Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-07
SOCIALISTS PLATFORM.
Socialists Nominate a Coal Miner to
Spread the Doctrine Of State Social

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Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Sept. 6-Our socialist
friends have come and gone and have
demonstrated fully how they would run
a state convention. The demonstration
does not increase the standing of the So
cialist party in Iowa. The convention
was small but unwieldy. For men sup
posed to be experts in holding meetings
and discussing matters to reach correct
conclusions, they blundered and STUN
bled thru their convention in surpris-
L ing manner. Their parliamentary tac-
tics were mystery, and they seemingly
did not care whether they secured a
state ticket that would be vote getter.
| They followed the democratic plan of
picking coal miner to go out and
stump the state and spread the princi-
| pies of socialism. Some of them had
| fixed up slate, but it was no use to
present it. The convention ran wild
\ during most of the time. There was a
| clash between the factions. as in some
other conventions, and very little of the
1 spirit of give and take. There were some
bright minds in the group. Some of the
men are evidently students of economics
I--but the real leaders We're not put for
| ward as candidates and managers. The
/ convention did one thing, however. that
| will simplify the ballots in the state, and
/ that uniting all kinds of socialists under
one banner. The ticket nominated is as
follows: Governor, James Baxter, Hite-
man; lieutenant governor. W. A. Jacobs,
Davenport; judge of the supreme court,
A. F. Thompson, Centerville; superin-
tendent of public instruction, E. e.
Stevens. Burlington: railroad commits
The convention adopted what is called
la constitution, which gives the party
the form of state club or association,
with branches, and adopted the follow
ling as the party creed:
The socialistic party of Iowa, in con-
vention assembled, hereby ratifies and
Iendorses the action of the convention of
the united socialistic party held at In
dianapolis on July 30.
In accordance with the provisions
thereof we declare our allegiance to the
principles of international socialism We
believe socialism to be scientific sou-
ton of the labor problem and that it viii
provide an ethical construction of soci-
. ETY. whereby equality and existing jus.
tice will be meted out to every individ-
ual. We declare our unalterablt
: opposition to the competition for breat
and to the capitalistic control of the
means of production and distribution
and to secure system Whereby want
misery and poverty shall be forever
eliminated we pledge ourselves to the
final and complete overthrow of all com
. petitive and capitalistic systems ant
the substitution thereof of co-opera.
tive commonwealth and collective own.
, ership of all the means of production
and distribution.
This is our construction of socialism
: Anything more is unnecessary; any
thing less would fail of the accomplish
ment of our purpose. Our movement il
revolutionary only in principles ant
ethics. Our methods are peaceful anc
cur appeal is to the reason and con
science.
: We recommend to the voters Of lows
the study of our national platform as
!, plain statement OF the general and spe
cific demands of our party