New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-01

very astute advisers. With six states III
America In which women nave the Fo'0
II Is worth any politicians while to MAKE
n big bid for their support. In the other
states where women have not the vote
themselves, they can still exercise con-
siderable influence. and so In preparing
the conglomerate platform, he quite nat
uraliy included woman suffrage.
The Socialist movement in Great Brituin
IL making great Roadway. The recent
strikes and the action of the government
I'm turning out the army to support me
oruployers and to protect scab labor mas
had q very educative effect upon the
trade unionists. The Independent Labor
party, which IL the leading Socialist or
eanizaticn, has been conducting cam
paign OF unparalleled magnitude withlh
the last twelve months. On an average
,vsnty-fiye hundred meetings are being
held under its auspices every week MIL
ions of pamphlets and leaflets have been
distributed. and $4,000 has been spent
during the last six months on this special
propaganda alone.
Recently the disgruntled members OF
the Independent Labor party agreed TO
form themselves into a new organization
entitled the British Socialist party. The
Socialist Democratic party. which was
then in q bankrupt condition ana unaple
to pay it's officers, agreed TO join the new
party, but thus far the chief energies OF
the party have been devoted to internicine
warfare and to firing out suspects. victor
Grayson. who took the lead In creating
tho new party, has himself either oeeh
expelled or forced 10 leave the party IN
sheer disgust. 1t cuts no figure whatever
! In Great Britain and is not likely ever 10
/ become OF sufficient Importance TO De
! taken seriously into account.
The Socialist vote in Great Britain rep
resents about 80 per cent of the electorate.
1t IL proved In this way: We have three
cornered contests. That is TO say, where
| there Is a Liberal, a Conservative and
Socialist candidate. we poll on an average
one-third OF the total number OF votes
cast. In quite q number OF places we
/ have forced the Liberals and the Conser-
yatives to combine openly to prevent our
man from winning. and In all these cases
we have either more than one-half or the
votes, In which case we win, or just under
% per cent OF the electors voting for our
candidate.
We don't know when the next general
election may come. There is no fixed time
for It's coming. 1t might come this au-
, tumn, or II might be three years hence
but during the last twelve months We
have fought six by-elections, and wher-
, ever q vacancy occurs in an industrial
/ constituency wo always contest In the
municipal elections In 1909 We captured
% seats. In 1910 wc took 2e, and IN 1911
we raised II 70 Il. Women househoders--
mostly widows--have the vote at these
elections We have at present l,sO So
cialist members on the municipal bodies.
In addition there are 40 trade union mem-
bers OF these bodies.
In the parliamentary field our average
vote per candidate has been: 1899, 4l79i
1908, s,isl: 1910 January s,4sS, and 1915
December). 6.S22
The percentage OF the total vote given
10 our candidates at the last three Par
liamentary general elections, based on the
constituencies where We had candidate
is shown In the following table: