Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-10
RADICALS PLANNING
!. .LAFOLLE7TE PARTY.
Would Name Senator for Presi-
dent, With Frank P. Walsh
as Running Mate
AIMING FOR IRISH VOTE
Ry CLINTON w. GILBERT
e,,n correspondent Of the Evening Public
rW" Ledger

e,,o correspondent Of the Evening Public
e'"' Ledger
Washington. May 1O.-Robcrt NJ
IA Toilette for President and Frank +.
Walsh for Vice President is the ticket
which some Of the prime movers Of the
committee Of forty eight. which will hold
he national convention at Chicago July
70 aim TO nut in the field. There are
,or;ons groups of radicals and liberals
wbo are planning to launch parties this
rear OF these the committee of forty
sieht is the most promising.
The forces which the promoters OF
the La Toilette Walsh ticket seek to
nnitc in its support are the radical
torm organizations and labor, organized
and unorganizeH. In addition n strong
snnesI will be made to the Irish vote.
SEsIodgcd this year from thc Democratic
marty bv President Wilson's League OF
Nations stand. Is.
ia Toilette, it. is thought by those
ubo would like to put him in nomina =
lion. might bring his own state. Wis
consip. TO the party, and probably
yorth Dakota. \ where he has always
bsen as strong as in Wisconsin, and also
Minnesota. Washington. Montana and
Idaho, where either the Nonpartisan
League the radical farm orgsnizat ton
or radical labor is strong.
Try for Irish Vote
Walsh might bring to the ticket the
Irish vote. he being the leader of the
Irish movement in this country. He
would also appeal to labor. having been
A member Of President Wilson's labor
board during the war.
In addition to these forces which
alI the radical third party movements
moi frankly Socialistic are scheming
10 bring together. there is considera :
bic radical press in this country which
nromotprs Of the La Toilette Walsh
ticket would like to get behind their
party
There is. Of course. the Hearst press.
which is threatening to support third
marty and indeed to launch one in case
Hiram Johnson is not nominated by the
Republicans And there is the Scripps
press and the closely related Newspaper
Enterprise Association which are now
supporting Hoover, but which are rad
icaly inclined.
And there is the American Federation
Of Labor. which is opposed to Labor
party. but which might. the committee
Of forty eight hopes, be induced to sup
port third party of radical cast.
strongly inclined to labor, in the belief
that that party might win. along with
certain Democrats or Republicans from
Industrial ccntcrs and pledged to labor's
policies, the balance of power in Con-
grpss. and might become Il strong fac
Tor nationally in 1924.
The analogy of the Republican
party's rise from 1855 when il was n
minor third party to 1860 when it won
the election is. of course. recalled.
Reckon Without Host
In all Of this scheming there is plain
ly much reckoning without the host.
Senator l.aFOlIette is n Republican. He
controls twenty-five of Wisconsin $
twenty six votes at the Republican ma
tlona convention. Although he has
given no indication. of his attitude to-
ward the johnson candidacy. the
Presumption is that if the California
senator is nominated. Mr.. LaFollette
will stand regular. Indeed, if johnson
nominated the prospects of the com
nittep Of forty eight do not seem
bright.
Johuson will suit the Irish. He will
suit the Germans. who are anti league.
He will probably divide labor. with the
Democrats. The support of the Hearst
press will certainly not be available for
tny third party il he is nominated by
ihe Republicans.
The Scripps press and y. T.. An are
not so easy to guess. but if johnson and
MrAdoo are nominated the probability is
mat these organizations will find their
home in one or the other of the old par
ties. '
Moreover, if johnson is not nominated
Dur McAdoo is. labor might think it
mhch better politics to support McAdoo
man TO give its support to a doubtful
'hlrd party movement.
u the Republicans. as seems likely,
nomlna'e conservative. many think
mat LaFollcttc will stick to his marty.
np Is old and in bad health. He has
''aSed I" "inSurgo" IN the Senate.
sui ne Is not at home among the
hpuDllrans. lie is the lonelast figure
washington. without friends, with
Iu' SFmpathy. without influence, pay
tas dearly for the power which regular
hy gives him.
lAFollette Has Platform
n"l" OF laFolette's leadership of a
%ru party movement rests largely upon
"' platiorm on which his delegates ran
~ tne Republican primaries in Wiscon-
S Sn When he defeated combination of
'eTSt"r rt ."nrOOt and Governor Phillip
,;.N Piallorm was n complete ma
'onal platform. 1T denounced the
tE%agne OF Nations, "tkc enslavement of
,hSP' ana India the rape of China and
~ ~ ruthless oppression of Ireland" :"
am i"utr IS platform for the government
t~uTitSnlp OF railroads and stock yard
mllaIS mnm and packing plants and other
,muG3unonolleS and national resources. The
natatly" unly" and referendum in national
GSSaon GSSSlu'lon and the election Of federal
'"gSeS ar" favored.
,hn, ~" lGird party people are figuring
Or;n m%e haFoI! cite cares more for these
rog"Iappi, "EapisS than he does for his party
Of L"i ""L w. IT, Laf,oIlette has long record
~ NuiU Upt aIu nj nn