The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-11-22
snnnlementarY Bulletin.

supplementary Bulletin.
Minutes of trials held Sunday, Octo-
Der 20, at the headquarters of the
Fourth Ward Local, Seattle, 1416 Sew
enth avenue, Seattle, Wash;
Trial of H. O. Fuhrberg member of
Local Fourteenth Ward, Seattle
J. |. Day Of the Fourteenth Ward
Local called meeting to order. j. |.
Day elected chairman and Comrade
Usher secretary. Committee reported
methods of procedure which were
adopted Chairman read charges pre-
ferred by the state secretary, accus-
ing Comrade Fuhrberg of assisting in
a meeting held on September for
the purpose of placing sticker ticket
in the field in opposition to the ticket
of the regular socialist party in King
county, in that he took up contribu-
lions to help defray the expenses of
this meeting The state secretary
asked the following questions of Com
rade Fuhrberg to which Comrade Fuhr-
berg answered as follows:
Question-Did you assist in taking
I'D a collection at a meeting held in
this hall on September 8?
Answer did not but would have
done so had | been requested
Odd you know that at that meet
ing stickers were distributed at the
door?
Ayes.
Q.-Do you know that this sticker
ticket was not authorized by that part
of the party in King county which is
recognized by the state committee?
Ayes.
Odd you vote one of these stick
ers in the primary election?
Ayes.
Odd your local authorize any at
tendance at this meeting?
Al do not know.
Odd your local authorize the use
of these stickers?
Al do not know.
Q.-Who got out the invitations for
this meeting?
Al do not know.
O.-Do you know of the clause in
our constitution respecting what con-
stitutes party treason?
Al do and have read it.
Q.-Have you ever been expelled
from the party?
A.-Not as an individual but with a
local I belonged to-
Comrade Fuhrberg then spoke in his
own defense Said he would have
taken up collection at this meeting If
asked, was against the use of the
sticker ballot, but abided by majority
rule when the majority decided to use
the sticker ballot in the primary cleo
ton.
Member of the local then asked to
have the section of the constitution
read which referred to party treason
in connection with these charges.
Section of article 10 of the ma
tional constitution read.
State secretary argued Tor conVlc-
ton on ground that Comrade Fuhr-
berg supported and used sticker bal
lot not authorized by the regular So
cialist party in the county.
Local adjourned to deliberate. The
Local decided to decide in the case at
its next meeting when more members
would be present.
Adjourned.
The state secretary here protested
against admission being charged to
these trials, arguing that all trials of
the party members must be open to
all dues-paying members of the party
and that charging admission meant
the same as closing the doors to the
membership so they could not attend.
No action taken on this protest
Meeting of Local Fourth Ward, Sc
attic, called to order by the chair
man, Stephen Johnson. LYDIA Carpen-
ter elected secretary of the meeting.
Chairman read the charges made by
the state secretary by order of the
state executive committee against Z.
J. Brown, TO the effect that b. j.
Brown committed party treason in
that he took active part in a meeting
held in Fourth Ward Local headquar-
tiers on September s, at which meet
ing p. J. Brown in speech advised
the audience to commit party treason
by voting for the sticker ticket not
by the regular county or
Pani7ation of the socialist party in
King county. and placed in the field
in onDosition 10 this regular county
That he also advised at
this meeting that those present vote
for precinct committeeman at the
primary election for the purpose of
the dues-paying, red-card
membership of control Of party af-
fairs
D. j. Brown objected to these
charges on the ground that the state
secretary and the state executive
committee bad no jurisdiction for the
r.nro1 That Frans D0str0m is not now
state secretary and the state executive
committee ordering the charges is not
now the state executive committee of
the socialist n4rtr of Washington.