 A group of members around Henry Martin and Augustus Snellgrove wanted the Party to take a definitive stand on the attitude that socialists elected to Parliament or local councils would take to reform measures proposed by one or more of the capitalist parties.Martin and Snellgrove argued that socialists were required to oppose measures introduced by capitalist parties on each and every occasion.Unable to convince the rest of the membership, they resigned in 1911 and a small number led by Martin went on to found the Socialist Propaganda League.