The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-16
La Toilette Friends
Start on Campaign
Details in CAPITAL
By II. K. REYNOLDS,
international News Service.


International News Service.
AZ the time approaches for the
formal announcement Of Senator
Robert NJ. La FOllette's Presidential
candidacy. his friends here are
| giving increasing attention to the
details Of his campaign.
Chief among these are "a the
manner in which the La Toilette
electors will be placed upon the
ballots In the several States, and
(2) the selection Of a running mate.
The writing Of the La Toilette
platform presents M diffi"'''''e~ y.
has already been written, made pub
lie at Cleveland in the
efforts Of the Wisconsin insurgents
to have It adopted by the Repub.
hcan party. and with sii~',' ~
will be ready for presentation to the
country 90 the platform "a TIE las :.
third party.
! Nominate BY Petition.
Z The La Toilette electors are OK.
fpected to be nominated by petition
In the States where the law per.
mlts this procedure. Friends Of the
Wisconsin Senator have been busy
Tor the past month studying the
election laws Of various States so
that when the time comes to cir.
cuIate their petitions, the path for
the work win be marked out and
ready.
In view> Of Senator La Follette's
almost complete silence since his
announcement on May rs that ne
might be q third party candidate
Tor the Presidency, little is known
here as to his desires with respect
TO the selection Of third party can
didate for Vice President. II it il
determined that someone should ap.
pear In the second place on the
ticket, the naming of this man prob
ably will be left entirely to the
Judgment Of Senator La FoIlette
himself.
There win be no national conyen.
ton to do the nominating In the
sense that the Republican and Dem.
ocratic parties hold national con-
ventions.
Endorsement Expected.
Endorsement Of La Toilette is
expected, both by the conference
Tor progressive political action,
meeting In Cleveland on July 4,
ana the Farmer-Labor Progressive
convention, which meets In st. Paul
tomorrow, but neither of these
gatherings are in q position to make
an actual nomination Of a vice
presidential candidate. At q word
from La Toilette, however. the
Cleveland convention may designate
someone as the Senator'S running
mate.
| Among those who were suggested
here today for second place on the
vnlrd party ticket were william II.
johnston, president Of the Interna.
tlonal Association Of Machinists and
CHAIRMAN OF the forthcoming Pro.
gresSive conference at Cleveland:
| Warren 3. Stone, president Of the
brotherhood Of Locomotive En-.
gineerS and Firemen; George Hud.
dleston, Democratic Congressman
from Alabama and one Of the or.
ganizers with La Toilette Of the
conference for progressive political
action; Senator George w. Norris
and Senator Robert B. Howell, both
Nebraska Republicans with an IN.
surgent leaning; Senator Smith
Wildman Brookhart Of Iowa. one ~
the Republicans aligned with La
Follette's insurgent bloc in the SEN.
ate: Senator Lynn J. Frazier Of
North Dakota, another member of
this bloc and q consistent opponent
OF the Coolidge Administration, and
Huston Thompson, Of Colorado.
Democrat, and chairman Of the Fed.
eral Trade Commission.
The drive in behalf Of Senator
La Toilette for the Presidency win
also receive considerable impetus
July 4 from the convention OF the
Conference for Progressive Political
Action at Cleveland, Ohio.
La Toilette was one of the or.
ganizerg Of this conference, dom.
mated to a great extent by the rail-
road labor unions, which succeeded
year ago In electing to Congress
number Of the candidates which
1t endorsed and which now proposes
to repeat the performance on a
grander scale, even to the extent,
perhaps, of directly participating in
the election of q President.
The headquarters Of the conference
is in Washington, and its chair.
man In William M. Johnston, presi-
dent OF the International Associa.
ton OF Machinists, one OF the lead.
ling railroad unions. Arthur E.
Holder, secretary Of the conference.
10 in charge Of plans for the Cleve-
lana convention apd he u being