The electoral law in Russia, for reactionary purposes of separating workers from the peasantry, introduces worker curias—that is, separate elections for workers. But in this very way the will of the workers is determined all the more swiftly, those workers who send to the Duma people who agree with their views, with their orientation.

For this reason all deputies from the worker curia in the II, III, and IV Dumas were social-democrats. All literate people (except those politically unscrupulous) were compelled to draw the conclusion from this that the will of the workers in Russia is to go firmly and loyally together with the social-democrats.

But what orientation within social-democracy did the workers support?

A clear answer to this is provided by a calculation of data on the orientation of deputies from the worker curia. In the II Duma there were 23 such deputies, of which 11 were Bolsheviks (i.e., 47%). It is known that at that very time, in spring 1907, the majority in the workers' party for the Bolsheviks was precisely calculated and verified.

In the III Duma, after the electoral law was changed, there became 8 deputies from the worker curia, of which 4 were Bolsheviks (i.e., 50%). In the IV Duma there became 9 deputies from the worker curia, of which 6 were Bolsheviks (i.e., 67%).

Thus, over the course of six years, from 1907 to 1912, when the intelligentsia fled from social-democracy, the workers increasingly went over to the side of the Bolsheviks.

More than two-thirds of the workers of Russia share the views and orientation of the six workers' (curial) deputies of the IV Duma: Badayev, Malinovsky, Muranов, Petrovsky, Samoilov, and Shagov. The overwhelming majority of conscious workers participating in political life is on their side.

The intelligentsia fled from the Marxist organization and liquidated it. The workers fled from the liquidators. Only unscrupulous people can deny this truth.