The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-01-21
FARMER
PARTY PLANS
TO WIN IN 1922

/ ne lOllONlIlS ItDblJ VI NiiI al III
er-Labor State Convention, held II
/ Tacoma December 1917, was taker
from the Union Record. That part OF
the report relating to the controversy
over C. X. Cotrel is left out as are
also two paragraphs of unimpor'
lance. The Farmer-Labor party ha:
had enough of that sort of stuff.
Following is the report:
Tacoma, Jan. 17.-Joining the Ma
tional Farmer-Labor party, election
of a harmonious state central com
mittee, adoption of new well
thought-out constitution, and passage
of number of important resolution:
which will be submitted to the legis
lature as regular bills, constituted
the most important business of TIT
Farmer Labor State convention
which finished a two-day session a
the Labor Temple last night. Witt
the exception of an issue that arose
in the latter part of the convention
all sessions were harmonious.
Delegates left with enthusiastic
determination to build a political or
ganization that would win first place
when the votes are counted in No
vember, 1922.
State Chairman D. C.. Coates de
clared himself not candidate fol
any office in the gift of the Farm
er. Labor party, but unless the new
state committee which has power Of
selecting the state executive secre
tary puts someone in his place, will
serve to the end of his term, July
The new state committee, repre-
senting one member from each con
gressional district, and two at large
consists of Mrs. Margaret Deather-
aae of Kitsap county, T. M. Dourn
of Clallam, Claude Moran of Van
couver, S. r. Justham of Roslyn
Mrs. Jesse Bullock Kastner of Ia.
coma, and James Duncan of Seattle
Another member is to be elected
from the fifth district around Spo-
kane.
OF the 1874 authorized delegates
based upon one delegate for each
100 paid-up members of the party
about 12O attended Nearly all were
from the western part of the state.
This was the fourth state conven-
ton held by the Fermentation party
or its preceding organizations with
in the past IL months, according to
the state chairman, D. C. Coates.
AS a result of this the delegates
were well acquainted with conren.
ton parliamentary procedure ano
wasted little time in getting started
A spirit of quiet enthusiasm marked
the opening session, everything NOV
ing forward with machine-like pre-
cision.
With State Chairman ID. c. Coates
in the chair the congressional sec
ton method of electing committees
was decided upon. Caucuses elected
credential committee consisting of
Mrs. Gowdy, Seattle; George B. Vet
ter of Snohomish; Alex Moral of Ia
coma; William Young of Yakima
and H. E. Gausman of Wenatchee.
When this committee left to check
over credentials, the state chairman
gave his report. In it he drew at
tention to the November election
when the Farmer-Labor party can
didate for governor polled 12l ,37l
votes, or double the Democratic vote
for governor. He predicted victory
in 1922 providing the rank and file
of the membership did their part of
educating and organizing the voters.
In closing, Coates said the
FarmerLabor party was the
peoples hope for the solution of
political problems of the state
and nation.
Thanking those who had helped
him in his work as state chairman,
Coates said he would not be a can
didate for executive head or mem
Der of the executive committees
The chairman's report was ac-
copied and referred to the rules COM
mittee.
Credentials were reported on when
the convention reconvened at ,
= o'clock. There were no contests.
Robert Bridges, C. R. Cottrell, Will
liam Bouck and three Pierce county
members of the legislature, Dave
Lewis, J. H. Ryan and A. J.. Ryan,
were made delegates-a Large.
Stuart Rice of Seattle was noml-
mated for convention secretary by
Phil Pearl Mary Kelly of the state
office was also nominated and Rice
withdrew in her favor.
Bridges was called on for an ad
dress.
"If you have read the governors
message and of what the legislature
is doing, you will find it more in
teresting than anything might
say" said Bridges.
III we go on organizing,
think our opponents in the next
60 days will do more for us in
waking up the people than we
can do ourselves. ! hope the
legislature passes the SIS pole
tax bill to pay the soldier bonus,
and not let anybody vote until
they pay it,"
The committees as chosen in the
order Of the districts were:
Lewis Investigation committee -
Frank Walklin, first district; Will
ham f. lzett, second; j. NJ. Phillips.
thrd; 5. R. Justham, fourth; Claude
Moran, fifth.
Officers reports-Mrs. Grace Cot
terlll, c. r. Cottrell, T. A. Thomas.
Mrs. Laura Brannin, Mrs. K. Carr.
Resolutions and legislation -- Ole
thompson, William Bouck, Mrs.
Bertha Ing, f. T. Tennatt, A. j.
Larsen.
CONSTITUTIONAL. Levine, L. w.
Buck, Elmer Smith, William Young.
A. T. Gauseman.
Education-J. c. Kennedy, S. O.
Iorger, Mrs. j. B. Kastner, H. w.
Dodds, c. A. Johnson.
Saturday Night Session.
An hours debate took place when
the convention convened at 7 O'clock
and received the educational commit
ices report. The committees reso-
luton was for the establishment of
a weekly propaganda paper to be
known as the Farmer Labor News.
TO be sent to all members of the