The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-08

lows Matthew Wilson. salt Lake
geuDfv. T. 5. Bund. Utah county v
n King. Garfield county, mans +
hanson. SEWER county; DE Arllson'
eanDere county; J. r. jenkins, Juao
T.ebi was selected as state headauar-
fers for the social It party ana -sohn
Fgoodbouse of THAI place was elected
state secretary.
me office of state organizer tel 70
r s Lund. also of Lehi- W. H. Law
new was elected delegate TO the na1lon-
/ al committee.
Delegate EdIer then introduced the
/ resolutions on the subject OF tna prop
erty owner trouble, Whlch was ] -Sl1lls
adontad bv the salt Lake local These
i ~ssolurions characterize as false the
statement that Organizer Boomer at
/ tempted TO exclude property owners
[ fr0m membership in the party what
I he did saw. according TO the resolutions,
+ was that owners of property should not
/ h. allowed to take the control OF me
marty out of the hands OF Wage-earl2-
+ ers. Crane Lawrence, johnson and
+ others Of the boiling faction were cen
silrei. ana Boomer was eXonerat@d all
! around.
/ After transa citing some routine busl-
/ ness the convention adjourned
Boilers Hold a Meeting.
The boilers met in the Office of Mr.,
/ lawrence during the afternoon and
! adopted resolutions addressed TO the
/ members of the Socialist ne tiOnal COM
mittee and al. Socialists IN the United
. sta les. The resolutions cited the trou-
/ ble arising in the convention, which is
/ familiar political history, and which
I resulted i'm the exclusion Of the Titan
/ delegates at the national convention.
The national committee thereupon,
/ without COnsG ting the party IN Utah,
and arrCEatinE to Itself power which
/ ft does not and should not possess, sent
+ Charles r. Boomer TO organize the So
ciaIlsjs or Itch say the resolutions
Therefore. be il resolved. by the So
cfaHsts of Utah, assembled in Salt Lake
! city. that we empnatically deny the
right cf the natioHa! committee 70 in
| wade tns state of Utah for any purpose
/ Whatsoever"
IL was further. resolved that the So
cialists haze the right to organize III
their own way and conduct their OWL
affairs. as seem best suited &C. loc,I
conditions. Finally. the fourteen locals
represented RESPECTFULLY request IRON
the national committee state charter
| and. it, concludes. should the com
mittee deny this just request, be it re-
solved that we do proceed to perfect
the party organization on plans bes
| suited TO secure TO the Socialists o.
Utah state autonomy
TIE boilers elected Mrs. Kate s Hi
lard of Ogden temporary state chair
man and William BOgart Of Murray
temporary secretary.
VIII Nominate a Ticket.
AT the evening session the Boomer
convention decided TO put state ticket
| liz the Gald in the fall campaign Aftel
some debate it, was concluded to have
no convention, but employ the refer
endum system in nomina ting the can
di0ates. The state secretary was IN
istructed 10 Immediately send notices Il
the secretaries of the various locaE
that names of available candidates
may soon be returned and little tint
was lost in haIoting for them. Ate
several bills. Including that of Nationa
/ Organizer Boomer, we're ratified, tn
convention adjourned sine die.
I'm the weekly Monday propaganda
meeting which followed Organize
Boomer took occasion TO defend him
self and denOuuCe the position takel
, bv the boilers. The organizer o. sev
eral occasions refesred to the latte
as middle class ana argued IL TO
b the hest of the party that they Shoul
{ have withdrawn A B. Elder FOL
lowed with a speech on tue same lines
y after which Richard Poe delivered
= short address on mixing religion wit
politics.