Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-10-03

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knoW, if his eager desire to have
twelve o'clock at eleven has not utter
i ly destroyed his reasoning powers
that there must be FAR better organi'
cation of the workers, both politically
and economically, and far closer
fraternity between the polltlca1 anu
economic organizations OF uae WORK
ers, before I'VE can have genera
Istrike Of more than opera DouHe olmen-
sions. -.
it would not be the duty of the Social
list party to, declare it, or to order II.
II mightsta the initiative to the extent
LOT calliag a conference of party or
carnations and the labor unions. The
strike could not be, called by the party
/ alone. ~
| Cautiously enough, by the adoption
lof Hiuquit's motion at the last N. e.
tC. meeting, referring the circular
from the International Socialist Bu-
reau. asking our opinion of the Hardie-
Valiant resolution, to the unions OF
the workers engaged in mining, trans
portation, the manufacture OF military
supplies, and so on, we ghaVe, on the
lthe motion of mereS CppOrtunist
taken the first positive step essential
to the success of general strike
This may not be much, indeed, but it
is much more than the very obvious
statement volunteered by our revolu
tionary comrade, that the preparation
of such a strike may Mcguire some
time
Concerning the membership Of the
party members who may possibly en-
list in some possible war: Comrade
Haywood can; when it suits his. pur-
pose, be very rigid in his adheeence
Ito the party constitution. In particu-
| lar, he has been quite vociferous in
declaring that we, his colleagues, have
: usurped powers not given to us, ex-
I eeeding our authority, and so on. But
neither under the old constitution nor
: the new one have we amy right to
= amend the constitution, or even to
: initiate or suggest amendments to it.
Yet, only by an amendment to the
i constitution can the rule HE suggests
) be enacted Certainly the N. 3. G
v has no power to make the rule.
i 'sF'inally, / protest against the un
warranted attack upon the party which
n I Comrade Haywood makes in his de
i clarion that the Mexican revolution
r lists might be in a far better position
j. today if the Socialist Party had not
y steadily refused to do it's duty
o. "The time has ocme when we mus
call halt to those who continuously
+ SANDER and misrepresent the party
/ from the inside. 1t is monstrous
/ thing to have a member of the Ma
= tional Executive of the party accuse
It the party of having steadfastly refus
s ed to do it's duty3-especiall when, sc
r far as the records shoW, this is the
g first time he has ever urged that any
# things be done in the matter at all.
It Cali comrades who care to get at the
l. facts will find them of very easy &C
" cess. They are of record In oul
1908 snational convention we had uI
5 the matter of the persecution of Sara
s bia and others and adopted a strong
y resolution. In 1910 we had the mattel
up at the national congress and adopt
q ed resolution which was mainly tht
o work of DeLara, The National Execu
tive during 1910-1911 adopted severa
r ringing resolutions on the subject. II
It March, 1911, we issued the Proclama
n ton Withdraw the Troops!' and car
j. ried on a very vigorous campaign OF
J. the subject. Finally, in 1912, at the
d national convention, we once more
IS had the matter up. After Comradt
S DeLara had concluded his splendid
:. speech describing the difieultie!
S they had to encounter in Mexico, ant
the unorganized @copdition of the
l. Mexican working Glass; omrade Hay
e wood added his contribution to the
, great work of setting the party righ
b upon a matter of importance il
which if he is to be believed, the So
) cialist party has 'steadfastly neglected
} it's duty for years. And what was tina
r .contribution? Why, he simply asked
r DeLara why the Mexican workers die
4 not organize a general strike! And
THAT very helpful suggestion came af
Il ter the Grammatical recital by DeLara OF
t the helpless and unorganized condi
Z ton of the Mexican working class.
j Compared with this, the wisdom o;
i the French aristocrat who, when told
q the people were hungry and had nc
r bread, asked why don't they eat cake
:, Them was irreproachable.
HIIlquit's Lyceum Motion.
o The following communication has
been received from Comrade Hillquit:
please resubmit motion recently
e madeNrby me in connection with the
0 Lyceum Lecture Bureau, together
e with comment which accompanied the
same. 1 sincerely hope that this time
+ all the members of the committee will
! vote on it In the Affirmative or the mega
! tive, since the matter is of too great
! Importance to be simply neglected as
it was on the first submission"
The re-submitted motion and COM
! ment are as follows:
II move that subcommittee of one
be chosen by the National Executive
Committee to make thorough exami-
nation of the qualifications Of the
Lyceum lecturers on the approved list,
assigned and unassigned. and that he
report upon the results of such exami-
nation with recommendations to the
National Executive Committee as ex-
pediently as possible. The comrade to
be chosen as such sub committee shall