Show WOMAN LEADER SPLITS PARTY t Bolting Faction Quits the Social Socialist 1st Convention PLAN TO GET RECOGNITION DISGRUNTLED MEMBERS FANCY TREY THEY SEE SE A SCHEME 4 What was Intended to be the nucleus of the new Socialist t party I Utah suf suffered suffered suffered a serious split in the state con convention convention held in this city yesterday at atthe atthe atthe the Federation of ot Labor hall han The en entire entire entire tire Salt Lake contingent cont bolted the convention and the probabilities are that there will be two conflicting heads to the new political party It was de declared declared dared by A B Edler Biller the deposed so socialist socialist national committeeman for Utah that the would organize on or orthodox orthodox orthodox lines JInes and thus win vin the sole recognition of ot the national organization organization tion flon The convention met meet in pursuance of ofa II a call can from the provisional state com corn committee committee A B Edler Edier Peter Johnson and Charles Stewart to effect a state or organisation organization organisation by adopting a constitution by referendum vote and by electing an executive board and a national com eom commItteeman committeeman Besides delegates from this city the representation from outside was composed of H P Han Hansen Hansen Hansen sen of Elsinore M E B King of King ICing Kingston Kingston ston Peter Johnson of Murray Mrs Ida C recently from Denver representing Manti Mantl Richfield and Sa Salina Salina lina han C J A Lindstrom of West Jor Jordan Jordan dan and Sandy Mrs lo rs Kate Hilliard of Ogden F P M of Provo Prove and Coyote A C Jackson of Logan R B Wixon of J C Williams of Big Cottonwood and Professor H C CLewis CLewis Lewis Lewk of Cedar City Nephi and Lehi Lehl were also ateo represented Row Bow About the Credentials Lewis was chosen temporary ary alT chairman and Mr King temporary secretary and later the temporary or organization organization was made permanent p The scrap commenced when the manner of accepting credentials was Vas under dis discussion The T e Salt Lake contingent in insisted Insisted slated that only those tho local branches which are duly organized and have a charter should be entitled to vote in inthe Inthe inthe the convention but the outside delegations delegations delegations for the most part declared in fa favor favor favor vor of permitting all aU branches whether duly organized o or not to have a voice in the deliberations The significance of the latter conten contention contention contention tion was manifest when it was recalled that each organisation was allowed ac according according cording to the call as many voted voles as members signed proxies proxie delegating their votes Mrs Hazlett who has been traveling through the southern t part of the state organizing branches of the proposed ed state socialist body and Mr of or Eureka another Itinerant spreading the gospel go of socialism thus held enough proxy votes vot S to sweep ev cv everything before them Since It was proposed cd to choose a state organiser organizer whose salary would be 50 0 monthly mo plus the proceeds from the sale saJe of all aU 11 literature sent out the Salt Lake delegates delegate who were only forty six proxies and ail 1 1 believed they saw MEW a scheme hatching to mw Mrs Mra and Mr the whole hole thing The upshot bot of the scrap 8 p was wag the bolt bok Jag Ing I of the Salt Lake delegation d l Before walking A out it was wae declared by Mr Edler and Ad his hla followers that the plan of organ organisation Itlen had bad gone lOne wrong and nd that before the taU tall of oC the party represented by so many raw recruits could coul expect to wag the body Mrs ira Hazlett and lind Mr and their f would have to go SO goway goway way back and sit Bit down ere they could be bethe bethe bethe the Socialist organization of Utah Woman Leader Denounced The afternoon and evening sessions were devoted to consideration of the con constitution constitution which was very materially changed from the original draft The following officers were elected Mm XIII national committeeman F FM FM M III state organizer W V J Bo Bogart Bogart gart of Murray state secretary and A AW AW Aw W of Murray state treasurer These officers together with the chair chairman chairman chairman man of oC each county organization will constitute the executive board Until each county elects its representative tire tive to the executive board these were chosen by the convention to act S county H P Hansen Salt Lake George Douglas Plute Piute jl t f E King Sanpete Ole 01 Arisen Arteon Garfield A M Hunter Utah George Georg Hartley Bartley Cache ea C c v Goodwin Iron rou Professor or Lewis Lewie Weber J S Mattes Mattoe Immediately after the triumphant fac faction faction tion lion had cleared the hall hail a score or more of Socialists of this city held a caucus to lay plans for protesting against the conventions action to the tn th national com corn committee committee Trickery in the tM manner in which I Mrs Hazlett and Mr bad ob oh obtained obtained proxies was charged and in sup support support I port of tIde allegation there was read a repudiation of or the schemes of or the woman leader and her ber companion from the local I branches at Bingham Sandy Murray and I West Jordan Comfort was derived from Mr fr Edlers Edicts declaration that his faction still held the state organization and that he could not be displaced as national committeeman in the manner complained about After the convention Mr stated to The Herald that the objections of ot himself and colleagues to the plan of organization was that notices had not nol been sent in ample time to all of the branches branch and that the purpose of the Edler Edher faction was to get a Ii fresh hold on the state organization organisation by the adoption ot of ota ota ofa a constitution giving a majority of the five rive Salt Lake members proposed to be put on the state executive board absolute control with full power to appoint all of the officers |