Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-09-20
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POLITICAL ACTION IN ClEVE-
LAND, o.
ihe socialists and Nationalists hold n
Joint Convention and Nominate
Ticket.

| Joint Convention and Nominate
| Ticket.
An independent labor ticket has been
placed in the field by convention held
IA few days ago under the joint auspices
of the Socialist sections and the Nation.
alist clubs of Cleveland.
The Bakers Union, the Carpenters
Union, the East Side and West Side
Arbeiter- Bunds, and number of labor
clubs answered the call and were repre-
sented by delegates,
Comrade E. G. Vail called the Conven.
ton to order. Comradc w. Shurtleff
was elected Chairman and II. G.. Holt
Secretary, A Committee on Credentials
was then appointed, consisting of Com
rades Weingart and Vail, of the Ameri
can Section, and Com, p. Christensen,
OF the German Section also, Commit
tee on Platform, composed of DR.. Tuck
erman and Mr.. Rice of the Nationalist
Club, and Comrades Christensen and
Waechtel of the German Section.
The proceedings were harmonious
throughout The platform, which was
unanimously adopted, demands among
other measures Of immediate relief. the
government ownership of railways, tele.
graphs, and all Industries that have been
syndicated or trustified, or the control
of which has passed into the hands of
foreign capitalists; the establishment of
Postal Savings Banks and the substitu
tion of banks owned and operated
by the government for all private or So
called national banks; the restoration of
our ocean carrying trade, not by
granting subsidies to corporations, but
by enlarging our navy and converting it
INTO merchant marine. Resolutions
were also adopted commencing the
New York Central Railroad employ es
for their vigorous stand against corpo-
rate tyranny, condemning in scathing
terms the employment of Pinkerton
cutthroats and train wreckers, and de-
manding the indictment of "Spider"
Webb for completely in the crimes com.
mitted by his murderous hirelings.
The ticket is as follows: For Congress,
f. G. Vail; for Sheriff, S. Bethel: for
County Commissioner, VIM. K. Beck;
for County Clerk, VIM. Whitworth; for
Prosecuting Attorney, j. Kane.
DIR. Tuckerman, of the Press Commit.
tee, reported that in the spring cam
paign the receipts were $409l and the
expenditures $40 80, leaving a balance
of sixty-one cents in the treasury. The
report was received and the committee
discharged
The following were elected members
OF the Executive Committee for the
coming campaign: DIR. Tuckerman,
Miss G. Landsberg, w. c. Wachtel, w.
Shurtletf, r. G. Holt.
Two ladies represented a Socialist
club as delegates. This was the first
political convention ever held in Cleve-
land that was conducted with the de-
cency required to make the attendance
OF ladies possibility.
Our comrades Of that city expect that
their action will cause a healthful agita-
tation among the working people and,
by placing the old Doodle parties on the
defensive, will force their mouthpieces
to discuss other questions than those in
volved in the petty quarrels of poll
tlcians. They expect also that the
Archibalds of Cleveland will thereby
be unmasked and compelled to show
themselves in their true colors.