Wewere reproached for the existence of a compact majority. That is not a bad thing in itself. Since a compact
majority {1} has been formed here, the question of whether the elected
Central Committee will prove to be capable of functioning has already been
weighed. There is no question of chance. There is a full guarantee. The
election cannot be postponed. Very little time remains. Comrade Martov’s
proposal to postpone the election is groundless. I support Comrade Rusov’s
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proposal. {2}

| Vtoroi ocherednoi syezd R.S.D.R.P. Polny tekst protokolov , central Committee publication, Geneva, 1904 | Printed from the text of the book |

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Notes:
{1}
A reference to the Iskra majority, which took final shape at
the Congress by the time of the election to the C.C., when the “soft”
Iskra followers had split away and the Bund delegates and the two
Rabocheye Dyelo supporters walked out.

p. 95

{2}
B. M. Knunyants (Rusov) motioned a proposal to start elections to the
Party Central Committee.

p. 95