Show Q- Q QI I Troubles of the Socialists 1 Q c o New York Times Speaking ing on election night when only onty the figures figures fig fig- ures tires for fot the major parties were available a Mr 11 Norman Norman Norman Nor Nor- man Thomas the Socialist candidate for mayor as os- fried that at no tim time during the campaign have we l had ut reason to hope that we mh might ht do more than hold our cur last years year's vote The figures sho sho that th th s s result was almost attained if by last years year's Socialist So So- vote is meant th the vote yote east cast in greater New NewYork NewYork York for the Socialist c candidate for governor who was Mr Ir Thomas himself He Ie received in the cit city last Jast ye year er r slightly sli ver votes vote On On T Tuesday ho he received hed votes but the Socialist candidate for controller led Jed him by It is a serious decline de cline dine from the vote of oC four years ago when the Socialist So- So o candidate for mayor polled votes and anda a n very steep descent from the 1917 election when whan Mr HillqUIt received votes Some al allowance allowance al- al lowance should be be made for the defection from the Socialist strength to to the Workers Workers' party whose candidate can can- for controller received about votes Last year ear th tho th presidential candidate of ot that party part re received received re- re votes in New York City The eol cold cola lesson lesson les les- les- les 5 son n of th the figures is that the Socialist party today Is not quite so strong as it was wasa a a dozen years years' ago In the municipal l election of 1913 the Socialist Candida Can can- dida polled polled impelled votes which would b be the equivalent equivalent equiv equiv- alent alen of votes today with the w women voting Socialist list party today is feeling the efte effects ts of its war r record cord and of oC the La Follette Fonette experiment of last year NU The Tle impressive l' l sive vote of 1917 was vas primarily an aa war anti v vote te predominantly non- non S la Soc With th that tha issue go gor the Socialist craft hLl ha has ben been l left ft to sail saU on Its own bottom But th this same crime war Anti r record cord which at attracted rated a large hum ium- humet ler et er I of f outsiders l Jt had bal th the tho effect of of a large pat part of the o od ocl d Socialist t vote Those h hav hv not returned With respect to La he Socialists Social Social- itts os as 1 it would appear now made the mistake o of surrender surrendering their old rigidity of of doctrine in the tho hope of merging with the labor libor forces with whom tilt tIle older clue Socialists ts would have no Organ Izel labor has hEls definitely ly turned tinned its lC b. l the idea of a separate party Mr 11 Thomas admitted that while e ethe the rise of a stron strong strong- labor party part is inevItable the conditions under which such a party will show Its strength do not now exist The Socialist future In New York City at least would involve a slow low process of ot rebuilding rebuilding- td a a point wl where the S Socialist cl l st vote is large enough to command attention as a party of ot protest Its Its' present numbers are not sufficient suf- suf suf suf- I even ven for fo that purpose A |