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Hillquit, Morris, 1869-1933. Socialism summed up - Image 67. 1913. Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries. University of Houston Digital Library. Web. October 24, 2020. https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/scpamp/item/377/show/327.

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Title	Socialism summed up
Creator (LCNAF)	Hillquit, Morris, 1869-1933
Publisher	The H. K. Fly Co.
Place of Creation (TGN)	New York
Date	1913
Subject.Topical (LCSH)	Socialism
Genre (AAT)	pamphlets
Language	English
Type (DCMI)	Text
Original Item Extent	110 pages: illustrations; 20 cm.
Original Item Location	HX86.H77 1914
Original Item URL	http://library.uh.edu/record=b8304545~S11
Original Collection	Socialist and Communist Pamphlets
Digital Collection	Socialist and Communist Pamphlets
Digital Collection URL	http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/scpamp
Repository	Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries
Repository URL	http://libraries.uh.edu/branches/special-collections
Use and Reproduction	This item is in the public domain and may be used freely.
File Name	index.cpd

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Title	Image 67
Format (IMT)	image/jpeg
File Name	uhlib_2100825_066.jpg
Transcript	THE POLITICAL PROGRAM 65 I tions of 1912 the total number of votes cast for all parties was about 15,000,000. Of these the Socialist Party received in the neighborhood of 900,000, or about 6 per cent. On this basis the party was entitled to 26 out of 435 members of the House of Representatives. It did not elect one. Assuming that the Socialist vote is evenly distributed all over the country, which is very largely the case, we may conceive of a situation where, with a political strength equal to one-fourth or even a full third of the voting power of the country, it may remain without representation or voice in Congress. And the situation is similar with reference to our state legislatures and city councils. The objection most frequently raised to the system of proportional representation is, that it would tend to enhance the importance of political organizations as against the personality of the individual candidates. But in the eyes of the Socialists this is rather an argument in favor of the measure than against it. For the Socialists consider their party first of all as the political instrument of the working-class struggles. The Socialist Party as such formulates the political demands of the movement, conducts the campaigns for their enactment, and is accountable to the workers for the results of its policies. The candidates of the party are merely its agents, agents with restricted powers and specific mandates. The principle of proportional representation is directly opposed to the philosophy underlying the