The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-20
SOCIALIST PARTY
IN CONVENTION
Candidates for City Offices
Are Named at Sunday
Meeting.
H. P. BURT FOR MAYOR
.PLATFoR PLEDGES ALLEGIANCE
TO INTERNATIONAL MOVE.

At the convention of the Socialist party
held yesterday afternoon in Unity hall
a complete city ticket was chosen and
a platform setting forth the principles
Of Socialism as applied to municipal gov
eminent was adopted. Homer Z. Burt
for years an active worker in the So
Cialist party, and three years ago its can
candidate for mayor City and council
manic tickets were chosen, with the Of
flee of city attorney left for the cam
paign committee to fill
The meeting was called to order by NJ.
Mason. w. ]. Morton was made chair
man and George E POate secretary Of
the convention. The platform adopted
by the convention pledges allegiance to
the interna tional Socialist movement. 1t
insists that the only issue in the fall
campaign is the contest between the
working class and the capitalist class.
The platform contrasts what it terms the
injustice done the working class under
the present system of government and
the conditions it promises under the CO.
operative commonwealth which is the
aim of Socialism.
The platform demands a greater democ-
raCy by the establishment of municipal
Industries, insuring the workingman the
opportunity Of a livelihood; the initiative
and the referendum, and the recall; that
the industries upon which life, health
and comfort depend be owned and Op-
CAdltu ny III WAUlt UtDplCg Llldt TIE city
reclaim all the franchises and public
grants held by private corporations in
order that the people may control the
public utilities; that the city furnish work
for the unemployed; that all municipal
work be done by the city and not by con-
tractors; that the days work for mU-
niCipai employees be fixed at eight hours
a day; that men and women in all de-
partments Of the city government re-
Ceive equal pay for equal work; that kim
npTu1TfpDC better
be established. that school children be
fed by the city; that municipal hospitals
be established.
Courts Denounced.
The platform was adopted after much
discussion. y resolution was introduced
and passed unanimously denouncng as
"tyrannous and infamous" the use of the
courts and police in delaying and pre-
venting public relief for the unemployed
and in intimidating workingmen during
labor disputes.
Another resolution introduced and
adopted by the convention condemned the
police interference in the right of free
speech on the streets of the city.
The ticket nominated follows:
For mayOT-HOmeT p Burt.
For treasurer-E. c. Nelson
For reCOrdeT-M. NJ. Johnson.
For auditOT-Fannie NJ Edgar.
For attOrney-TO be filled by commit
tee.
For cOuncilmen. First ward-Robert
Liggett, long term; Mary Paramore, short
term.
Second ward-JOhn L. Bell, long term;
Olivia Johnson short term.
Third Ward-Alfred Sorensen, long
term; r. G. Rubendall. short term.
Fourth ward-William Guy Sadler long
term; W. J. KOhlberg, short term.
Fifth ward-J. c. Edgar, long term;
George Z. Watts, short term.
As a campaign committee NJ. Mason,
David p. Tribe, E. c. Nelson, B. A. Law
renee and George Z. Watts We're chosen.
At the convention there was large at
tendance Of women.