Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-11-28
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Carl D. Thompson has entered up
on his duties as manager of the In
formation Department of the National
Office.
A state convention OF the Socialist
party of Delaware was held at Wilm-
! ington, Sunday, November 10, for the
purpose Of taking the preliminary
steps towards forming state organi-
cation. A state constitution was
adopted and candidates for state Sec
rotary and national committeeman
nominated
The National Office will put the
constitution and the candidates to a
vote of the state membership. If the
vote on the constitution is favorable,
the question of granting state char
ter will then be put to the National
Executive Committee.
1t will not be possible to secure ac-
curate figures on the election Of 1912
for some time. The official count is
made at different times in different
states. The Information Department
of the National Office will take the
matter up and secure the figures as
soon as they are available. Mean
time. it seems probable that we have
doubled the vote of 1908. State Secre-
taries are requested to send the Off
cial vote of their states to Socialist
Party, Information Department, Ill
North Market street, Chicago. If the
official vote is not yet available, send
the semi-oficial or unofficial vote.
State Secretary Voss of Tennessee,
reports eight locals organized in that
state during the month of October.
Down along the big ditch, at Cor
coma, Canal zone, the people decided
to hold mock election and express
their choice for president and other
officials, even though their votes would
not be counted. Comrade Frederick
Einerman sends the results to the Ma
tional Office. The vote for president
was as follows: Taft 10; Wilson 101;
Debs, 2S5; Roosevelt lis. He says,
"Our opponents had the noise, but we
had the arguments. the facts and the
silent vote, as our landslide will
show-I do not mean in Culebra cut,
but on the ballot"
State Secretary Schawe Of Ohio, re-
ports seventeen locals and branches
organized in that state during the
month of October.
| The German State Agitation Com
mittee of New York, has arranged to
hold a national conference of all the
| German branches affiliated with it, at
| New Castle, Pa, on the 27th and 28th
of December, for the purpose of con-
ferring on questions Of organization
and, propaganda among the German
speaking population of the country.
The organization now consists of
eighty three branches, with 1920 mem
bers.
As previously reported, the proceed
ings of the 1912 National convention
of the Socialist Party are now in
print. In accordance with the direc-
lions of the National Executive Com
mittee, they were published as cheap
ly as possible, with inexpensive paper
and rather small type, in order that
they might be sold at half the price
at which former proceedings were sold
Price, Csc per copy. Address National
Office, Socialist panty, Ill North Mar
ket street, Chicago.
Some time ago the Polish Section
and the Polish Alliance d ecided to
elect committee of six from each
side to work out plan upon which
unity might be accomplished. The
election Of a committee and the place
of meeting was decided by referendum
in each of the two organizations. On
November 1911, the joint committee
met at Pittsburgh, Pa, and the plan
for unity was accomplished and new
constitution adopted.
All resolutions and constitution will
be submitted to the rank and file OF
each organization. . It will take about
two months to conduct these referen-
dums, upon he conclusion Of which 1t
is hoped that there will be but one
Polish Socialist body in the United
States. The committee on unity was
composed as follows:
Polish Section-A. Hinkleman, of
Chicago; Victor Bolko, Of Detroit;
Adam Olszewski, Of New York; R.
Mazurkiewicz, Of Chicago; K. Droz-
dowski, Of Pittsburgh; K. Kowalski, of
Milwaukee; H. GlusH, secretary.
Polish Alliance-A. Dembski, of New
York; 2. Adamczewski, of New York;
J. Sawicld, Of New York; A. Z. Bar
wicH, of Cleveland: ]. Borokowsh, Of
Chicago, M. Banachowics, of Fort
Wayne; M. Nitecki, secretary.
Proposed National Committee Motion.
BY Germer, Illinois: move that the
National Educational Committee,
which was created at the last national
convention, meet once year at Ma
tional headquarters, on date agree
able to the members of the commit
tee, for the purpose of devising ways
and means by which the purpose of the
committee can be carried out. Wages
and expenses to be paid out Of the Ma
tional treasury.
An extraordinary international So
cialist congress will be held at Basel,
Switzerland, November "a, to consider
the international situation arising
from the Balkan war. The confer
ence was called by the International
Socialist Bureau at it's recent meeting.
Special Organizers are being toured
nv aha venum Dana rfmanf as follows: