Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-23
Third Party Movement Comes
to Grief in Bolts and
Splits.
PLATFORM PREVENTS FUSION
La Toilette Declined TO Lead the Radl-
cal Hosts-Labor and Single Tax
ers Nominate-Important Sedi-
ton Trial in Chicaeo-Ver-
mont Will Not Aid Suffrage
Germans Yield at Spa.
By e. r, CLlPSON.

The movement to amalgamate vari-
Gus organizations of Socialists, farm
ers laborers, intellectuals, radicals,
single takers ideallsts and others sail
ing under different party designations,
into third party steered by the Com
mittee of Forty-elgst In convention at
Chicago, failed. At one time prospects
of fusion appeared rather favorable !;
when the 4S-ers marched in body
TO the convention of the Labor party
being held simultaneously. and amid
a great love feast and every appear
ance of fraternity united the two con-
ventionS. Soon the Single Takers, the
NonpartisAn league, the American
Party of Texas Former Governor Fer
grlson), the American Constitutional
party (HearsD and HE World War
Veterans. an Independent organization
of ex-service men, were in the fusion.
A platform carrying the principles
aims, demands and desires Of all Of
them would have contributed material
ly to the paper shortage. II could not
be framed, much less printed, and be-
came an insurmOuntable obstacle
Cleavage was along pink and red
lines. Labor which was red-at least
red -hlooded-had the best working or
ganization ard pushed through the
adoption Of its planks, leaving little
chance for the pink or parlor radicals
led by Amos PinchOt, George l.. Rec
ord and J. A. II. Hopkins. First the
Single Takers, who wanted only one
plank and could not get that, bolted.
Then Senator La Toilette Of Wiscon-
sin, who was expected to he the mes
siah of the movement, found the plat
form too radical and refused to run
on 1t. Then the fusion dissolved in
bolts and fadeaways. Governor Fer
guson went back to Texas, representa-
tives of the Nonpartisan league an
nounced they would have nothing to
do with the new third party the more
radical of the 4S-ers were swallowed
by the Labor party. the remainder
Withdrew while the American Consti-
tutional party was lost in the shuttle.
The Labor party and the Single
Takers serenely proceeded to carry
out independent programs and each
nominated a presidential ticket. The
only victory was achieved by the La
Dor party which captured Farley P.
Christensen, an attorney Of Salt Lake
City, Utah. one Of the original 4S-ers,
and made him its candidate. Max s.
Hayes, labor leader of Cleveland, o.,
was nominated for vice president.
Pennsylvania, failing to land its IA
vorite sons, Governor Sproul and At
torney General Palmer, as the stand
ard bearers, respectively, of the Re-
publican and Democratic parties has
achieved its ambition TO have a presi-
Dental candidate, for the Single Tax
party nominated Robert c. Macauley
Of Philadelphia, with r. c. Barnum Of
Cleveland, o., as a running mate.
After eight weeks of effort and the
examination of several thousand
veniremen, jury was finally secured
and the trial begun in Chicago of VIII
liam Bross Lloyd and 10 other Off
Gals and members Of the Communist
Labor party, charged with conspiracy
to overthrow the government. Prose-
cution is by the state of Illinois and
follows the action of special grand
jury which last January indicted the
defendants, after a series of spectacu-
lar raids on their headquarters and