The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-13

] met in joint convention TINS Hter,
noon a platform would be adopted
and nominations made,
Barricade in Way.
CHICAGO, July 13.-Despite an All
nouncement by subcommittee iroih
the labor and committee OF forty-elsht
conventions that the road 10 aHliaisa'
nation was open, there sui was one
barricade at nine a. III TINS was the
failure OF the sub committees on plat
form to agree ON the demand M tne
labor platform for a public ownership
iof railroads and naturalization Oh
mines plank. No agreement had Deeh
reached on name for the JOINT party.
The subcommittee on political pro-
u cedure were to report progress at ten
IA. m. and recommend amalgamation
Unanimously Adopted.
CARMENS HALL, CHICAGO, July
lathe labor convention today
unanimously adopted the plan of
amalgamation worked out by the joint
subcommittee of the labor conVen-
ton and the committee of forty-eight.
Adoption of the plan of fusion fol-
lowed notification by committee
from the forty-eighters that their con-
tvention had decided to meet TINS
Afternoon with the laborites.
A committee to receive and well
come the forty-eighters into the labor
convention was appointed, and
collection of twenty-five cents from
each delegate was authorized to pro
vide music for the first session of
the amalgamated convention begin
ming at two p. m. First announcement
of action of forty-eighters in voting
to attend the labor con-
yentiOn was made to the laboriteS by
Secretary Frank J. Esper, who read
the United Press flash telling OF the
forty-eighter's action.
Presentation of the amalgamation
plan, and the procedure and methods
to be followed by the new party in
the 1920 campaign brought from some
minor and farmer delegates the criu-
cism that the arrangement would
give too big a share of the control Of
the new party to the forty-eighters.
Members of the subcommittee de-
clared, however, that the labor party
had not surrendered it's control.
During the debate on this report
the committee from the forty Fighters
named to notify the laborites of the
action taken by the forty-eighters on
arrived in the hall.
Their official announcement was en-
received. Even more
enthusiasm was manifested at the
statement that the forty-eighters had
accepted the principle of democratic
control of industry.
Max Hayes of Ohio, moved that
special order be made fixing $3.50 to-
night as the hour for nominating can
didates for president and vice presi
dent for the new party.
New Party This Afternoon.
lBy Ed L. Keen, United Press Staff
Correspondent
CHICAGO, July ia new political
party will be formally launched here
this afternoon.
The national convention of the COM
mittee OF forty-eight and the labor
party convention each, amid scenes
of enthusiasm voted unanimously tos
amalgamate and meet in joint conven-
ton at Garments hall az two p. m. to
complete plans of organization and
finally adopt a. platform.
Candidates for president and vice
president will be nominated at joint
session called for eight o'clock to-
night.
Already unanimously agreed ON a
platform with the exception Of two
planks through the action of the con-
ferees, the way was paved for the
to merge by the a ton of
the joint committee on political pro-
cedure in recommending details Of an
Both conventions went into frenzy
Of applause when the news was re-
ceived that the other had voted to
merge.
The committee OF forty.eight ma
ticnal convention acted first and was
followed within a short time by the
laborites.
The exception which the committee
Of forty-eight platform conferees
made to the suggestions by the labor
party, were on the Plumb plan and the
capital tax levy.