Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-05-23

Delegates Wills, Oklahoma, Wright,
Nebraska, and Rhodes, Texas, sup
ported the farmers program. Del
egate Slobodin, New York, contended
that the Socialist party should adj
dress itself only to the farm laborer'
and leave the tenant farmer alone.
The report of the committee, howev-
er, carried the convention by an over
whelming majority
Greeting from two fraternal dele
gates stirred the convention and
brought forth the first real enthus-
iasm displayed by the delegates since
May ~, when the convention opened
The delegates who addressed the con
vention were Karl Legien, the noted
labor leader and Socialist member of
the German Reichstag, and L. Quit
errez de Lara, the Mexican Socialist
and revolutionist.
Legien, after greeting the delegates
told them of the experiences of the
German labor movement. He de-
clared that the German Socialist par
ty which has been so eminently sue
cessful has never dictated nor inter
fered with the labor organizations.
For that reason, he said, the German
trade unionists are Socialists and
scorn syndicalism and other non-So-
cialist tactics.
De Lara called on the American So
cialist party to use every means pos
sible to prevent Intervention by the
United States Government in the
Mexican revolution, which is threat
ened.
The convention adopted strong res
olutions against Intervention.
Among the resolutions adopted
without debate by the convention
were those pledging moral and finan-
cial support to Joseph J. Etter and
Arthure Giovanitti, now in prison in
Lawrence, Mass, warning the work
ers of the East to stay away from the
Pacific Coast on account Of lack of
work and threatened trouble, and
pledging the party to the policy of
organizing all municipal employees
wherever the party gets into power.
The delegates also adopted res
olution pledging the party to carry
on an aggressive propaganda in the
army and navy.
The recommendation of the Com
mittee on Co-Operatives to elect
committee of five to Investigate this
subject in more detail and to report
OF the 1914 Congress was adopted.
Gaylord, Wisconsin, made the report
as chairman of the committee. A
minority report signed by Lindgren,
New York, declaring that co-opera-
tives are foreign to the Socialist
movement and should be let alone,
was defeated.
Barnes, of Pennsylvania, reported
for the Committee on International
Relations. The entire report of this
committee was adopted. 1t recon-
mended:
That the convention declare
against Intervention by the United
States in the Mexican revolution.
That the Socialist party of this
country and foreign countries arrange
to send fraternal delegates to their
respective conventions.
That the delegates to the Interoa,
tional Socialist Congress shall ar
range for the discussion Of the sub
jects, high cost of living, information
al labor legislation, and that the Con-
gress be urged to secure an interna-
tional agreement among the Socialist
parties of the world against war be-
tween their respective countries.
Everything asked by the foreign
language sections of the Socialist
party was granted almost by unani-
nous vote. The predictions is made
that this action will double the
membership of these sections before
another convention meets.
The completed farmers declara-
ton adopted by the convention pro
vides: 49,. A.