The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-25

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In the rural elections there said ODE marked increase
of interest since last about half tn electorate
ing the electoral meetings. which satisfactory of
and distances sometimes involved The list
on one occasion the subject of lively discussion amend
being women elected rose from
per cent last to 6 cent and
high as rs cent The percentage of Communists from
10 cent to Is cent and of soldiers from cent to
per cent About half the delegates reelected There
larger number from the poorest peasantry the percentage
middle peasants falling from per per
cent No discomfort with the system of elections could
be found among the peasants though points of detail were
criticised And there was evidence OF realisation that the
object of the system to teach them to them
selves.
representative System
Political representation Russia has developed into very
complicated system of indirect election from
with connections would require
published and only be indicated here by the annexed
Gna IL n6 Gf ITS eocn suggests that the ira
tenn based solely regional representation do apply
the most part to occuaona representation under the Soviet
system Vitality the electoral function retained through
all the supervening stages of the pyramid The candidate
appeals to the electors the record of his services and is
ruthesy rejected they unsatisfactory
whether he Communist And though system
tend to keep the same men permanently at the top yet also
keeps them in continuous and close contact with the electorate
Moreover, though the Government per-
manenty in power there is perpetual penetration of the adj
mnsration by who the promotion by
the tac consent of great majority of the electorate and the
active support of that motive force of the whole machine
the Communist Party.
Communism
But the Communist Party itself changing
Russian Communism than quantity Until then the party
in reality not only the motive force but important mechan
ism of Government thereafter become organisa
ton for the promotion of policy and the preservation of p
cpes that distinct and become different from the policy
and principles of the Government.
The Comintern
This especially noticeable in relations between
of view and policy of the Communist International
the Commssariat of Foreign Affairs The Delegation
liar advantages for arriving appreciation of boh
assessing the difference divergence
tween the proseng and propaganda policy Comnern
and the practical pok the
Of the Comntern is to keep to the front the nternaonas
creed OF Communism and the crusade for revolution The
Commssara is concerned with the renewal and maintenance
of friendly relations with foreign Governments The
to be reminiscent of the familiar friction between Foreign
in aspect best be understood in its origin
be that the future of the Comntern pub
ciy department of political party preaching order The
emssares of Lenin have future not unlike the mission
aries of Loyola.
The Communist Party
is in this direction that the present policy
munst Party to be tending Under War Communism
effort made embody the whole electorate the
munist Party The New Economic Policy, however
obvious that the principles of the Revolution
served the party must to certain extent associate itself
concessions and preach,
possible practice doctrine This led to the present
cepion of Russian Communism nucleus composed
warts who survive probation and periodic purges
This nucleus vtases of nonpasans who apparently
best continually being drafted into the
guard The nonpartisan is however arer chance
of election and of official employment outside the highest
and mnermost circles He predomnates sometimes the da
grams show in the lower strata of the political
peneTateS individually all but the highest He aided