The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-07-10
COMMITTED OF I.
] HIGH | /
OPEN.S'F
CONVENTION
Mel urdy, Temporary Chair
{ nm, Makes 9 psaa,i Speech
and Outlines Program =. !. :
SPECIAL. PRIVILEGE w.. $50: .,.,,.s
MUST BE ABOLISHED
Believe. in Two Parties, But
Saytss, Present Two Are :
Wings Of Same Bird - =. J
(By United Press

,'''l Of q same BIRD
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Chicago, July 10.-Allen McCurdy,
New, York, temporary chairman of
I the committee of forty eight national
II convention in his keynote speech to-
day proposed as a. platform abolition
Of specia privilege" >A -,
q Dflating on the phrase, McCurdy
said a host Of reforms would follow
the victory Of a party fighting. for
that adjustment.
< <5>z.E NC Curdy preTaced his assertion Of
the necessity Of q third party with the
statement that the committee Of for
ty-eight believes in the two party
system, that the two parties now in
existence are really the fright and
1 left wings Of the same bird, Of prey
The democratic and republican par
f ties, he said, conceal under these
/ names any unyielding opposition to
the popular will That they are OF
the same stock is proven he said by
the fact that they consolidate when
the people, as in North Dakota, unite
in their own behalf. h. .s..',,.,.-s I. ~
The new party, he said offers no
panacea for all ills and is not social
itic # y ( -: ia {. x -, .zs;s
! Through our platform iMcCurdy
said 1--WE declare that Just as in 1850
sztheparamoult issue in American life
Z was the Establishment of the special
privilege OF chattel slavery, 50 the
paramount issue III 1890 Isl the abol-
.;ishment Of economic priyilegeAFhich
has grown more powerful than slavz
cry ever became" Z ri s ,.es,G ss;% 1T.
; $sE After dwelling on the vaiious fail:
\ ures Of the present: EegimesSparticu-
ilarly in the matter OF the conduct Of
the war and profiteering resulting
4 tnerefrom he deplored the utter lack
.$,of provision 1fcr correcting. these er-
=rors after the war: (, y ~
IS. : Failure to protect the. people in
the time of war, might be forgotten,
5tion cannot be forgiven. We all re-
member with gratitude the words
: that filled our hearts and kindled our
) fervent hopes that me were really in
the dawn of new day. We felt the
inspiration; of a leader who was to
:, guide us into = more compete real-
i cation of the things we had. always
j, held dearest and nearest our hearts,
1e "Yet,e by these words the demo-
cratic party must be judged. -, By
y these words. tits weighed in the bal
lance and found wanting of human
Il confidence. For into the expectant
hope went. the grasping arm of Bur-
lesson and Palmer. destroying every
vestige of civil liberty we ever held
dear and turning the light OF free
aOm into darkness. / =.
sS.No reference is made to any po-
1Nical reforms $McCurdy said. with
privilege abolished they will not be
needed. :, Other needed improvements
In the organization Of, the govern
ment will afford mo relief until after
privilege is abolished. i
tMcCurdy said the committee of
I forty-eight2 endorses the right of
labor TO bargain collectively. and de-
4 nounces the use of injunctions in
labor cases. s Fz-s -. L. =
/. The greatest need OF labor he said
7s1t1le greatest need Of the whole
country, not more laws but more lib
erty. The farmers have $already dis
covered and have acted on this fact.
] Not until the farmers of North Da-
<kuta united ON q Program did they
tobtain relief. u g.
4 Do existing parties 4 face these
facts (tne cost Of q living)., and
acknowledge the breakdown of pro-
: .duction and of distribution and sug-
exest any remedy? OF !, course not.
Neither makes gesture toward the
basic resources sof the people access
:sible to the people. :, n H.. z.. :. .slys Il
= Victory would see our whole sys-
tenn of production and distribution
4 gradually recognising for the service
y cot the need of the people. With all
the manufacturers and all consumers
interested in the efficiency OF the
transportation system and no small
group interested in rebates construc-
ton and supply companies, method
OF efficient operation would undoubt-
edly be involved satisfactory to work
ers. shippers and consumers alike.
trhe resulting increase OF produc.
q ia would create more jobs than
Then, giving labor the opportunity te
8 work out such a solution OF its prob.
TENS, in that Independence and res
& possibility of itself and to industry
which only constant employment car
Give =, ..%:..z,z -:
fa..Prices would be reduced to fair.
ness. A nation of tenants would b.
transformed into a nation of home
owners" r. : Z - T.:
..The only people who would not b.
benefited by the abolition of privileg,
81 are its benefciaries and their cour
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