The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-07-15
Third PARTY
FOUNDATION
STONES LAID
Single Takers Join Move; Fight
Over Nominee Is
Forecast

Chicago, July 10. Foundation
stones were laid today for a new party
on which to unite all third party
movements when the committee of 4S
and the single tax party joined in their
flrst national convention to draft a
platform and pick nominees who. they
nope, will win the support of 10 or IL
liberal organizations.
The first days session, devoted to
Keynote speeches and organization
work, developed as many different
news as there were factions epre-
sented. Rules, resolutions and nom
nations for permanent officials were
ueoate& step by step a.ld at times acri-
moniously. The temporary chairman.
J. A. IL. Hopkins, head of the commit
lee or 4S, maintained order with diff
ficulty.
40 Per Cent Radical
Division between the liberal and
radical elements were rough ont in
the rules debate when S%winburne Hale
of New York, said the state delegations
We're divided 81 per cent liberal and
40 per cent radical" He was plead
ing Tor a change in the rules that
would prevent the radicals being out
voted by the majority liberals, but he
majority ruled and his plea was lost.
Participation of the single takers in
today's convention followed an earlier
session, at which they decided to pre-
sent their platform demands and views
on candidates. They are understood
to be willing to accept eithed Charles
II. lngerso.l, watch manufacturer, or
Amos Pinchot, one OF the leaders of
n committee of AS for presidential
nominee. They are opposed, their
leaders say to accepting Robert M. La
roulette, the ~favorite presidential can-
didate of the forty lighters and may
bolt the convention and select their
own ticket if Ia Toilette is nominated.
What Single Takers Want
Determination Of the single taxers'
course was declared to be contingent
upon three things: First, the platform,
which they said, must include a single
tax plank; second, the candidates.:
third, the name of the party.
The party name promises to develop
a fight. Members of the single tax
group wan some reference to their
name incorporated in the party name.
The labor party of the United States,
whose convention gets under way to-
morrow is willing to join the third
party movement and probably will &C
cept La Toilette as a candidate. but
demands that the word labor. be in
cluded in the party designation.
AS organized today the committee
of AS convention numbered 539 ac-
credited delegates with a majority Of
270 required to nominate. The $50
included, in addition to the forty
Fighters and single takers fraternal
delegates from the nonpartisan league,
triple alliance of the northwest, farm
ers national council, peoples money
league, the producers league and
consumers league n several other
organizations. The committee OF As
embraces a number of well-known
liberal leaders, some of whom were
prominent in the Bull Moose" move
ment eight years ago. The committee
was formed last year at St Louis with
q member for Zach state.
Platform Monday
While delegates debated rules and
resolutions today, their committee
continued negotiations with the labor
party. Both conventions expect to be
ready Monday to take up and complete
in one days session their platform,
which, it is expected. will be almost
identical.