Abstract

The Socialists' Trial at Albany: A Summary

The article presents information on the socialists' trial in Albany. The charges, against five socialists, were charges against the Socialist party, not against the individual Assemblymen who were members thereof; and it was chiefly on that ground that the New York City Bar Association protested against the proceedings and sent a committee, headed by Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes, to Albany to safeguard and protect the principles of representative government which are involved in the proceedings now pending. It was quoted that the five Socialists were members of a party which called for and demanded the complete destruction of the U.S. form of government by the fomentation of industrial unrest, the bringing into play of force and violence and direct action by the masses.