New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-11
Organization In1peded by
Demand of Each Fac
ton That Its Particu-
lar Hobby Be Exploited
Committee Power
Seized BY Rebels
Abolition of All Economic
Privileges Is Main Text
of the Keynote Speech
Special Dispatch TO rho Trib,.ne

Spectdf DtSp6toh TO The Tribune
CHICAGO, July TO-. The Committee
Of Forty-eight, assisted by fraternal
delegates from dozen or more liberal
and radical organizations, which met
here in convention to-day, failed tenn
porarily in their efforts to unite the
separate interests into a third ma
tional political party.
Not only have the individual units
found it impossible to get together at
this time, but there has been revolt
in the ranks of the Committee Of For
ty-eight, which is fostering the united
movement. The convention of Forty
Fighters turned on its own organizers,
voicing charges of suspicion against
them and finally taking control of the
convention out of their hands.
The movement to form third party
has by no means been abandoned, not
withstanding to-day's setbacks. A COM
pittee of Forty-eighters was in con-
ference late tonight with representa-
tives Of the Nonpartisan League in an
effort to effect coalition. Tomorrow
some of the Forty-eighters will meet
with the Labor party when it's national
convention assemblies.
Urge Laborites to Unite
The Forty-eighters voted to urge the
labor delegates to unite in the third
party movement, but the Laborites in
sisted that the party shall have the
word "labor" in it's official title.
The Non-partisans are especially
strong in the North and Northwest It
is said they are willing to do anything
within reason to join the Committee Of
Forty-eight. 1t is also said they are
not averse to having the word "labor''
in. the platform of the new party.
Whether the committee will agree re.
mains to be seen.
The national convention Of the com
m J. tee opened with the keynote speech
OF Allan McCurdy, Of New York. The
nomination of the candidates and the
ponsd Until Monda s0 The w comm RSss
leaders have not given up hope that by
that time the combinations will have
been formed.
The REBELS" in the committee gained
their control at the meeting by putting
through motion to add ten members
TO the ten already on the Committee
OF procedure and conference" the
principal convention body. This
brought the body to twenty and dis
placed the power which. the delegates
said lay in the East.
i. Gives Reason for Objection
James Murphy, delegate, of Mis-
souri,, told the real reasons Of the OBJ
lection to allowing the original ten to
rule in the following words:
There is no use hiding the truth.
Since this Committee of Forty-eight
got to work there have been suspicious
concerning it among the workmen of
thu: country: They say it is nothing
new name, and that it is going to pull
eff the same stuff that the Bull Moosers
RULED off.
They say the real intention of the
committee Is to make things easy for
either the Democrats or Republicans
to elect their ticket and to fool the
workingman. If you are going to
name committee with such powers
as this behind closed doors, the
workers will be more suspicious"
Amid cheers the new additions to the
committee were elected.
AS originally constituted, the mem
bers Of the committee were George Z.
Record, Of New Jersey, chairman;
Amos Pinehot, Gibson Gardener, Ar
thur ]. Hay, Lincoln Colcord, Frank A.
PATTERSON, James G. Paluvelt. Gilbert
e. Roe and Lyman Heinze.
The objections to the committee
arose when the delegates realized that
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