New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-17
Fourth Party
Is launched by
Boilers
sIiberals' Organize With
McCurdy Among Lead
ers; St. Louis Platform
of Forty-eighters Adopted
20 Meet Again in 80 Days
ye,erans' Chairman, Barred
From Meeting, Wants to
Call Another Convention
saenial Dispatch to The Tribune

Sper;uf Dssrdfch TO iHe IfaoNNe
CHICAGO, July l6.-Out of the ashes
:, assension among Forty Fighters and
..se,s of the many fused and confused
..litical elements that have appeared
!, the city in the last five days a new
,,rty has been launched.
Utterly regulating the action of the
y.rn-Labor party. which had nomi-
,,.sd Farley P. Christensen, of Salt
Lake City, for President. the boilers
eathered to-day. They created per-
rsuent organization called 1.-THE Lib
,,a party" selected their temporary
o;6cers and adjourned, subject to call
5, their executive committee, for the
,omination of Presidential candidates
sud the adoption of platform.
The temporary chairman is Judge
Charles R. Wray, Mayor of York, Neb.,
an independent candidate for Governor
ef that state. Next in command is
Allen McCurdy, the keynote" of the
convention of the Committee of Forty
eight. The two secretaries are Miss
5.
Cora letters, of Painesdale, Mich. Park
longworth, of Chicago, distant rela
tive of Nicholas Longworth, was chosen
temporary treasurer.
The call for the reassembling of the
convention is expected within the next
thirty days in this city and the tenta-
tive platform is the ST. Louis platform
adopted by the rty-eighters last
year.
Guard Against Stampedes
The convention refused to allow any
one into their deliberations who might
stampede their group, and even went
50 far as to rule Lester Barlow, chair
man of the World War veterans, out
Of the session, together with news
papermen.
As the result of Barlow's summary
dismissal from the group there is
possibility of still another political con-
vention being called by the World War
veterans.
Il have never seen as many nuts col
lected in Chicago as in the last three
days" was the hot declaration of Bar
low as he walked out.
"We have been looking for a man
who has at least l per cent of Ameri
eanism under his shirt, and have failed.
We have given the Republicans a
chance, then the Democrats, and lastly
the liberal groups, and in each case
they-have failed utterly.
The American people as a class are
net satisfied because they have seen
the failure of each party come about
because Of the selfishness of the lead
ers Of those parties. If it is financially
possible, we will call a convention Of
eS-serviee men here in Chicago in the
Coliseum and select American candi-
dates on short platform declaring
lor the initiative, referendum and re-
call and the restoration, of civil lib
critics.
THE divisional committee will soon
get together, perhaps in forty eight
aours, and we shall see whether we
can call that convention. Something
must be done and We are going to do it
Il it is at all possible"
Explains La Follette's Position
Gilbert E. Roe, law partner of Sem
ator Robert NJ. La Toilette and repre-
sentng him in the deliberations of the
different groups who were seeking to
unite on him for President, gave as a
reason for the Senator's refusal to
permit his name to go before the con-
ventlon the failure of the groups to
unite.
The different groups were not try
ING to surrender their principles for
the success of the common cause, but
instead each group was trying to force
y, principles upon the Others" said
!. Labor can never build up dis
anctlve party in this country and make
Il amount to anything as a class
party" he said. Labor also cannot
iook down on the so-calied intellectuals
OF TINS forward movement. There is
no intellectual more intolerant than
IS the labor leader The intellectual
aad the labor leader must get together
ana realize that neither can dictate to
the other The majority report adopted
~ the Farmer-Labor party is trade
ulion platform and will appeal only to
olsanized labor"