The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-29
SOCIALIST PARTY
WILL DUST REDS"
Chicago Communists Break
With Anarchists.
PLAN ELECTION FOR TODAY
Rupture Arose Over DEMANDS From
Dissenters for More Violent Plat
form and Extravagant Charges.

CHICAGO. May 2-Anarchy as a
political factor VIII receive death blow
In the county convention OF the Social
isr party. 20 be held tomorrow afternoon,
in Oriental Han, 122 La Sale Street.
The conservative element win read out
Of the organization the anarchisrtc and
eommunistic membership and refuse to
let that wing OF the party have anything
TO do with naming the ticket
There are 1900 members OF the Social
ist party in Chicago at present. Since
the national convention IN Brands hall.
which nominated Eugene " Debs for
the Presidency. and adopted platform,
more than 100 Of the local members OF
the party have found fault ,rith the
sentiments OF the platform They have
declared that il does not contain senti-
ments vigorous enough Tor the vital In
terests OF the party
Anarchists Seek to Rule.
The dissenters want planks In the plat
form which would practically place the
party Iefore the people as an avowed
and confessed organization Of anarchists
banded TO gain by violence what they
faiI to win by legal means
The anarchisfic wing OF the party Ia
headed by James Knoche. Herald Lund-
gren. and Charles Spears Back OF
these. who were put TO the front 10
bear the brunt Of the disrupsing fight
within the ranks OF the party. are a
dozen or more men possessed c.s anarchs
istic Views they dare not express OFT
side the secret meetings Of The reds
The opposition to the platform adopt
cd at the convention OF the party IN
Brands Hall May met later and
adopted n platform containing en-
munistic and anarchistie planks and
told the governing body OF the party
that unless these ideas were incorpor-
ated in the original platform the oppo-
tionaI ticket and the county ticket
Charges of Selling Out.
Lundgren and his followers were told
that the suggestions offered were an
tagonistic to the views Of the majority
Of the members Of the party. At once
there was a cry Of disloyalty and init
nations that the majOrity mad sold out
The net result was that the reds were
told that they must get out Of the parry.
They then were told they would y read
out-ousted by a vote Of the party-at
the county convention Sunday.
The whole trouble came about over
the platform adopted at the recent ma
tional convention" said Seymour Sted-
man. one Of the most prominent mem
bers Of the party, yesterday. The plat
form was adopted unanimously. but
later several members OF the county
central committee and some of the ma
tional delegates called meeting ana
drafted a new platform.
They had no authority to do this and
their action was ignored May Is, AT
the regular meeting OF the county cen
trail committee, the old executive COM
mittee was deposed and Mr.. Knoche as
business manager and Mr. Lundgren as
secretary were dropped and new off,
cials elected Those opposed to the
regular organization Of the party are
classed as the fmpossibilities; that Is.
those who do not believe anything can
be accomplished for the working class
until it is In complete political control
The Socialist party does not want Pm
archists in its ranks. Its principles re
not based on violence and those WHO
advocate this line OF misguided move
ment as a means of reform viii ind
no real sympathy among us"