We were 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 = 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 |
{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
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