The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-07-17
SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY
SELECTS CONVICT CANDIDATE

New York. July l6-The national
committee Of the socialist labor party
|hich has been turned down by Mar.
tin r. Preston. the convict. who in
a private telegram TO Daniel de Le-
on, leader Of his party, declined its
nomination for president OF the Unit
I'd States decided yesterday not to
take no for an answer and to run
Preston for candidate anyway. An
Official statement on behalf OF the
Socialist Labor party says, in part:
To-day the compact battalion OF
the Socialist Labor party with Pres
ton and Munro Inscribed ON its ban
uer. takes It's stand intrepid Of the
field OF this years presidential CON
test. cheercd by the howls emitted
by The manifold foe. So much the
better Let them howl, the louder
the merr'er
with Tafts convention raped to
order by a fatal thirteen strokes Of
the ga,cl and Bryans nomination on
the fatal Friday. houors may seem
easy ON that score TO the apprehen-
slyr watcher for omcus. Yet il
birds eye view is taken of The two
omcns the coincidence cannot DE es-
capped ur its significance lost sight
of. Both the republican and democratic
parties are marked lchabod The car.
| rlon crows are lowering over them
\ man now serving sentence Of
/ 25 years In the Nevada state prison
/ for murder has been nominated by the
/ Socialist Labor party's national CON
vention for president OF the United
| states. II was the first time con-
ylct ever was nominated for this Of
/ flee IN the history OF this country
The man who was nominated Is
Martin II. Preston who IS undergoing
La sentence in Goldfield for killing a
retaurant keeper named Silver three
years ago. when he was nominated
the convention burst into frantic ap-
plause.
The nomination speech was made
by Daniel de- Leon, who said hc Was
going 20 nominate an honest working
man. tie continued:
"The man am going To nominate
has been in thief rout ranks Of work
lnGmcm and is now in Jail That man
is Martin r. Preston and he is now
serving jail sentence in Goldfield,
Ncv., for conduct that Is honorable,
and of which no workingman should
be- ashamed
some three years ago there was
a strike IN Gollneld, and the nominee
have named for president OF the
the United states was picket APP
pointed by his union There was
strike within a strike at the time.
and a man named silver kept q res
tauraui there with girls for Mattresses
one of these girls refused to do as
her employer directed. and was dis
charged by him without her weeks
salary when the Socialist Labor par
II ~ heard of this they imediately took
steps to protect the girl in the en-
| ploy of silver and tried TO get those
who were remaining AZ work TO quit
DE Leon went on TO say that the
party was partially successful In this.
but In some cases the girls would
not leave for reasons that he would
leave to the Imagination Of the dele
gates
Preston, he said had done such
good work in getting not only the
/ regular citizens in Go'dfIcld to keep
away from the restaurant. but also
the transient visitors, Of whom there
We're . great many that silver be.
came his enemy He continued:
"Ouo day silver came out Of the
restaurant IN violent rage and
placed a gun close 10 Pretson's face
whcrcupon Preston Immediately pull.
ed ont his gun and shot silver dead.
It was admitted that ne did wen
Aftrrward Preston was tried and
found guilty and scutcccd to jail
Tor 20 years.
/ Though Preston IS not OF the age
provided I'm the constitution for pres.
ideutal candidate, f. makes no dif.
ference 10 us Il Is for the working
/ people to elect him, and n ne (.
elected he will be seated Consttu.
tons are for the people. and not the
people FOR the constitutions"
When he finished there were cheers
and emonstrations Of delight from
every Part OF the hall, men risinr
and waving their hats and y.IlIr,, a