Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-17
'D|OlTING FORTY-E|CHTERs
!P'UlT mo TICKET IN FIELD
sIudge Arthur G. Wrny and Allen
McCurdy Promote New Liberal
Z: Party.
ORGANIZATION is HEADLEss
New York Delegates Who With
drew From Convention Greatly
Disappointed in Platform That
No Progressive Can Endure.
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5S CHICAGO. July l6.-Anothcr politi-
cal movement. the Liberal party. was
launched today by former members
OF the Committee OF Forty Eight who
7 bolted from that organization. Judge
Arthur G. wray. Mayor of York. Neb.,
and Allen McCurdy. keynote speaker
mt the Forty Eight convention, head
tho new party. The convention was
! confined to those persons. some fifty
to sixty in number, who signed its
call, and all other Forty-Eishter
5 were excluded from the hall.
Lester Barlow. leader of the World
! War Veterans, attempted TO make an
address. but was invited TO leave. lie
threatened 10 call still another con-
vention. II have never seen so many
: nuts collected in Chicago as during
the past few days" Barlow declared
ms he marched out.
A. w. Kicker. chairman Of the Chi
cago Committee of Forty-Eight, also
was asked TO leave when Il was dis
covered he had not signed the call.
McCurdy announced that the prin-
cipal purpose or the gathering was
to oppose any attempt TO nominate
Senator Robert NJ La Toilette for
president and William jennings
Bryan for Vice President. ]: is prob
able that no presidential ticket will
be named by the Liberal party.
Hopkins Attacks Chicngo Party.
j. A. II. Hopkins. chairman OF the
COMMITTEE or Forty-f:!gh;, tonight
Issued a statement attacking the
newly formed Farmer Labor" party.
land announcing that there was still
a demand for real new party"
- Tho purpose OF the delegates Of
the Committee OF Forty Eight and
the Labor party in meeting to organ
lie a common convention was never
S!sonsummated." the statement said.
va joint convention never was or
gained. did not function as a joint
convention. and. tragically failed to
form such a party for all the Ameri-
tcan people.
:. "On the contrary the meeting was
,.1inder the control OF few labor
anot represent the desires Of the rank
!, cedure was fagrantly disregardcd.
Even the aspirations OF the labor
) delegates themselves as evidenced by
\ frequent demonstrations was smoth-
cred.
: ent from the action OF their confer
sence and platform subcommittee
Z and all OF whose hearings I attended,
and from what occurred upon the
4 floor that the labor leaders were de-
Z termincd not only 10 dominate the
. proceedings, but to prevent the forma-
ton OF party and the adoption or I
platform which would give the Ameri-
can people a sane economic program.
function politically through candi-
y dates of their own choosing.
T. Labor Wanted Class Party.
n ''The labor leaders were further
q determined to form class party un-
der the control OF a machine which
j rivals in autocracy the methods OF
1.-THE Democratic and Republican par
Is ties. Our mistake was in believing
q that the labor leaders would meet
j us halfway IN our sincere efforts 20
- get together. Instead, they took ad-
vantage OF the situation. and, in the
r. exercise OF their power, evidently
y preferred to win a personal triumph
* rather than to create a great new
81 party that would have appealed TO
Sf millions OF Americans"
Sf' Under these circumstances, Mr.
81 Hopkins said, he could not affiliate
rs with the new party. and he asserted
that millions of merican citizens
s6would still demand political me-
~ dium for expression.