The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-07-19

wage. IL will be mp to this committee TO
determine the size of such wages The
committee that canvasscd state refcren-
dums "B" and CO. worked eleven hours
and ia stil unpaid. | recommend that the
s r.. c. today settle how many and
which candidates shall be routed and
when they are to begin.
Yours for the revolution.
FRANS BOSTROM,
state Secretary.
Sccrctary's report laid over to new
business.
Tcttor from Local Nelson read and Sc
rctary's answer approved.
Letter from Comrade la Barre read
and secretary ordered to write that the
s. T.. C. has no power to loan party
funds.
Letter from Comrade Charlotte Jones
read and ordered filed.
Letter from Jervis telling of the loss
of his eve glasses in free speech fight.
Secretary ordered to pay for the glasses
Letter from Anna Maley read, proposing
campaign cards and leaflets. Secretary
was ordered to have fifty thousand state
platforms printed for the campaign with
cuts of nominees on the back.
Letter from Bruce Rogers, asking for
assistance to pay expenses of first con
pressional district, read and assistance
refused.
Letters from Comrade NJ. Z. Giles and
Joseph Gilbert, pertaining to the rout-
ing in the campaign, read and 1T was de-
cided to route them after the primary
election.
Letter from Local Tukwila read and
filed
Wells moved to reconsider the motion
PASSED at the special meeting in Seattle
June 30. according to which the temper
arv RECOGNITION of the city committee of
Seattle of which Willard Price is secre-
tary, was made permanent, and the
county committee of King county, OF
which A. L. Carpenter is secretary, was
also permanently recognized Motion
carried
Comrade Wells explained that he
wished the motion reconsidered because
he had been forced to participate in the
special meeting in order to give it a
quorum, but that now no such emerg-
encv existed and that therefore the case
ought to be passed upon by committee
members not belonging to the quarreling
locals. After considerable discussion
Comrade Davis moved that the former
action be sustained. On roll call the
vote stood: Yes, Barth, Smith, Thomp-
son and Davis. Not voting, Kate Sadler
and Wells.
Letter from the Appeal to Reason read
and filed.
Letter from Chas. Gardiner read and
filed.
Bill of state secretary for trip to Sc
attic, SLIGO, ordered paid.
On question raised by Comrade Ostant,
the S. e. c. decided that apportionment
of state committeeman takes place after
January-l, and that no consideration IS
given to the number of members of locals
during the remainder of the year.
The committee adopted the following
resolution:
In the California Socialist Bulletin of
June 81, 1912, the following letter APP
pears:
Mr.. Adolph Harrack, us Fernando Bldg,
Los Angeles, Cal, April 10, 1912.
Dear Comrade-Your letter came at a
time when 1 was busy with the Mil
waukee campaign, and could not be we'll
answered. I appreciate very deeply the
Importance of the matters you mention.
You ask me if Hartman ever requested
me to use my influence to prevent the
placing of a socialist ticket in the field
against Mccarthy in San Francisco. [
answer that he did not. Some time
over year ago, however, he intimated
something of the kind in private con-
versation with Mahlon Barnes and my
self. He was promptly and emphatically
"called down" I told him then that if
he ever tried anything of the kind, he
would have to leave our party. [ have
heard nothing of the subject since. The
granting of a charter in Los Angeles
county to the Typographical Union l re-
gard as entirely unconstitutional.
Fraternally yours,
VICTOR L. BERGER.
Whereas, this letter clearly shows that
Job Hartman as late as something
over a year ago" still was afflicted with
the monomania of fusion, compromise
and political trading, therefore be it
Resolved by the s. e. C, of the social
list party of Washington, that we con
slider said Job Hartman totally unfit
for the great responsibility of serving
the party as a member of the n. e. O.;
and be it further
Resolved, that we call upon the locals
of this state to make and endorse mo-
tions for national referendum to re-
call him from the N. e. c.
Application of SnohOmish county for
recognition of autonomy, granted with
the provision that election of secretary
treasurer be held once more, and that in
accordance with the county constitution
two nominees be placed on the ballot for
the office.
Motions for state committee referen-
dums and seconds to motions for state
referendums read, and comments agreed
upon.
Wells was elected to make out a state
ment to the state committee OF the
action of the S. E. C. on the Seattle stu
alton.
Letter and bill from Attorney Enge'
set for services at Port Townsend con
sidered and bill for $40 ordered paid
In the case of the appeal of NJ. j
Kennedy, who joined Seattle Fourth
Ward to escape charges in Local Seattle
Fifth Ward, the committee on motion OF
Smith held that Kennedy could not be
accented to membership in Local Fourth
Ward and therefore stands expelled from
the partv by the action Of Local Fiftt
Ward. Charges made by Local tlttl
Ward auainst Local Fourth Ward tabled