Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-07-15
FORTY-EICHTERS
MAY PLACE OWN
TICKET in FIELD
Labor Group Complete
ly dominates -LaFoI-
lette Declines

CHICAGO, July I5-Tbo E.m.
LABOR party today has a platform on,
a ticket in the field for the next ala" l.a
o,6 Clon. ITS work was comp1etad -
CLOCK this morning when ~ =
to tkenelon chose Harley Parker 1 con coh-
SSsnS9n' g Salt Lake ATTORNEY aS Gi,Ils- MS
=, a. hayes, Cleveland labor ieadar ade wax
Inc strength of the new movo,.
remains to be seen. Tho fosehleht f;.
eiobto souay When a section of Forty.
thar ers - met and considered placing
Fort,, ,v4 own tlcket in the field under tbee
rorIy-eight banner. ei 'ile
of "nel the section of the Committas
n n rorty-elght convened, ]. a m
EoI' Etlophlns' national chairman of tha
norty-eighters suggested that sncb J
sutse De taS-n and shere wera do
IhanuS u ne knew whether Senator
l1ar oletCe would stand as the nras;-
uentiaI candidate if nominated A.
snur hayes, of New York. onnosad
She step as "unsportsmanlike y
Inc new party last night adonta5
a platform, chose the name of tha
Fafmer:-Labor Party" and proceed
ca TO choose its presidential cand;-
uaSes aIIer being informed that SEN
ator LaFollette, of Wisconsin. wonld
not accept the nomination under anv
circumstances on the platform ai-
ready adopted This statement was
even % the new party by Robert La
When nominating speeches hegan
the names of Dudley Field MaIona
and Henry Ford were immediately
presented. 1t was clear that tha 10
g1l TIT group dominated the convention.
a. \ ne platform adopted was that of
one majority report of the platform
cphlmittee. The preamble and two
piahks OF the majority report were
given out WY
The preamble declared that in the
United States the "power of govern
ment has been stolen from the neo-
pc classes the peace conference a.
"a greedy spectacle" and said the
masters of our government leaoms
themselves with the masters of Other
ldCions TO prevent self-determination
Dy helpless people," declared that ef-
Ioft IS now being made in the Unitad
states to "stifle discussion and or;n
rights and liberties from Americans,
ana announced that ''into tbis
preach step amalgamated groups NJ
men and women who perform useful
WORK with hand and brain"
- Inc hrst plank, entitled "OnA
hundred Per Cent Americanism ,
called for repeal of laws aoainst
criminal syndicalism ana
sedltlon and demanded s'restoration
OF evil liberties and America
Election of federal judges and the
establishment of the initiative. refer
endum and recall, the Referendum
especially applying to war issues, az
cept IN cases of actual military inva-
SION, were demanded"
The second plank, headed. "AhoI-
lSh Mliitarlsm at Home and Abroad y
demands withdrawal of the United
States from further participation IN
ger the treay of Versailles" and of-
fers recognition to elected govern.
ments IN Russia and IreIand.'' with
refusal to go to war with Mexico
at the behest of Wall Street"
lt also asks for withdrawal of
the dictatorship over the PhiIinninas
aaWall, Haiti, Dominican RepuhI;c
Porto Rico, Cuba, Samoa and Guam !"
James ferguson, former Demo-
cratic governor of Texas, quit the
new party Yesterday and left for
nome HIS friends said he was IN.
Wiling to accept the plank for fed
eral ownership of railroads.