj
leaders; no devotion to pett<
bosses^ no sui>eretition accept-j
anee of foolish piditical formulas; I jjt>( ^ work to help.make Ok
no voting because "father voted |u|lomu 'T11M FIRST SOCIAL-
that ticket" is to be found in the 1ST STATK."
ranks of the SacjaUst pi rtv. ^vljimllj \ i.urs,
,! MRS. M. A. Staliahd,
An intelligent, an edueat«U W(;m.AU>a State Cen^s^mdet.r,
vote is the fnost dangeroys thing
in a democracy-to the rulinp llrjtatll> n,,. United . k
classes. Lstfites and Tui key are about the j iivin
Well may the plutocrat amt "nly counti-les that have m.tl Yei
you. _ j
It will alxiiish the system un-!
der which the few have too much
and the many have too little, and
establish a condition under which
all can have plenty.
it will make the home, the
shop, the mill, the factory, sani-
wu v and wholesome. It will ele-
vate the worker, and make lal or
, instead of an irk:
and
>s for
wors
ignoi
it. Sound
emancipate)
ble source
Socialism is the
the working pe
th<>
er.
ene*
a pleasure, instead ot an irksome
duty.
It will guarantee to your child
— to. ever;, child t>orn into the
world fruition of its (nxl-!j,'iv*)n
rights, inherent b> berth.
It will make full manhood and ]
Cull womanhood possible. it!
will make jt u free.
It will let you L.tand out in tho
[ sunlight and breathe the iir ol j
Heaven. j
It wilt make lil
Appe
potulen
miners
Arkans
i become
j He doe?
! farmer
I to K
"lam tohl that if all receive
ante pay under Socialism it
mid destroy ambition. That
groat mistake to 1 oungman would not study *
-ngineering when he could make
just as much as an unskilled
workman."
In the first place Socialism
does not necessarily mean equal
remuneration. If it is to be
'Mual it is liecau.se the whole
IHM.ple want it equal. If it is
not equal it wili be in accordance
with the product of the individ-
ual and not in the nature of prof-
its, so that the inequality will be
iiiitedifferent from the inequal-
ities of today. But suppose all
was equal still" it would follow
that the skilled 'Worker would
necessarily be placed at the head
>f things. He would have the
position of honor, the place
w here he can exercise his individ-
uality and originality. This is
light- th,. joy of work, and would, in
all probability, cause greater and
more honest effort-than we have
today where men make shoddy
things simply for profits.—Ap-
peal to Reason.
gain noble
there!
action.
? slavery is the slrtv-
nnce. Let us destroy
knowledge is a great
\ and an inexhausti-
ol' happiness. And
great teacher of
pie of our times,
antl thf
on: A corres-
calls t n the distressed
>f West Virginia togo to
is and take up land and
independent fnwners.
n't say how many of the
of Arkansas' are inde-
The census fig-
Si' per cent of the
Ithfs is yoi
government owned railroads, land it is for you.
|The Anglo-Saxons will have to not already done
SJ quit boasting or uke make a ranks,
to. ^change.—Ex. I It i« Socialism,
n th thf
\ ement,
ou ha\t
join it;
pendent now.
ures show that
homes of that state are rented
today, and 7 per cent of the re-
mainder are mortgaged. It
would lie a very fine thing for
nny
Alaska has adopted woman suf-
frage because nearly half of the
people there are imbued with the
Socialist philosophy and the oth-
ers are not willing to get in bad |
with the women.
| the miners, who haven'
j to walk to Arkansas,
|a credit when they hni
credit, pay 40 j>er cent
to the real estate man
[come independent! Yc
Ulcal idea, isn't it'.'
Appeal to Reason: It is an-1
nouneed that the Morgan estate I
will reach $100,000,000. A list I
of nis stocks and bonds, as pub-|
buy land on li shed some time ago, runs the|
I 't any total up to nearly $1000,000,t)
Lerest ten times the amount give
You see there is to lie an i
n<' tax assessed and they yvant
prac- , ;iye up on the estates that
tribute to the campaign
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