Columbus daily courier. [volume] (Columbus, N.M.) 1920-1920, 1920-05-04


NEW fOhk. May the -nc,a|
isi party or America viii open lho
first national political convention ~
100 when 200 dolceails frum vall.
Gus SECTIONS 81 The country assnu
bic here next Saturday May & Thly
viii continue their dolihorol|ons tor
a week. According a. pafly officers
nomination ~ candidates COR prrti
dent and vireprcsidrnt Of hfc TIM
ted Slaice and constructed 81 q
platform will b. the chief business
before Inc delcaalcs.
Socialists attach particular imnnr.
lance 10 This years convention. be-.
cause ~ attacks made on The parifs
altitude during the war and during
the Investigation N Albany which
led a. expulsion % the entire go
cialist delegation ~ five from the
New York assembly unscaiing BY
The House of Representative %.
Representative Victor l.. nererr IF.
Wisconsin. convicted or violating
The espionage act also y likely 10
come mp for discussion.
Representative Socialists also de-
ciure that rights o. FREE speech. free
press and nee assrmhlaee. which.
party officials nsscri have been en-.
dangcrcd by rag legislation" passrd
during the war. M certain % re-.
ceivc attention. The ethics OF ap
plicntion now OF war measures DE-.
signed % prevent strikes also Is.
scheduled for debate.
A committee OF which Morris
HiIlquii. once candidate for the
mayOrally Of New York. "a chair.
man. Is now al work drafting recon
mendallons for the party platform
Adoption Of a new platform a con-.
sidcrcd OF prime Importance this
year. because Of efforts by federal
and state officials 10 ally the party
with IL -len wing-Industrini
Workers Of the World, Communists.
holshcvistJ aud other elements
which Us leaders assert Inns boon
dropped during the past year or 20.
u Is believed that the platform
may make clear the parly's attitude
not only toward these -excomrades
bat toward the present Russian gov.
eminent During TIE Socialist trial
al Albany. party leaders made "
plain that while they held a sympa.
thclic feeling for Sovile Russia. be-
cause II presented a field for q
great social experiment. they did
not consider themselves allied with
The Communist party. frnm whose
philosophy They said they differed.
According 10 present plans, the
party viii nominate only Two candi.
daics for national office. Eugene
v. Dehs, now serving q term IN the
Atlanta federal peniienliary for VIC
lnti0n Of The espionage act, has hcon
repeatedly advocated. for the prest
deucy By prominent party leadernl
Al the Socialist lnycaliealion of Al.
hany, three leaders on the stand
raised the cry OF From prison Ia
White House" asserted that Dehs
had been convicted for word and
not Heed during The war and com
pared him 60 Jesus Of Nazareth.
The convention will De limited tol
200 delegates, II has been an,
n0unced. apportionrd 10 the various
IN conformity with their So,
membership. Each state viii
have Of least Que delegate. New
York. with p delegates. Is said TO-
BE- the lareest delegation. ppnnsyl.
vania with "a. u said 10 be second
Ollo bransieiter Of Chicago. ma.
secretary, will call the dele
gates 10 order IN the auditorium nf
|he Finnish Workers Educaii6nnl
Association LfaHinH Socialists from
Atlantic 10 Pacific will ~ present