The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-14
to save the big Mexican property own.

to save the big Mexican property own.
ers.''
De Lara declared that suggestions OF
foreign Intervention in Mexico was
due to the desire of the big bond
owners of the United States, Great
Britain and Germany to protect their
own pockets
His utterances were warmly ap-
plauded by the delegates.
Following De I.ara's speech, VIM. D.
Haywood offered motion that the
convention approve the action of the
Copenhagen international convention
In declaring for general worldwide
strike to prevent war His motion
was ruled out by the chairman and
then Haywood. In bitter speech, de-
nounced charges preferred against
him by the Bridgeport, Conn. and
Denver, Colo, socialist organizations,
which claimed he violated trades union
principles, Haywood fatty declared
that he fought the case and would al
ways fight ANY organization fathered
by the civic federation or people OF
that Tx"
Haywood was frequently interrupt
ed and attempts were made to choke
him off but he was sustained by the
chair throughout Haywood explained
that the Bridgeport socialists raised
only s12 for the Lawrence strikers,
~. + - Iofo "a onfirQ
industrial unionism movement In
Massachusetts,.
THE offense charged against me-"
he said, was organizing machinists'
union IN opposition to the Information
al Association Of Massachusetts, in
Bridgeport did, and have no apol-
ogies to make"
A bitter personal debate followed
but the entire matter was finally
tabled.
! The convention went on record as
favoring the following program.
1.-THE socialist party demands that
the means of transportation and stor
age and the plants used In the manu-
facture of farm products and farm
machinery shall be socially owned. and
democratically managed.
ITO prevent the holding of land
out OF use and to eliminate tenantry,
we demand that all farm land not
cultivated by owners shall be taxed
at its full rental value, and that actual
use and occupancy shall be the only
title to land
We call attention to the fact that
the elimination of farm tenantry, and
the development of socially owned and
operated agriculture will open new
agricultural fields to the worker"
The committee on the commission
form of government for cities APPROX
ed the dominant principal, although it
objected to many of the innovations
| introduced in the various municipal
tiles which have adopted the plan. ].
/ j. Jacobson. of Iowa, chairman of the
committee, in approving the plan
said
The study Of the movement for the
commission form of government for
cities in America reveals the fact
that the forms proposed vary greatly
in detail. Indeed, there is great
variation even in essential features
Furthermore the form itself has beer
passing through the process Of modi
ficaticn since its inception. This
change and modification is still goins
lon. There has not yet been proposed
a Anal nfi,,it 80 ~
mission form of government: tn,
whole matter is In process of develop
ment.
in view of these facts, 1t is in
possible at the present time, we BIZ
lieye, to lay down or to fix any defr
tie policy that shall apply equally t
] all the states. and all of the cite
: with reference to this matter. Certai
t general principles may be state,
{ Certain errors and fallacies of til
! arguments may be pointed out, ce
y tain evils opposed, and when the for,
y is entirely Objectionable, it may /
e defeated
In some cases the socialist par
S organizations have already used the
r. influence against certain objectionab
1t forms and defeated them. In 9th
e cases they have compelled a modific
lie ton of the form by insisting on Il
" introduction of certain features tn
X had been omitted, and SO far as yo
i'd committee can see, this Discriminate
Of attitude. varying with the condition
that ooprarn tho Marty IN d;fforo
localities, and varying as the NOV
ment varies, will have to be the po
q. ton of the party
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