Show SOCIALIST PARTY REPUDIATES BURT Amusing Formality Indulged in Regarding Popular State Secretary ADJUDICATES HIS OWN CASE ECHO OF SUPPORT ACCORDED A AJ AJ AJ J WEBER FOR ATTORNEY The state convention at af a the Socialist party convened in Federation of Labor Jilin at 2 Sunday afternoon and amI while the attendance was small every 3 teal in Ja the state was represented Aside le front from appointing committees an was made mude of the conduct C t If II P Burt of the state or 01 organization In advocating the candidacy f C and voting for A J 1 Weber eber for county t on the th American party ticket Mft im fall Kit Mr Burt was judge and jury c n MB his own case ease and on being expelled from the organization or In accord accordance ace ance with Instructions from several na flu national national limmi committeemen who in letters de do dared that he had violated the therul rules S of the tM organization by fusing and combining ing J I fig with another political party But upon vote ote of the convention Mr Ir Burt WAIl vies retained on the grounds that he ho act I tt cd 4 ax s an Individual and not for the So Soc c st narty Darl Mr Ir Burls Burts popularity In the party part was manifested throughout the convention and andt andA A t was ws shown that he had been b n its leader in the th pest and would continue to lead 11 I 2 the future Adjudicates His Own Case After reading his hlll report for or the past t office Mr Burt took toole the stand as asi i and nd defendant judge jury jut and In hM hie own case caire while the chair tan n HIM Iud stid of the convention sat sati i s a silent spectators Tie The accused first read an article 1 1 m n by him which appeared in the Crisis Crl ls 3 pt tall fall In which he advocated the tho cnn can of t Judge Weber inasmuch as the had hat no one In the field for fort forc c t attorney by reason that there was wasT T 10 o 0 one Ofle In the tile i l Party arty in III the county qualified r that office orfice Ho lIe 1 then read rend several s which appeared in m a Socialist t c in Chicago in lii which he was accused of or violating certain articles r the constitution To the UI Mr Burt made reply 3 J i tho the Chicago publication which put forth his position pollion as itS acting as an Indi khat in writing the article which ap eared In the Crisis and not hot for the So Soi i party part The last exhibit produced 1 y Mr Ir Hurt Hurl was that received from a na nat naI lonal t I of Washington In Int t 1 tM letter the committeeman says lIas that it would Took 1 be absolutely necessary for the ac no acu act t u d to be he expelled d from the party part else elseI t I Utah organization o would be thrown fat ut of tWe national organization Asks for Explanation Explanations An s favor faor to 10 me as a Socialist I want every ver one Of or of my m friends here to vote yote for forny ny 11 expulsion said ald the accused I want tj t tee lee ee the party do something and anti quit These people back east Mst are as arrow an as a I bicycle track They The must KO JO strictly in one little trail and are arc I raid fraid to branch out and md will not listen to tD any other policy 1011 Now If I am not expelled f the party part will be thrown out nil will therefore have hae to be reorganized We e dont want to have to go through nil aU that trouble again And if It we should to they the will send out ont here some somebody l body ody od who will wl tell us is we are not Social Socialists and nd disorganize things in general They Vhey JM would like to have about fifteen members of the party part here and every evel one f those fifteen quarreling and dividing Let Iet in u get et down to work ork and do some something thing lhing One member from out of town took the floor and said that inasmuch as Mr 11 Burt must be bt expelled that the period of be four hours This mo motion motion moHon tion Hon caused cau td a series Relies of arguments which with the drafting of ot a resolution 1 I y Mr Ir Burt himself which read in effect effet that hint the body bod repudiate H II P Burt for forI forUs forLis I Us Lis Is actions In the th Weber eber matter and cx jiel Pi him from rein the organization The Tho res tea resolution however was not passed until the last laet phrase concerning the expulsion sion was stricken out leaving tho reso resolution resolution lution only on I that of a repudiation The matter was then closed V Officers Are Named Tte Ju convention was called to order 1 hS b br J Mr r Burt who immediately te resigned pending an investigation n of his conduct Grant of Ogden was made chair chairman man luau and Joseph Jo eph also of secretary Committees on organ I U and credentials were appointed The organization committee was composed of C Larson J 3 G 0 Ives lvIs and Joseph Josfph Bramhall and the tho credentials committee J W Simmons II II n Kinsey J A X Pe Pc Peterson terson C P Dover and W The committee on credentials report tho Socialist party par Tori l have Jave i voTh In Th n the convention aci a az azas tJi l i iWas Was as amended to read that any an SOCI in good od standing also allo should have a voice The committee on organization reported that a state committee be appointed and that the reconstruction of or articles of o the constitution be 10 In order Temporary of were then thon appointed permanently A state committee was then appointed and consists of the following William of Provo Prove Carl C Rasp mussen muss en of or Ogden J G Ives Ires of Ogden Joseph Bramhall of Payson Iason C P Dover of Tooele W Coath and Mrs Mary Ial Par Paramore Paramore amore of Salt Lake and Ole Larson of ot Mt t Pleasant All plans of work were referred to the state tate committee ommittee and the convention ad at 5 |