Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-23
NOTHING LEARNED AND MUCH FoRcorTENr

1t is to HIM an unreasonable" fact,
that the Overwhelming majority of the
Industrial uhionists are in favor of In
dependent political action, in the same
way as he is assured hat there is no
material difference between the Chica-
go and the Detroit factions Of the /.
Ivy. W.-with the exception Of their
views as regards political action"
that he-Debs-is, however, certain
that the members of the Chicago
school would go in for political acti-
vlty,' so we have the old axiom again
that two quantities which equal a
third quantity are themselves equal:
VIZ: Chicago l. w W.-Detroit /. W
VS.. P.-'S. L. p.
But Eugene V. Debs calculates with
quantities which do not exist, for
where is the l. W. w. today? On pa
per there might be still 10000 mem
Ders' put paper trades unionists are
OF just as much use in economic wars
as tin soldiers in the fight for the
nonor OF country" Mention of the
l: w. W., is made from time to time
II IS true. by some reporter or other
hungry for something about which to
write, but this organization is not the
only curiosity which finds its, wav N.
10 the press. Presenting that fhere
IS an l. W. w., is Debs justified IN
ms assumption that the Chicago
w. W! (the half dozen Detroiters are
absolutely out of the question: wonld
go IN Tor political action? Does not
every single warrior Of this society
haywood, Vincent, st. John, Rothfies.
er' etc., declare himself as the direct
opponent OF every kind Of political
ACTIVITY? Is not the attack upon the
socialist Party the very basis of their
propaganda; it not the Corruption and
degeneracy" of the socialist 'noliti.
clans" referred to in every number of
their organ? But who said thai NM
such trifles! ~
Our worthy brother already sees the
colapse OF the A. F. Of L., but he has
maze many such prophecies. The
United Mine Workers and w. p. of M
VIII unite IN great organization and
Will forsake the A. F. of L.: other
progressive A. f. Of L. declarations
Will follow, thus strengthening the
power OF the revolutionary trade I'M
lonlsts. AS though Debs-and many
OF his kidney-had not said the same
| in 1905! N'''---e
We're not similar hopes entertained
When the bakers, brewers, machinists
cap makers, ETC., seeded from the
A. +. OF L. and what was the result ,
Less than nothing, for the progressive
decorations knew that the A, +. Of I.
Win all its faults and SHORTCOMINGS
represented the American working
classes. They knew that the A. f. Of
L. was reactionary because labor in
America is still backward; and that
the Central Federation is but the re-
nectlon OF the great majority of the
Proletariat, that this is how it should.
pc, and may not be otherwise.
And during the nine years which
have passed since this time, the most
and certainly the most important. of
the signatories of the manifesto-Un-
termann, Simons, Mother" Jones
have realized that it is impossible to
rear q progressive labor movement in
any country through the establishing
OF so-called revolutionary organize
ZION. through radical preambles and
platforms.
Deb's appeal to the Socialist Collea-
CUES and Industrial Socialists win az
zle out unheard by any man; it win
be just as effective as, for example,
the Debs-De Leon.Ruth oath at the
First Chicago Convention. The party
can demand from the man. whom they
had three times elected banner bear
er, that he should curb his imagina-
tons in the interest Of the movement
and at the same time the working |
classes.