The Rebel (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. [6], No. 303, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 26, 1917 Page: 1 of 4
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Entered as second-das* matter July J,
1911, at the postoffice at Halletts-
ville, Tex., under act of Mar. 3, 1879.
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HAJLLETT8VILLE, TEXAS, SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1917.
No. 303
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8001AUS1S COMING
1ft XU ittJOR OWN.
Htckey was kidnapped by gunmen. Full
in next issue (No. 304.) Get a bundle
at 1c per copy. Spread the story.
IALL TO ACTION
Rebels to the front. Weaklings
tiis raw. The greatest of all
ttl®i it on—the battle for demo-
Ths powen that be are
to trample into the dust all
be common rights of man; they
kit violating every principle of
waoonay in their mad attempt
the great woridng-d**
Into aljeet slavery.
Sacred rights vouched safe to
as by our grandsires are being
ruthlessly taken from us. What
ire yon going to do about it?
Are you going to stand idly by
ted without a protest see:
Free Speech killed
Free Press killed.
Free Assemblage killed.
AH good teachings destroyed.
God's commandments outlawed.
All good ideas forever entomb-
ed.
And the rights of men dead,
iamnod and doomed
sage of solidarity and brother-
hoof We need your aid; can we
depend upon you?
WHAT IS EXPECTED OF YOU.
Comrades I here call your at-
tention to a fact that Comrade
Hickey would not permit me to
do, if he were here. It is this:
Comrade T. A Hickey was born
in Ireland more than 45 years ago
and has not a relative in Amerira
within the sonscription age, and
had he been selfish enough he
could have excused himself on the
ground that it was not a fight of
his, but that was not the ease with
Hickey, who believes:
That he is true to God
Wha's true to man
Where'er wrong is done
To the weakest and to the hum-
blest;
'Neath the all beholden sun
That wrong to us also is done,
And they are slaves most base
Whose love of right is for them
selves
And not the entire race.
Now that Hickey has risked all,
life and liberty, for you and your
sons, is it asking too much of you
to ask that you do all you can to
spread his message opposing the
foroes of destruction.
Xn the next issue of The Rebel
will appear the greatest story
ever written by Hickey. He will
tell all about the cur-like manner
in which he was kidnapped to
&EBEL EDITOR KIDNAPPED.
From Hallettsville New Era.
Never 'before in the history oi
the Socialist, movement in Aim*
ica have we found Socialism so
widely discussed as at present.
The muszled press much to its
chagrin has to place and keep the
record of Socialist activities na-
tionally and internationally on
the front page. We see the great
'nun of Russia—the Minister of
Justice is a Socialist; we read that
mightiest move ever taken for the
the revolution in Russia,
mightiest move ever taken for the
T. A. Hickey, editor o
The Rebel published here, w .
Kidnapped May 17. from his
wife's farm near Brandenburg
M'.uovvnll comity, from whic<
point lie hail t een editing Ins p
i-er since the general election 1.
.HI. 4 letter to ini**«• fiice writt
ny rcirrnves stated that he w
liken in custody bv armed inc.
, ><vly le.ler.il olticer*. i
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ing informed of the charge
against him— if any. A large
amount of copy which Mr. Hickey
had just finished writing and was
in the act of jailing to this office ■ to accompany the labor-hating
was taken by the men who took Root to Russia. All eyes are turn-
him in charge. ! ed on Copenhagen and the entire
Later press dispatches state wor,d Mkg what win theHe 8o
that Mr. Hickey was permitted to
Tidings oi Joy.
Ah, then my friends, sure it is
nobody but myself that comes to
you with the glad news this fine
May morning while the dew is on
the grass and all nature is attun-
ed to ev*i7 thing that's splendi-
ferous except the war and the
Democratic administration.
The news is enough to make the
feeble walk erect, put breath in
thevJ$dy of a conscriptive, make
the*ged jump fences, bring ligh:
the'to the maiden's eyes until you
could light damp matches on
liberty of a down-trodden people them; and make everybody feel as
was achieved by the Socialists in if their rich grand-uncle had died
the Dinha and behind the barri-
cades. We witness the greatest
ovation ever accorded to a for-
eigner tendered to the ex-*Premier
of France, the Socialist Viviani*.
we ee the conservative Socialist
Schidamn made vice chancellor of !
Germany; we learn that Wilson is
in despair trying to find a Social
ist who will so demean himself as
give bond in the sum of $1000 to
cialists do for Peace. In America
Te know the loyal Rebs who
tve fought so valiantly in days
one by will not ostrich-like .ra-
the fight at this critical mo-
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appear before the federal grand-niuqfi to the amazement of the
jury at Abilene on October 1. It trogfydoties the Socialist party
seems from the latest reports that wa8 the only party to come out
the federal authorities are trying fiat .footed against conscription,
to connect Hickey with the men . •
arrested at Snyder, Texas, and P .
other points in that section can policies $f the administration.
and left them such mighty riches
as a barrel of flour or a bushel of
Irish potatoes.
Ilnsh now and hold your breath
until I impart to you—Ready, al'
right. here goes—The Standard
Oil Company is to be "busted"
again. '1
What need we care now about
the lT-boats, the Kaiser, the war
and conscription t What of it if
the Donks do make convicts out
of our boysf Are we not about to
strike the oil shackles from the
limbs and breast of fair Colum
bia t Suppose we have ousted the
gol darned thing 55 times and
made their stock jump skyward
each time and caused the gas and
oil to soar to ilizzy heights; sup-
pose we did, I say, suppose Jawn
Root Kouts in
Russlfc
The Rebel expects to read in th«
reptile press a head on the "
pages like th« above over a
of the conception that Elihu
will receive when he goes from
this country to ss high set ss high
commissioner to Rossis. If the
Russion revolutionists do not
trest him with cold contempt or
cold eggs we will very much mis«
our guess. The appointment of
this arch reactionist is a direct
insult to the new democracy of
Russia. That the President has
appointed him is only another
proof of the gangrened condition
of the Democratic party.
Who is Rootf He broke into
prominence when a yonng man in
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an unsuccessful attempt to keep
Ross Tweed of Tammany Hall out
of the penitentiary. Since that
time h« has been the power be-
hind the trust kaisers, teaching
them how far they can loot the
American people and keep on the
right side of the prison bars.
charged with conspiracy against The blind onrs have had their j laughed at us in his sleeve, bap
the government. eyes opened and see that it was
The arrested at Snyder aru «^0cialist« in Ireland at the
not Socialists nor aro they liebel DnMin |u( am, h
readers, but it is alleged by fed-1 ° J
tized Bailey in Kerosene and pull-
ed the whiskers out of Cabbage
Lodge and 69 other senators, sup-
As U. S. Senator from New
York he sought to deny political
sanctuary to all those Russian ex-
iles who had escaped from the
clutches of the Cossacks of the
Czar. He is the man who sought
to have returned to the gallows of
Siberia Jon Pouren and Rudowitz,
the men who sought to organise
the Russian revolution five years
ago.
Klihu Root is the coldblooded,
eral spies that they belong to an
Socialists of Australia at the bat-
organization known as the Farm- tie of ballots that beat down con-
getheSTwith other red-hot articles.1 <;r* anfl Laborer's Protective scription in these countries. It
know I'ea8ue. a secret organization, a<- was the Socialists of Finland
w^t^MTMCt^Fire to'vow'or por{l'nK to t,le sPies' t,lat
den for bmdlie of 100, 1000^ t0 ;'on8"r'Pt'"" fe"''
5000, or more If yon can. Any ^ .'".I";
and all sized orders will be filled
HOW TO FIGHT.
While the bullet and bayonet
playing havoc with the physL
framei of man today, ana
they can never deitroy is—
>£AS. We have the ideas, let
spread them until the goal—
)ar ideal Is readied and the
of bullets and bayo-
are dethroned.
But fhtt before we can spread
ideas we must see that our
ci aPreading them—free
'press and assemblage—is
from us. We must ex-
these* rights freely at all
at the rate of one cent per copy.
Orders for 40 week sub cards of
four or more, will be sent at the
rate of 25 cents each. Order a
dozen a$ once and sell them later
if you can't get a elub right
away.
Get in line and let us put The
Rebel circulation above the HUN-
DRED THOUSAND mark and see
what a mighty influence it will
have for Peaoe and Justice. Let
the war dogs know that you are
going to stand by your friends.
contempt for their
men belonging to the above men
tioned organization were allowed
bail but on the other hand were
taken to Dallas where they will
be held for trial in federal court.,
Just on what grounds the au-
thorities are trying to connect the
Rebel editor with any secret or-
ganization is a puzzle to both Mr
Hickey and the general public,
who know him to be a fearless
out spoken man who is willing at
any time to sacrifice his liberty ,
in championing the cause of hu 1
manity, liberty and justice. Many
think that it is a frame up on the
where they control the parliament
that put the pep in the Russian
revolution; it is the Socialists of
Austria Hungary that are making
plans that will hurl to Hell the
house of Ilapsburg. It is the So-
eialists of Sweden, Norway. Den
mar'', Spain, Italy and the Argen-
tine Republic that are educating,
teaching, organizing and suffer,
ing while battling for the democ-
racy in which a king cannot live
or an industrial despot hold sway.
Honor to our flag. The sun ne-
ver sets on its folds. Disorgan-
ized and thrown into world-wide
pose all this and then remember hard-hearted merciless enemy of
that never before did you have the everything that is democratic; ev-
Federal Trades Commission on en *oinK to the len«th of Pitting
the job. These Jay laddibucks "ooseveltacrosa for governor of
have hit upon the real remedy
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i *t£ Than VnMtorH^C ami his ™nf""ion ^ lh"
ing to destroy your rights and
have your sons shot for the sake
of private gain.
What do you say?
REREL CIRCULATION
MANAGER.
radical utterances against mili-
tarism. But there are none among
those who know the Irish Editor
who can conceive of his having
conspired with a secret organiza-
tion. The following is typical of
n flnod of letters received at the
Rebel office, ^ince the
that will make us a free people
once more. Here in all her grand-
eur, she is:
"A law providing for the reop
ening of anti-trust cases on the ap-
plicaton of the attorney general
by a bill of review for the purpose
of securing such modifications of j
decrees as new conditions may i
require."
They further recommend that |
it should segregate ownership of
pipe lines from the other branches
of the petroleum industry. Fine,
excellent. These gentleman have
"intellect into then."
Let us then be up and doing.
Let us cry anathema on the wild-1
New York when the fellow had
been caught dodging his1 taxes
and swearing that he was a resi-
dent of Washington, D. C.
He is now going to Russia as
Minister plenipotentiary of indus-
trial over-lords of America who
want to get their fingers on
wealth of Russia, and would not
' stop at fermenting a counter re-
CHEER DBNUNOIATIOK OF
WAX AND CONSCRIPTION
the old veterans of a thousand
fights are reorganizing for the
final battle.
The future belongs to the In-
ternational Socialism. The reac-
tionary parties of all nations are
since tne arrest of marching toward the darkness-^ ^ave more "tationery printed and
its editor, offering their assist THE SOCIALIST PARTY I9^emplQX,more bookkeepers. Away
anee and denouncing the outrage"marc-HINO TOWARD THE with/hose who would give
Hickey a "Conspirator" 1 RISING SUN.
volution to gain their ends. Let
the Russian Socialists beware of
him. fae is an enemy in disguise
and that President Wilson does
not know that in the light of his
record is to imagine the president
is an ass.
Fortunately the Socialists of
Ruasia know Root if Wilson does
eyed specialists who would point Rebel predicts for
out that since Jawn owns the pipe a very r«ceptf°n
lines as well as the wells that all
he would have to do would be to
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CLEVELAND, OHIO.—At a meet The very idea of T. A. Hickey
and this~is just what The held in tbe Public Square, in spit© hein^r "detained" under such a ,
has always done and will of a proclamation of the mayor that charge, Hickey who has all his The plant gardens joke is the
to do to the end—bs «peakerg making unpatriotic utteran- jjfe strenously opposed all at- ^ geream of the year. All the mono-
lit* ' res would be arrested and in spite oi tempts ai secret organization of nolJats in vaudeville are ''brin*?-
a prison or gallows await-
. tempts
| the condemnation of the daily papers, the Working or any other class,
polists in vaudeville are ''bring-
ing down the house" with it
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ft la fnr tiW.. thia defiant four thousand people listened for two Hickey who has steadfastly, held
tot hoot. L, . w, nJo .0 ^ doiiitr everythta* fa. th. open The hjmor of ptartw pot..
IaImI a/Mat wm rinurfred from denouncing the war and calling upon where all mankind could see and ( toes that cost $5 per bushel m a
U/lfA editorJfiHt, draggea mm ; . . bear Hickey "detained" for, forty foot ba k yard in For'
Worth or Dallas while one hun-
dred million acres and <50,00^
lia horns behind the workers to refuse to register fo.-
ron ben it was for no other pur- i Anwnption. An organization meeting
>Ol£ than to try intimidate I was held at their headquarters by So-
his fearless wanlor for numan cialists before the public meeting at
ighu and jostioe that the gun- 1 which a hundred men and women vol-
nen have their wild play. ' unteered to mount the speaker's stand
Jut they will not close the lins of I in case arrests were made. The meet-
SRckey aJive, and If you arrfloyal , ing was called by the Socialist Party
CONSPIRACY against the gov
ernment!"
If the matter were, not so ser
ions, it would he'«fc|gh to make tr ctor« are lyn, idle oot ,de the
a dead mule laugh.. For that is fence, could only be thomrht o-
sure "some" "secret service" by the editorial writers of the
work where T. A,, Hickey. who j>ajia8 News or Fort "Worth Star
O^^ akHi to^ n^ire Socialist Labor Party and Workers haR forever shouted hMto
Jlacs him behind iron bars on a International Industrial Un.on eo-oper-
ACTION.
something
rmnped charge.
who would give the
'rnment (peqple) the oil in-
dustry for the? benefit of all ;jns'
like postage "tamps, but cheaper
Raus mit such agitators because
how could a bo* whittler with n
checkerboard seat on his unmen-
tionables, that his poor wife sew-
ed on, have a chance to become a
billionaire T
So now we sing in God we trust
All our gosh blamed hopes arn't
rusted,
The Standard will damn soon
be busted,
Hail our happy Uw.
Here's to the good strong arm
of the first Russian that swat*
Mr. Root with a good dead cut.
COPENHAGEN—Bulgarian Social-
i*ta here en route to the Stockholm con-
ference described the peace demand in
Bulgaria as virtually universal.
The people, they said, were weary
of almost continnoui war aince 1018.
They hailed Joyfully every sign , of
weakening in the w«r fever.
Dr. Stkaroff, the spokesman, said
most Bulgarians fought willingly
against Turkey in 1012; unwillingly
against Beibia and Greece in 1913, ud
were fairly dragged into the present
war. Bulgaria's debt, he added, has
tripled. V
Dr. Sakaroff eaid Bulgaria's losses
had been frightful. Many prominent.
Socialists have been killed.
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A PATRIOTIC WOMAN.
Here is a real woman. Her little
fincrcr is worth more than all the
The Navy Recruiting Office at cowardly hides of tj^e war traffic-
swxm TTT1? RMTTSIT KTNC, Houston sent me two extra men in? cowardly congressmen who
anffhe oZaS - handle Je applicant, on thi. voted fo, war and eonaenpt.on.
ating. E. R. MarUey spoke for the ..
latter organization, Richard ltoepp*! Russia Went into revolution!
fo,j the SociaHrt Labor Party, and C. —^ ***, nd the German Kawer and tne Thus wrote a local re- The Rebel doffs his hat to Miss
E. Buthenberg and Tom Clifford for A great war leaves a country Homes Morgan. Hapsburor and {f. 0^cer jn writing up .Teanette Rankin, congresswoman
tke Socialist Party. All^the^kers ^ three arm5elt-an army of ^efellen and^ajl jbat^ goej ti^ dfty„ Jn ^
home from Montana, who said in eon
j/ frinniKii. n.n aiiu* ui mwiininiiia—iS!imB- ' « ii.ai'ihitoh itm- i ui nini n<w ownc wwn- rivw
to stand for my coun
can not vote for war.
be done and done quickly.
Rebel has never aked for
the great mes- j Buthenberg.
were loudly cheered when they crij>pleg, an army of mourners, ed" hv'd!«^a^nd r the but that was some task gress:*
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Hickey, T. A. The Rebel (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. [6], No. 303, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 26, 1917, newspaper, May 26, 1917; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth394585/m1/1/?q=%22Tom+Hickey%22: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.