Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-06-08
SOCIALISTS HOLD
CONVENTIONS
In This City, Monday,
June 9Th.
Nominate Candidate for Congress
Also Full County Ticket-AdOpt
the National Platform.

The first territorial convention of
the socialist party was held in the
Odd Fellows hall in this city on Mon
day of this week. The convention was
called to order at 9:15 by J. D. Mar
tin, chairman of the territorial cen
trail committee, and F. NJ. Senteney,
of Groom Greek. was selected for
temporary chairman and w NJ. Wood,
of Prescott, temporary secretary. On
assuming the chair Mr.. Senteney
made a short address, in which he
expressed himself as pleased to pre-
side over the first territorial conven-
ton of the socialists ever held in Ari-
iona. He stated that he had presided
over the first farmers alliance con-
vention held in California. and had
been in the reform movement now
for more than twenty years. He said
that he had always believed in organ
lied labor so far as it went, but he
felt that labor organizations were in
effective to give the wage earners the
relief that they needed, for they might
belong to unions until they were gray
headed and as long as they kept on
voting against their interests they
would never better their condition.
materially. Mr.. Senteney has been
an honorable and upright citizen of
this county for a number of years.
and his sincerity in the cause cannot
be questioned.
The territorial committee. COM
posed of the following gentlemen,
was appointed a credentials commit
tee: J. D. Martin, Phenix; H. H
Keays, Groom Creek; c. R Cooper.
Kingman; J. R. Barnette Globe, and
A G. Swanson, of Tucson.
The following delegates We're given
seats in the convention.
c. R. Cooper, Kingman.
J. R. Barnette, Globe
J. d. Martin, Phenix
R. B. Dawson, Phenix.
A G. Swanson, Tucson.
S S. Ballard, Jerome.
J. NJ. Sullivan, Jerome.
Eugene H. Godat, McCabe.
Chris Hanson, McCabe.
F. NJ Senteney, Groom Creek.
H H Keays. Groom Creek.
W. NJ. Gibboney, Groom Greek.
John Michaels. S. J. Gnash. H D.
Norton, w NJ. Wood, w W. 'Gnash.
C. w. Hicks, w. H. Reiterman. P. L.
Clure, Prescott.
Eugene H Godat, of McCabe. was
then elected permanent chairman and
w. NJ. Wood permanent secretary.
On assuming the chair Mr.. Godat
made a few remarks on the principles
of socialism. He agreed with Mr.
Senteney that labor organizations.
without proper action at the ballot
box, would never give the laboring
men the relief they needed which
was emancipation from the present
competitive system. He had been
prominently identified with unionism
for nearly thirty years, but he was
thoroughly disguised with seeing men
make so many pretensions and then
vote in exactly the opposite direction
to which they talked. Unionism. he
declared, would never of itself meet
the needs of the masses of the peo-
pie Socialism would do away with
the necessity for any unions of either
capital or labor
committee on platform and con-
stitution was then appointed. and an
adjournment taken until 100 O'Clock
p. m.
At 100 o'clock the convention re-
assembled, and the first business
transacted was the selection of J. R
Barnette, Of Globe, as vice chair
man.
A finance committee was appointed.
composed Of the following delegates:
Messrs. Keays, Barnette, Cooper. Mar
tin, Swanson, Dawson. Ballard Han
son
A lengthy report was read from the
territorial secretary, albert Ryan, OF
Jerome who was in Denver in at
tendance on the convention of the w.