The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-08-30
S0CIALISrIC LABOR PART Y.
1ha. Party Places National Ticket in the
Field-The Platform

Especial to THE HERALp-Examiner Dispatch
New York, Aug. 29-In national con-
vention assembled, eight delegates being
present, the Socialist Union Labor party
of these United States today nominated
this ticket: For president, Simon Wing of
Boston; for vice-president. Charles Match
EFT Of Brooklyn. The delegates were
Henry Glyn and Hugo Voot Of New York.
Abbott Jeremiah and August Lang Of
Pennsylvania, Joseph GiIliar of New York,
David Taylor and Samuel Wing of Massa-
chusetts, and Faustin Seward of Connect
icut. The size Of the attendance was ex-
planned by the statement that the Social
istic Laborers could not afford to send
delegates from distant points. and more
over they thought it best TO spend the
money for campaign purposes and in
spreading their principles instead of nav
ing big convention. Every section of the
country was represented however, they
said, for every socialstic organization had
q chance to select delegate.
The platform on which the Socialists are
willing to stand or fall reads: Reduction
of hours of labor in proportion to the pro-
gress of production. The United States
shall obtain possession of the railroads,
canals, telegraphs. telephones and all other
means of public transportation and COM
munication; the municipalities to obtain
possession of local railroads, ferries, water
works, gas works, electric plants and all
industries requiring municipal franchise;
legal Incorporation by the states of local
trade unions which have no local organiza-
ton; tie United States to have the ex-
elusive right to issue money; congressional
legislation providing for the scientific man
agement OF forests and water ways and
prohibiting the waste of the natural re-
sources of the country; inventors to be re
munerated by the nation; progressive in
come tax on inheritances, smaller income to
be exempt; school education of all children
under IA years of age to be compulsory,
gratuitOus and ACCESSIBLE to all by public
assistance in meals, clothing and books,
when necessary; repeal OF pauper, tramp,
conspiracy and sunptuary laws un
abridged right of com Dination; the people
to have the right TO propose laws and
vote upon all measures of Importance &C
cordiug TO their referendum principles
abolition of the presidency, vice-presi-
dency and Senate of the United States,
an executive board to be established, two
members are to be elected and may at any
time be recalled by the House of Repre-
sentatives as the only legislative body; the
states and municipalities TO adopt CORE
spending amendments to their constitutions
and states; municipal self-gcvernment;
for direct vote aud secret ballots in all
elections; universal and equal right Of suf-
frage without regard to color, creed, or
sect; election days to be legal holidays
the principles of minority representation
to be introduced; all public officers to be
subject 10 recall by their respective
constituencies; uniform criminal and civil
law throughout the United States; the adj
ministration Of justice to be free of charge
abolition of capital punishment.
This is the first time the Socialists have
nominated national ticket. In 1880 they
endorsed the Green back nominee General
Weaver, but it came so near splitting the
party that they promised to never do SO
again. An appeal is to be drafted and in
few weeks it will be sent to the working
men throughout the country calling upon
them to support their ticket and irciden-
tally to contribute toward campaign ex-
penses.