PROCEEDINGS OF THE Ninth Annual Convention OF THE SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY, HELD AT Grand Central Palace, 43rd St. & Lexington Ave., N.Y. City, JULY 4th to JULY 10th, 1896. FIRST DAY’S SESSION. Saturday, July 4th, 1896. The Convention was called to order by Henry Kuhn, Secretary of the National Executive Committee. Delegate Lucien Sanial was unanimously elected temporary chairman, and Delegate Charles B. Copp temporary secretary. On motion of Delegate Hugo Vogt two committees, of five mem- bers each, were elected as follows: On Credentials, Delegates Herrschaft, Jonas, Bennetts, Ruther and Kreft. On Rules and Regulations, Delegates Vogt, Curran, De Leon, Nagler and Watkins. A recess of thirty minutes was then taken. The Committee on Credentials being ready to report, the Con- vention was again called to order. The following is a complete list of the ninety-four delegates who were admitted, including one from Chicago, Ill., and one from Pawtucket, R.I., who arrived on the fol- lowing day: CONNECTICUT— F. Serrer ................................................................................................. New Haven. M. Goldsmith ...................................................................................... New Britain. F.O. Pilgrim .................................................................... Waterbury, American. J.S. Powell ................................................................................................... Hartford. ILLINOIS— Fr. Kalbitz ................................................................................. Chicago, German. Lewis C. Fry .................................................................................... East St. Louis. IOWA— F. Kraemer ....................................................................................................................... Socialist Labor Party 2 www.slp.org N I N T H N A T I O N A L C O N V E N T I O N MARYLAND— Ernest H. Wenzel .................................................................................. Baltimore. MASSACHUSETTS— James F. Carey ................................................................. Haverhill, American. Fr. Hoedecker ................................................................................................ Adams. Thos. C. Brophy ..................................................................... Boston, American. Mrs. A. Konikow .......................................................................... Boston, Jewish. Wm. Isenecker .......................................................................... Boston, German. Herman Keiser .............................................................. Fitchburg and Clinton. Philip Connor ..................................................... Greylock and North Adams. Moritz Ruther ............................................................................................. Holyoke. George R. Peare ............................................................................................... Lynn. Anthony McDonald ............................................................................... Lawrence. John Palme ........................................................................................ New Bedford. Herman Koepke ...................................................................................... Pittsfield. F.A. Nagler ............................................................................................ Springfield. MISSOURI— Albert Sanderson ..................................................................................... St. Louis. G.A. Hoehn ................................................................................................. St. Louis. NEW HAMPSHIRE— Benj. T. Whitehouse ..................................................................................... Dover. F.G.R. Gordon .............................................................. Manchester, American. John Mansfeld ................................................................. Manchester, German. NEW JERSEY— Joseph Eulenstein .................................................................................... Camden. James Grundy ................................................................... Elizabeth, American. Chas. Dahmen ...................................................................... Elizabeth, German. A. Mundt ............................................................................................... Hackensack. Geo. Herrschaft. ....................................................................................... Hoboken. Fred. Finke .................................................................. West Hoboken, German. Joseph B. Keim ................................................................................. Jersey City I. John A. Morhart .......................................................... Jersey City, Greenville. Harry Carless ............................................................... Newark, Essex County. Frank W. Wilson ......................................................... Newark, Essex County. B. Rosenbloom ............................................................................ New Brunswick. Chas. Boether ............................................................................................ Paterson. Chas. Duff ................................................................................................... Paterson. Matthew Maguire .................................................................................... Paterson. William Ufert ........................................................................................ Union Hill. William Kamps ...................................................... West Hoboken, American. J.W. James ............................................................................................... Plainfield. Julius Gerber ............................................................................................... Trenton. W.F. Wegener ..................................................................... Jersey City Heights. NEW YORK— John C. Wieland .......................................................................................... Albany. B. Reinstein ................................................................................................... Buffalo. H. Reynolds ................................................................................................... Buffalo. Wm. Bergmann ............................................................................................. Elmira. Louis Hahn ................................................................................................. Glendale. Arthur Lange ...................................................................................... Gloversville. J. Thissen ........................................................................................... Hornellsville. Socialist Labor Party 3 www.slp.org S O C I A L I S T L A B O R P A R T Y Chas. H. Matchett ......................................................................... Kings County. Peter Fiebiger ...................................................................................Kings County. E.T. Neben ........................................................................................ Kings County. Max Forker ....................................................................................... Kings County. Hugo Vogt ......................................................................................... Kings County. Walfrid Ossberg ....................................................................... Long Island City. F. Languth ...................................................................................... Mount Vernon. Samuel W. Felter ................................................................................. Newburgh. August Jahn ..................................................................................... New Rochelle. Alexander Jonas .......................................................................... New York City. Lucien Sanial ................................................................................ New York City. Daniel De Leon ............................................................................ New York City. Howard Balkam .......................................................................... New York City. Chas. B. Copp ............................................................................... New York City. Patrick Murphy ........................................................................... New York City. Chas. F. Wilson ............................................................................ New York City. Frances Macdaniel ..................................................................... New York City. William N. Reed .......................................................................... New York City. Chas. Franz .................................................................................... New York City. E. Sjoholm .................................................................. New York, Scandinavian. F. Hug ..................................................................................................... Amsterdam. Jacob Zimmer ......................................................................................... Northfield. F. Mannier ..................................................................................................... Oneida. F.W. Gasteiger .................................................................................