The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-10
SAYS SOCIALISM
 IS THE ULTIMATE
 ECONOMIC REMEDY
Charles Edward Russell, Social iSt Candidate For Governor of New York, Discusses Vote
Especial from United Press.)

New York, Nov. 10-"Tuesday's elec- tion marks the turning point in tEe history of Socialism in the United States
 This was the declaration today of Charles Edward Russell, Socialist au- thor, magazine writer, and defeated Socialist candidate for Governor of New York. At Tuesdays election Russell boiled a vote heavy enough to lift the Socialists to the rank of third strongest party in New York.
 Until Tuesday" Russell said, "So- cialism had been a hard uphill battle in the United States. But from now on, as indicated by Tuesdays returns, 1t is going to wage winning fight Hereafter, in every election, the Social Our party is now in every State in the Union. with the possible exception of Vermont, the third strongest party.
 ''In the returns we received at Tues days polls, could be seen the two ele- ments that have been working for us. One of these was the extraordinary economic conditions and the other changing political conditions. It was the former, however, that helped us most. Heretofore. our greatest diff culty has been in getting an audience for Socialism. The average working man was fairly prosperous and had no need to investig ate it's claims. But with the increased cost of living and other adverse economic conditions, he was forced to seek remedy and he found 1t in Socialism. That was what counted most, in our heavy vote. Tues day.
 "The other element, that of chang ing political conditions, will help us most in the future. Both the Repub- lican and Democratic parties are un- able to meet the modern economic con- ditions that are pressing down on the workingman. The revolt, Tuesday, against the Republican party shows that the people are convinced that the party can no longer help them. That means a change to Democratic control. But by the time the Democratic par ty has elected President, and become the party in power. economic condi- it will be utterly unable to alleviate the pressing needs. It will be unable to meet the situation then, just as the Republican party has failed now, for the reason that neither has a definite remedy or program to offer. A revolt will then follow against the Democratic party just as it did Tuesday against the Republicans, and it is then that the Socialists will come into their own
 'The purpose of the Socialist pro- gram is to meet just such economic and industrial conditions with which both of the other parties have shown themselves unable to cope. Socialism will go steadily forward to that end because everyone of us believes that Socialism is a great moral idea, and it is not within the province of man to stop a great moral idea.
 ..No better demonstration of the diff ference between Socialism and the other parties could have been given than that which occurred Tuesday night. Our gains at the polls were So great that for the first time in the history of Socialism in New York, we, with the other parties. whose candi- dates had won, held a celebration. But while the followers of the other parties were cheering. parading the streets and blowing their horns. our followers gathered quietly in two halls and expressed themselves with tears streaming down their cheeks, grasping hands with each other"