The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-16
To Fight De LEON.
Socialists Committed
to Policy of
Hostility.
TO STAND BY SLOBODIN.
Lively Meeting of Worces-
ter Branch on
Sunday.
TO STAND BY SLOBODIN,

saohusettssocialists are committed
to policy of hostility to the De Leon
denominated national committee of the
party. At a conference in room 8, 554
Main street, yesterday afternoon, at
which every socialist section in the
state was represented by delegates, it
was voted to give the allegiance of the
socialist-labor party of Massachusetts
to the new national committee of which
Henry SlobodIn of New York is the
secretary
The headquarters of the new national
committee is at 1874 Williams street,
New York. The state conference was
opened directly after a lively meeting
on the common. This meeting was
marked by a clash of arms between the
De Leonites, headed by Walter J. Hoar
and Leroy d. Usher, and the regulars
led by Clarence E. Spellman of West
field and Charles q. Wiley of Worces-
ter.
The speakers at the meeting, which
was presided over by Dennis Doyle,
candidate for the general court from
ward 3, were Messrs. Spellman and Will
ley They followed the usual social
istic lines in their arguments and made
cred about their stand, to unite under
the banner of universal socialism and
work together until the aim of the
party, to acquire the common owner
ship of the means of production and
distribution, is achieved.
At the conclusion of their meetings,
the socialists Invariably call upon those
present to give in their names for mem
bership. There were q large number
of membership and application blanks
distributed, but hardly enough to go
around Thereupon, Walter Hoar an
nounced that he had plenty of blanks
and started in to do a little missionary
work. The regulars protested that this
was unwarranted interference with
their meeting. and Mr.. Hoar, L. D.
Usher and John T. YoungjohnS, who
were assisting him, were called upon
to stop.
LIVELY FOR A TIME.
Things were lively for a time, but
before measures calculated to dye the
grass on the common red with blood
had been taken, the affair became a
closed incident.
When the delegates to the conference
assembled in room 9. 554 Main street,
the action of the De Leonites was loud
!, ly acclaimed against.
The conference was largely attended,
but reporters were excluded. At the
end of the meeting, shortly after
o'clock last night, however, statement
was given to The Spy.
It was voted to have nothing what
ever to do with the old national COM
mittee, of which Henry Kuhns is Sec
rotary, and Daniel De Leon the high
mogul, but in future to stand by the
new national committee and its secre-
tary, Mr. Slobodin. This committee is
uncompromisingly opposed to De Leon.
1t is the purpose to thoroughly orga-
nize to the end that effective party
work may be done, and that the party
all over the state may work in har-
mony, and place it on firm basis.
The matter of the state ticket was
brought up, and it was announced that
at IL o'clock this morning the ballot
commissioners are TO meet in Boston
and decide the vexed question as to
which of the tickets placed in nominal
ton by the opposing state conventions
is the legal one, entitled to go upon
the official ballots
In the event Of the commissioners
deciding that the De Leonite convention
was legal, then the regulars will step
aside, drop their own ticket and sup
port that of their opponents.