The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-07-09
SOCIALISTS NomINArE TIcKEr,


mated the following ticket
Presidential electors j H. Reeser,
Idaho Falls; John Centre, Neg Perce
county; A. l.. Freeman, Boise
Representative in congress John
II. Morrison, Weiser.
Governor B. Shaw, Pocatsllo.
Lieutenant governor James p.
Smith, st. Anthony,
Justice Of the supreme court Ed.
mund e. Rigg, Cleans Ferry.
Auditor Thomas J. Conrod, En-.
NETT.
Treasurer H. r. CLARK, Idaho
Falls.
Attorney general Louis F. Worth
man, Boise
State superintendent Of public In
struction James l.. Kennedy, KoOt
enai county
State inspector OF mines John
Benbow, Boise
Thirty delegates we're present. The
proceedings were decidedly Of a rou
tine aud uneventful character.
The platform adopted Is as follows.
Whereas, The socialist party Is
political organization OF the working
class, pledged 90 all its struggles and
working ceaselessly for its emaneipa.
tion, this convention declares against
the brutality of eapitalistic rule and
the suppression Of public rights and
/ Liberties which attends H., and 1t
GALES upon all the workers Of the
country TO unite with 1t In the strug
gle for the overthrow OF capitalist
domination. and the establishment u
economic equality and freedom.
Time after time workers have been
IMPRISONED, beaten aud murdered for
no other reason than that they we're
struggling for some measure Of that
comfort and deceuey OF existence TO
which a. the producer Of all wealth
they are entitled The master class
has In various states and CITIES or
gauized citizens alliances, manu-
facturers associations, anti boycott
association aud the like which 10
order TO disrupt and crush out the
/ economic organization Of the work
ers have instituted reign Of lawless.
ness aud tyranny and assaulted all the
fundamental principles aud most
cherished freedom, BY suborning the
executive and Judicial powers In var
i iuus states have infringCd upon the
+ liberties Of the American people.
/ Under their balefuI Influences In
direct cuntraveution OF the title and
the spirit OF the constitution, civil
authority has been made subordinate
to the military In Pennsylvania,
+ Idaho, Colordo and elsewhere
Freedom OF the press aud the right
Of tblic assembly have been denied
Ia this aud other states, and by the
Dick military bill liability to com
I pulsory military service has been m
posed upon every male citizen be.
tween the ages OF Il TO 40 aud that
merely at the caprice Of the presi
dent
At the present time there exists In
I Colorado a state Of violent capitals.
/ tie anarchy aud lawlessnsss with the
+ consent aud under the armed protsc.
tion Of the state government
Peaeeable citizens have been forci
bly, dsported by armed bodies Of law
breakers aided and abetted by mill
tary usurpers Of the civil powers, In
voluntary servitnde has been imposed
by injunctions compelling citizens
TO work under conditions distasteful
to them.
Innocent and Law abiding citizens
have been arrested without warrant,
imprisoned without trial aud when
acquitted by decision Of the civil
courts held by the military IN def.
auce Of every principle Of civil an-
tbority aud government. and the writ
Of habeas corpus for centuries cher
ished a. a safeguard for personal
liberty has been unlawfully suspended
with the result that in a s0called free
state Of our sOcalisd free republic
there exists despotism greater aud
more Infamous than that which has
ever characterized Russian autoe.
racy.
Nov We declare Theses conditions in
Colorado are the natural aud logical
results Of the prevailing economic
system which permits the private
ownership Of the means Of the com
mon life aud renders the wage WoFk
ing elass dependent for life itself
upon the owners of the means of pro
duction and distribution
Between these two classes, the work
ers aud the masters Of their bread.
there exists a slate Of constant war.
fare, a bitter and irrepressible class
conflict.