Evening star., 1924-06-19
PARTY ORGANIZED,
REDS SDEFEATEDAT
ST.PAUL SESSION
Minnesota Farmer Delegates
Succeed in Delaying Adop-
tion of Platform.
MEETING MAY END TODAY
Foster and Cohorts Agree Not to
Split-La Toilette Blocks
Use of His Name.
MEETING MAY END TODAY
By tie Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
ST. PAUL Mimi. June ls.-Adop-
tion of platform and nomination OF
a provisional national ticket remained
before the new national Farmer-La
Dor party convention when il con-
vened today for what its leaders
hoped would be the final sessions
| This stage was reached in a ses-
sion which lasted until midnight last
night. the greater part of the eve
| ming being consumed in successful
| fight by the farmer delegates from,
Minnesota TO delay adoption of the
! platform.
| Formation of the party went
| through practically without debate
| when the convention learned that the
| Communists had given up their plan
| for Immediate launching of right
national organization. This left the
| plan fathered by William Mahoney
ST. Paul union laborite, the only one
| in the field.
Word From La Toilette.
Senator La Toilette blocked all
| thought of direct Endorsement by
! this convention last night when he
sent word through John F. Sinclair
! of Minneapolis that he would no;
consider any action in his behalf by
| the new party. Word of this was
passed around the convention, but was
| not announced openly.
The new party is to start out on
provisional basis. with state and ma
| tional conventions set for some time
after the November election. The
| 1924 campaign is to be devoted to or
ganized work in the states under the
general plan of 'enrolled member
| ship in the Farmer-Laoor co-opera
! tive organizations, and district polit-
! ical units, used in Minnesota. The or
! ganiZation committee declared its
! creation should be free from any al
lance with or subject to the controi
of any organization existing IN OF D.
controlled by any foreign country. IL
was equally emphatical in declaring
the party apart from any organiza-
tton serving the interests Of those
who profit from the private owner
ship of the great monopolies. Both
the Republican and Democrats par
ties were placed in this class.
Economic, Industrial: and occupa.
tional groups were declared the
proper foundation units upon which
the structure might be built.
Gives Up Own Plans.
Foster told the convention that he
and his followers had given up their
promote harmony and prevent a split
in the convention. The abandoned
plan would have created an inde-
pendent organization, functioning on
it's own behalf and accepting af.
fliations from other bodies only
when they conformed to its tenets
The organization scheme was mod.
eled upon the rural and municipal
communes and district and national
Soviets of the Russian system. II
provided that 25 per cent of the
per capita tax collected from mem
bers of the party should go to the
will be selected by a national con-
vention, called once in four years if
the committee deemed such action
advisable. Opponents of the plan had
pointed out that this provision might
make a national committee self-per-
petuating.
I'VE gave up our plan to promote
unanimity here" said Foster, but
want to assure those who favored II
! that we did not yield a single prin-
ciple in doing this"
| Morning Session Delayed.
! Delay in delivering printed copies
Of the platform held up the start of
the morning session. 1t was thirty
minutes late in convening and then
found itself without business. Speech
making filled the gap.
John Curtis Kennedy, former So
| cialist alderman ir Chicago and here
as a delegate from Seattle. said that
! the Washington delegation would not
withdraw on any pretext whatever
! satisfy us, but we will stick, any
| how" he said.
| David A. German, delegate from the
Central Labor Council of Los Angeles
! and chairman of the nomination com
| mittee, presented the following brleI
| report from that committee:
THE committee on nominations
| recommends to the convention that IL
| shall proceed with nominations foI
President and Vice President OF the
provision of the organization report
which was unanimously adopted"
Favors La Toilette.
w. ]. Taylor of Nebraska offered
a minority report, as follows:
I'VE favor Robert NJ. La Toilette
for President if he should become
candidate"
please note" he said, that this is
| based upon a condition and a hope
on my part that the Cleveland con-
ference will result in some action
that will give the basis for a real
| party that will truly represent
! farmers and laborers."
| He accented the word farmers"
| Fred Fraley, Kansas, speaking for
| the majority report, said he was
originally for the idea presented by
Taylor.
| mittee did not want a nomination we
| did not wish to place either ourselves
| or him in an embarrassing position.
| he said.
! start Of Platform.
The proposed platform started with a
| preamble which referred to the Declara-
ton of independence and asserted the
rights to life, liberty and pursuit OF
happiness had been denied by the
financial oligarchy, with its head
quarters in Wall street"
| 1T called the farmers and industrial
workers to throw off "the grip upon
the government of the privileged
classes" The existing powers were
accused of having looted the national
Treasury and by legislation deprived
farmers and laborers of a chance fol
a decent standard of living"
| The Supreme Court of the United
States, it said, was used to protec,
property interests and the Army and
Navy maintained ito protect invest.
ments in foreign lands"
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