The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-14
EXONERATED.
But Hardy's Case VIII Be Taken to High
est SociaIistic Circles.


est sociaIistic Circles.
The Worcester section of the socialist
labor party stands by Charles K. Hardy
and Mrs Martha Moore Avery, and
two of three members of the local sec
ton who preferred charges against Mr..
Hardy for alleged heretical remarks in
criticism of Daniel De Leon the head
of the People, the socialist organ of
America, viii carry the matter in ap-
peal to the executive board of the ma
tional board which will find whether
the charges are too feeble or frivolous
to be investigated or not, or whether if
they are investigated, the result Of
Mr.. Hardy's utterance be his removal
from the party.
To the large majority of the members
of the local section, the action of Mrs
Martha Moore Avery and one or two
followers of hers in the local section
in asking Mr.. Hardy to eat his words
so to speak, was very harsh and un-
wise course to be pursued by them,
and then to others the protest of this
so-called cabal against the freedom of
utterance by an Individual member of
the oCNNlOlAt 6pCethAiiS III 1liLlpGll do Ill
individual. and not as the mouthpiece
of the entire body, deserved no more
than a casual reference in passing.
The situation as it appeared to the
local section is that a certain group
with Daniel De Leon at the head, and
including Mrs. Martha Moore Avery, of
this state, is trying to dictate the policy
of the socialist labor party in America,
and to suppress all criticism of
~. nIs .i,1
ances of Daniel De Leon through
the People The iron rule of these
members Of the party has become so
intensely drawn that few if any mem
bers of the party dare to express them
selves openly in regard to the party's
policy, except in the narrow, circum-
scribed lines which have formally met
with the approval and full endorsement
of Prof. De Leon, and have passed
through his censorship.
OF the Daniel De Leon element in the
party which believes in the absolute
idea of socialism without individual
opinion, Mrs Martha Moore Avery is
the head in Massachusetts, and the pol
lev which many of the socialists say
has characterized the Leon control
is to rule or run out of the party.
Leroy P. Usher of the local section
represents the inner circle in the local
section, and with Mrs. Martha Moore
Avery. signed the prayer for Mr.. Har-
dy to stand before the section and
prove that he had full grounds for his
statement that Daniel De Leon was diff
ferent in the execution of his belief
than in the belief itself.
Mr.. Hardy told an intimate friend
last evening that while he anticipated
that the section as a whole would sup
port him, he would eventually be read
out of the party, when Daniel De Leon
and Mrs Avery heard of the matter
and brought their power into operation.
Such a well-known and able speaker
as Thomas Hickey, who spoke here last
Sunday, told Mr.. Hardy personally that
the charges against him were too fee
BILE to be given credence, and ought
to pass unnoticed.
Such sentiment is now prevalent in
the rank and file of the section, and
the appeal of Mrs. Avery with Mr..
fisher to the executive board, will be
awaited, as the local section not only
declines to demand an investigation,
hut declines to ask Mr. Hardy to re-
tract, and generates him.