Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-10
THIRD PARTY
MOVE STARTS
Men of Many l7,,ds and
Ideas in Effort to
Fuse Forces.
ONE
OF THEIR FADS
Favoring Wisconsin Senator For
President-Sinele Taxersi Threaten
to Withdraw If Socialfstic Plat
form Is Adopted = Committee Of
Forty-Eisht Party Domino tes.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Chicago, July 10.-The committee
of forty EIGHT, assisted by fr;sternal
delegates representing a half dozen
liberal ana radical ORGANIZATIONS.
launched the tLird paIy movement
here today in .ts firs. natiol,al COR
vention.
Senator Robert NJ. La Toilette, OF
Wisconsin, candidate for the ptlrty'S
presidential nomination, appeared
have no opposition in the race, as
nearly every one of the 53J to GOO
delegates ware La Toilette uh(lye.
Today's session was given !over
largely to key-noting in an address
which condemned republican ;and
democrat platforms and candidates..
and declared the time ripe for a new
deal politically.
The convention was more than an
hour late in starting. delayed by
prulonged conferences between ltp-
resentatives of the committee, lnl
party. Nom partisan League, sint;le
tax party. Triple Alliance Of uhe
Northwest, and several otner organi-
cations which are tiirsing with the
third party combine.
All Have Pet Ideas.
Every one of the groups, in the
main widely separated in their aims,
came to Chicago with some pet
planks for the third party PLATFORM
and the task of continuing all ele5
ments in satisfactory fusion
proved complicated.
The railroad ownership question
was the principal stumbling block.
All elements were agreed they want
public ownership of the carriers
written into the platform, but they
differ materially on the degree Of
participation by the employees in, the
directing control of the lines.
In the convention hail band
played the National Emblem march
and a patriotic medley while work :
men completed last minute touches on
the hall by draping an American fas
from the speakers stand.
Above the speakers stand an Amer
lean flag, done in electric lights, was
t,irLed on as j. A. II. Hopkins, ma
tional chairman of the committee of
FL. ~ y-eight, stepped on the platform.
Single Takers Not Socialists.
He was greeIed by three cheers
Before adjourning to attend the con-
ference of the committee of forty
eight the single tax delegates took q
definite stand as to Ahe grounds upon
which they could fuse with the new
Gruup. These included an 'unequivo-
cal and bitter end" stand against $50
cialistic and paternalistic" policies.
They also instructed their steering
committee to demand the inclusion OF
a single tax plank in the event Of fu-
sion. They advocate. also, an attempt
to combine with the national labor
party, which opens it's national con-
vention tomorrow. There was some
objection to this plan, but the con-
vention finally selected committee
which will go before the labor con-
vention ito present the propositions
of the single tax party, but not to
make oyertures, merely to say what
the tax party stands for.
Single Takers Against La Toilette.
10 the cry Of La Follette!" comes
the answering challenge Of the Single
Tax party faction headed by Jerome
G. Refs of New York and T. w. Met
calf Of Ohio. late Of the 18th engi-
neers, U. S. A.
"Name La Toilette, and we'll bolt"
was Metcalf's def. La Follette's 3
war record puts him beyond the pale
with us soldiers"
LA Lollette's a paternalist-alm
a socialist, Mr.. Refs stated. 1--WE
will give the forty eight convention a
chance to name a man satisfactory
to us. If La Toilette is named, Well
name a man Of our own"
Frank. stephent, Of Delaware, sec
retary Of the Single Tax league, took
issue with tMetcalf and Reis.
"They are radicals he said; they
think of nothing but single tax-they
want to go down the middle of the
road whether there's a passage there
or not. They may bolt, but they will
| have no following. All the sane
single takers will stick"
And Farmers Are Defiant.
In opposition to the single takers
came delegation from the Farm
ers' League" The delegates stated
that they had not as yet drawn up
the platform they desired, but in-
tended to present one at the conven-
ton and get it adopted-or bolt.
Half a dozen populists from west
ern states made similar announce
| ments. Prohibitionists, Mr.. Liggett
said, so far have held aloof. The la
| Dor party is making advances-a
conference was held late in the after
noon-but it, too, wants its platform
adopted in toto.
| It's platform is obnoxious to the
single takers. the populists, the farm
ers' League, the Nonpartisan League.
and to some Of the straight "forty-
Fighters" who are "forty- Fighters
because they are dissatisfied with the
| choice of the two major party con-
ventions. It was predicted the Labor
PARTY would not succeed in, establish
ing coalition with the forty -eight-
ers."
PaImers Name Kissed.
| J. A. Hopkins, national chairman
| of the committee Of forty eight. told