Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-09-13
THE NATION ALISTS
REPUDlATlNG THE COMMON
WEALTH PARTY.
Unanimous Action Of their Central
C0mmittee-Club No. 3 Endorses
1.-THE other Clubs will Prob.
ably Endorse 1t Also.

1.-THE other Clubs will Prob
ably Endorse 1t Also.
On Wednesday, september B. 1890
the Central Committee of Nationalist
held its regular monthly meeting. The
routine business wasquickly disposed of,
everybody being anxious to come to
the head of "new business" when il was
well known the subject of the Common
wealth Party would come up. And SO in
deed it came up. A previous exchanged
vews among the members present salts
lied all as to what was the sense of the
| Committee; it nevertheless was prob
ably somewhat of a surprise to them to
realize the complete unanimity of opin-
| ion among them when it came to action.
Mr.. Morse, from Club No 8, presented
series of resolutions giving a review of
the convention of the Commonwealth
party and closing with the view that
the Nationalists should withdraw. The
| question was forthwith called. No
| speeches or arguments seemed neces-
sary. Everybody was convinced, and
the resolutions were carried unanimous.
ly. Thereupon Mr.. De Leon, from the
22d Assembly District organization,
moved the adoption of the following
letter, to be forwarded by the Central
Committee to the Chairman of the Com.
monwealth party informing him official
ly of the withdrawal of the Nationalists
from the Convention:
To the Chairman Of the Contention of
the Ccm"?onWedlM Partu
SlR:-Early in July last this body is.
sued a call for a Convention to all the
Labor, Trade and Radical organizations
of this city, That call wae ued in
response to series of ,.s from
several worklngmen, setung forth that,
WHEREAS, The antagonisms and preju.
dices which have heretofore divided
the working people into rival organiza-
tons in the economic field, and arrayed
them against each other at the polls, are
still operating in such manner AS to
prevent the mass from unanimously re-.
spending to the call of any faction for
the purpose of political independence
and cooperation.
WHEREAS, The Nationalist Clubs, as
the latest product of popular aspirations,
and from the nature Of their member
ship, which includes some Of the most
deservedly respected men in the liberal
professions and in the various organiza.
tions of labor, constitute at this time
body sufficiently free from the ii loresaid
deplorabe antagonlsms to justify the
hope that an appeal from them may be
responded to by them ALL and
WHEREAS, The cooperation of all
workers, citizens OF this country, regard
less of nativity and language, is not
only desirable but imperatively demand
ed by economic and political conditions;
therefore, be it
Resolved, That we request the Organl-
zation of Natonalists of this city to issue
call for a Convention, to be held in
this city on the 10th of July, 1890, to de-
wise means whereby a perfect co opera
tion of all workers and good citizens,
as aforesaid, may be effected, regardless
of nativity and language, etc
We accepted the charge, and, in the
language of the call, came forward "in
the spirit of mediators" betH cen the
warning ranks of labor. Our good in
tentions, our efforts within and without
the Convention, have proved vain. We
have failed to remove the antagonisms
referred TO in the resolutions. Labor
stands to-day as it stood two months
ago, helplessiy arrayed against itself.
Sad 1t is that, having succeeded in bring
ing the two Conventions abreast of each
other on the grave matter of principle
and platform, equal wisdom did not
meet our efforts regarding the matter
OF name, matter which, under exist
ing circumstances, was no less grave
than that of the platform itself. We do
not propose to set ourselves up as judges
in this deplorabie division. Yet we
are bound to take cognizance of facts.
In view OF them our late mission is at an
end, and nothing now remains for us
but to withdraw from your Convention,
as we now do. To stay would be Of
icially to take sides with one faction
against another, This would only serve
to widen the existing breach and to in
troduCe a new schism-in a word, il
would be to do exactly the reverse of
that upon which we started originally.
Fraternally,
CENTRAL ORG. OF NATIoSALIsTs
of the City of New York.
This letter, also. was promptly and