The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-05-21

James Oneal probably voiced the
sentiments of the majority as fully MS
any when he attacked the world.
" dictatorship" and declared that the
time and conditions that favored the
Russian revolution must be studied
before any attempt was made to
adopt Russian methods.
''Let it 20 through the country that
you favor a dictatorship of the pro-
letariat and vou will cease to be
political party" he said "Alopt
such resolution, and you must do
your work underground, for you will
be driven underground by Sweet and
Albany aud the politicians at Washing
ten
"'Bourgeois democracy with all its
shams and illusions. permits in normal
times an honest and fair discussion.
70 cspouse the dictatorship program
would turn every such democracy into
an absolute autocracv.
The vote upon the principle of a
iproletarian dictatorship az fundament
al tactic of the revolution was l03
TO 33.
Sewers connection with Third Inter
national
One of the principles laid down by
the Third (Moscow) international as
basis for membership in it of Social
ist and Revolutionary parties ari
groups Of all countries is the adoption
of the principle of the dictatorship
of the proletariat as tactic during
the transition Stage from capitalism,
to socialism in order to The quicker
place all power in the hands of The
workers and to DESTROY with as little
violence as possible all opportunity for
bourgeois counter revolution against
, the workers.
The recent referendum Of the so.
cialist Party membership upon affilia
tion with the Third International by
, vote of 3 to | with certain reserv-
ations will be discarded il the plat
5 form adopted at this convention is
' adopted by the rank and file. That
. il will be adopted goes with out saying.
: lhe Socialist thus definitely
B, places, itself outside tho real revClu-
Q tonary movement of the world and
| s'Ntp'f'7' HuiNg w Wl'b
) if not reactionary measures.
The Party of Debs'', but will he
lead it7
, With the nomination of Eugene V.
r Debs as its candidate for president
! and Seymour Stodman as Vice-Pres-
iGdnt the convention closed its deliber.
$ atiOns. The question now is will Debs
accept the nomination. Opinion is
divided as to what his decision will
, be, Communists point to Debs state.
/, ment before he was sent to prison,
, wher in many speeches in Ohio and
? other states he voiced his entire an.
| proval of the Bolsheviki and their
. methods of gaining control over the
D capitalists and bourgeoisie, as bearag
/. out the assertion that he would not
degrade his revolutionary spirit by
r accepting the nomination.
+, Speaking Of the victories of The
9 Bolsheviki in conquering the enemies
o of tie workers, Debs said in an article
q in The Glass Struggle, of which he
/ was one of the editors, in the issue of
, February, 1919, "They are setting
I the heroic example for worldwide
' emulation. Let us, like them scorn
and repudiato the cowardly compromis
Y ers with our own ranks, challenge and
/ defy the robber class power, and fight
). il out on that line to victory or deathl
{ From the crown of my head to the
y soles Of my feet, / am Bolshevik, and
Q pround of it, The Day of the People
}. has arrived.
,. Will Debs repudiate that statement
/. by accepting the candidacy of the party
{ which has cmasculated its platform to
o the etxent Of rejecting the principle
/ which Debs accepted advocated aud
i which constituted one of the charges
/. against him by the capitalist class
3 courts and for which he was sent 10
'prisoni