Evening star., 1924-06-18

and producers of the realm, setting
up government of the workers. for
the workers and by the workers"
The eyes of the exploited workers
the eyes OF the dispossessed farmers
from every part of our land are
turned toward st. Paul today ht
said. Their hope is staked upon US
Shall We fail them? To betray then
would be a crime 1t would aot h,
done; we shall succeed"
Thousands of farmers. Mr.. Tavlor
said, have left their farms to go tc
the industrial centers TO compete
with the already increasing numbers
OF jobless workers. Those remain
ing on the farms have been reduced
to the position of the serf." he as
Small Busine~s Failing.
"On the other hand, the small busi-
ness men are failing by the score and
are joining the ever-growing ranks
of jobless men" he said. In the face
of this, he added. "the dividends OF
the owning class ever grow larger
and larger
He criticized the recent Republican
convention at Cleveland, in which. he
said. sat Harry Daugherty and the
representatives of the burglars who
stole millions from the people while
our boys were making the world sa fe
ior democracy; sat Mellon, the arch
bootlegger of the age; sat those who
Waxed fat and grew rich from the
labor of the babies in our industries
In few days more the other
party OF the international banking
ana industrial organizations will
meet IN the very citadel Of interna-
tonal capitalism and there ratify a
PLATFORM and name the candidate Sc
iecteo Tor them by the second inter
national of capitalism: men like Do
neny and Murphy, and McAdoo and
A. Mitchell Palmer; men who stole
millions while the Republicans stole
thousands.
Choice Of Associates.
So we do not need to worry so
much about who are sitting with us
providing that they are pledged TO
the ending Of the system that en-
thralls US: to join with US to correct
the present injuStices.
The fact that we are here framing a
great political party is answer enough
10 those who accuse some of the factor.
mere OF entertaining ideas of extralega
methods.
Il would rather sit with the reddes,
Communists in the world than sit with
the aggregation that met the other day
AT cleveland or who will meet at New
York
We must form a mass-class Farmer
LABOR party; we must declare for land
LOT the users, jobs for the workers i:
Hberty and equality for all men, .
No work of man is sacred What
man has done once. he is justified in
dong again. When our Constitution does
not meet the necessities of the people.
when our form of government becomes
right to change it
Right of Revolution.
II say with Lincoln, that the rieh,
Of revolution is a sacred inherent righ,
Of the people, and cannot be restricted
or abridged. Besides, the revolution has
taken place, economically and industrial
ly. A complete revolution has occurred
in the past twenty years, and the time
has arrived to turn our political institu.
tions into a position of harmony tha,
has already occurred in our industria
institutions.
That we would effect this revolu.
ton by means of the ballot box il
possible is the reason that we are
here today. The impending crisis de
mands vision. action, courage. We
are here to act"
Points of Difference.
Mrs. Jessie Bullock Kastner O.
Washington, assistant secretary q
the convention, next was called upon
we differ on all things from evolu
tion to bobbed hair" she said. =.
think it would be a great mistake
to debate here things on which We
differ.
II call on you to frame a platform
in harmony with the call for thi!
convention and nominate "A candidatt Il
who stands for those things for which
we stand. We did not come here tc
set up the millennium"
a further report of the credential.
committee added nineteen names tc
the convention roster. The total wa:
announced as 522.
The roll of states was then called
for appointments on the three prin
cipal committees. organization, plat,
form and candidates.
List of Appointments.
The Importance attached to the frs
of these was reflected by the selec
lIch VI " II OSleT, ILLINOIS
Alexander Howat, Kansas: William
Mahoney, Minnesota: A. L. Putnam
South Dakota: William Weinstone
New York, and other leaders of th
two chief factions of the convention.
Howat also was named on the plat
form committee, which included ]. II
Ryckman, California; Duncan McDon
aid. Illinois; c. A. Hathaway. Mime
sofa; Stanley j. Clark, Missouri: Ju
liet Poyntz. Rhode Island; JOSEPH
Manley, New York: William McAIlen
Pennsylvania: Tom Ayers. South Da.
kota. and J. H. Ryan, Washington
The nominations committee, which
either the Endorsement Of Senator La
Toilette or the actual nomination OF
him or some other candidate in.
cluded w. j. Taylor, Nebraska; c. T.
Ruthenberg, secretary of the Federal
EARN Parmer-LabSr M;bSi, party. Ohio Edgar
New York; Earl Brawden, Illinois
and Alexander Bittleman, Connecticut.
Swiss Newspapermen.
Chairman Mahoney. taking the floor
on a question of personal privilege,
said:
men to admit that we might walk
out Their stories on this point are
a part of the attempt to disrupt this
IL was asked: What will be the at
titude of you folks If the communists
get control?
81 answered that the Minnesota
party was not COM
munist party, and If this convention
de developed into a gathering controlled
by the workers party. we would not
go along.
But added that}I did not believe
the convention would take that
course. 1 believed then. and still be-
live, the members of the convention
are in harmony with the purpose of
the call. l ask, therefore, that the
delegates be patient and walt until
they are certain that the communists