United States of America
In the three years that have elapsed since the last International Labour Congress was held at Zurich, the progress of the Socialist movement in the United States was marked by a steadiness not less suggostive of solid foundations than promiseful of permanent results.
The official count gives the latest Socialist vote as follows in States or
towns vvhere we had candidates :
New York (State) 21,025
New Jersey (State), 4,138
Massachusetts (State) 3,24!)
Ohio (State) 1,867
Rhode Island (State) 1,709
Pennsylvania (State) … … … … … … 1,326
Connecticut (State) … … … … … … … 859
Oity of San Francisco (California) … 2,104
City of Chicago (Illinois) 3,375
City of Denver (Colorado)… 158
City of Baltimore (Maryland) 433
City of St. Louis (Missouri) 1,537
City of Detroit (Michigan) … 358
Miscellaneous ‘ … 237
Total ,. … 42,975
As compared with the official returns of the previous year, which gave us a total of 33,133, the above figures show an increase of 9321 votes, or 36 per cent. Eight years ago, our field of political action was limited to the citv of New York, where our candidates received only 2000 votes. Last year (1895), in the twin cities of New York and Brooklyn, which, taken together, constitute what is now known as the “Greater New York,” 16,000 votes were cast for our ticket, showing an increase of 53 per cent, as compared wiih 1894.
A significant feature of our vote in New York State is its solidity ; there was a difference of only thirty-five between our two leading candidates in a total poll of nearly 22,000.
In the spring of 1894 our party scored its first victory in the city of Paterson, N.J., where Comrade Matthew Maguire was elected a member of the Board of Aldermen by a vote of 890 against 888 for his Democratic opponent and 380 for the Republican candidate. In the spring of 1896 he was re-elected by a vote of 1324 against 1112 given to the Democrat, upon whom the two capitalistic parties had practically united, the Republican dummy candidate put up for the sake of appearances polling only 113. Presented by
MATTHEW MAGUIKB, Delegate of the Socialist Labour Party of the United States.
LUCTEN SANIAL,
Delegate of the Socialist Trade and Labour Alliance of the.
United States and Canada.
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