erman Comrades that they are behind the times. The idea of not
including the land is nothing more or less than political
expediency." ("Proceedings of 1908 National Convention of the
Socialist Party," page 175.)

Delegate Payne of Texas: "I want to know if this convention of this
movement which we call the great revolutionary movement is going to
go down in history as catering to a small middle class of land
owners, or are you going to stand for the great proletarian farming
class?" ("Proceedings of 1908 National Convention on the Socialist
Party," page 181.)

Delegate Morrison of Arizona: "Is it possible that we have so far
forgotten ourselves, that we will attempt to curry favor with a few
capitalist farmers? Why is this resolution here? What is the object
of it? What is the purpose of it? Is it to secure votes? Do you
hope to deceive some one as to the actual, real program of
scientific Socialism? Or are you, in other words, going to lie to
the farmers of this country in order to secure their suffrage? Are
you going to present something to them that you know is not
contained in the Socialist program? Can you afford, as
representatives of this great revolutionary party, to do that which
in a few years you will be ashamed of? I say no." ("Proceedings of
1908 National Convention of the Socialist Party," page 184.)

Delegate Goaziou of Pennsylvania: "I know we have in this country a
growing movement among Socialists who are wanting votes no matter
how they will get them. They are willing to put in appeals to the
farmers, appeals to the middle class and appeals to everybody, so
that they can get votes." ("Proceedings of 1908 National Convention
of the Socialist Party," page 209.)

Delegate Thompson of Wisconsin: "We know that there is a very large
portion of votes of this country on the farm, under agricultural
conditions and environment, over forty per cent. Less than thirty
per cent of the votes of this country are under industrial
conditions. When we get to the point where we want to do something,
we must have some way or other of getting these two forces welded
together. We can never win out with thirty per cent of the vote. We
will have to have at least a substantial majority, and that we
cannot have without the farmers." ("Proceedings o