The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-14

to the South Side and entered Carmens
Hall in a wild furOre Of ecstasy,
The Eastern Liberals. who lost con.
troll Of thor OWE contention on Satur'
day before they had been in session
four hours, found themselves with no
alternative other than to go along
and like ii, 1t was not question OF
what they wanted to do, but question
of what they got. And what they got
was forced upon them.
Everybody had the floor or took It,
Somebody hurled Peter McCunber
Pringle, founder Of the lnteturban
Purity Guild, into the drinking toun-
tain and fight started In the galleries.
At least two hundred speeches were
going on at the same time. Orators
foamed at the mouth and the women
folks gathered up their things and be.
gan to edge toward the door in order
that they be out OF reach when the
carnage started, A leather lunged
iron moulder leaped to chair.
"On to Carmen's Hall!' he roared.
"On to Garments Ha.l. Let's go! To.
night we nominate a national ticket
that cannot lose! Wen sweep the
country of Wall Street, Hank Allen,
Mitchell Palmer, Sam Gompers and the
whole damned rotten reactionary out
fit! Come on! Come on! Get out of
here! Let's go!'
The platform calls for the release of
all political prisoners; the abolition of
all sedition and espionage laws; the
right OF labor to strike; the illegality
of the injunction in labor troubles; the
election of Federal judges for terms
Of four years and all judges to be sub
ject to recall after successful reteren-
DUN; equal suffrage for all citizens !;
the initiative, referendum and recall ;
no declaration of war by Congress un-
less an invading army reaches our
shores or until the matter is decided
upon by a referendum to the people.
Withdrawal of the United States from
all further participation in conferences
held under the provisions of the Treaty
Of Versailles; absolute reputation of
President Wilson's Leglue of Nations,
recognition of the Soviet Republic of
Russia; the instant lifting OF the
Russian blockade and recogn tion of
the Russian Government; no secret
treaties and the immediate publication
in the newspapers Of all matters of
state coming before the Secretary Of
State and the President; democratic
control OF industry; increased respon-
sibility and management of industry
by the workers; public ownership of all
public utilities, national resources,
stock yards, pipe line tanks, grain ee-
vators, water ways, water power and
so on; the establishment OF national
banks by the Government where Gov.
ernment funds and private funds shall
be deposited in sommon and where
lprivate citizens can more easily negoti-
ate loans
Government ownership of railroads,
under the principles of the Plumb plan,
naturalization of mines; heavy tax on
i all lands held out of use by private
individuals or corporations; liberal
compensation for former soldiers, sail
ors and marines; steeply graduated
capital tax so as to place heaviest bur.
den on those who made more than $25,
600 profits during the war.
The platform closes with the whole
sale adoption, word for word, of Sam
uel Gompers' Labor bill of rights,
which Mr. Gompers unsuccessfully
submitted to both the Democratic and
Republican conventions
1t is now expected that nominations
Twill be made this afternoon.