Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-17
NEWSPAPER MAN
BREAKS UP PARTY
twilight" Seceders Adjourned
on Motion and Second OF I'm
patient Scribe.

Tho New York Times cor respondent
who has been reporting the gatherings
nj the various parties and factions try
mo to form a new party at Chicago writes
az follows az the windup of the meeting
nj tho Fortv-cightcrs who had seeded
from the meeting which formed the Farm
Labor Party:
II wound up like this:
The Farmer-Labor Party had nominat-
Ri parley Parker Christensen, radicai
LAWYER of Utah, for President oil the
United States. and Max ;. Hayes.
cleveland Ohio labor leader for VICE
nrcsidcnt had adjourned the amalgamat-
ed thiri party convention at clock
this morning. r
The delegates Of the Committee OF
Eorty-eight bruised and battered after
the heating which their intellectual
ideahsm had received at the hands OF
the labor men. had gathered IN the Hotel
Morrison to try To resurrect their con-
vcntion-long since swallowed INTO the
labor movement.
Earnest men and women, with burning
owes had discussed almost everything
under the sun, from the behavior OF the
standard oil Company to Mexico eight
wears ago 20 the present price OF butter
milk lmpassioncd La Toilette bitter
endcrs had threatened and begged Tor
fourth party with La Toilette at ITS head
that real AmcriCanlsm might be saved.
Two-thirds Of those present had mani
Tested a desire TO form a fourth party,
and many different schemes had been
cbampioncd bv orators whose antics led
one delegate 10 tell them openly that
the whole affair ought to be played out
IN the psvchopathic ward of a hospital
The executive chairman, j. A. Ii. Hop
Lins. struggling hard to thwart the would
Lc boltcrs since he had cast IN his own
lot with the Farmer-Labor Party, had
stccrcd the whole question of reorganlza-
ton into the hands of a committee. 1t
had brought in report that the Forty
Fighters continue with a national COM
mittec. since its object in forming
pcoplcs partv had not been wholly ac-
complished The report had been adopted
and a score Of men and women were scream
ing for information as to Jrst how TO bolt,
whether that meant bolt, and. II not
would some one tell them.
\ newspaper man with wonderful vo-
cal power leaped from his seat at the press
table high INTO the air and shouted:
"Nr Chairman ! move we adjourn.
CuIlck as a Jack IN the Box he subsided
INTO his chair. ducked his head under the
table and shouted. Il second the motion.
Chairman Hopkins gravely put the mo-
tion. ~ gravelv declared It carried 1T
really wasl and then turned toward the
press table. trinklc in his eyes.
\ feeble old man came trembling to
the platform 5 edge. hi La Follettelbadges
fapmnc in his haste, and asked hoarseiy:
when do We meet again.
We have adjourned sine die" the
chairman Informed him, and he fell back
almost choking with rage.
An earnest, middleaged woman took
rs place:
oh. Mr. Hopkins Nlr Hopkins. how
could you?" she protested, tears starting
from her ewes.
What do YOU want TO do now?" the
chairman asked soothingly.
Il want to start a new party right
now and here. she painted.
Now any Of YOU who feel that way
meet me in Room night away, SAID Hop
kins, with the manner Of a physl clan
dealing with sick child.
Are vou sure. quite sure, Il ii he right?
fhe woman asked her eves searching
the blue gray orhs Of the ex-progrcsSive
from New Jersey.
Its perfectly all right l assure
vou. said the Chairman. and she went
rushing toward Room l, sweepingher
cohorts before her.
The rest of the delegates stood about
in little knots, continuing the talk they
had begun last Friday morning, arguing.
pleading. sistering and brothering, de-
nouncing the rich. suspecting each other
swapping panaceas. until slowly they
emerged from the fog of oratory, that had
overhung them for a week and realized
rieiullv that they had accomplished moth
ing except to lend whatever name and
prestige and influence they might have
had To a movement they hated. So.
sadly, they started their separate ways