Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-16
the SOCIALISTS
Hold State Convention
In This City.
Charles |. FOX Of Portland
Nominated tal, eovern@.
The Platform Adopted ,lt Other Business
1raasaehl BY Delegates.

Ia this city Thursday morning and the
inclemency of the weather did not ap-
pear to prevent a good delegation from
being present. The members OF the so
ciaiist State committee who were pres
ent when the body was called TO ORDER
at 10 o'clock, were as follows: II. II.
Mayors Of HallOwell, chairman; w. r..
Pelsey Of Lewiston, secretary; George
w. Sanders of Lubec; s. b. Martin OF
Bath; w. X. Pickering of Auburn; r.
l.. Coff Of Auburn; Mary Il. Walsh OF
Portland; Joseph S. True Of Lewiston;
F. \. Manter of Arson. Mrs. David
Richards OF Skowhegan. w. o. Rog-
ers of ThomastOn and Mulberry King
man Of Tilden.
The delegates, who after presenting
their credentials and taking seats, were
as follows: Charles l.. Fox OF Portland.
w. Wright of Lisbon. F. A. Bowie OF
Bath, J. S. True of Lewiston, w. r.
Pickering of Auburn, w. L. Gorham
OF Wiscasset, f. Cowett OF SkOwhesan,
+. A, Manter Of Arson. e. e. O'Donnell
of Lubec, Fred II. Fernald Of Thorn
aston, Simon Goldberg OF Rockland. n.
w. Mitchell Of Yarmouth, Fred john
son Of Madison.
The delegates-at-larSe were as foi-
lows: d. T., Bailey of Yarmouthville,
Cumberland county; Fred Z. Irish OF
Bath, SagadahOc county; w. E. Pelsey
Of Lewiston, Androscoggin county; w.
G. Iapgood Of Skowhegan. Somerset
county; George w. Sanders of Lubec.
Washington county; Daniel Sobel of
Camden, Knox county.
The following committees were APP
pointed:
On credentials-C. L. Fox, F. A.
Bowie and Simon Goldberg.
On rules-Fred L. Irish, Joseph s.
True and w. G. Hapgood.
On platform-W. P. Hapgood. c. L.
Fox, F. y. Bowie, Simon Goldberg. E.
F.. O'Donnell, w. L. Gorham and w. r.
Pickering.
On constitutional. E. Irish, +. H.
and Fred Johnson.
On resolutions-G. w. Sanders, w.
Il. Pickering and w. f. Gorham.
On publication Of campaign litera-
ture-.W. G. HapgOod, w. r. Pickering
and r. a. Bowie.
The greater part of the forenoon and
afternoon sessions were consumed in
the usual routine OF convention bust
other members of the party and the
making UP of the resolutions, of which
there was Il great volume. The reSo-
luton committee discarded Il great
many OF the resolutions presented. as
the views expressed were too radical.
according to the general beliefs OF the
delegates and those that were finally
adopted will be printed in pamphlet
form and issued as 4 propaganda" Of
the party throughout the State.
The county delegates elected to the
sion were as follows:
Somerset-F. A. Manter and Mrs. NJ.
Jones Richards.
Cumberland--Curti A. Pry and
Ralph T.. Day.
Knox-Dora T.. Maxcy and Charles
Young.
Lincoln-W. G. Gorham and II. F.
Sawyer.
Washington-G. W. Sanford and F..
Il. O'COnnell.
Androscoggin-E. w. Boynton and
w. II. Pickering.
Kennebec-H. II. Mayors.
The State committee was empowered
by vote of the convention to fill any
vacancies that might occur.
The national organization was rep
resented by NJ. w. wilkins of Califor-
mia.
After many revisions the platform Of
the party was adopted and its provi-
sions We're briefly stated. as follows: