The Socialist Antidote (Granite, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, September 15, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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The Socialist Antidote
VOLUME 1; NUMBER 11
EVER ON THE alert for a possible addition to
the "Kumrids"' ballot strength, Debs' egotism
has found some relief in the following squeal to
the Democrats and Republicans: "We beat you
to it;" and seeing that he has, for once, struck
a popular note Debs' editorial zeal flew at the
subject like a spark on a tarred string and finding
no other argument that will hold water, as to why
women should cast their ballot in favor of govern-
ment dictated by infidels and blasphemers of their
Creator, this socialist editorial-puddler now
shrieks his rights to the woman-voter because of
"priority of demand!" He is unable to find a
suitable bait for this exacting class of voters, and
being sorely pressed he attacks this delicate sub-
ject in the following manner:
"Now that several million women have votes
the Republican and Democratic parties have
both baited their traps to catch these votes.
The Socialist party from the day it was or-
ganized, over half a century ago, has stood
staunchly for the political enfranchisement of
all the women of the world."
if*T*HE YEAR^&lo will be writ red by the bal-
Jl lots o^Socialists in the United States."—
Rip Saw.
Perhaps this will explain the many arrests
necessary at various "encampments" and "picnics"
which socialists of Oklahoma have staged recently.
Riots, booze, drunkeness, knife and gun frays and
almost every other disreputable thing has been
one of the most dominant attractions at these
festivities. And on top of this—almost every one
of these "shindigs" were dated so as to include
the Sabbath day—the day set aside as a Day of
Rest and one in which we are especially admonish-
jd to worship the Lord. Friends, does the life
which the average socialist leads—and this in-
cudes his moral life, ideals and willingness to
setter the moral conditions and environments for
he future good of man—give you cause to believe
hat to be allied with th^ socialist party, thence its
platform and leaders, is an act which causes a man
;o be a better man, to have higher and more nobler
deals and to be willing for his rewards to be in
ceeping with his merits and qualifications? No.
t is the opposite. Thoroughly infected with so-
:ialism, he becomes indolent, caring naught for the
opportunities to better himself and the country
>f his fatherland, which are wasted with the pas-
ing of every moment. Days of labor and that
lappy feeling incidental to the pride one has in
he thought that it is well done, and the reward
ind unequaled happiness of the home and loved
>nes—all these are abandoned and cast to the
vind when a man falls a victim to those smooth-
ongued deceivers, and accepts the whole of so-
ialism. Then he takes to the street corners, the
oap boxes and the "local's" headquarters to spend
lis time in attempts to destroy rather than im-
►rove our government and all it carries with it
hat was so dearly bought by the blood of our
ore-fathers. Yes, if the influence of such men
s Debs, Tichenor, Stallard and other socialist
eaders, can prevail, the year 1916 would be paint-
d red indeed—much to the satisfaction of these
exploiters. But such will not be the case, for the
rolf has been revealed and the American people
GRANITE, OKLAHOMA, SEPTEMBER 15, 1910
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* The Stallard, Hicks and Debs tribe of so- *
* cialists apparently wish to obtain by means *
* of collective regulation, |control and or- *
* ganization a labor day in which they will go *
* to work at twelve o'clock,!leave off at one, *
* and have a full hour in the meantime, allow- *
* for dinner. *
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will crush him and his keepers so completely that
even the hoped-for "red" will take on a ghoulish
"hue," "Kumrids will cleanse themselves of their
sins and begin again, with the knowledge that
God lives and the opportunities he has created
the world-over are greater than ever, and then
when every man shall have started afresh, we
shall see our government's faults remedied and
systems improved rather than destroyed.
ARE REMINDED of a popular song of
TV the day, and which, bV right, the band
should play at every socialist "picnic," "encamp-
ment" or other hog wallowing—"Don't Bite the
Hand that's Feeding You." One phrase in partic-
ular is very fitting, and the autho>* must have
had in mind some low-down, ungrateful person,
such as Editor Debs and his blasphemous sheet—
the "Rip Saw." Never a page, never a column
but what this blaspemer boasts of his traitorous-
ness to the hand that is feeding him—and doing it
well, too. What can be the effect on a man who
reads such expressions as the following, every
day? Will he not lose faith in his government
and his country? Then if he loses faith in his
government and the country in which he lives, will
he not also lose faith in his fellow-men? There-
by the man is ruined—no incentive for bettering
his country and helping his fellow men, no desire
to lend any assistance in the upbuilding of his
community's moral and financial standing—just a
wreck, a burden on his fellow-men and an un-
grateful cur which snaps at the hand that feeds
him. Who is it that brings about this disastrous
condition? It is the men YOU AID when you
contribute to the support of socialist speakers and
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NOTICE! *
All anti-socialist people are requested to *
write me at once if you need an experienced *
man to speak or debate the socijrligts. If *
the socialists in your community get too *
smart and want to debate, call their chal- *
lenge and let me come and doctor them. I *
dare any socialist anywhere to debate this *
proposition, which I will affirm:
"Resolved: That socialism is a system of *
rank infidelity, negro equality, fr*e love *
and anarchy.** *
G. C. PARHAM, aff. •
Neg. •
(Hobart, Okla. *
ISSUED MONTHLY
propaganda. Indirectly, Mr. American, you are
doing much towards bringing about such condi-
tions when you give of your means to "help these
socialist speakers defray expenses, etc." It is
striking deadly blows at the heart of your own
community when you aid these exploiters in any
manner whatever. Stop before it is TOO LATE.
We earnestly seek your aid in repulsing socialism
and its deadly, fitentions, and it is only by virtue
of such that we can ever hope to restore these
men and women to saneness and to an understand-
ing which will lead them to desire to better our
country rather than destroy it. Read the follow-
ing from the traitorous pen of Eugene V. Debs,
editor of the Rip Saw, a paper ef dangerously
large circulation. Despite his truitorousness,
Debs has the nerve to ask the people of the State
of Indiana to elect him to the high office of Con-
gressman, representing that state, to have a part
in the making of the laws which govern our na-
tion. God forbid that such men be allowed to in-
sult the halls of our reverenced capitol with their
debased presence. People of America, the wolf
is in your midst and he has been pointed out—
help us crush him before he has further opportuni-
ty to kill and destroy!—
"Slowly but surely order Is being restored
in Mexico, and that without the unwarranted
and impertinent meddling of the United Stat-
ed government. President Wilson is not eager
to invade Mexico and he has made this very
plain in his recent speeches. He had his
fingers burnt in the Vera Cruz blunder and he
is not anxious to reapeat the experiment. He
has satisfied himself beyond question that the
American people will not tolerate Mexican
invasion to enrich American pirates who have
already stolen everything they could get their
covetous clutches on.
"Carranza has proved beyond question that
the killing of the Americans at Santa Ysabel,
which created such a furore on this side, was
due entirely to the bulldozing tactics of
Charles Watson, the American slave-driver,
who, if he was like the brutal corporation
bosses in Michigan, West Virginia and Color-
ado, inviteded his fate and was responsible for
the death of his followers.
"We are with Mexican revolutionists heart
and soul and against any attempt on the part
of the United States government to suppress
the uprising of the robbed and landless mil-
lions of that sorely-tried nation.
"Vive la Revolution Mexicane!"
A SPOILED PROPERGANDER
At the Socialist encampment at Hammon last
week, a member of that party vehemently dis-
cussed with Judge McMurtry the wonderful Merits
of the "Propergander," asserting that there is
no road to Elysium except the one to be blazed
by the Socialists.
The Judge always careful and precise in his
remarks, answered: "With wheat at $1.25, hogs
ct $9.00, beef cattle away up yonder, and every
man supplied with a good job if he wants it, they
have just about played h—1 with your "proper-
gander."—Clinton Chronicle.
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Stone, Logan. The Socialist Antidote (Granite, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, September 15, 1916, newspaper, September 15, 1916; Granite, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc279730/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.