New-York tribune., 1920-07-14

not IN love with truth, and would cruel
~ Jesus within week"
The prayer charged that Republican
candidates "take orders, not from
Jesus, but from Wall Street" It
charged that the Democratic party "has
sold out to those forces which face
moral ruin and spiritual desolu.ion."
IN Illinois, he said. "the Governor
ana mis- parasites are cursed by pluto
| cratic selfishness." He added: eve are
corrupt, mean, low visioned and selfish
Forgive US, 0 God, and in the great
revolution now coming, save US from
national dissolution."
Dr. Richmond specifically gave
thanks for "the revolution in Russia. !"
for the new spirit of self -assertive
ness among negroes" and in Ireland
ne asked for the destruction "of Pal
merlsm, Penroseism and other kinds
OF paganlsm.' He also blessed Eugene
Debs "in his prison CELL" This refer
ence was interrupted by cheers.
George L. Record, Dudley Field Ma
lone, Allen McCurdy and G. J. France.
OF Washington, took the Labor and the
Forty-eighters platform before the
convention and Mr.. Record explained
the differences.
I'VE feel. that Senator Robert La
Toilette might not agree to run as our
candidate 1t these things were all ac-
cepted," Record said.
Yells of mo, mol" and <sThis is no
time to talk about candidates." inter
rupted him. Then there was a counter
dem onstration in favor of La Follettes
name.
Record read off some of the planks
agreed to by the Forty-eighters and
the Labor party men.
Would Recognize ireland and Soviet
The convention held a jubilee when
1T appeared that the agreement includ-
ed planks declaring for recognition
Dy the United States of Russian and
Irish government and carried its
demonstration further when a plank
declaring for referendum before war
except after act of actual inva-
sion"
Another agreement plank advocated
a refusal to go to war with Mexico
at the behest of Wall Street." and an
other contained a proposal for "Ameri-
canization of the Federal courts by
electing Federal judges for four years
subject to recall"
When Record read the capital levy
plank of the labor platform, providing
for "graduated taxation upon fortunes
over S25,000," there was round of
applause. There was laughter when
he said that the Forty-eighters had
not "assented" to this.
Records report was interrupted by
notification given to the convention
that the Labor party had decided for
amalgamation and would yield on the
three labor planks to which objection
had been taken.
Forty-eighters Cheer Laborites
A labor party committee headed by
Max Hayes, entered the hall while the
Forty-eighters were making their plans
and was warmly welcomed. Hayes
called the Forty-eighters "fellow party
ties" and they cheered him uproars
iously. He told them all would be
seated in the labor convention.
Hayes told the Forty Fighters they
could "win by 1924" Delegates yelled
back 1920"
II have it upon substantial authority
that the old parties have had their
agents in these conventions buttonhol-
ing delegates to keep our minority
easier for them," said Hayes.
Fred Chamberlain, of Washington,
chairman of the Forty Fighters
convention platform committee, spoke
next.
"of the three things Mr.. Record says
we can't agree on,' Chamberlain as
serted, "our platform committee has
already taken two. The third, the
capital levy, I think we can swallow
also. If we had few more farmers on
our committee, l guess we would have
swallowed it and finished long ago."
He retired amid applause.
The immediate repeal of the Esch
Cummins transportation act, proposed
by Record when he resumed, as an
other agreement plank, got cheers from
the Forty-eighters.
Single Takers Offer Platform
Single tax representatives put in a
minority platform plank, and it created
general turmoil. Chairman Christen-
sen was bombarded with points of or
der, adjournment motions and across
fire of other appeals. The plank was
referred formally to the fusion con-
vention for decision.
At to-night's session Christensen
told the delegates that Senator La Fol-
lette 'twanted to lead the party to
success" There was small applause.
He repeated the statement. La Fol-
lette followers tried to force applause.
The applause was slight.
The convention decided that each
state would cast the number of votes
allowed it in the Electoral College.
One of the main speakers of the
night was Dudley Field Malone, for