Arizona republican., 1910-07-13
BIRTH OF THE LABOR PARTY YESTERDAY
RESULT OF THE CONVENTION OF UNION REPRESENTATIVES.
The Things It Will Stand For and It's
 Hope of Strength.

unions in Arizona, in convention as sembled in Phoenix, yesterday lahore and brought forth a newpolitical par ty, and named it The Labor Party This came after the better part of tn day had been spent in setting upon declaration of principles and in tn discussion of the. issue whether ther should be new party representing labor, or whether the constituenc, represented by the convention should be pledged to the support of what ever candidates named by other par ties, should pledge themselves to stand for the principles endorsed by tn, convention. That endorsement was tC use every legitimate effort to hay, incorporated within the constitution oi the stater of Arizona, the following principles:
 Universal and equal man and wo- man suffrage.
 Election of United States senators by popular vote.
 Initiative. referendum and recall
 Two year terms for state officials
 State to have right to engage in industrial pursuits.
 injunction law.
 Employers liability act
 Government by enacted law
 "Abolishment of the fee system. in all courts.
 State to have the right to seize the property of any person. partnership, firm, company or corporation. which refuses to comply with the law
 State to defray the expenses in criminal cases for the defense as well as the prosecution.
 The power to decare laws uncon- stitutiOnal to rest only with the elect ors by a referendum vote.
 Six months residence necessary to qualify citizens to become voters.
 No private police to be permitted to operate or give testimony
 No law to be passed that in any way limits the franchise of the citi- the registration, primary or election law
 Constitution to be amended by a majority vote of the electors on mia tive of the legislature or the people
 The question of whether the con vention should organize a new party or endorse candidates of other parties v,ls brought into the foreground by the following resolution. offered by H. H. Wynkoop. F. H. Keddington and w. A. Bartlett:
 Whereas; in view of the fact that the congress of the United States has fn cfa fn ri and the governor of the territory has issued call for a constitutional con vention, the laboring classes hereby assembled for the purpose of deter mining what they deem would be a fair and just constitution to place be- fore the people and pledge candidates to said constitutional convention to support;
 Whereas; it is our purpose to try to secure the adoption of clauses in said constitution which will treat fair ly with tn working classes as a whole;
 Therefore; the delegates to this convention do hereby pledge ourselves to support in all manner of means such candidates who solemnly promise No SuDpOIl SuNi dS iildN ilttt- after be adopted as the views of this 
 And be it further provided that this convention do not pledge itself to the support of any particular political par ty now organized and that when we adjourn we do so as the convention of the united workingmen of Arizona" This resolution was brought up at various times and discussed, some times a bit acrimoniously and finally on vote of IA to 20 late in the after noon. the resolution was ditched. Immediately thereafter, Kenneth Clayton of Globe presented the fol- lowing resolution:
 Whereas: the working classes of the territory of Arizona desire voice | in the drafting of the constitution for the new state of Arizona; and Whereas: such desire can be grat | fled by political expression only and | the working class is not or ganized under the laws of the terri tory of Arizona whereby they can give such political expression to, their de- | 'ires;
 Be it resolved: that we the rep | of the workers of the ter -itory organize a workers political [ party for the purpose of nominating