The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-10-18

tomnda Martens said ihr disturbance
was caused before the meeting hr"'n
AMI Npnne1y ought To- Doe eNp'lI'd from
Che socialist party for bringing O. police.
man there.
Motion that tnmnde Kennedy h'
found guilty of bringing a policeman
into socialist meeting April Ib AMI
Chat we rXprl him from the socialist
purity
Amendment that we suspend 'omrndr
Kennedy for one year.
amendment TINT we suspend ndell.
uitoly.
Substitute that we lind OomIade Men
nody guilty Carried
Motion that we eNpcl Iomrodo Sen
nody from the socialist party. carried
Motion that we send communication
tn state Bulletin and National Bulletin
Carried.
WILLARD IldO W.
Secretary.
Nonnedys letter To the state cNecu'
tive committe:
Hotel Granite. Seattle. juno 10. wv.
trns Bostrom, state secretary ana
Members of the State Executive Noin-
mlttoe;
Comrades received a comnunlca-
ton from the Firth Ward Local, seattle
of which / was formerly member mott
tying me that Mt meeting held by the
Fifth Ward Local on june >, VIZ, thaI
! was expelled from the >. J.. ! received
n notice about May 10 that charges had
been preferred against me at the meet.
ing of May 7 and that the trial was set
for May 2S. | delivered a communlra-
tiou to Fifth Ward Local at Jher meet
ing on May II and 1t was read at mat
meeting in answer to the letter stating
that considered the action OF Local
Firth Ward unconstitutional a copy OF
the letter, ] am informed, has been sent
TO your committee as part OF the record
Of the meeting of the Fifth Ward Local
OF June IA, 1912 The communication
sent to mt states that trial mad taken
place: as matter OF fact, no trial could
legally take place until the >. 4. Z. had
passed upon the eonstitutionality OF the
question that | raised with regard to
the jurisdiction of local over its own
members. lSee section -, state constl-
tution.) 1t was three weeks between
the time | raised the question of locals
jurisdiction and the date that the so
called trial took place, June 4, 1912.
There was ample time for the local to
submit the question to the S. +. c., but
rs usual Local Fifth Ward, on the ad-
vice of its leaders, in its rule or ruin
policy, considered themselves capable Of
deciding the question themselves, regard
less OF the state constitution. This mock
trial held before a kangaroo court was the
biggest farce that was ever acted at
1909 Fifth avenue, Seattle Matters
leading up to the cause of bringing in
the police to maintain order was tabooed
at that mock trial Comrade Erbs wanted
to show justification for calling in thu
police but he was called to order by
the chairman and told he could not dis
cuss what took place at the meeting
the riotng and fighting up to the time
of opening the meeting, all this was shut
out. | went to the meeting to see that
my letter of May IA was read and to
make a statement pointing out the un
constitutionality of putting on trial
member of another local. l stated that
| would not take part in what I consid-
cred an unconstitutional act, until the
S. E. G.. had decided the question. The
other point raised at that meeting was
that | had not violated any part of the
state or national constitution, therefore
the local had no power to suspend or
expel me or any other member from the
S. P. except for violation of the consti
tuition. The local is given power under
the state constitution to drop from the
roll of membership, after a trial, obiec-
tionable members, if the majority of the
members present at summoned meet
ing had the power to suspend or eXpel
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