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“...12 WITH DE LEON SINCE 89.
mass meeting held in the Opera House at Syracuse following
a convention of the Socialist Labor Party, Dc Leon and Sanial
were the speakers. De Leon spoke first and delivered a rous-
ing campaign speech. Sanial followed him. I am not a man
of eloquence, Sanial said. T am a man of facts and figures.
The next time De Leon and Sanial spoke together at a
meeting, Sarial spoke first and repeated the same declara-
tion. This time De -Leon spoke last, and had a chance to re-
ply. He certainly did reply, explaining that a man who was
not a man of facts and figures had no place in the Social-
ist movement. Sanial never repeated that phrase again, at
least not at a meeting where De Leon was present.
National Campaign of 1892 Followed by Growth
of Party and Its Organ
In 1892, only two years after De Leon joined the party, a
national campaign was entered upon. Delegates from the
State Committees of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Massachusetts and Connecticut met in the...”
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