ry dollar intrusted to
them for the advancement of the cause is being devoted to the
maintenance of their power, and to the work of driving from the
organization every man who charges them with wrong-doing, or who
advocates an investigation of the charges made.

That the aims and objects of the organization, and also its money,
are being sacrificed to the necessities of the war of self-defense,
waged by three desperate men, must be plain to every intelligent
man, and it must be equally plain that an honest, impartial
investigation of the serious charges, made against these men, would
put a speedy end to all this trouble, by either convicting them of
wrong-doing or their accusers of falsehood. In either case the
organization would be freed from evil-doers and restored to
harmony. Why, then, is such an investigation refused? The men who
make the charges are ready to substantiate them and take the
consequences. The accused men shirk an investigation, drive their
accusers out of the organization, so that their evidence may not be
available, and hold on with the grip of desperation to the
positions they are accused of disgracing.

Can any organization of intelligent, self-respecting men tolerate
such a state of affairs? You who submit to the scandalous methods
by which it is kept up are making yourselves responsible for
irreparable injury to the cause you are sworn to serve.

Let us recapitulate the work of the Boston "Convention," the
charges made against the Triangle, the disruptive policy they have
since pursued, and the remedy we propose. We charge that the three
members of the last F. C., who now constitute the Triangle, are
solely responsible for the evils of the present situation, and that
deceit and trickery have characterized their action at every step.
There is no statement of theirs, now promulgated, that is not made
for the purpose of misleading the organization in regard to vital
facts. These facts cover the postponement and change of form of the
convention, the proceedings of that body, the relations with the I.
R. B., the disbursement of the largest sum of money ever handled by
any F. C., the authority and responsibility of the R. D., and the
policy pursued. In short, they embrace every question of vital
importance to the organizat