The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-27
National Socialist

To the National Executive Committee:
Dear Comrades The vote ON the nom
nation of Carl D. Thompson as man
lger of the information department re
suited as follows Voting yes, Berger.
Hartman Hillquit. Irvine, OHarc and
Spargo: voting no, Haywood. He is
therefore elected
The vote ON the Berger motion relat-
ing to the publication of the Benson
pamphlet by the campaign committee re-
suited as follows: Voting yes, Berger
and Hillquit; voting no, Irvine; not
heard from, Hartman, Haywood, OIIare
and Spargo. No action taken.
The vote ON the Hillquit motion relat
ing to the election of subcommittee
of one to make examination of the quail
ficatious of the Lyceum lecturers and
the calling of a meeting of the executive
committee to act upon the report of the
subcommittee resulted as follows: Not-
ing yes, Berger. Hillquit and Irvine; not
voting. Hartman, Haywood O'Hare and
Spargo. No action taken.
The vote on the Hillquit motion re-
lating to the Jewish federation being
allowed to maintain its translator-secre-
tary in New York city resulted as fol
lows: Voting yes, Hillquit and Spargo;
voting no, Berger, Hartman, Haywood
and Irvine. The motion has therefore
been defeated
Comment by Irvine: "The function OF
the translator secretary is racial and ma
tional and they should all be together
and with the national secretary
Herewith are also submitted two mo-
tions by Irvine, as follows:
/. Il move that the national secre-
tary appoint a territorial secretary for
Alaska for three months
,. THAT the national office appro-
pirate one hundred dollars toward the
salary of said secretary for that period"
Comment: alaska is very much in
need of a good worker to whip its af-
fairs into shape, perfect a territorial or
ganization and start it off in an eff
cient fighting condition"
Herewith is also submitted a state
ment by Haywood as follows:
ITO the National Executive Committee;
As | was not present at the meeting
of the committee August Is when the
statement in regard to the Branon in
vestigation was adopted I submit the
following in explanation of my position:
September 20, 1912.
"To the Members of the Socialist Party:
"Comrades-I want it distinctly upder-
stood that at the meeting of the \. E, {.
to receive the report of the inyestiga-
ton of Referendum CO by Comrade
Charles Edward Russell, | voted to ac-
cept his report as to evidence and facts.
| also made an amendment to motion
offered by Hillquit, wherein l proposed
to accept Comrade RusselPs conclusions
which are as follows:
'First-Inasmuch as Comrades Till
Warburton and E. R. Meitzen declare
absolutely that Comrade Till Warburton
gave to Comrade f. R. Meitzen full au-
thority to sign the name T. Warburton'
at the end of the original motion and
comment no charge of forgery in connee-
ton with the motion can be sustained.
"Second-In spite of irregularity in
the proceedings, that elsewhere at least
might raise the question of validity,
there is no evidence of any fraud in con
nection with the motion.
"Third-I therefore report that l can
find no basis for the charges that Ref
erendum c was conceived in fraud and
forgery But I beg leave to add that |
cannot avoid the reflection that a little
more candor and little more comradely
confidence would have obyiated this in
quiry and all the expense of time and
money that it has involved, and it is
equally clear to me that the candor and
the confidence that befit socialist com
rades would have been deserved here as
/ elsewhere. because no suspicion of evil,
.Iif such there have been in any way
connected with this matter, seems to
have been justified.
CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL.
MY amendment was defeated In
opposition TO Comrade Russel's eoncIus-
ions there ha, been presented to the
party what purports TO be the conelus
ions of the national executive committee