Workmen's advocate., 1890-12-20
SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY.
Report of the Outgoing National Exec
 utiye Committee.

lSSN, we entered upon the lunCUOHS Ol our offices, there prevailed within the party conditions that rendered difficult the fultiIlment of the duties entrusted to Us The unfortunate disturbances, which threatened at the time to tear the Organization in two, had greatly eX' hausted the strength of those Sections that adhered ioyalIy to the Party. The Executive Board was thereby forced for long time to devote most of it's atten. ton mainly to the question of the way and means whereby to meet most neCes. sary outlays, Of the G3 Sections that constituted the Party before the split only 49 remained true to the Organiza- tions. Sections La Sale, tovingtOn, New Orleans, Sacramento, and Corning had long before proved themselves too weak to preserve their existence and were only paper orIanH hI"n7. Eleven Sections took d neutral stand; WhlI" llolyol,c, Rockville, New Bedford and Cinciuua arrayed themselves ln open hostility against the Party. iu view of this state of things, we declared at the tune,
 Ut is necessary that we lay aside all pcr9ulmI prrJudicrs and call for an earn est and dlslGl.siunatr dI~Ctia-lun, within the Party. upon all differences of opinion turIu2 tactics amt principles
 "lt Uul be, therefore, our endravor to aIlaI the hostile feelings tlrat have been prpduccd through th" heat of the disturbance, auI to pcprrc the way for q calm and unbiased judgment of the situation within the Party itself.
 TuJo policy has proved itself sound Wuh thr exception ui four Sections, all ate once more within the Party fold.
 1t k hardly necessary tO mention that, under the above circumstances, It was a matter of tine greatest difficulty to carry on such systematic agitation aS K reqm Bite for the popularlHl'iou ut our views, That. these uuiaNUrahie conditions not wiihatundug, good deal has been accomplished in the line ot.agllHllOn iS mainly due to the ahucgluou of some comrades who made lt possible for u1, to arrange several agitation tours
 Apart from minor tours, those of Paul GrottIau through tho West and south, of Chr. patiherg through the Satc of New York and the New England States, of Ahx Junas' through Pennsylvania, ana ul Aug, Krltel through Ono, de- serve apeclat mention. Tue result of these tours was very favorable. Every N here IL became aparrnt the tIcid was ripe for the agitation of cur cause and that all that Was required was proper blowing to garner iii the trWt of s Clal ism.
 The outside growth of the Party ap- pears from the establishment of 22 Ger man and five English speaklnR Sections. Unfortunaly two of these, d German and an English speaking one, could not continue; all the others, however, have the hrlEh,",, prospects.
 Th's result ta surely pleasing; yet | good deal more could have been aCCump llnhcd were not the largest portion uI the di1posIhle mean, swallowed up by the dctirtl of the Parry Organs,
 These have had to struggle from the 
 difficulties ot last year within the Party mlurt q, however, the papers to an rNtcuI that ther cuntlnuanc" was made pos nIhle only at the cost of all the fuudS; II was principally the surplus from in, management of the New (uIk Labor lyrcum thut was turned to the particlu covering of said deficit
 The hlrdru4umr accumulation of q dpht Wa4 thus umHV0ldHlIe; and the Exc Cuiiye Committee has not been able tC cancel d large portion of the burden whlcl, was assumed hy us al the tune ot our entering into office.
 During the last year, the rdltorshlp of the SoeioiSt has been three times chan-ed Difficulties were met with every time in the filling of this place, seeing that the salaries for the editorial work of the two organs k out ot prupnr- tiun with the demands made upon the iuCumbeuls
 With regard to the tcchinlcal part of the larty's press, thorough gong re- forms have been iuiCtatCd by the ENecu tive Cummlltto. We are, nevertheless, aware. that there are still many defects ln this respect, but which will disappear only upon An improved financial condl. ucu ul tine Party.
 The National Fair. arranged by the New York Section. k intended to turn i,h Il, with fresh funds; and we invite the comrades. to do all in their power to make the undertaking a sucress.
 We turthrrmore appeal to our Com rades to assist with all their power in the support and spread of the Party < Organs. seeing that just now the nrcts sity of first rate Parry press IS felt more than ever before. Everything points to the fact that the movement m this c"un try ie entering upon new stage. Socialist thought begins tu take root among the English sp"aklng population. It K nc longer foreigners only who now stand