New Ulm review., 1920-07-21
LA TOILETTE is
STANDARD BEARER
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which they. had travelled miles had
been practically frustrated and that
all their work had been for haught.
1t was then that the convention in
their desire to do something and get
the thing over with started to make
all kindsugof nominations. Among
those y nominated dhowereI Farley P.
Christensen ouofI IedUtah,I Dudley F.
Malone of New Y o4lS, Eugene tDebs
of the eQFederal prison at Atlanta, Henry
Ford Of Detroit, Herbert Bigelow of
Cincinnati and Jane Addans of
Chicago. All names were withdrawn
except the names of Christensen and
Malone. There was considerable
Debs sentiment, he receiving over
80 votes on the informal ballot, in
spite of the fact that Otto Branstetter,
| National Secretary of the Socialist
| Party had announced on the floor of
the convention that Eugene Debs
could not accept nomination from
the Farmer-Labor party. On Thea
second ballot Farley P. Christensen
was selected as the standard bearer.
After nominating Max Hayes of Cleve-
land, Ohio as the running mate, the
meeting adjourned sine die.
Run On Too Democratic Lines
1t was plain to every one who had.
been close observer of the proceed
ings, that the amalgamation had failed,
that the wishes of vast majority had
not found expression because it was
run on too democratic lines. None
of the leaders in the movement felt
that he should force his views on the
convention and everything was allowed
to drift, and instead of having a whole
souled convention imbued with the
spirit of unity and desire to present
a formidable front against the re-
dictionaries, a tragedy was staged
that was pitiable to behold No one
seemed to have been willing to sur
render anything until it was all over
and then every one began to realize
| that the convention had overreached
itself and had accomplished nothing
worthwhile. After the damage was
done every one would have been willing
to make concessions to undo the mis-
chief that was done.
After all, it may have been a good
thing that at the joint convention
nothing was accomplished, because
the members of the Committee of
Forty-eight met again Thursday
morning for the purpose of lookign
the situation squarely in the face and
deciding what, if anything, was to be
done, to save the day for progressive
ideas Satisfied that the work of the
Joint convention would not appeal
to the ever increasing host of dis
satisfied and independent voters, they
again took up their deliberations where
they had left off before going into the
joint convention at Garments Hall.
The necessity of going on with their
work was apparent to almost every cne
and a working program was worked
out and adopted which provided for
the continuance of the activities of
the Committee, of Forty-eight and
keeping up their organization
Veterans Keep Up The Fight.
1t was in this meeting that Lester
Barlow also secured the floor and in
an impassioned speech told the
audience that even if the Committee
of Forty-eight should decided to lay
down, that the World War Veterans
were not ready to lay down and that
they would call a national convention
| in three weeks, if necessary, to once
more call the progressives of the ma
tion together to adopt platform and
launch new party. After delibera-
tions lasting throughout the day and
into the next, it was decided to con-
tinue the work of organizing a third
party and the name adopted for this
new party was Liberal Party"
La Toilette Accepts.
After this had been accomplished,
the meeting adjourned but not before
it was decided to make another effort
to secure Senator La Toilette as the
standard bearer of the progressive
element in this country. This work
was done in short order and already
| Monday evening the chairman of the
! State Committee was able to announce
that Senator La Toilette had practi-
cally assured the committee that
called on him that he would become
the standard bearer of the Liberal
Party" The fight is now on. All
those who see in Bob" La Toilette
the man of the hour should Immediate
ly rally to his support and let the state
committee know that they are willing
to help finance the campaign which
must from now on be carried to every
hamlet and voting precinct in this
nation.
I The Platform.
! Inc plaC1Orm adopted by the JOINT
convention and which in only few
particulars did not meet with the ap-
proval of Senator La Toilette is sum-
married. as follows:
First-One hundred per cent Ameri-
canism, which calls for restoration of
all civil liberties and American doc
trines, including free speech, right of
asylum, equal opportunity, trial by
jury, return of the department of
justice to the function of enforcing
law without discrimination, amnesty Y
for all persons imprisoned because of
industrial activity or religious belief,
repeal of Espionage, sedition and
criminal syndicalist" laws, protesta-
tion of the right of all workers to strike
and for stripping the courts of powers
unlawfully usurped by them and used
to defeat the people and foster big
business, especially the power to
issue anti-labor injunctions and to de-
clare unconstitutional laws passed by
Congress; it declares also for "Ameri-
canization of federal courts" demand
1 ing that federal judges be subject to
recall and elected for terms not3to6 ex-
ceed, four years. and urges universal
suffrage, Immediate ratification tof the
! nineteenth constitutional amendment,
and aunrestriat political rights for
! all men and women regardless eflsex,
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