The Mountainair independent., 1920-09-30
FARMER-LABOR
PARTY COMPLETES
STATE TICKET
w. E. McGrath of Belen Is Nomi-
nee for Governor

republican bosses marked the clos
ing moments of the farmer-labor
party convention at the Labor
Temple this noon. The conven-
ton selected g. w. Austin of AL
buquerque as state secretary to
take charge of the campaign to be
waged in the state for the election
OF the third party candidates. The
campaign headquarters are to be
at Albuquerque.
The candidates nominated are:
For presidential electors: Louis
We Verka of San Marcial; j. S.
Hume of Alamogordo; Donald Nc
Rae of East Las Vegas.
For member Of congress: A.
James Mcdonald of Clayton.
For governor: w. f. McGrath
of Belen.
For lieutenant governor: Ed
ward Schwab of Clovis.
For justice of the supreme
court: Edward D. Tittmann of
Hillsboro.
For secretary of state: F. NJ. Bo-
jorguez of Arrey.
For state treasurer: Claud
Blackburn of Bellview.
For state auditor: l.. p. Temple
of Sedan.
For attorney general: Thomas
f. Savage Of Clayton.
For commissioner of public
lands James Rogers of Mountain
air,
For superintendent of public
Instructions G. w. Austin of AL
buquerque.
For corporation commissioner:
E. r. Stout of Gallup.
Following the nomination of
candidates, a resolution denOunc-
ing 1.-The effort of the old party
bosses and their henchmen to in
timidate men and women from
joining the new party by threats
OF economic boycott and financial
ruin, was adopted.
Platform Adopted.
The convention yesterday after
noon was devoted mostly to the
adoption Of the platform. This,
however, brought prolonged dis
cussion on the part of some of the
delegates in which capitalists re-
ceived large share of the abuse
expressed without limitations. The
two existing parties were ridi-
culed as lodging the real issues.
The real issue delegates said was
not the league of nations but the
industrial situation at home.
"The laboring classes do all the
producing it was stated, land
we are going to have some say
about the distribution. " One
member of the party movement
declared that when there is an at
tempt made to organize all labor
together there is going to be one
big smell raised and everyone is
going to get a whiff of it,
The party adopted IA provision
in the platform that there was
no hope for union labor in either
of the other parties and that all
labor must be invited to cooperate
to establish American justice
and liberty for all. "
The Chambers of Commerce in
the United States were condemned
as favoring the open shop through
out the country and members fear
ed that there was a conflict pend
ing between capital and labor.
The efforts of the third party
were intended to prevent such a
conflict, they said.
Military Training Denounced
Military training was con
demned, opposition being express
rsed ON the ground that military
training had a tendency to make
this country German empire;
'to make it an empire in effect
although republic in name"
Following the adoption of the
clause that the party favored the
repeal of repressive war time
legislation and the release of war
time prisoners, one delegate stated
in loud terms that "it took more
courage to express ones opinion
during the war than it does to
Shout fHallelujah!'
One member said the delegates
should form the propaganda party
and go forward to win all to tn
cause Tie chief measures ia,