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“...126 WITH DE LEON SINCE 89.
who would have no axes of their own to grind, no ambition but
to serve the cause, men such as De Leon himself was.
At this time the party found itself with Frank Bohn as its
national secretary, James Connolly as a member of the Nation-
al Executive Committee, and Justus Ebert in the editorial room
of the Daily People. Each one of the trio had his own ambi-
tion, each one wanted to become the editor-in-chief of the
Daily People, though each one had a different purpose in that
desire.
The Self-Seekers in the Party
Bohn, whom I have described as resembling in manners a
funeral director, wanted to become the editor of the Daily Peo-
ple so as to be able to turn over the Socialist Labor Party in
bulk to the Socialist Party, and thus become the undertaker in-
deed. Did he not write, after his schemes had failed, in the New
York Call: I have bearded the lion in his den, etc." Yes, he
had bearded the lion in his den; he bore the scars to prove
it.
James Connolly wanted...”
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