The "rights" were more electorally oriented while the "lefts" wanted to make the party a "fighting organization", and tried to give aid to the IWW.
Titus and his forces led a walk out and held their own convention, declaring themselves the true representatives of the Socialist Party of Washington.
When the National Executive Committee of the Socialist Party came down in favor of the regular group, the Titus forces were in an anomalous situation.
[2] When the party was formed they made a constitutional provision banning petty-bourgeois elements from the organization, including "lawyers, preachers, doctors, dentists, detective, soldiers, factory owners, and shop keepers" from membership.
Most of the group's members drifted into the Industrial Workers of the World, while the core around Titus split between factions advocating a four and a three-hour day.