Thus the Socialist party is the party of the present day revolution, which marks the transition from economic individualism to Socialism, from wage-slavery to free co-operation, from capitalist oligarchy to industrial democracy.

The convention was held at the Tomlinson Hall in Indianapolis from May 12 to May 18, 1912. The convention was called to order by party national secretary John M. Work and roll was called by delegate Gustave Strebel. [1]

The Socialist Party of America (SPA) was a socialist political party in the United States formed in 1901 by a merger between the three-year-old Social Democratic Party of America and disaffected elements of the Socialist Labor Party of America who had split from the main organization in 1899.

The Socialist party declares that the capitalist system has outgrown its historical function, and has become utterly incapable of meeting the problems now confronting society. We denounce this outgrown system as incompetent and corrupt and the source of unspeakable misery and suffering to the whole working class.

Thus the Socialist party is the party of the present day revolution which makes the transition from economic individualism to socialism, from wage slavery to free co-operation, from capitalist oligarchy to industrial democracy.

Founded in 1901, the Socialist Party grew rapidly, claiming 113,000 members in 1912, making it, briefly, one of the largest socialist movements in the world. The SP won more than 900,000 votes in elections in 1912 and again in 1920.

The representatives of the Socialist party, in National Convention at Indianapolis, declare that the capitalist system has outgrown its historical function, and has become utterly incapable of …

Two events immediately following the 1912 election confirmed it as a major turning point for the Socialist Party. Just days after the election, Julius Wayland committed suicide, leaving behind a suicide note that read, “The struggle under the competitive system is not worth the effort.

By 1912, the Socialist Party boasted an impressive record of electoral successes at the local, state, and national levels.

The Socialist Labor Party of the United States of America in National Convention assembled in New York on April 10th, 1912, re-affirming its previous platform pronouncements, and in accord with the International Socialist Movement, declares: Social conditions, as illustrated by the events that crowded into the last four years, have ripened so ...