The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-03-21
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upon the needs and necessities OF
the wage slave. with it's final aim the
overthrow and complete destruction
of the capitalist wage system, we
therefore urge upon our members the
vital necessity of choosing our can.
didates, committeeman and other
party officials wherever and when.
ever possible from among those mem
bers whose chief source of existence
rests upon the sale of their labor
power for wages, and that we further
recommend and advise that those
members of the socialist party who
are not of and from the bona fide
wage working class can aid greatly
in the maintenance of harmony,
peace and progress of the organiza-
ton as well as testifying to real
loyalty to the working class by al
lowing the real slaves of capital full
freedom in planning the work of their
own emancipation. The test of their
socialism will be shown in their will
ingness to assist and support those
plans without desiring to dominate or
control the ideas and efforts of the
working class members.
The following resolution by +. II.
Storrs, of Anti-War, was then read
and adopted and a copy ordered sent
to senators, congressman and the
president.
Resolved, that we the delegates of
the socialist party, in convention as
sembled, at the city of Tacoma, de-
mand of the president and congress
of the United States to conduct a
searching investigation of the charges
against and the prosecution of the
editors of the Appeal to Reason,
namely, Eugene v. Debs, Fred D.
Warren, C. L. Phipcs, and their at
torney, ]. l. Shepard, who are now
under indictment brought against
them by a federal grand jury and
Prosecutor Harry Bone.
Report of credentials committee
upon credentials of J. C. Murphy, of
Local Maiden, accepted and delegate
seated.
The state constitution was then
taken up for consideration and re-
viewed to section II.
A report from the grievance COM
mittee was then considered.
Report
Comrades of the convention: The
state executive committee has brought
to the attention of your committee the
following facts:
1. That H. T. Bone and other
members of Local No. 2, Tacoma,
were active participants in a move.
ment last fall to organize the socia-
lists of Pierce county under the state
primary law.
2. That Homer T. Bone and the
other members, participating in this
movement, were to a greater or lesser
degree affiliated with OF cooperating
with the faction in Seattle known as
the Brown faction, in organizing or
attempting to organize the socialists
of the state along lines which they
profess to believe would comply with
the state primary law.
8. The S. e. G. brought charges
against H. T. Bone and his associates
in his local showing that they were
violating the party constitution (Sec.
62) and were guilty of party treason.
4. That Local Tacoma No. 2 ex-
onerated the members.
The grievance committee reviewed
the case very carefully, considering a
great mass of testimony and reached
the following conclusions:
1. That Bone and his associates
did participate in this direct primary
movement and was guilty of party
treason.
2. That Local Tacoma No. 2 in
generating the members charged
was also guilty of party treason.
We, the grievance committee there
fore recommend, that the charter of
this local be revoked.
Signed by the unanimous commit
tee. w. H. STACKHOUSE,
Secretary.
l.. MILLER,
J. G. LAYMAN,
M. L. STRONG,
HENRY ASKELI,
Chairman.
Moved that report of grievance
committee in case of Local No. 2, Ia
coma, be adopted by this convention.
Subsidiary motion that rules be sus-
pended, that time to adjourn be ex-
tended to IL p. m. and that the ac-
cused and that the prosecution be
given one hour each for presentation
of their respective sides. Amended
that the time be extended one hour
and that each side be given one-half
hour. Amendment carried. Motion