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

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The Next Big Thing
| Is Socialist Day on Sunday, October
18th? Every local in America is e3-
pected to hold a propaganda meeting
on that date at which messages will
be read from both Debs and Seidel
and collection taken for the Nation.
al Campaign fund.
Reports from all parts of the coun-
try indicate that this Socialist Day"
is a big idea fraught with tremendous
propaganda value. Hundreds of locals
are preparing to make this the big
|
there will be more Socialist meetings
held, more Socialist speeches made,
and more Socialist literature distribut-
ed on October 18th than on any single
day in the history of the Socialist
movement. No party or movement
has ever undertaken or accomplished
anything of such magnitude or politi-
cal significance.
II your local hac not already made
arrangements for meeting on this
date, do so at once. Get a speaker if
you can, If not do your own speaking.
II this is impossible, hold a meeting
anyway, read the party platform and
the letters from Debs and Seidel. The
consciousness that nearly six thousand
other locals are doing the same thing
at the same time, showing the .solidar-
/ ity, organization and growth of the
movement, should of itself create such
an enthusiasm as to insure the sue
cess of your meeting.
/ Remember, the letters are coming,
letters from Gene and Emil, direct to
your local, and to be read. only on
Socialist Day. Get busy now and ar
range for the meeting at which they
will be read. Sunday, October 18th.
| Actions on Motions.
| Herewith Isl reported action taken
! on a number Of motions:
Berger motion that all appeals on
the part of the National Executive
Comimttee for funds other than for
carrying on the campaign be laid
aside until after election day: Voting
yes, Berger, Hartman, Hillquit; vot-
ing no, Haywood, Irvine, O'Hare and
Spargo. Lost.
| Haywood amendment to add unless
emergencies arise that demand imme-
diate action and support. " Voting yes,
Haywood and Irvine; voting no, Ber-
ger; not voting, Hartman, HillQuit,
O'Hare and Spargo. No action taken.
Berger motion that the National
Office shall make no further assign
1nent of speakers or organizers other
than those already provided for work
in the SoutheTm states by the N. e. c.:
voting yes, Berger, Hartman and
HillQuit; voting no, Haywood, Irvine,
O'Hare and Spargo. Lost.
Haywood amendment to add unless
recommended by the National secre-
tary to carry on the necessary organ
izatiom work of the party" voting yes,
Haywood and Irvine; voting no, Ber-
ger; not voting, Hartman, HillQuit,
OHare and Spargo. No action taken.
Berger motion that an urgent call
for the campaign fund be issued in the
name of the National Executive Com
mittee: voting yes, Berger, Haywood,
Hartman, Hillquit, O'Hare and Spar
gh; not voting, Irvine Carried.
Irvine amendment to include the
campaign committee: voting yes, r.
vine; voting no, Berger; not voting
Haywood, Hartman, HillQuit, O'Hare
and Spargo. No action taken.
Berger motion that all money avail
able in the National ONCE above the
necessary current expenses be set
aside for the campaign fund and to be
at the disposal Of the Campaign Com
mittee: voting yes, Berger, Hartman,
and HillQuit; voting no, Haywood, IT.
vine, O'Hare and Spargo. Lost.
Comment by Hillquit: 81 fully real
ize the weight of some of your objec-
TONS but the campaign will last only
3 few weeks more and the National
Once will have ample time to recuper-
ate from the ravages on It's treasury,
after the election.
Haywood amendment to add with
the understanding that no funds of |
the National Once shall be appropriat- |
ed If by so doing it shall tend to handi- |
cap or interfere with the general work |
of the party Organization and its es-
sential propaganda" voting yes, Hay
wood and Irvine; voting no, Berger;
not voting, Hartman, Hiliquit, O'Hare
and Sparg0. No action taken.
The Haywood Motion.
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