The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-22
STATE TICKET
NOW IN FIELD
Socialists Organize and Name
Candidates.
]. A. KAUFMAN GOVERNOR
PLATFORM ADOPTED AND STATE
COMMITTEE CHOSEN.

I. Socialists Of Utah held their state
convention in Federation Of Labor hall
yesterday and nominated the following
ticket:
{ For presidential electors. h Zen
ser Of salt Lake. y c. jacobson OF
Cache. J. W Mccain Of SanDete.
& For goveTnor-Joseph 4. Kaufman oil
Bingham.
| Fer secretary Of state-A. L. Porter
OF Juab.
For state treasurer-oIe Arilson Of
| For state auditor-Joseph AIcLaehlsn
/ CT Weber.
For superintendent OF public instruc-
tion-Claude Lewis OF Iron
] For justice Of the supreme court-C.
/ c. Goodwin of Cache
For representative in congress-W-
I IL Sehock of Sewer.
! Grant Syphers of Ogden was elected
chairman of the convention and c w.
Miller OF Logan was made secretary.
/ There were forty delegates to the
J convention, and the proceedings were
!, harmonious throughout The platform
] was unanimously adopted, without de-
bate, as follows.
Socialist Platform.
THE Socialist party of Utah, in con
VentiOn assembled, pledges its fidelity
&c the principles of International So
Cialism as set forth in our national
| platform.
we declare our aim and purpose TO
/ be the organization Of society into an
industrial Democracy, TO the end that
Individual liberty may become fact
The laws and institutions that were
IN harmony with d previous industrial
condition are no longer adequate, oW
ing to economic. Development
when man owned his own land and
tools and produced for his own needs,
lac was free and independent. That
day has passed and given way in Co
operation in production.
This cooperation in production.
however, Is not for the direct benefit
OF the workers, but for the private
LrOht of those who own the means Of
production. This gives rise TO the di-
vision Of society into two economic
classes, a producing and a possessing
class BY reason of this division one
set Oe men are enabled to dictate the
terms upon which others shall live. One
class enjoys opportunities without
work, the other work without oppor-
tunity for enjoyment. Such state OF
society enFenders strife and hatred and
essential TO the stability, peace and
prosperity of a nation.
I'VE hold that society should be so
organized that all those things upon
which the people in common depend
shall by the people in common be owned
and administered. This would have the
effect of abolishing all class antagon-
isms. since all would then be workers.
making goods for direct use, and with
interests in common.
with the abolition of production for
profit there would be no idle nor par
asitic class, special privilege, consist
ing of the private ownership of the
means whereby others live, would cease
to exist and equal opportunities for all
would prevail.
There can be no possible basis of
equal rights for ali and special privil-
eyes to none except in the complete
triumph of the working class as the
only class that has right to be, since
if a man viii not work neither should
he eat.
IF elected to Office, our first duty
shall be the procuring of legislation that
viii promote the workers most imme-
diate interest, thereby Strengthening
and better enabling them to secure
their ultimate and complete enamel
patton from capitalist dominance and
tyranny
To this end we advocate and viii
work for the enforcement and extern
sion Of the present eight-hOur law;
employment for all unemployed citi-
zens Of the state by the inauguration
OF public works, such as a system Of
good roads. forestry and irrigation: the
abolition Cf the contract system in
all public works aud such work to be
done directly by the state; free state
employment agencies; the abolition Of
the Injunction as means OF breaking
strikes, ands a trial by a jury in all
cases by which . person may be de-
priyed of liberty; the military laws to
be subject to the civil authorities; the
initiative, referendum and imperative
mandate to be put in operation, and
for every gain or advantage for the
workers that is possible under the linn
itations Of a state government while
capitalism rules in the nation.
But in Sc doing we are only using
these remedial measures as means to
the one great end, the complete triumph
of labor and establishments of the CO
operative commonwealth.
we call upon all who would see jus
tee prevail. who would put an end TO
class struggles and class rule. who de-
serve to see the end Of the miseTies and
degradation inherent in the present in
dustrial system, TO unite with Us IN
uSher1ng III the birth OF a new social
order, a higher civilization. the com
plete freedom OF the individual, q real
republic"
State Committee.
State Organization was perfected at q
meeting Of the delegates in the fore
noon. \ state committee consisting Of
seven members was named as follows:
II. p. Burt Of Salt Lake; William Bo-
CART. salt Lake; c Peterson. Sanpete;
W. H Schock, SEWER; .. =. Parsons.
salt Lake George STahT sal axe and
Gus Vierbel, Juab. The four member
from Salt Lake county constitute the
executive committee.
For National Committeeman Joseph
Gilbert of. salt Lake, &. ". Miller Of
Logan and Brigham Birch of Mill Creek
were nominated. The final selection
viii be made by 4 referendum vote OF
the party.