Evening star., 1924-07-05
LA TOILETTE MATE
. CHOICE MAY WAIT
UPON DEMOCRATS
Progressive Leaders Agree
on Leaving Selection to
Special Committee.
WOULD ALLOW SENATOR
CHANCE OF SELECTION
Delegates Assured Northwest
Farmers Will Vote for Ticket
and Platform.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND. Ohio, July 5.-Post-
ponement of vice presidential nomi-
nation was agreed upon by leaders of
the conference for progressive polit-
ical action today. The convention
will be asked, it was learned, to en-
trust selection of such candidate
to a committee which would confer
with Senator La Toilette after the
Democratic situation has worked it
self out.
Rabbi A. H. Silver of Cleveland in
voked divine, blessing on the pro-
ceedings, praying for international
peace and national material pros
perity and spiritual hardihood.
Action on the Endorsement OF Sen
ator La Toilette and a vice preslden-
tial candidate was made a special
order of business for pm. BY the
report of T. c. Cashen, chairman OF
the rules committee, PROVISION was
made that this action might be taken
earlier if the business OF the conveh-
ton is in shape as to permit 1t.
Plans for BaIloting.
The rules also said: In the event
that after two ballots no majority
vote is had for any candidate, third
vote shall be taken by PREFERENTIAL
the delegates stating their choice con-
secutiveiy."
The resolutions committee sem
word that a subcommittee was WORK
ing on phraseology The report OF
the full committee was not expected
until afternoon.
Senator Lynn Frazier of North
Dakota assured the convention that
| farmers OF the northwest were heart
and soul with the progressive move
ment There Is a determined effort
farmers and slaves of the workers
| he said I'VE must get the full
| truth to the people, arouse pubic
sentiment and put Fighting BOD
! La Toilette in the Presidents chair.
The convention picked up a loose
| end of organization by unanimously
| electin. Mr.. Johnston as permanent
| chairman and Arthur E. Holder as
| secretary.
Mahoney Barred.
| William Mahoney. st. Paul. was def
nitely barred today from the conference
by adoption of a special report OF the
credentials committee.
| The report said Mahoney's organi-
cation, the Farmer-Labor Federation
of Minnesota, was entitled to repre-
! sentation, but that he, by his actions
at the st. Louis session of the con-
ference last February and his pro-
motion Of the June II convention at
ST. Paul, had made himself obnoxious
to this organization.
| r. d. Cramer, Minneapolis, brought
out by query that the committee had
not acted on the credentials from the
South Dakota FarmerLabor party
presented by Miss Alice Lorraine
Paul convention.
Disputes IrOned Ont.
With difficulties ironed out by
| agreements to thresh out differences
of opinion behind committee room
doors, the conference went into ses-
sion today prepared for a rapid wind
I'D of it's work, eliminating in the
formal endorsement of Robert NJ. La
Follette's independent presidential
candidacy.
The program was furthered when
advocates of the third party" idea
decided not to carry their fight to
the convention floor. The largest
group of farmer-laborites contented
themselves with issuing statement
outlining their position.
Decide to Compromise.
The Socialist advocates of immedi-
ate organization of a new party, eau
cused again, turned their interests
over to Morris Hillquit, their MEM
Der of the organization and campaign
committee.
May Not Name Party.
The resolutions committee of the
|convention has openly announced that
it was taking the La Toilette plat
form rejected by the Republican con-
ivention as basis for their document.
The platform which the conference
adopted at it's February meeting in
ST. Louis will also be used as one of
the foundation supports of the decia-
ration to be presented here today. A
spirited contest may develop on the
floor over whether there should be
a third party organized and named by
this convention. The socialist groups
in the the convention are making a
determined fight for such action
but there are many. and early today
they appeared as a majority, who
would iEdorse, or even nominate, La
FOileLIe Win a. running iHdtt, "itnOul
lorganizing a party as such. or putting
name to their movement.
This idea was expressed by the
organisation committee when Edward
Heating, member of the national
| committee of the organization argued
that ii would. in his opinion, be bet
ter to go along as a non-partisan or
ganization than to form third party
and become partisan through the ex-
istence of such an organization.
Race for Vice President.
No name other than that oi
La Toilette has been mentioned fol
President at this gathering, but sew.
eral names have cropped up in the
speculative minds of delegates rela
tive to a running mate for the Wis.
consin senator. Among these are
Senator Wheeler of Montana, Senator
ShipStead Of Minnesota. D. B. Robert