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WORK OF SOCIALISTS———— ..........■, . nSBSSDOIN OF CONVENTION AT INDIAN AI*0 LIS LESS STORMY THAN MONDAYWHAT MR. DEBS HAS TO SAYOnce Lender of American Railway Union ClainiM I lie Convention Is Not a Representative Body.INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 30.—The National Socialist convention made an effort today to harmonize and was partially successful. After a conference between Mr. Brooks, leader of the Chicago faction, and Job Harriman, leader of the Springfield faction, a messa^o was sent to Eiijrene V. Debs, declaringthe convention to be harmonious.E. V. Debs, when asked at his home in Terre Haute, tonight for an expression concerning the action of the convention toward him. said:“The term ‘shelved’ has little or no significance with me. They may shelve me if they like. 1 have no personal desire to be called a leader. The action of the Springfield faction does not disconcert mo in the least. Tt is simply an effort on the part of the Eastern faction to dictate to the Chicago faction, of which [ am a member. The convention in Indianapolis is not a representative body of Socialists. as the Springfield faction is largely in tne majority and is in a position to dictate. Factional strife is a part of politics, and if the convention now sitting in Indianapolis does not act in harmony, then the time for Socialism’s debut on the political stage as a strong party power is not ripe.”The morning was devoted to hearing reports of the national secretaries of the Springfield and Chicago factions. Secretary Butler, of the Springfield faction, reported receipts of $4,188, expenditures of $4,089, and a debt of $677. Secretary Theodore Delis, of the Chicago faction, a brother of Eugene Ijb3, reported expenditures of $3,637, and a balance on hand of $6y. At the close of his report Theodore Debs announced * that he would not be a candidate for re-election when the parties were united.Chairman Hoehn, of the committee, reported the first resolution which favored trades unions as the economic force to carry on elarss struggles and a step toward independent politieal action. In the debate some animosity towards unions appeared. The resoluetion was sent back to the committee to be shortened.A Porto Rican resolution declaring that the “military tools” of the government were suppressing trades unions and persecuting trades unionists also created vigorous debate. A resolution was adopted calling on workingmen of the nt w possessions to organize.The platform committee reported at 3 o’clock this afternoon. The platform as reported declares that private ownership of the tools of production and distribution is responsible for the ever increasing uncertainty of livelihood and the poverty and misery of the working class, and it divides society into two hostile classes—the capitalists and wage workers. It advocates as “immediate demands.’’ public ownership of all mean? of transportation, communication and all other public utilities, as well as all industries controlled by monopolies, trusts and combines, the reduction of the hours of labor, state or national insurance of working people, the inauguration of a syst m of pubi c work? and improvemt n s for the employment of the unemployed, the public credit to he utilized for the purpose; the education of all children up to the a-ge of eighteen years, and state and municipal aid for hooks, clothing and food; equal civil and political rights for men and wo nun; the initiative and referendum; and no more public land to be sold.The platform wav? discussed at length at the session tonight held for that purpose.
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The Saint Paul Globe
Saint Paul, Minnesota, US
Wed, Jul 31, 1901
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