Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-01-10
Declare Expulsion Of
Elected Assemblymen
Is Denial Of Republican
Government.
Deny Connection With
Russian Internationale
or Authority of Parties
to Bar Other.

New York Jan. 9.--The executive
committee of the New York socialist
party has demanded that the assembly
re enfranchise the thousands Of voters
of the state who voted the socialist ticket
by Immediately revoking its ''disgraceful
and autocratic action" in suspcnding five
socialist assemblymen.
In statement issued after an all
night session, the committee declared
that the voters who sent the socialist
assemblymen to Albany asserted that the
socialist party is not 'inlmical to the
public welfare"
Revocation of the assemblys action
was demanded in order that "a republi-
can form Of government. guaranteed TO
each state by the federal constitution be
restored to the people of New York the
statement said THE executive com
mittee of the socialist party views with
precedented action of the state assembly
in unseating the representatives of the
socialist party. The action of the as
sembly is the elimination Of long series
of outrages against constitutional rights
and the best traditions of the nation
Declares Charges False.
The assembly resolution proceeds 10
deliberate falsehood when it asserts that
the socialist party urged the people to
refuse to engage in the production OF
munitions Of war and other necessities,
the statement said.
The resolution Of the assembly in a
covert way is intended to convict the
socialist party Of the use of violence to
overthrow the government, implying that
the violence accompanying the revolution
in Russia is desired and favored by us
here" the statement continued.
The assembly resolution further as
serts that the socialist party is commit
ted to the Moscow internationae and
that the later is pledged to the violent
overthrow of organized government. The
socialist party is not committed to any
| international organization and, even il
affiliated with the Moscow 1nternationale
| this would not commit it to violence.
Pledge on Par With Masonry.
The statement defends the socialist
party pledge, which has been qualifi-
cation for membership for twenty years,
continuing:
I'VE have intended TO guard against
political trading or compromise with
other political parties. To sign such a
pledge is no more 81 violation of the con
stitution Of the United States than sim.
| liar pledges taken by members of the
Masonic order, knights Of Columbus
trade unions or any other association 0.
| ctzenS."
Submitting that II is not within tht
province Of one party, or two partic:
acting together to Judge whether thirt
or fourth party is inmical to the inter
ests' Of the state or nation, the state
ment says:
The action of the two dominant par
ties in the assembly is unprecedented II
the history Of parliamentary bodies.
End of Peaceful Solution.
No particular member of the social
ist party is singled ont for expulsion
Our entire group in the assembly is un
seated because of the political opinions.
Declaring that no official or member
Of the socialist party in New York ever
received instructions in violation OF fed
eral or state laws the statement chal
lenged the assembly TO produce the
slightest evidence of such action
If socialists can be disfranchised il
this way" it concludes, then peaceful
and rational solution of the great aues
tions Of our time is not possible III tn
United States.