Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-23

pose on The Nationalist party of Califor-
MIA, as permanent chairman, the ed :or
(and, as | believe, perfectly honest
editor of a Greenback paper. say
that 1t is most important to ventilate this
question thoroughly, since it will educate
our party, and myself for one, regard
Greenbackism as one of the most re ac-
tionary and dangerous decisions of the
day. ] say that | myself have sufficient
evidence 10 justify, at least, a very
strong suspicion that the editor of that
paper, Mr.. j. w, Hines, and the official
organizer, Mr., F. Ross Martin, have
for many months past been acting in
concert with the official organ of the
San Fsancisco Single-Tax Party, the
! Weekly Star. ! say that regardless of
the merits Of the respective papers and
| the individuals named, it is matter of
the first Importance that the whole
movement should get its head perfectly
clear upon the proposition of whether or
no it is possible to Coalesce with the
| Single.TaX party. |, for my part, am
clear that it is not; that the Single-Tax
party is committed to the Democratic
party. and that it is to-day the fanatical
champion of that system of competition
Of which we Nationalist should be the
compromising antagonists.
&" | urge these things, not for personal
considerations (since, up to April last,
considered Mr.. p. Ross Martin the warm
est friend had on the Pacific coast, but
because | am satisfied that it is abso-
lutely necessary for the well-being of
the movement that a thorough investi-
CATION should be made by regularly ap-
pointed authorities, and given to the
public through the proper channels.
Nothing can possibly brace us up better
for the campaign, in which we ought to
be prepared to play part, than good
candid course of thorough self-examina-
ton. | can conceive of nothing more
certain to win back the many who have
stepped out of our ranks tired of per
sonal squabbles."
1t is proper that we should here OBJ
serve that Mr., P. Ross Martin is not now
and has not been for many months the
Organizer of the Socialist Labor party
in San Francisco. The present National
Executive Committee of the party never
|
and in reply to an inquiry concerning
the state of affairs on the Pacific Coast
was long ago notified by the German
Organizer that the American Section
of San Francisco had disbanded. If
Mr.. Martin advocates Greenbackism
he tn erefore does it on his own account
and not as an organizer, nor even as a
member of the Socialist Labor party
The news Of his conversion to that doc
trine, if true, will. however, surprise
his former comrades, who may not
readily understand the process of retro
grade evolution through which Social
list, without torturing his reason or his
conscience, can become Greenbacker
We trust it may not be true.
In conclusion we cannot undertake
at this distance, to waste more time anC
| space upon the dispute between Has
kelrs friends and his opponents. w,
should never have referred to it had i
not been for the untimely and uncalle(
; for remarks of the San Francisco Arbei
ter-Zeitatng. Mr.. Owens position i
: manly and his suggestion will commend
! itself to every candid person. If it il
followed we shall give the result of thu
investigation.
In the meantime we respectfully cal
5 the attention of the earnest, bona fd
- Natlonalists and Socialists on the Paciti
Coast to the necessity of dropping per
sonalities and walking unitedly unde
the guidance not of men but of the grea
principle that the means of production
$ are of right the property of the people
g in common. Let them especially be
ware of Greenbackisn and Single-Tax
isn't. e., Greenback humbugologist
and Single-Tax politicians; for humbul
and Doodle are all there is at the bottom
of those two isms.