The New York herald., 1922-01-30

or the nation but on the contrary. the
| harmonious cooperation OF every nation
with every other nation on earth. In
| that day war will curse this earth no
morei
'I am proud that I come from ths
working people and 1 have always
fought their battle and I can do moth
ing but continue the struggle. An era
of rule by the working people is coming
all over the world. Wars are fought by
the working people and they will have
| the say as to whether they should go to
war.
Men who go into war to be shot,
mutilated and gassed are heroes for the
moment. This false herokm soon
vanishes and the heroes become hobos
Don't you see IL everywhere? There are
100000 of them wandering the country
to-day. MANNED. mutilated and without
| jobs. You never see the plutocrat
wounded. Did you ever see a one legged
member of a Chamber OF Commerce?
''The American people were led to
believe it was a war of self-preserva-
ton, war for democracy, and yet
President Wilson In his famous st. Louis
speech said that it was a commercial
war, and for saying that same thing ]
was sent to prison for ten years for
violating the espionage act. The only
difference was that / said it at the
beginning of the war and he at the
finish
LET me say at this time that this
disarmament conference at Washington
/ is of the smallest consequence In ulti-
mate results. The thing of largest con-
sequence in far reaching and promised
results is the Russian revolution. The
beacon light Of the world to-day shines
1 from Russia, even in the present dark
hours of its struggle
do you think your serving prison
sentence has helped the Socialist party
! / asked.
Says Term Helped Party.
"a millionfold." he replied. "The
enemies of the party made millions OF
| friends for the cause. The Socialist
party is appealing more and more to the
people who think. Economic circun-
stances surrounding the average man
will lead him into the Socialist fold
through sheer distrust Of the older po-
litical parties. Can any one deny that?
Out of all our divisions and internal
Socialists, are unified and our principles
are the precepts which the every day
man can understand and digest.
What ordinary American citizen un-
derstands clearly the justification of
NGwberry's acceptance in the United
States Senate?
And the party is growing as never
before in it's history. The vote for the
Socialist party at the last Presidential
election was astounding when it is taken
into consideration that the party was
almost wrecked by the war and the
brutal persecution which followed in its
! yx.ak ka fhrix 60, Tts 80
would have been more than double what
II was but for the following clearly de-
fined factors in the campaign:
| Accounts for 100000 Votes.
| First. A million voters and perhaps
more who would have voted the Socialist
ticket. gave their votes to the Republi-
car party to make sure of the crushing
defeat and rebuke the Wilson Admin
| istration, which appeared to them the
vital issue of the campaign.
Second. The Farmer-Labor party, the
outgrowth of Socialist propaganda, and
led by former members of the Socialist
party, many of whom because they
attitude toward the capitalist war. In
tkeir speeches and writings they ap-
pealed to the radical sentiment by de-
claring that they were sanely social
stic.
Third, The Socialist party ticket was
not on the official ballot in the following
States: Vermont. South Dakota, Mon.
tana. Idaho, Arizona, New Mexico and
| louisiana
Fourth, The Socialist party had no
watchers at most of the polling places
and no means of seeing to it that its
vote was counted, Our treasury was
/ nd
a heavy load of debt. Knowing from
actual experience how corrupt the CAPT.
talist parties and politicians are, and to
what ends they will go to control cleo
| tons, 1t is absolutely certain that we
were cheated out of many thousands of
votes that were cast for our party.
Accuses Thugs Here.
Fifth. At certain polling places, nota-
/ bly, in New York. the thugs in charge
resorted to strongarm methods and
drove Socialists from the polls or threw
out their votes without counting them.
The evidence of these outrages is not
wanting. but there is no recourse for
Justice in such cases in capitalist courts.
sixth. The United Communist party.
consisting OF former party members. &C
cording 10 reports, boycotted the elec-
tion. and did all In their power In their
campaign to smash the Socialist party.
to keep workers from voting. and some
OF them went so far as to say TO voters
that II they must vote they should vote
the capitalist ticket. This was done,
presumably. to advance working class
solidarity.
Several weeks before the Presidential
election I made the prediction that the
Wilson administration would be swept
from power in whirlwind Of indigna-
tion. But it was not really an election
after all 1t was q political slaughter
But for the Bourbon South. where col
ored men and women do not vote fol-
fear of being murdered, 1t would have
been practically unanimous. The Wilson
administration was not defeated, 1t was
literally steam shoveled into the sea, and
never doubt that the Socialist party was
a valuable and active factor in thai
shoveling."