The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-10-18

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N.li,, that ropr,de Kennedy De
r,,,l ,,,iIiy ~ bringipg N no1iccrpon
Int , ssgi,i.t p,gfing Anil lG and
ltbnf we oyprI him from thc socialist
Ir,,t,
Amendment tb,i NO stspepl Cnmrade
llopnodv for ono voar
AmrnJp,ept tb9f wc suspopd indcfi-
Ipitelv.
Sub.tifuic that we find Comradc Ken
lreIy ouiItv Carried.
Motion That vc cxpcl romradr Ken.
|poly from tbc sooinlisf marty. Carried
Motion Tint vo spnd communication
Ito state Bulletin and National Bulletin.
Carried
WILLARD PRICE.
Secretary.
Kennedy's IeIfcr To thc state cvccn-
tive committee.
Uotrl Granite Seattle. juno 10. 1912.
Fr,ps Rostrom. state Secretary and
Members of the state Executive Com
mittco.
Comrades received communica
tion from tbc Fifth Ward Local. Seattle.
Of which I was formerly n member. mott
fvino mo that NJ a meeting held bv the
Tiffb Ward Tocnl on Juno 4. 1912. that
wa. cxnollod from The S. p. / received
, notice ,bout Nav 10 fhot CHARGES had
Ibeep preferrcd ooainst me nj the meet
inc of Nav 7 and that the trial was set
for Nav % delivered a communion
tiop tu Fifth Ward Local ot their meet
| ng on Nav ii and II was road at That
mcelino in answer In tbo letter stating
Itbot considered tbe action of Local
F;ftl Ward unconstitutional A copv Of
tho lottor | am Informed has been sent
to your committee os mart of the record
Of Tho mrefing Of fbe Fifth Ward Local
of INN Ia 100 Tho communication
eont IN mn states that n trial had taken
Mac, o.. a matter IF foct no trial could
! io@aIlv ,,Lo nIace until the s e. c. had
possod mon tbe constitutionality of the
question fiat raised with reoard to
! tbo ;,risdiotio, of a locoI ovor lie own
mon,bors $50 section 10 stoto consti-
tuition n ygos tbreo ,yeogs between
In ti,,,o roisod tbo o,,osfion ,f 1ocors
nrrisdi,iion and tho dato tbot +bo an.
ccsiI,I triaI tnal- ,Iaco J,no 1910
1b,ro .,,,os ou.,1o fine for Tho local 70
submit Tho o,,nsfion to tbn { Z q bnt
~ usual Tooa1 Fiftb Ward ON +be al.
,,ic, of ;ts 1oodors in its rrIe or min
nol;cv considered themselves canabIo If
! Eoc;dfno +bo o,,ostion tbomso,I.s record.
I1oss Of Tho e+ato constitution Tbis nool.
+rio1 boId before Lonraroo court was tho
biggest farce that was ovor acted NJ
1910 F;ftb ayonuo Soatt1e Maftars
Good;no IN 70 +bo oo,so of hrinr,incr in
Tho noIico 70 maintain order was fabooed
~ +bo+ vol +riai Con,rodo Erbs ,yo,tod
! 70 sbow ;nstif;eotion for 90 line in thr
nolioo hui no wos oolIed 70 order NV
! tho chairman and toId bo co,,ld not dis.
cnee What fool, nlaca at +ba meeting
Tho riotino and figbtinq I'm 70 the fine
If onening the naeting ali This was sbut
ont vent to the MEETING to 500 that
NV Iettor of Nav ID was reod and to
mako statement nointinr ont +ba I'm.
Observation-Disclosures Of nrttino ON +rioI a
morber Of another local 7 stated that
+ would not toIo mart in What T consid-
ered an unconstitutional act until the
& II n had decided +ha Question The
ntbor roin+ roisod Of +bo+ oootinr ,yos
fbat 7 had NOT violated onv mart Of the
etoto or national constitution therefore
thp local had no mower to susnend ar
ovno1 mo or opy o+bor member from, tho
8 p aXppnt for violation of the pOnSti-
tution, The local is given mower under
the state constitution To dron from tbe
roll of membershin, after a trial obiec
Itionob1o members If +be majority Of tba
members nreson+ ot a summoned n,oat-
inc had the mower to suspend or expel
member from the S, P. for what might
be considered "unsocialistic conduct
then the majority of the local, say 100
members, which is 81, could eXpel from
the S. p, the other AZ members, although
they had not violated any part OF the
state or national constitution Now,
comrades, you can see where such action
as this might and would lead to; it
would give the majority power in any
local to expel the minority upon any
frivolous charge and call it unsocialistic.
Such powers would mean disruption in
the party, The constitution provides
the means for local to get rid OF mem
bers that are Objectionable to the ma
pority of its members by dropping them
from the roll of its membership. 1t
ought not to be much trouble to drop
Kennedy from the roll of Fifth Ward
Local after 100 of his friends had with
drawn and joined Fourth Ward local