The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-24
NAME THEIR TICKET.
Socialist Labor Party
Convenes With
Usual Friction.
CHARLES G. MARCY FOR MAYOR.
Six Aldermanic Candidates
Chosen and De Leon
Denounced.
CHARLES G. MARCY FOR MAYOR.

Charles G.. Marcy was nominated as
the socialist-labor party candidate for
mayor at the municipal convention held
in U. V. L. hall, last night. The candi-
dates for aldermen are Olaf Bokelund,
Dennis Doyle, James j. Devlin, George
H. Davis, Charles E. Fenner and Sum-
ner H. Mason.
The preliminary work of the conven-
| ton and nomination of candidates for
mayor and aldermen was carried
through without event worthy of men
ton, but when the report of the COM
mittee on platform and resolutions was
brought in, the signal was given for
argument of the most bitter sort The
substance, of the resolutions was a de-
nouncement of Daniel De Leon and his
methods, which naturally failed to meet
with the approval of his followers.
F. Albin Forsstrom started the ball
rolling by mentioning the opposition as
kangaroos. 1t took Charles e. Wiley
less than a minute to get back at the
other SIDE of the house with the epithet
of skunk and comparison of their
methods as in keeping with the com
mon feeling toward the animal in ques-
ton.
The regulars, or kangaroo faction,
had majority Of two to one, and ac-
cordingly ran things to suit themselves.
The platform adopted embodies most
Of the principles as laid down in the
constitution Of the party, and went
through without much of a struggle.
The resolutions, which were adopted
paragraph by paragraph, follow:
WhprpaS q a a n
Daniel De Leon "a hireling of capitalist
politicians in New York; has succeeded
in causing a division in the ranks of the
socialist-labor party; and
Whereas, this same De Leon, on the
occasion Of his. recent visit to Worces-
ter, proved himself to be a person who
had not the slightest regard for truth
or principle; and
Whereas, the misguided followers of
De Leon, at the socialist-labor party's
conference, passed resolutions to boy
colt our party organs, the People, Class
Struggle, Proletarian and Workers
Call; ard
Whereas, our national organ, the
People, since De Leon has ceased to be
it's editor, has become a fit paper to
read as well as to use for propaganda,
instead of being an insult to socialism
as well as journalism;
condemn the methods of De Leon and
his followers in the nation, state and
city, and that we indorse the People,
Glass Struggle, Proletarian and Work
ers Call, and the national executive
committee, located at 1874 William
street, New York.
Resolved, that we emphatically con-
denim the action of Mrs. Martha M.
Avery in slandering Charles G. Marcy
- ,e,H 1rT1e
worthy comrades.
The convention was called to order by
John T. Hargraves. chairman of the
city committee, and organized with
Charles E. Fenner as chairman and
Dennis Doyle secretary. Although the
convention was entitled to but nine del
egates. nearly every one in the hall
voted for a credential committee. The
vote for the committee was announced
as follows James ]. Devlin, 20; Olaf
Bokelund, 25, and Charles E. Wiley,
80. This committee reported that nine
delegates were entitled to seats in the
conventional. Albin Forsstrom, Edgar
Goodwill Charles H. Adams James ].
Devlin, Dennis Doyle, Charles E. Fen
ner, Mitchell King, Charles e. Wiley
and Olaf Bokelund, all of whom were
present. The delegates were seated,
and the temporary officers made perm
anent
Nominations for mayor were called
for and the names of Charles G. Mar
cy, Edgar S. Goodwill and Thomas P.
Abbott proposed. The result of the bal
lot as first announced was: Charles G.
G. Marcy, six; blanks, three. Some of
the delegates registered a protest,
claiming that ballots had been cast for
another candidate. Investigation
proved that the tellers had looked at
the wrong side Of three ballots cast for
Edgar S. Goodwill. Eight candidates
were named for aldermen but the six
mentioned carried the convention, F.
Albin Forsstrom and John T. Har-
graves, whose names were proposed by
the De Leonite faction, being turned 1
down.
While the ballots we've being counted
Mr. Forsstrom raised the point that,
according to the bylaws of section
Worcester, no man could be proposed
as a candidate unless he had been
socialist for one year. Mr.. Wiley
claimed that Forsstrom told but half
the truth that he had omitted to men
ton in addition, "or known as a So
cialist for five years" Mr.. Forsstrom
read the clause in question, claiming
that if he had told but half the truth,
Mr.. Wiley had not spoken the truth
at all.
4 Olaf BOkelund and CharleS Il. Wiley
were appointed committee on plat
form and resolutions and instructed to
report within half an hour. When the
resolutions were read Mr.. Forsstrom
took exceptions and claimed that De
Icons name should be left out of the |
convention. He also took oc-
casion to mention the word kangaroo. |
1t was then the fun started.
Mr. Bokelund claimed that if man
spoke against the ideas as advanced |
by De Leon he was expelled from the
party He would not declare for the |
new committee, however, until the re- |
suit of the referendum vote was known |
His sympathies are with the regular |
faction because its principles are dem |
ocratic, while those of the opposite |
faction are despotic. Mr.. Forsstrom was |
opposed to repudiating the action of |
the state convention, and repeated that |
De Leon should not be brought into the |
doings of the S. L. p in Worcester.
Mr. Wiley said that SO long as the |
opposition had seen fit to use an cpl