The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-01-19
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STATE 4rucpg's bond .......$ 10000
balance ...... ............. 31nslo
t37Os70
The vote On constitutional committee
VA. can,a.-cd by a committee consist.
mg of Chas Griffin of Local Big Lake,
$ Rocdcr of Everett Fifth Ward and
Alred Nngonknccht. and resulted rs
follows. y. 9. Crosby. 10; Z. A. John
son. %: Al Rocdcr. p; w. Wayniek,
I3f: NJ J. kennedy, 2Gi G.. Lindbcrg, 90.
The first meeting of the committee
took place i'm the state office Sunday.
January II. The full committee was
present. p. A. johnson. f. G. Crosby and
Al Rocder The next meeting viii be in
the state office. Sunday, January %.
State referendum "B" was Tailed on
January 10 by committee consisting
of Joseph Ostant. J. II. Michel and J. X.
Reece. Il was carried by vote of G27
to 1913. Sixty-six locals and 80 mem
hers at large voted. The vote of II
locals was thrown out on the ground
that they had not reported for Deem
her Among them were several that en-
closed the report card with the ballot in
the referendum envelope, which of
course was not opened until the canvass
ing began.
BY referendum vote the S. e. c. has
decided that W. w. Smith, who was
elected alternate to the office OF ma
tional committeeman, shall fill the term
of the third committeeman apportioned
to this state until his successor is elect
ed after the convention. lkennedy DIS
senting)
That the members of former Local
Spokane No. ], who in the Judgment of
the Spokane comrades are worthy OF
considerations may join the locals in
Spokane. CHendrickson dissenting)
That Pierce county be allowed $500
per day for 30 days for an organizer
iIendrickson disscnting.)
That the state secretary be author
lied to rent an additional room for the
state office. llendrickson dissenting
That the state secretary be allowed
to hire assistant for not to exceed SOB
per month. Unanimously carried.
Local Hartford endorses the motion OF
Local Bismarck pertaining to change of
section AZ. state constitution.
Locals Everett Third Ward and Sixth
Ward endorse the motion by Sedro-
Woolley pertaining to conditions under
which members of the party may file
for public office
Comrade Walter Price seconds the
state committee motions of Kuehl of
Spokane Third Ward and Hardness of
Hillyard, pertaining to the Spokane af-
fairs. His comments are:
q sincerely hope the executive com
mittee will take the action contemplated
and thus secure Justice for the comrades
of Spokane whose only Offense was III
doing the best they knew hoY under
the circumstances and who in signing
the appeal from the decision of the state
secretary and the executive committee
done what they had legal and moral
right to do.-Walter Price, state com
mitteeman Outlook"
"'Local Anacortes passed motion to
rescind the action of our state commit
tee to elect committee on constitu-
tion.-R. Schwarz, local secretary"
Local Kelso in regular session Deem
Der 20 makes the following motion: Can
didates accepting nominations from the
socialist party shall also sign an agree
ment to turn over to the state secre-
tary of the socialist party all sums re-
ceived as salary or fees over $500 per
annum-Mrs. E. L. Carr, Secy."
Comments by state secretary: The
motion by Kelso is impossible as put,
seeing that under the state primary law
no one could file for office with such a
pledge attached to him without making
himself liable to the charge of felony.
Notice-On Tuesday, the 9th of Janu-
airy, letter was sent to every local in
the state from this office containing a
statement showing the number of dues
stamps bought by each local (now alive)
during the past II months, or in the
case of new locals, during their life, the
number per month and the number of
state committeeman each local was en-
titled to. Also call for election of state
committeeman, call for state convention,
credentials for state committeeman with
duplicate credentials to be returned to
this office The same letter contained a
call for nomination of II members for
delegates to the national convention at
Oklahoma City, May II, a call for nomi-
nation for members of the women's ma
tional committee and for international.
secretary. Locals not receiving this let
ter will please notify this office at once.
Yours for the revolution,
FRANS BOSTROM