The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-24
Wisconsin Socialists Back Stand Taken at ST. Paul Convention

1.-THE conference would not endorse these
old party candidates, when the confer
ence took a stand for independent po-
litical action, then the delegates of the
railroad brotherhoods pulled out. Cole
man denounced the "rotten progressive
political machine Of Governor Blaine
The Milwaukee county socialist or.
ganizer, Edmund T. Melms, turned his
guns on La Toilette, charging that as
an independent he couldn't carry five
states. He said La Toilette couldn't
get on the ballot as an Independent in
more than 10 or IL states.
"If these fellows at Cleveland have
any brains they will organize a labor
party now but they wont put up any
candidates" was his suggestion.
Slams "Good Man Theory"
Socialist Alderman August Strehlow
got the floor for minute to point out
that the platform just adopted declared
the workers must not support the
good man theory" and they would be
foolish therefore to vote for the Berger
amendment.
Berger again got the floor and de-
clared it was all right for a candidate
to run independent of the old parties
provided he is qualified and does not
lack confidence" Berger tried to cajole
his audience by declaring that in order
to have Farmer-Labor Party they
must have workers and farmers, claim
ing that up to the present time they
didn't have either
It was here that County Organizer
Melms tried to come to Berger's aid
and save his face. He moved that both
propositions be tabled. But this motion
was thrown out Of the window by an
overwhelming negative vote.
Leo Wolfsohn, news editor of the
Milwaukee Leader, of which Berger is
the editor, then came to the aid of
his chief. Wolfsohn was arguing in
such bewildered fashion that Hoan
called out, (which side are you on"
and got the answer, "for the Berger
amendment" and that was all the
oratorical support that Berger re-
ceived.
Asks Socialists to Wake Up.
Hoan then took the floor again to
close the discussion declaring to the
delegates that, IF you do not under
stand the significance of this move
then you had better wake up. Not one
speaker here has stated that a Labor
Party would come out of the Cleveland
gathering. There has been some talk
here of endorsing La Toilette as an
individual. The principle is the same,
whether you endorse La Toilette or
McAdoodle-do as an individual.
Hoan then attacked the corruption
in the government in Washington, de-
claring that if the predicted industrial
crisis develops. then II fear for my
country" He offered the socialist pro-
gram as an alternative for violent
revolution"
Exposes La Toilette Politics
Hoan hit heavily at the La Toilette
outfit in Wisconsin. He claims that
they supported a syndicalist law worse
than the one now in force in Califor,
mia. He said that the La Toilette mem
bers of the state legislature, during the
war, voted for the expulsion of the
socialist senator, because of an anti
war speech he made. During all oil
which time La Toilette was absolutely
silent. He said that the La Toilette
men in the house of representatives
IL OF them, voted unanimously for the
unseating of Berger during the war
He declared the La Toilette political
machine in Wisconsin was the largest
per capita political machine of any
state in the nation. He declared, ut
is time that such politicians had a
political party to control them"
When the question was put the Ber-
ger amendment was showed under and
the Hoan proposition carried.