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Show SOCIALISTIC NEW DEPARTURE. 1 It appears by tho Crisis, tho local Socialist organ, that there is likely to bo a change in tho methods of that party. Tho Crisis says tho Socialist party claims to stand for revolution and not reform, that It has been powerless pow-erless to accomplish anything in tho lino of rovolutlon; that as a political party it has been a more ghost; that to accomplish anything its function as a revolutionary party can only bo educational edu-cational ;that, although it has placed tickets in tho field at elections In reality re-ality it has been only a party of propaganda; propa-ganda; that tho political Socialists deceived de-ceived themselves by thinking that tho largo vote thoy received in 1904 represented rovolutlon as evidenced by tho falling off In their vote next year, especially in places where "a strong party advocating some of their "safe and sane" Ideas appeared. There is a good deal of sense In 1 that. The facts aro, tho people don't boliovo In tho "revolution" advocated by tho Socialists. The consequences aro that many of tho Socialists, reallz-lng reallz-lng that their party Is politically Impotent, Im-potent, cast their votes for whichever 1 potent party represents tho largest measure of their doctrines. In giving advice for tho future the Crisis says: "On tho industrial or economic field, the weapon should be industrial union-( union-( Continued t on page 0) BUILDING UP ANOTHER MACHINE. I (Continued from page 1.) H Ism, based upon tho solidarity of labor H and tho revolutionary principle that H "labor is entitled to all It produces." H This activity must express itself by or- H ganization and education. In this wo H havo a party of propaganda. H "On tho political field, while capital- Ism oxlsts, opportunism must bo tho H watchword, with tho revolutionary ond H in viow nil tho time. Tho reason for .H this is that no revolutionary political H party can function as such whllo capi- H tallsm exists. H "On the economic field wo forgo our 'H own weapons. On the political field ;H wo aro compcllod to uso tho weapons i H capitalism supplies and In tho manner I the capitalist class dictates. With these political weapons alono the revo- , H Iutlon can never bo accomplished. All H that can be dono with them is to ha- I rnss nnd drlvo back tho capitalist H class from point to point, until thoy H themselves revolt, nnd wo win final ' I victory by the might and power of our class-conscious Industrial organ!- H zatlon. . "Tho Instinct which loads many to I give their allegiance to a reform po- ' H lltlcal party, Instead of to the Social- I 1st, Is after all, correct as long as tho I Socialist party maintains its present attitude. It makes promises it could not fulfill, while at the same time tho opportunity Is greater of electing a party that can accomplish politically ' 1 I ns much as Is possible under existing i I conditions. It Is natural therefore j that working men vote for a logical ; I and consistent party of opportunism I than for a party of pretense. ' "As a party of revolutionary propaganda propa-ganda the Socialist party, and moro especially, the Socialist Labor party, did valiant servlco in tho past. Today tho Socialist party is proving Itself In-efficient In-efficient In this respect, and Is being superceded by a purely economic organization or-ganization tho industrial workors of the world that is bettor equipped to contlnuo and carry to final completion tho work commenced In this direction by both Socialist parties. "If either of these two parties is to survive it must bo mainly as a political politi-cal party, and to provo efficient in this direction it must adapt means to ends, plainly tha rolo of political opportunism opportun-ism on tha political field, while at tho same tlmo rendering aid and assist- " : ance to tho furtherance of developing a revolutionary organization on tho industrial field until such tlmo as It may reflect the economic Interests of this class politically. "A true jclalist can therefore bo revolution y and opportunistic ac- ,1 cording to tho field in which his ac- " tlvltles nro manifested, nnd to be most J efficient ho should function In both." 1 J. |