Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-09-24
MINUTES OF MONTANA STATE SOCIALIST CON-
VENTION HELD AT HELENA, AUGUST
THE 25th, 1908

U
1 the greatest r. -ults ar. accomplished
J hy uuI.d. lnf 'lg-"at HCrIuh. IL Ee-
| huuHrs the Socialist pIrty - adopt a
prius'glc iu conformity with such
/ modern m'thpas of sIE aesa.; thcrC-
/ fore. lH u
Rcy,hsI. That ". thr delegates of
| the So '.list pa " OF Montana, in con-
vcnlpB asecmhi d. do d ns',! y rrconl-
| m, nd 3D. 3Il nj, hers pi th party that
| W. .rprrnd Al .. q" To give our attc;.-
| ton to organizing our forces in our
| various localities and establish a pOlit-
ical machine which shall embrace the
! following methods:
(al To so subdivide the political
| districts as 10 give each comrade a
| definite line of work i'm a given terri
tory; to carry on continual campaign
of literature.
Obj To find such men and women
who may be interested or sympathetic
with socialism; get their names, and
be sure TO interest them in joining the
party.
Cc) Keep up the interest by giving
entertainments, socials, dances. et,. SC
| as not to allow the locals to disinteg-
rate because of continuous and success
sive routine business meetings which
W. ar cut the average man aud woman.
| I'D To advertise and arrange
meetings for speakers. campaigners,
etc, and thereby assure the success :.
of the meetings, especially during
campaigns
(e) To nominate men and wor1en
| for political Offices and prosecute a
vigorous campaign in the interest Of
| electing socialist candidates.
GD To appoint watchers at the
polls and assure a correct counting OF
| the vote.
(g) To report all results OF inter-
| est To the state secretary, so as to keep
/ him informed about the general mem
| bership and general condition of the
] party.
ON motion the platform and resolu-
tions were adopted as read
A motion prevailed that we suspend
the order of business and proceed to
nominate stat" candidates
| Nominations for three electors
were called for. H. Plat. J. T. Ma
bic, II. Shnick and T. ]. Rooney were
nominated.
A motion prevailed t,at convention
proceed to ballot and that the three
receiving the hirhest nunibcr of votes
| be declared the candid4tCa
| TIL" ballot showed Plagt 20, MaJic
33, Shnick % and T. ] P0onoy Is.
| Nominations for congressman were
called for. l.. j. DuTran and John
| Hudson nominated.
a ballot taken showed Duncan "a
| and Hudson ..
| Nominations for governor were
! called for. H. liazelton was nominat-
ed and received the unanimous vote
| OF the convention.
| Nominations for lieutenant governor
were called for. f. l.. BuE<rll was
nominated and received tlIs unanirn-
| Gus vote OF the convention.
| Nominations for assot ate Justice
| were called for. II. l.. Maury was
nominated and received the unanim-
Gus vote of the convention.
Nominations for secretary of state
4 20 A
nominated and received the unanim--
Gus vote of the convention.
Nominations for state treasurer
were called for. J. Powers was NOM
mated and received the unanimous
vote OF the convention.
| Nominations for state auditor were
called for. =. III. Castle was nominat-
ed and received the unanimous vote
| OF the convention.
| Nominations for attorney general
were called for. e. NJ. Parr was NOM
mated and received the unanimous
vote of the convention.
Nominations for superintendent OF
public instruction were called for Ida
lCrouch-fiazlett, Ida McDermott and
| Eta Lyons We're nominated. Mrs
Hazlett and Mrs. McDermott declin-
ing. ballot showed Hazlett IL, Nc
Dcrmott 3, and Lyons 13.
| Nominations for three railroad COM
missioners We're called for ]. Il. Gil
chrest J. \. Rhodes. ]. Billings. J. w.
Stoner. III. Topel Corrigan, +. Fabert
and A. d. Peugh were nominated
ON motion Il was decided that the
one polling the highest vote should be
declared tn" candidate for the six
year term. the next highest the four
year t"rm and the next highest the
two year term. The vote stood:
Gilchrsst l6. Rhodes q. Billings is,
Stonyr g. Tupol 3, Corrigan 3. Fabert
IL, P"ugh 81
ON motion tn. state cabinet was
given power to till all vacancies that
might in any way occur except by
death of candidate.
ON motion the state secretary was
instructed To notify every local To elect
a stat" committeeman within thirty
days.
on motion the convention referred
back To reports of committees, and
called for the report Of the committee
on thu Montana News. The chairman
of the committee reported that the
committe" had nothing 10 report
| ON motion the report OF the state
secretary was called for The report
was submitted To the convention BY
the secretary himself The financial
report was received and presented and
ordered turned over to the auditing
lcommlttee.
The state secretary then read
lengthy report of the needs OF the
made The report was received and
ordered turned over to the state COM.
mittec.
The report of the editor manager Of
the Montana News was called for. The
editor submitted lengthy review OF
the past and present conditions OF the
paper, and tn" future possibilities OF Il.
The report WAS received and turned
over To the state committee.
Tn" cditor-m manager of the Montana
News rendered her resignation To the
convention to take effect Immediately
on motion IL WAS decided tu 20 into
rNpcutiv" s'ssion for one hour and al
low each delegate three minutes to
speak ON the Montana News.
motion to receive and ace pt the
resignation was lost,
The state secretary trudcrcd hts
resignation 0s secretary ana business
manager Ot the News, same 20 take
effect Immediate 49,
| ON motion tho resignation was re-
cciNtd ana ace, ptpd.