New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-14
DENIAL FROM HAYWOOD
Had No Part in Writing IT. r."
Platform, He Declares.
"JoKE ON THE COLONEL
Calls Story Another Attempt
TO Discredit Him as
a Radical.

William Haywood, VINO aodTesse" a
radical Bohemian audience at the Ameri-
can Sokol Hall, 72d street and Avenue ~
last night characterized the statements
relative to his participation in the au-
thorship of the Progressive party plat
form as a fine joke on Theodore Roose'eit
and George w. Perkins.
This is another more or less clever
attempt" he said to reporter, ito dis
credit me as a radical. The trick has been
tried so many times that it is getting 10
be ridiculous. The last conversation nad
with Brucre took place several weeks
before the T. R.-GeorGe W. wedding TOOK
place. long before the Bull Moose party
was born | asked Brucre 10 write an
article. which could he added TO our
propaganda literature i'm the campaign.
We are waging campaign to free Ettor
and Giiovannnitti. Bruere asked quite
casually whether it would be worth while
10 approach certain politician (who Is
not a member of the Bull Moose party
in favor of a minor educational reform
in which Bruere is interested. / told him
then as | have told thousands of people.
that with the conditions prevailing I'm our
political life it was perfectly Useless for
a rcformer to expect anything from the
Ball Moose or from his representatives in
Congress.
III the typographical unions had waged
in every state a political campaign with
a view To getting tho cight-hour day. I
said to Bruere. they would not have the
eight-hour day In single state. Even
supposing that an eight-hour law had
escaped death at the hands of the Senate
1t would have encountered the impossible
barrier the Supreme Court raises in favor
OF such democratic measures-unconstitu
tional, Unconstitutional. Well, Big .
didn't ask for the cight-hour day; II
simply took it when il wanted IT, When
all the men In a trade refuse TO do more
than eight hours work, even the Su-
preme Court has to bow TO their deci-
sons. Compelling them to work overtime
would be unconstitutional.
"Brucrc agreed with me, and recognized
how utterly futile II would be TO COM
promise in any way with politicians. or
even with mere parliamentarians. Be
yond the natural interests a striking per
sonality is bound To excite in any normal
man. Bruere didn't manifest any interest
i'm Rooscvclts dolnGs. ! doubt il We even
mentioned r. RS name in the course OF
our conversation.
WHO is responsible FOR that perfectly
prcpostcrous fairy tale? There is at pres
ont a clear line OF cleavage in the
Socialist party between the self-styled
orthodox conservatives and the radicals
The first group. presided over by Norris
Hillquit. has become an intolerant tri-
bunal. passing judgment upon every So
calists orthodoxy. Being orthodox means
thinking and speaking like Lawyer Hill-
quit. the Hon. Berger and Mr.. John
Spargo.
Those men are delightful opportunsts
who pose as deadly enemies of capitalism
and then feel immensely battered when
they are invited, as Morris Hillquit was
recently. to perform at pink teas In
Fifth avenue mansions. They wish 10
crown themselves with the halo OF a So
calist apostle. but they do not care to
face tho music and 10 bear the oppro-
brium which attaches 10 the name in
cgpitalistic quarters They tried very
neatly 10 Gust me from their ranks at
the time Of the indianapolis convention.
They had motion passed according to
which any Socialist opposed TO parlia-
mentary action was TO he expelled from
the party. Somehow it didn't work very
well. Wouldn't IL have been fine now 10
catch me red-handed flirting with our
great national mountebank and with the
authorized representative Of big finsnce?'