The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-12
Party i'm Mass Convention
Places Its Nominees Before
County Electors.
DEN0UNCE TREATMENT OF
UNEMPLOYED AS VAGRANTS
Platform of Principles Adopted
Declaring for Radical Changes
in Many Departments.

With the expressed belief that they
are going in i'to win in the fall cleo
tion, the Socialists of Salt Lake county
met in mass convention Sunday in hall
No. |. Commercial club building, and
nominated the ticket which will repre-
sent them at the election. At II o clock
in the morning preliminary organi2a-
tion was effected. l.. +. Luud called
the meeting 10 order on behalf of the
county committee. Fl. w. Lawrence
was chosen temporary chairman, and
Mr.. Lnnd temporary secretary. These
were made permanent at the afternoon
session, and the ticket as follows was
nom minated:
Representatives to the state legisa-
ture: Oscar B. Evans. James Kind
reald, G. T.. Watts. George A. IIuscher,
L. G. Locke. Mrs. Olivia johnson, G. a.
Reynolds. Charles Adamson, Robert
Leggett; state senators, II. w. Law
renee, Salt Lake; Joseph c. Williams,
Murray; A. w. Wills, Bingham; county
commissioner, four-year term, James Il.
Burt, Mill Creek; county commissioner,
two-year term, Frances Brown, Salt
Lake; county assessor, Alfred Sorenson;
county treasurer, NJ NJ johnson; coun-
ty sheriff, Peter Holt; county clerk,
James c. Curtis: county recorder, G. K,
Mcintyre; county auditor, A. w. Span
ton; county surveyor, B. A: Lawrence;
county attorney. w NJ knerr; cam
paign committee, William CLAY, Thurs
ton Brown. George Watts. Alfred Sor-
enson, Charles Reynolds.
Platform Is Adopted.
The committee on resolutions and
p1o Co.. Of q
Thurston Brown and +. l.. Lund, pre-.
sented the following resolutions and
platform, which were adopted by the
convention:
The Socialist party OF Salt Lake coun
ty. in convention assembled, September
IL. 1910, reaffirms the principles OF In
ternational revolutionary Socialism as
enunciated In the last national platform
Of the Socialist party and the state plat
form OF the Socialist party of Utah.
Graft and corruption are the natural
and legitimate products of capitalist ad
ninistration everywhere, because CAPT
OF the legal robbery OF the working
class. 1t matters not wherHer the ad-
mnistration OF the affairs OF this coun-
~ is Republican: Democratic, or Ameri..
can, such administration VIII be marked
by favoritism. Grnft. corruption and total
disregard of the simplest rights and de-
mands OF the working class-the over
whclmIng majority of the people-as now
and heretofore,
The collusion OF the capitalist parties
in this county with every form OF vice
servers, and no relief from these con-
dftions can possibly be secured under
their rule.
Party of Working Glass.
The Socialist party Is The party of the
working class. Its aim is nothing less
than tic complete overthrow OF existing
economic and political forms, the abo-
lition Of the wages system and the in
stallaton OF industrial democracy. The
nominees OF the Socialist party are
pledged to that programme absolutely. IT
elected TO office they will work consist
entity for such ends.
1T is evident however. that these ends
cannot at once be attained AS steps
toward this ultimate goal We pledge all
our candidates to such action in office as
shall improve the living conditions OF the
working class.
a Socialist county administration will
make the health Of the people its first
consideration.
II win take such steps. under the law.
lief for the victims OF capitalism the
taint and sham OF charity.
:, II VIII so eGualize taxation that its
ity on all property hodersA
1t will enforce the law Mlating to the
liquor traffic. gambling. the white slave
traffic and all other social cvr's,
IL will furnish efficient management OF
The public roads without discrimination
as TO locality and so far as the law per-
mits will abolish the contract system
and enforce labor union conditions OF
employment In all county work.
II will strictly enforce the civil serv-
Ice law in the selection OF county en-
ployces,
We favor the installation NJ voting ma
chimes I'm all precincts of the county.
We pledge ourselves to trc extension
Of the playground system and the system
OF public parks.
Work for Unemployed
Whereas. Under the reign of capitalism
an increasing percentage of the working
class is out OF employment for con-
siderable portion of cyery year: and
Whereas. II is widely believed that the
coming winter will he marked by the re-
currence of economic conditions preva-
lent I'm 1907 and 1908: and
Whereas There are now fully thou
sand workers In this city VINO cannot find
employment: therefore he II
Resolved. That IL is tho sense of this
convention that the county officials In
stead OF treating unemployed men as
vaPrants criminals. as hitherto. or In
sulting them by dolnR our charity In
sorne form. should provide employment
for all who are out Of work. In order that
the simplest and most fundamental righs
OF every human being-the right TO work
and To have ones own self-respect-may
be preserved.