New-York tribune., 1920-02-13
State to Ask
Indictment of
Five Socialists
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The Socialist party is an anti-national
party, whose allegiance Is given to the
1nternationale and not to the United
States, whose government and institu-
tions it would destroy.
60" Mass action and the general
strike are advocated and urged by the
Socialist party as part Of the plan
to bring about conditions favorable to
revolution and as instruments Of revo-
luton and not to remedy industrial
evils. The revolutionary purpose and
make them reasonable, and whether
criminal or not in the absence Of such
purpose, reasonable with it.
6. "The five Assemblymen stand
sQuarely with their party for the over
throw Of our government. Three Of
Solomon and Wald-
man-avowed these doctrine as candi-
dates for the Assembly.
z. ut Is the supreme duty of the
Assembly and it's loyal members, who
have taken an oath to support the con-
stitution of the State Of New York and
the Constitution of the United States,
to exercise their ample power to ex-
clude from the legislative body Of the
less against all enemies, so that 1t may
the state and the United States who
would destroy both constitutions and
the governments organized under them.
Tolerance of such a presence would
involve breach Of their oath as loyal
men and Assemblymen.'
Disqualified by Pledges
In support of the first proposition
the brief says:
"The promise Of the Socialists not to
vote for any military or naval appro-
priations or for war was as much in
conflict with the Federal constitution
as with the state constitution, and dis
qualified them from taking the official
oath to support the Federal constitu-
ton and rendered the oath as taken
void.
"There Is but one inference from
the position of the Socialists in rela-
tion to military and naval appropri-
ations and for war. They would rem
der the country and government help
less aainst all nemies, SO that it may
be helpless against them, the enemies
of established order And for the op-
portunity which the helplessness of
government thus brought about would
give them they are willing to expose
the state to the assaults of all other
enemies"
Regarding the second proposition
the order says:
"They abdicated their function as
Assemblymcn and disqualified them
selves from taking the constitutional
oath Of office:
First-"By their promise to sub
ordinate their conscience and patriot
ism on every vote in the Assembly to
the block system of party voting, no
matter how destructive to good morals
and public interest such vote might DC
nd
tion of both provisions of the oath
quoted. The promise has been kept by
the Socialist party in the Assembly
in former sessions.
Second-"By their promise, when
ever directed SO to do by their dues
paying membership of their local or
the executive committee, to vote in
any particular manner on any bill, or
as to the appointment or selection of
any of the numerous public officials to
be chosen by the Legislature
Promise to Resign
"9. BY promising to resign in ad-
vance of taking office as pledge of
their performing their promise as re-
qulred by the state and country con-
stltutions and bylaws
The political immortality, faithless-
ness to country and to their solemn
oath, and complete negation of every
patriotic motive involved in these prem
ises more clearly appears from the pro
vision in the national constitution Of
the Socialist party that every person
resident of the United States of the
age of eighteen years and upward,
whether citizen or alien, is eligible
to membership. The dues-paying mem
bership or the executive committee
having control over the official action
of the Assemblymen, might be COM
posed in part. Witness Collins says
the aliens are 70 per cent of the mem
bership.
The Socialist Assemblymen do not
acknowledge responsibility to the state
or to their constituents in their dis
trict or even to the party that elected