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“...Daily People blazed uninterruptedly
its shot of fire against capitalism and its outposts,the Social-
irt Labor Party square remained unbroken.
In the 902 Congressional election the Socialist Party re-
estved nearly a quarter of a million votes, votes caught in the
Binner that fish are caught, and by no means cast for rev-
wfationary Socialism. The opportunistic immediate demands,
palliatives, reform of and within the frame of the capitalist po-
litical State were the main issues, besides the catering to tlm
American Federation of Labor,which organization De Leon
characterized as being neither American, nor a federation, nor
9f laborbrought votes to the Socialist Party. If votes alone
had been the only factor in decreeing the fate of the Socialist
I.abor Party, again the wishes and prophecies of its enemies
would have been fulfilled, and the Socialist Labor Party would
Iwve died once more....”
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