Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-20
SOCIALISTS HOLD
THEIR CONVENTION
Place in Nomination a Full City
Ticket for Coming Munich
pal Election.
HOMER P. BURT UP FOR MAYOR
Platform Contains PLANK Mined al
giic Police aud thc Courts
Issue. OF Campaign.

The Socialists OF Salt Lake city held
thcir convention at Unity hall yester-
DAY afternoon. and placed in nominal
dion a fuu city and couucilmanic ticket
Tor the coming municipal election lio-
uer T. Burt for number OF years
active in the interests of the party
and three years aeo SIS candidate for
Congress. was named as candidate for
mayor The office OF city attorney was
left FOR the city committee 90 hn but
otherwise d complete ticket was nom
mated
The convention adopted platform
setting forth the principles Of Socialism
as applied 10 municipal government
Among the planks of the platform
were demands for the Initiative, refer
endum and recall in local affairs, The
taking over by the city OF public
franchises and the conduct of an pub
liC works and utilities By the city fer
the public good instead ~ for private
profit that the city furnish work O.
all the unemployed within its borders
that the hours of work be eight hours
q day; that an municipal work he
done without contractors. that in an
departments OF the city government
women De given equal pay FOR equal
work. that the city establish better
schools, hndergartens aud better hos
pitals, that the compensation Of school
teachers be made sufficient to attract
90 that service the best and most ef-
fcicni, and that meals and medical
attendance be furnished an school chill
drcn. The aim OF the socinlistio move
mcnt is declared TO be the establish
mcnt Of the cooperative common
wealth, and the platform further de-
clares that the vital issue la this cam
paign. as IN an campaigns. Is the com
test between the working class and
the capitalistic class for the possession
OF the powers OF government, and that
the conflict Is worldwide.
w. J. MORTON. CHAIRMAN.
The convention was called to order
by NJ Mason. who read the call w. j.
Morton was elected chairman and
George r. Poate secretary. Commit
tees on order OF business and platform
were appointed. In addition 20 the
blanks referred 20 the platform con-
tanned the following resolution
Resolved. That the Socialist party
denounccs as tyrannous and infamous
the use OF the courts and police to de-
lay and prevent public relief for the
unemployed, and TO intimldate work
ingmen during times % industrial dis
putes BE II further
Resolved. That the Socialist party
condemns the police Interference with
the right Of free speech as not only un-
constitutional. but utterly subversive
Of orderly progress In democracy. The
right OF free assemblage in the streets
provided the thorouehfare rs not
hlockcd-is as sacrcd as the institution
Of free schools
THE TICKET
After the platform had been adopted.
the business OF nominating ticket
was proceeded with. as follows.
Mayor-Homer =. Burt
Treasurer. q. Nelson.
Recorder-M NJ johnson
Auditor-Fanny NJ. Edgar
Councilmen, First Precinct Robert
f.eggett. long term Mary Paramore.
short term.
Second Precinct-John T. Bell. long
term. Olivia Johnson, short term
Third Precinct-Alfred SOrenson. long
term; r c. Rubcndall. short term.
Fourth Professionalism Guy Sad
leir, long term. william J. kohlbcrg.
short term
Firth prcclnct--J. G. Edgar. long
term. George j.. Watts. short term
Campaign Committce-M Mason.
David r. Tribe. T. C. Nelson. b. A
Lawrence ana George r. Watts The
campaign committee was given fun
power 20 an an vacancies on the ticket