Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-03
THE SOCIALIST TICKET NAMED
 |NC0NVENT|ON
Full List of Officers Placed in
 the Field and Platform Was
 Adopted With Some Rather Startling Planks.

i About one hundred socialists, sev; eral of them women, crowded into Tammaay Hall last night for the city nominating convention of that party The meeting was called to order at 1 S:0S by A. c. Smith. Joseph D. Can non was elected temporary chairman and A. c. Smith temporary secretary, both by exclamation.
 The temporary organization was then made permanent
 Chairman Cannon announced the 1 following committee on crede eiols. First ward, X. c. McCutcheoa; sec ond ward, N. P. Oleson; third ward, Frank Wilson. A recess was then l taken untiir he credentials committee i was ready to repor;. After a few minutes the committee reported the following delegates entitled to seats in the convention:
 First ward-K. C. McCutcheon, J. J. Sullivan, Joseph D. Cannon.
 Second ward-N. P. Oleson, John N. Smith, Anthony Mott.
 Third ward-A. c. Smith, FrapE l Wilson, Duke Simpson.
 The report of the credentials com ! mittee was adopted. The chairman announced MeSsrs. Mott. Sullivan and Simpson as /a committee on platform. The~~plat- form had already been agreed upon i and printed. The printed copy, how ever, was submitted/as the. report Of |. the committed, and formally adopted i by unanimous vote.
 The platform as adopted, after at- | firuing allegiance to the principles Of the Socialist party of Arizona, of America and to the international SO cialist movement, pledges the nomi- Dees of the convention to work for | lower light and water rates in Bis bee. and in event of failure to secure same, to establish municipally own- ed and controlled light and water works. The same plank also de mands a municipal ice plant. The second plank demands the | abolition of the contract system on public works and minimum wage rate ot $3.50 per day.
 The third plank denounces the prac- tice of the city making public in- provements for the special benefit of corporations, and concludes with the words: Time enough to build boulevards for our automobihts after we have constructed foot paths TOT our workers"
 n, The fourth plank declares for the | improvements of all streets and the creation of at least one public park.
 The fifth plank denounces the municipal recognition of and partner ship with prostitution by licensing the same. Plank six demands that police officers give more attention to crimi- nals and cease the persecution On | "pennilesS yage-earners." Plank seven is a declaration for the system of union organization championed by the Industrial Workers of the World.
 Plank eight denounces the receu. decisions of the judiciary against l wage-earners and declares the most unconstitutional wrong with which the American people have to contend at present is the judiciary as it is now constituted"
 I. In closing the platform declare: that the political. parties of "soup houses and scrip" are no longer fit to administer the affairs of the people. = The following nominations were then made, all by exclamation. h fact, they had evidently oee1 pre- viously agreed upon, Tor they were all in print, with the platform, fe fore the convention was called to or l der:
 Mayor, Anthony Mott; city mar, shal, K. c. McKutchon; city street supervisor, Dan McGowan; city clerk c. O. White; councilmen, first wal d J. W. Wright, W. E. Stewart; coun cilmen second ward, John N. Smith A. c. Smith; councilmen third ward Frank Wilson, J. H. Tanner.
 All the above candidates except Messrs. Wright, White and TaE-e1 then signed the resignations required by the party from each of it's candi dates, with blank date, which resig nations are held by the city central committee to insure the fidelity and tractability of the officials il case of election. The three exceptions noted above not being present, the city committee was instructed to SC cure their signatures.
 The city central committee was also authorized to fill any vacancies occurring on the ticket
 1 Messrs, Walter Stewart, of the first ward. A. c. Smith. of the sCcoat and c. H. Tanner of the third were selected as the city central commit tee for the ensuing term.
 The chairman was followed in g brid talk by J. N. Morrison of Ben son. -s