Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-19
JOINING THE NEW PARTY
Delegates Told Whole Nation
Wanted II When Il Was Merely
tho Hotel Manager Wanted
the Room
BY CLINTON w. GILBERT
Copyright, 1870, bV Pubiio Ledger Co.

Chicago, July 10.-Thc lights were
ont on floor A, of the Morrison Hotel
Chicago, crowd of men and women
jostlcd in the darkness. Suddenly a
man jumped upon chair. "Alk IN
favor of starting a new party called the
Liberal party. say ayc" Ne exclaimed
The crowd about 100 strong, felt its way
toward the voice. Aye" it shouted
loudly. "AlL who voted to start the
Liberal party come downstairs and sign
this cnrd.' said the man on the chair
holding up a small card in the night
Voice at one side of the room: 'IhlS
way to Join the new party This way to
join the new party This way to JOIN
the new party !"
Ilubbuh everywhere in the darkness.
"Whcrc is the new party? What Is
tho new party? What does 1t all mean
Yesterday we were members of the
Farmer Labor party: today we are
members Of the Forty eight again.
Now there is a new party. VINO was
the man on the chair" Voice at one
side of the room: This way to join the
new party All who want to join the
new party step this way J!
Voice in the Darkness
Voice in the back of the room "A ou
must all get ont. lou must all get 3uG;
We have to give dinner here IN nan
an hour :" II was the hotel manager.
who had turned ont the lights upon peo-
pic who had been members of three new
parties in two days. The new parties
had outstaycd their welcome and their
lease. Voice at one side Of the room ::
This way to join the new party Inns
way TO Join the new party Some one
else hops on the chair. 81 address you
on a point of human necessity we
must leave this hall. The manager
wants to give a dinner here. lie mas
to give a dinner here. Ladies' gentle
men, fellow delegates, members ot 'he
new party, / address you humanity on
human tonic. We must go. Don you
see the manager can't give dinner mere
IL we stay on talking, talking, taking :
Haven't we talked enough in, the IaSt
five days." Voice at the side OF the
room: This way to join tn" new r!S
party :" Voice of a passing delegate "
is of that Delegate Franco, of MaShlhg,
ton state, brother of Senator France ::
"Gct down off that chair and stop tax
ing, You've talked enough for tho last
week You are fool !" Voice from the
chair: II am starting no new partl's'
I am only starting this crowd out of here
so that the manager can CIV" MS
dinner
Get down"
"Shut up" ,,,r,,.-
Voice at one side of the room "This
way to join the new party NraduaI
exit of crowd in the direction OF the
voice. locking for the promised new
party.
On the Job Again
Next morning they are at it again
Tho man who stood on the chair IN the
dark and put the motion to form hio'
ernl nnrty Judge Wray. Of Nebraska,
has n small parlor on floor A. In it he
bos carefully selected crowd OF NIFTY
nnrsons. the Liberal party. The door Is
carefully guarded. All persons looking
suspiciously like Labor party members
arc vigorously excluded. They nave
stolen one party. n big party. They
might steal this other party. All mem
bcrs of the press are equally excluded
Outside in the hall. men and women
wearing badges of the Forty eight
gather in knots and talk, talk. talk.
bnIicvo !" saws one in this movement
..thorn will he a party-the whole nation
waits for n party :" What is the For
v.cipht doing? 1t may still form n
nartv'" "What about Barlow's con :
yention? In three weeks something might
como of thot." "If we only had not
lct in those labor people! am told
there were twelve murdercrs sat on the
foor of their convention. They are
tbrgs aud thieves. They think nothing
of blackiacking or breaking an arm .
"What about the Liberal party in there
Are we members Of that or of the Forty =,
eight or of the amalgamated party"'
New Angel of Light
BARLOW strides across the floor like an
angel of light. lie goes to Judge Wray's
carefully guarded door. NO doors STOP
BARLOW. He is about to say. with snaI
Of his firm chin, stamp of his foot and
electric gestur" Of his hand: This
movement shall succeed. We shall cal
n conyention in three weeks. We shal
nominate 900, ,OOO mon for the presii,-
dancy, Each Of those million men vii
have five friends vote for him. That vii
mean 1000 900 votes Then wei
throw il into the electoral college to FIND
omt which one Of the 900. 900 candi
dates shall be chosen President. he
has said that several times before
Where three ar" gathered together
there is n Barlow. lie comes on the
wings OF the morning to deliver them
sneech. He flies urross continents Il
make sneechcS. When he speaks, men
cheer: and when they get through
cheering they wonder why.
A quick eye in Judg" Wray's room
catches sight Of Barl"w BARLOW
niease get out" says Allan McCurdy
1--WE don't want YOU Barlow retireS
to the hall. angry and dscomfited. HI
mills out noteb"ok and starts enrolling
His party, which shall be n rival to the
Liberal party. II" doors Of Judge
Wray's room open and the Liberia
marty files out Wruy and McCurdy si'
in the corner Of the hail and whisper
An excited man stands near them ant
holds back the multitude. "A private
conference! :" he cXcIaims. The privat
conference is over. Some one ap
proachcs McCurdy. You and Wra!
have this under your hat. When doe
thc new party hold its national conven
tion ?" "DOn't nsk me- says McCurdy
"don't bother II" about details. l an
not going to pay any attention to de
tails" The Liberal party files out. IL
the next room to the one where 1t wa
formed a luncheon is being laid. A sigl
on the door Of the room announces VIII
is to lunch there: The Optimist
Club!