The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-31

IutiOns on Mayer-HaywOOd Case-
Platform Stands for Naturalization
of Means of Production and Distribu-
tiOn--Hits at Capitalists.
The annual convention of the social
list party of Connecticut, which was
held in socialist hall, 746 Chapel street,
yesterday, was the largest and most
enthusiastic that the party has ever
held. Delegates were present from thir-
ty-four towns of the state, and every
county but Litchfield was represented.
The morning session was taken up
by organization, and resulted in the
election of Eugene Toomey of this city
as chairman, and F. r. Rockwell of
MiddletoWn as secretary.
AT the afternoon session a nominating
committee reported the following state
ticket, which will be put in the field
next fall:
Governor-Ernest D. Hall of Nauga-
tuck.
Lieutenant governor--William Apple
gate Of New Haven.
Secretary of state-iMax Dellfont of
New Haven.
Treasurer-Emil Garish of New Ha-
ven.
controller-A. B. Cross, jr., Of Nau-
gatuck.
Attorney general-Eugene iToomey Of
New Haven.
ongressman-at-large - Burton D..
Leavitt of Putnam.
Max Dellfont of this city was then
chosen state secretary Of the party, and
Eugene Toomey state treasurer of the
party. The resolutions committee re-
ported three important resolutions. The
first had to do with the uniting of the
socialist party with the socialist labor
party. After some discussion it was
laid on the table.
A resolution on the packing houses
was read and unanimously adopted
The text follows
Whereas, It appears that the Chica-
go packers have been guilty of prepar-
ing the rotten refuse and scrapings of
their slaughter houses for use for hui
man food; or packing the carcasses of
diseased animals; of practicing the
most shameful frauds by canning prod
ucts that no one would knowingly con-
sumo, and using false labels represent
ing the contents to be sound and whole
some, and
Whereas, These hideous crimes have
been perpetrated by packing house pro-
oc Nf tnr 10 f+r -
the capitalist system of producing
goods for profit instead of for use, and
thereby they have become tremendous
ly wealthy while paying workers but a
miserable pittance in the form of
wages, and
Whereas, AS long as the business of
preparing cattle for the market is left
under the control of private interests,
so long will embalmed beef and similar
outrages continue, laws will be set at
naught and declared unconstitutional
by corporation hirelings on the bench,
and inspectors bribed in the sacred
name of profits; therefore. be 1t
Resolved, By the socialist party of
Connecticut in state convention as
sembled in the city of New Haven, this
Goth day of May, that in the name of
humanity and the interest of the work.
ers we demand that the fullest public
ity be Immediately given to the facts
gathered by Commissioners Neill and
Reynolds; that we call upon the work.
ers of the nation to vote for the soci-
alist party, which is the only political
party in this country which strikes at
H. :, I
evils, by abolishing the cause, viz: The
private ownership of the means of pro-
duction and distribution. The socialist
party stands for the public ownership
and democratic management of the
packing house industry, as we'll as all
other industries; it stands for a system
of production with the sole end in view
of Supplying the needs of the people in
stead of making profits for few; it
stands for the absolute right of the
packing house worker as well as all
other workers to the full product of
their toll
A resolution was unanimously adopt
ed calling attention to the case OF
Charles H. Meyer, William D. Hay
wood and George A. Pettibone, officers
of the Western Federation of Miners
who are now on trial on account of the
alleged completely in the murder of ex-
Governor Steuenberg of Idaho. The
resolution rehearsed the now familiar
details of the secret arrest and kid
mapping of the mine leaders, and be-
ing spirited away by the officials in
the dead of night on a secret train
without opportunity to consult counsel
or see their families. The pronouncing
of the accused as guilty before trial
NV President Roosevelt and Governor
Gooding of Idaho was denounced as a
violation of fundamental legal princi-
ple and the actions of the authorities
In Idaho and Colorado were condemned
as a conspiracy to railroad the pris-
oners to the gauows. Those present
pledged themselves to do all in thei1
power to prevent this judicial murder
by arousing the working class to the
facts and a general strike was threat
ened if necessary, to paralyze the in
dustries of the country.
The party platform was drawn VI
by a committee consisting of Rev
Alexander Irvine and William Apple
gate of this city and William sheldgt
of Manchester 1t is a strong express
sion of the party principles The CAPT.
talists interests are hit particularly
hard, and the document ends with re-
capitulation in ten paragraphs of tht