The Washington times., 1924-06-18
'LAFOLLET TE AID
IS SEEN At
ST. PAUL
Hard Says Ultimate Result of
Convention VIII Strengthen
Senator'S Campaign

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them as q delegate in the conven.
ton.
Robert Minor thereupon made 1
speech to the convention denounc.
ing all capitalistic newspapers.
Meanwhile the communists in the
convention. having induced the
Minnesota Farmer-Labor party to
be its host. had packed the conven.
ton against its host and were ready
and able to cause the convention to
adopt policies and methods which
the Minnesota Farmer. Labor partv
does not want and which would ar.
rupt and destroy II in Minnesota.
These policies and methods are as
follows: =
.One-TO form D national new
third party at once.
Tw0-TO demand from La
Toilette that he accent q presi.
Dental nomination from his third
party with communists in It.
Three-TO wait In Sc. Paul TIN
La FOllette sends the refusal
which he would undoubtedly send,
FOur-Then to nominate candi.
dates - probably Duncan Mac.
Donald, Of Illinois, and william
B0uck, Of WashingtOn-fOr Pres.
ident and Vice President ON A
new outright "claes" Farmer.
Labor third party ticket.
Four Tickets in Sight.
Then %here would be four tickets
this fall: Republican, Democratic,
La Toilette Independent and com.
munistic third party or four party.
This fourth party idea, with Mac
Donald running for President at the
same time La Toilette was running
for President. would profoundly
split the whole northwestern radical
movement. IL the Minnesota
Farmcr-Labor party. which has
elected two United States Senator'S,
would go along with it.
It will not go along with II.
DESCENDANT Elements.
Much of the Minnesota Farmer
Labor party 10 not represented In
this convention. Important Min
nesota Farmer-Labor periodicals
are denouncing William Mahoney
for having had anything to do with
it. United States Senator Henrik
Shipstead has refused to have any.
thing to do with It from the be
ginning. United States Senator
Magnus johnson, having flirted
with 1t, has refused to marry II
and has been conspicuously absent
from its sessions.
A caucus Of the Minnesota dele.
cation to the convention has shown
q strong disposition to withdraw
from It II the communists in Il
insist upon putting through their
fourth party program
Likely Outcome.
The ultimate outcome seems like.
~ to be as follows: The commun.
lists. through this convention, will
capture some radical Northwestern
organizations Of farmers in certain
States and some radical North.
western individual leaders into a
new and closer association with
them.
The main Northwestern radical
organization-the Minnesota Farm.
er-Labor party-will shake itself
loose from association with the
communists.
La Toilette viii again spectacu.
larry demonstrate that he is one
proposition and that the commun.
lists are another proposition. He
may gain almost as many votes in
the Northwest by opposing the
reds as by fighting what he calls
''WalI Street"
The Northwest has a deep sus.
picion Of ''Wall Street" and an
equally deep suspicion of Moscow.
Now La Toilette win once more
be able to make out that he is
against both.
WIN Rally to La FOIIettee
The Minnesota Farmer Labor
party, after going off on q spree
with the Communists, viii rally
to La Follettee penitently.
La Follette's votes in the North
west this fall win not be diminished
but will be increased by this affair
in st.. Paul. Nevertheless, the sue
cess Of the Communists here in
winning over to their side certain
radical organizations and certain
radical individuals in the Northwest
will split the Northwestern radical
movement from the permanent or.
ganization standpoint.
La Follette's personality IL not
hurt but helped. The new party
idea, on the other hand, is split
and impeded.
La Toilette StOnger
La Toilette 10 stronger and the
new party idea, captured by the
Communists. Is weaker.
That would seem to be, az viewed
on the spot, the net result of the
convention proceedings here.
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