The Western news., 1904-08-10
TEN SOCIALISTS HELD "MASSn
CONVENTION LAST SATURDAY,
NOMINATE A COUNTY TICKET
Not Enough Timber To Complete
Ticket-Declaration of Prin.
ciples Adopted.

expected great outpouring of people
to their mass convention they were
greatly disappointed, for, by aetua
count, there were but ten men and tive
small boys participating. Only Ham
iton and Three Mile precincts were
represented. Those present in the
capacity of wet nurses for the new
party were: e. Bryan, Geo. Ward
Jr., Fred Griffith, Dir. Oliver B. Jones,
e. G. Wheeler, A. w. Newell, Jack
kleinoeder, Jack Maynard, w. Bryan
of Hamilton and James Ettien of
Three Mile.
A. w. Newell presided and e. G..
! Wheeler was secretary. 1t was voted
to place full ticket i'll the field, but
as the socialist nembership of this
county does not include any body eligi-
BILE to the positions of county attorney
fees were passed. Considerable diff
ticulty was experienced in finding
enough available timber to go round
but rinally the following nominations
were made by acclamatlon, there be-
ing no contests for the empty honors:
For representatives, w. E. Wood
CLIFFORD of Darby; sheriff, Pat Deneen
OF Hamilton; treasurer, Nj. Kirchner
of Victor; clerk ard recorder, O. b.
Jones of Hamilton; assessor, George
Ward, Jr, of Hamilton; clerk of the
court, N. Newell Of Victor; public ad-
ministrator or, Edward Barrill of Darby;
coroner, James Ettien of Stevensville;
justices of the peace, Ward Township,
E. Bryan and J. Kleinoeder; con-
stables, Ward Township, G. F. Hen
derson and Walter Warren.
The more conservative of the social
lists expect to poll about 100 votes in
Ravalli county. A number Of social
st speakers will hold meetings in the
county during the campaign.
The following platform or declara-
tion of principles was adopted by the
meeting:
We the socialist party of Ravalli Co.
Montana, proclaim our allegiance to
the socialist party of America and af-
firm our adherence to the principles
and programs of international social
ism.
In presenting our candidates to the
people of this county we base our APP
peal upon the following declaration of
principles:
l. Labor produces all wealth.
2. Under the present economic and
political conditions, labor's share in
wealth which it creates, is merely
mean and uncertain subsistence.
3. AS long as the present organi-
zation of industry remains the capital
ist class will monopolize the means of
production and will appropriate
through the whole system, the wealth
created by the working class.
4. This appropriation of labor's
wealth by the capitalists is SO COM
plete that it enables them to live in
luxury and idleness.
5. As necessary consequence of
this exploitation of the workers by the
capitalists, this appropriation of all
property out of the hands of the toilers
into the private ownership of the
holders of capital, there is one inevi-
table war between the interests of the
the interests of the capitalist class on
the other,
6. This class struggle between the
wealth makers and the wealth takers,
will indure SO long as our present
system of production for profit con-
tinues.
7. In this conflict between the
workers and the capitalists, labor is
disarmed on the economic side, all the
instruments of production and dis
tributing wealth being owned and con-
troled by the holders of capital.
s. There is only one weapon which
the producing class can successfully
oppose the capitalist class and that
is the ballot.
! 9. This demands the organizing of
the producing class into a political
party that should be everywhere and
always distinct from and opposed to