Evening star., 1920-07-13

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....e,e.ins mad no real affinity with the
piu.es ana subtle. slick LAWYERS. "
~no' they asserted, comprise the lead =
ersnlp OF the forty-eight group.
the height of the vitriolic ar
raisnment of the rival party Chair
man John H. Walker president of the
!iIlnois Federation of Labor, took the
moor 10 voice deep seated dis
trust of "plutocratic philanthropists.
lawyers and professional men who
ehueaVor TO solve the problems of the
working people without themselves
peing members of that class" He
SAID he did not really believe it was
worth while to try to go any fur
ther with the forty Fighters and that
the labor delegates, already restive
unoer prolonged oratory. might be
kept here for three weeks waiting
for the lawyer-leaders of the other
party to prepare something legal and
technical and with phraseology which
covered up its real meaning The
labor delegates, Walker declared, were
unable to stand the expense of stay
ing here to wait for an agreement
at the present rate of progress.
Party Name PftfaI.
Opposition of the conference COM
mittee of forty Fighters to the use
of the name farmer-labor as the party
designation proved the firSt big STUN
biing-block in the way of amalgama-
ton, but the conferees are understood
today to be in a conciliatory mood
on this question. Differences on the
definition of democratic manage
ment" of railroads and essential in
dustries. governmental operation of
which both parties favor. were not
so easily compromised The views of
the forty-eight leadership on the one
hand and the trade union attitude on
the other We're at wide variance and
me " iT11ra atalN ha fha nf
break. The labor party plan of op-
Grafton of the roads by officials
chosen from the ranks of employees
proved, in the conferences already
held, an insurmountable obstacle.
While the labor convention fought
out the question of whether the hour
had arrived for a definite break. the
forty lighters marked time with a
continued flow of oratory, which, in
both conventions. consumed the
greater part of the day.
Would Divide Railroad Land.
Practically the only work accom-
plished by the labor party, outside of
its decision not to bolt the proposed
combine before today, was to receive
and accept partially completed plat
form from it's resolutions committee.
This included recommendations for
comprehensive soldier relief leglSia-
ton, both through a bonus and pref
erence in the distribution of railroad
lands in the west, and formal in
vitation to farmers'organizatio to
ally themselves with the labor party
Meanwhile, in third hall. the sin
gle tax party was framing an appeal
to Premier. Lloyd George or Great
Britain, urging that his government
adopt a single tax policy for Pales-
tine. The single takers plan today TO
adopt platform and possibly nomi-
nate a presidential candidate in the
event the committee of forty eight
proves unsatisfactory to them. They
specifically agreed that they would
not join the new party should the
nominee be Senator Robert M. La
Toilette.
The convention broke into an uproar
last night when a delegation of speak
ers from the national labor party
entered the forty Fighters convention.
Duncan Mcdonald. chairman of the
platform.
Stand Together, Mcdonald Pleads.
Mr.. Mcdonald said there was no
question of the two conventions get
ting together. He said he saw no
difference between the delegates ex-
cept their badges.
THE republican party. which met in
the city recently, knew what they
were talking about when they ac
cused Attorney General Palmer Of not
prosecuting the prof1teersr Mcdonald
said II doubt whether SO many prof
iteers have been gathered together as
were housed in the Coliseum during
the republican convention"
Mr.. Mcdonald concluded by saying:
I'VE have a program: you have a pro-
gram; put them side by side, and l
think you could clip them in two and
paste them together again with your
eyes shut.
'sNow If we cap Crea m pr;pciplaS
surely no one will be small enough to
stop at technicalities. The time has
come to stand together"
Woman Speaker Cheered.
The committee of forty-eight sent
an invitation to John Walker, labor
party chairman: Max Hayes. ex-chair-
man, and Duncan Mcdonald to ad-
dress the forty-eighters' convention.
1t was accepted.
Mrs. Katherine Waugh Mccullough
of Evanston, representing the Ma
tional Woman Voters League, was in
vited to the labor convention platform
and told the delegates this was the
trust the women on the platform"
and unafraid they will lead the "un-.
sophisticated men away"
When Mrs. Mccullough declared the
women wanted child labor prohibited
the convention broke into cheers
League had agreed to amalgamation
in the party were denied by O. s.
Evans of Mitchell, S. D. Mr.. Evans
is state chairman of the Non-Partisan
League party of South Dakota and
manager of the league in that state
He said the South Dakota delegation
of thirty was instructed for La Fol-
lette and would indorse him If nomi-
mated by the new party; otherwise it
must call a new convention.
The league of nations issue was
mentioned before the committee Of
forty -eight convention for the first
time when it reconvened last night
Oscar Maddaux, introduced to speeR
on the subject of world federation,
asserted that President Wilson had
run counter to every American in
stinct" by the league structure he
created and the manner in which he
presented it.
Nevertheless" Maddaux continued,
''he made an issue which cannot be
evaded. on which there can be no
pussyfooting. 1t is something about
which the people are thinking"
The convention applauded both the
criticism of the Presidents attitude
and the declaration that the league
was an issue which had to be met
In answer to a question propounded
by a member of the New York dele
cation, Mr.. Maddaux said: II would
reject the league of nations with or
without reservations"
PUBLIC UTILITIES GROUP
.OF CLUB TO MEET TONIGHT