The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-07-30
Third Party Movement Comes
to Grief IN Bolts and
Splits.
PLATFORM PREVENTS FUSION
La Toilette Declined to Lead the Radl-
cal Hosts-labor and Single Tax
ers Nominate-important SedI-
ton Trial In Chicaeo-ver-
mont VIII Not Aid Suffrage
Germans Yield at Spa.
BY e. r. CliPSON.

The movement to amalgamate vari-
,us organizations of Socialists, farm
ers, laborers, intellectuals, radicals,
single takers, idealists and others sail
ing under different party designations.
into third party steered by the Com
mittee Of Forty-eight In convention at
Chicago, failed. At one time prospects
of fusion appeared rather favorable;
when the 4S-ers marched In body
to the convention of the Labor party
being held simultaneously, and amid
a great love feast and every appear
ance OF fraternity united the two con-
ventlons. Soon the Single Takers, the
Nonpartisan league. the American
Party Of Texas (former Governor Fer
guson), the American Constitutional
party (Hears) and the World War
Veterans. an Independent organization
Sc ex-service men, were In the fusion.
A platform carrying the principles,
Tins, demands and desires of all OF
them would have contributed material
Nv to the paper shortage. II could not
,e framed, much less printed, and be-
ZANE an insurmountable obstacle.
Cleavage was along pink and RED
fines. Labor which was red-at least
red -blooded- the best working or
ganization and pushed through the
adoption of its planks, leaving little
chance for the pink or parlor radicals
led by Amos Pinchot, George l.. Rec
| ord and J. A. ii. Hopkins. First the
| Single Takers. who wanted only one
plank and could not get that. bolted.
| Then Senator La Toilette Of Wiscon-
ain. who was expected to be the mes
vah of the movement, found the plat
form too radical and refused to run
| On II. Then the fusion dissolved In
| ooIts and fadeaways. Governor Fer
zuson went back TO Texas, representa-
lives of the Nonpartisan league an
/ nounced they would have nothing TO
do with The new third party, the more
radical of the 4s-ers were swallowed
by the Labor party, the remainder
Withdrew, while the American Constr
,utionaI party was lost In the shuttle.
The Labor party and the Single
Takers serenely proceeded TO carry
out independent programs ana each
nominated a presidential ticket. Ihe
only victory was achieved by the La
hor marty which captured Pariey T.
! Christensen. an attorney OF Salt Lake
CITY. Utah. one of the original as-ers'
md made him it's candidate. Max :
HAYES labor leader Of Cleveland. o.
was nominated for vice president
PENNSYLVANIA. falling TO land us IA
| sorite sons. Governor Sproul and NJ
foruev General Palmer, as the stand
ard bearers, respectively. Of the he'
nublican and Democratic parties. mas
/ achieved lts ambition to have n presl'
| Dental candidate, for the Single ! "A
marty nominated Robert c. Macauley
of Philadelphia. with Il. {. Aariiuih "a
/ Cleveland. O., as n running MAZE.
After eight weeks OF effort and me
examination Of several Thousand
| ,enirernen, n jury was finally secures
aud tbe trial begun In Chicago Of WI
yam Rrnss Lloyd and II other ON
| -,ols and members Of the Communist
labor party. charged with conspiracy
q overthrow the government. Prose
.ution is By the state Of Illinois ann
o,,ovs the action of special grano
upy which last January indicted the
,afendapts after a series OF specfacu-
mr. raids on their headquarters ahu
neetiny places by States Attorney
How're. Lloyd is a millionaire resi-
n, of Winnetka. H.. who long mas
SEEN Identified with radical movements
the caracity of leader and financial
\ ..t.,,, TrdIetAd with him were