Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-07
LAUNCH NEW PARTY
ON POLITICAL SEA
Merger Of All Discontented Ele-
ments Will be Attempted Sat
urday at Chicago.

New York. July 7.--Starting on Satur.
day, political miracle will be attempted
in Chicago. The miracle will con ist IN the
amalpamation Of such liberal and radical
organizations as the Labor party OF the
United States, the Nonpartisan League,
the Committee of Forty-eight, World war
Veterans, believers in the politics oil
Robert NJ. La Toilette and the economies
of Glenn Plumb.
IL will be tho much heralded attempt to
form and organize third party. SocEiiists
will he there, urging the Endorsement oi
Eugene V. Debs for President, but the
Committee of Fortyelght, the Nom
partisan League and La Toilette arc oi tne
opinion that Debs is an ImpossiDliity TINS
year and that the Socialist platform needs
slmpltication. y, ;,
La Toilette appears 90 be the man likely
To be nominated. but the fight will be
sharp Frank Walsh will be the candidate
of the Irish element and he promises TO
force into the platform plank committing
tho limited States 10 recognition OF the
Irish Republic. Lynn J. Frazier, governor
of North Dakota. is the favori;e OF the
Nonpartisan League, and Senators Borah
and Johnson are mentioned as posslblll-
ties Efforts will be made TO corral VII
liam n. Hearst and his new American
Constitutional party. The organizers OF
the third party admit they would like the
support of the Hearst newspapers.
The Committee of Forty-elght has
platform already drawn up and hopes 10
accomplish its acceptance 10y the other
Clements expected at the convention.
The platform calls for pubhc ownership
of public utilities, the restoration ana
developmcnt of idle lands and opposes
nrar rFglZ
ital and labor, and indorscs the prln-
ciplcs of collective bargaining and the
right of labor 90 share in the manage
ment II industry.
Other candidates for the Presidential
nomination arc Justice Walter Clark OF
North Carolina, Glenn Plumb and Mr..
Hearst. Dudley Field Malone IS spoken
of as possible candidate for the VICE
Presidency.
HEARST MAY M MAN.
William II. Hearst. unsuccessful in
his ATTEMPT 20 persuade Senator Hiram
Johnson. Senator James A. Reed or any
other suitable man Go lead a third party,
may offer himself as a candidate for
President, which seemed probable yes
terday following the announcement that
the American Constitutional party VIII
hold It's convention in Chicago ON July
10 and II, the date and place selected
hy the Committee of Forty-elght and
the American Labor party TO nominate
their Presidential tickets. !,
The whole country rs "aflame with
third party sentiment, according 70
Edward Il. O'LoughlIn. one oi the pro-
moters OF thc movement and an en-
ployc of MIR. Hearst Mr.. OLoughlin
in an interview published IN the Hearst
papers SAYS he believes Johnson men
win he solidly behind third party
whether johnson Is the candidate or not.
The Hearst boomers hope 10 combine
with the Committee OF Forty-cight, the
American Labor party, the Farmers Al
hance. the NOn-PartIsan League and
other independent organizations. Ernest
Bohm, secretary OF the Central feder-
ated Union. said last night he did not
think any Hearst boom would get very
far with the Labor party.
The American Constitutional party
has taken as its emblem the head of a
Minute Man OF l716. Its official hymn
- "The Star Spanglcd Banner and ITS
slogan, America first In all our deal
ings with the outside world. 1t has
enrolled $4,000 members, according TO
the Hearst newspapers.
At a meeting held in this city several
days ago platform was adopted in
dorsing measures advocated by Mr.
Hearst The platform calls for The dl-
rect nomination Of the President; cleo
tion OF cabinet officers; withdrawal oi
the risht of patronage from the Presl-
dent as far as possible bv putting pub
lie offices under civil service; election
oi Federal judges: opposition to the League
Of Nations: a soldier bonus, &c. 1t also
asks a referendum on prohibition.