V. I.

Lenin

TO THE EDITOR OF PRAVDA

Dear Friend, We learned only today of the liquidators’ victory in
St. Petersburg. An analysis of the figures makes it clear
that they were got through by non-Social-Democrats , namely, the 11 “non-Party” men who voted for the non-Party
Stepanov. But the figures are incomplete. It is extremely,
extremely important to have the complete figures, i.e.,
(1) the number of votes for and against all 13 candidates;
the newspapers give only the figures for 9 candidates (3
liquidators and 6 of ours); those for 3 liquidators and 1
non-Party candidate are missing. Make every effort to collect
these data. Let several representatives write to the editors
of the papers to establish this fact, if the minutes cannot
be found. The importance of these figures is extremely great. Spare no effort to discover them.
(2) There should be a poll of the representatives on who voted how. This is
of particular importance with respect to “our” 7 Putilov
workers+2 of ours from the Semyannikov Works. Collect the information as speedily, as fully and as precisely as
possible. It is extremely important to learn from the representatives how the 11 non-Party men voted (apparently
they all voted steadily for the liquidators, but it is desirable to collect direct evidence).