The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-04-22
ARE WE TOO MARROW?
LOCAL CURLEW MAKES SOME
POINTED OBSERVATIONS

| POINTED OBSERVAI IONS.
To all members of the Regular Soc
ialist party OF the State of Washington
Comrades
! Whereas, the state Convention held
at Seattle recently, has amply demon
strated that the affairs OF the regular
Socialist party OF the state of Wash
ington, are far from being in a salts
factory condition, due to the fact that
the party members have of late been
eternally wrangling and warning over
nonessentials and mere techncaltes,
instead OF devoting their time and EN-
ing the workers to a point whereby
they can bring about their complete
emancipation, and
Whereas, the regular Socialist party
OF the state Of Washington have be-
come too narrow and dogmatic, and
distinctly undemocratic in their views
and tendencies, with the result, that
the impression has gone forth that no
one but a wage-worker or a manual
laborer can become class conscious
Socialist, and
Whereas, If Socialism is internation-
al and world wide in its application,
it's platform must be broad construc-
tive, and democratic enough to permit
one to stand upon 1t irrespective OF
Race, Creed, Sex, Wage-worker, Farm
viding they are fully class conscious
and sign section three of the consti-
tuition, and agree to recognize, and
work for, and to upheld the three
fundamental principles OF MARKHAM
Scientific Socialism, vis.-The Class
Struggle, the abolition OF the Privat-
ely Owned Tools OF Production, and
the Inauguration of Economic Free
dom, and
Whereas, while we do not suggest
that the regular organization OF the
state of Washington compromise, or
seek to fuse with the yellow faction,
!
but rather we favor the seceders be-
ing permitted to return Of their own
violition, because we recognize that
if the Socialist party Of Washington
did not need this lesson it would not
be called upon to pass through the
present crisis, and further we believe
that the party can be much better re-
formed and expurgated from within,
and not from without, or by the estab-
fishing of second Socialist party in
the state of Washington and
Whereas, the Socialist party is too
large to be dominated by individuals
or cliques and
Whereas, painstaking party Off
cial should at all times subordinate
his interests for the welfare of the
personal views upon the party and
have it go forth as the official opinion
of the Socialist party of Washington;
and
Whereas, we do not advocate the
Socialist party constituting itself into
reform or opportunist party, but we
do desire to see all Socialists identify
ing themselves with all true progress
sive working class measures Of re-
form, and so help to alleviate some
what, the burden and miseries of the
proletarians, because it is only by such
efforts that we can hope to educate
and uplift the proletarians out Of their
dependency, and elevate them to a
point whereby they can comprehend
and assimilate, and in turn, further
disseminate the principles of scien-
tific Socialism; therefore, be it
Resolved, that Local Curlew desires
to draw the attention of others locals
throughout the state to the singular
condition that the party has been
brought to, and to the apathetic man.
ner in which the party members re-
gard it; and, be it further
Resolved, that the party through it's
locals and other gatherings cease to
spend their meetings in wrangling
and warning amongst themselves, but
to devote their time to the spreading
of Socialist propaganda, and so hasten
the day of working class emancipation
and freedom.
H. A. SOCK,
Local Secretary.
BERT G. GATZLAF,
Local Chairman.
Curlew, Washington, April IA, 1914