National Constitution of the Socialist Party
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- National Constitution of the Socialist Party
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- 1902
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National Constitution of the Socialist Party
Author: Socialist Party of America
Year: 1902
National Constitution of the Socialist Party Executive Secretary: Leon Greenbaum Published in St. Louis, MO by the Socialist Party of America, 1902. Extremely rare first version of the national constitution of the Socialist Party of America, with full original text plus text of first amendment, dated April 12, 1902. As National Secretary Leon Greenbaum was replaced by the National Committee at its January 1903 annual meeting, this leaflet can be dated with precision to 1902, not before April 12. This basic document of organizational law is brief, including 10 short articles, as follows: Article 1: Name Article 2: National Committee Article 3: Duties and Powers Article 4: Local Quorum Article 5: National Secretary Article 6: State Organizations Article 7: Headquarters Article 8: Amendments Article 9: Referendum Article 10: Basis of Representation In general the Socialist Party in this period was a federation of largely autonomous state organizations. The national organization was governed by an annual meeting of the National Committee, consisting of one member of each organized state or territory. This group would in turn elect a "local quorum" of five members living in the "headqua