The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-01
CITY TICKET IS NAMED
MUNICIPAL CONVENTION OF THE So
CIALIsT LABOR PARTY.
Harsh Words Against Corporations
in the PlatfOrm-The Pay of
City Employees.

The Socialist Labor party met in conven-
tion at its headquarters in the German
Fire Insurance building yesterday after
noon and nominated the following city
ticket:
Mayor-Philip III. More.
City C~lerk-Adolph Nef.
Police Judge-Paul Janke.
Councilmen at Large-Theodore +. Vonne-
gut, William b. Castenholz. Henry Kuerst,
Charles Haupt, Rudolph Ledig and Charles
LAGER.
The candidates for Council from the
wards will be selected later. The plank of
the platform referring to municipal fran
chises reads as follows:
Whereas, The privilege Of performing
certain public services and functions In
volving the use of public property and the
exercise of the public right TO levy taxes
lin the various forms of dues, fares, rent
ais, etc., upon the persons to whom such
necessary services are rendered has been
unduly granted to private corporations
leges for their w unlimited enrichment,
watered their stocks in order TO conceal
their scandalous profits. bribed aldermen,
legislators, judges and executive officials,
violated their charters and contracts,
evaded taxation, starved their employees.
provoked bloody conflicts between author
ity and hunger, assumed police powers,
sacrificed human life to greed and gener-
ally damned the people
Resolved, That every official elected by
the Socialist LabOr party shall within the
sphere of his functions diligently work for
the absolute and unconditional recovery
by the city of the municipal franchises,
privileges, rights and property that have
already been alienated 10 private corpora
lions and against any further such grants
or alienation under any circumstances or
upon any conditions whatsoever, TO the
end that all such franchises be operated by
the city"
The plank referring to the remuneration
of the employees of the city reads:
s'Whereas, 1t has heretofore been the
practice of this municipal BODY TO carry
on its affairs on the so-called business
principles OF capitalism, namely. high SAL
aries. fees or perquisites for the idle bosses
and starvation wages for the INDUSTRIOUS
employees, so that the worker in the public
service is like the worker In private en-
nIovment-robbed OF three-quarters OF the
valle produced by the manual or INTEL
.Resolyed. That Socialist officials shall
vigorously urge the application or the fun
damental principles Of the Socialist repub-
lie 10 all the municipal services as far as
POSSIBLE under present conditions. They
shall i'm particular insist on the Following
demands: First, the election by the en-
nloves of their respective foremen. super
intendents and other officers not elected
nv a general vote of the people; second, a
minimum salary supplemented by an equal
distribution among the employees OF a por-
zion of the surplus value Cor profit which.
reduced by their joint labor. is now ap-
nropriated by the directors and ~stockhold-
ers OF corporations; third, another portion
of the said surplus shall be set aside as
a nension fund for the aged and a relief
fund for the sick employees or the munich
palitv: fourth, the remaining portion small
be applied to the maintenance ana exten-
sion OF the said pubic service, the price
of which shall be reduced 10 the extent
of the saving permanently effected by me-
chanical and other improvements.