Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-06-21

| AS HEAD Of TICKET
| ST. PAUL. June 19.-(By the AS
ISOLATED Press. 1.-The new Farmer
Labor party reached the nomination
| stage late Thursday. Alexander
| Howatt placed the name of Duncan
Mcdonald, of the United Mine Work
ers Of Illinois, before the convention.
! P. A. Peterson. a Minnesota dirt
| farmer, offered LaFollette as a can
| didata. He withdrew it when Will
| liam Mahoney, st. Paul, repeated the
word that reached the convention
| last night that Senator LaFollette
would publicly repudiate an indorse-
ment by the new party.
Two,thirds of the delegates came
| cheering to their feet and for five
minutes yelled approval of Howatt' s
nominee The farmers generally
| kept their seats. Alice Lorrain Daily,
of South Dakota, seconded the nomi-
nation.
| The nominations were closed and
without waiting for a vote of any
kind, Charles E. Taylor, chairman,
declared Mcdonald the unanimous
choice of the convention. Again the
farmers kept their seats through the
demonstration.
A resolutionto indorse La Toilette
on condition he accept the platform
and national committee control of
the new party was tabled. SO was
minority report that would have
| limited action to an Endorsement Of
La Toilette.
Recess During Argument
The convention recessed until after
noon while the argument was at its
height.
1--WE will not permit the name of a
man, which is name only now, not
even a candidate, to represent us, in
this great fight that will end only
when the farmers and workers gov
eminent is a realty" Ruthenburg
said
You cannot get my consent or co,
operation to any program that does
not represent the whole of the farm.
ers and workers." Mills said.
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 a
national organization. This left the
plan fathered by William Mahoney,
st. Paul union laborite, the only one
in the field.
1t was modified, however. by the
| inclusion of a provision that the ma
! tional committee of the new party
! should include two members from
| each national political group affili-
ated with the organization. This
opened the gateway for representa-
| ton, as such, of the Workers. party,
and the Federated Fermentation
| party, organizations headed by Will
| liam Z. Foster and c.. +. Ruthen-
| berg, who openly announced in the
| convention that they We're Commu.
nists.
The fight on the platform came
unexpectedly Just as the convention
| seemed in a mood to adopt the dOcu.
ment as read by Joseph Manley,
| Fosters son-in-laW and chairman OF
| the platform committee. The Min
nesota farmers came forward with
| a motion that the platform be print
! ed so that each delegate might have
| opportunity to study it.
The farm delegates were especial
| ly chary about a. plank that de
! manded a system of land tenure
which would abolish landlordism and
! tenantry and secure the land to the
users thereof" They thought this
meant Specialization or some form of
| government ownership of their
| acres.
Whatever ticket is nominated by
| the convention will be provisional,
! the national committee which the
| convention agreed to organize hav-
! ing been empowered to negotiate
with other Farmer-Labor organize
! lions in an effort to agree upon
! candidates. This left the way open
! for an Endorsement of Senator Rob
ert NJ La Toilette if he decided aft,
| er the July 4 conference at Cleve-
! land. to run as an independent can
! didate
The senator blocked all thought
of direct Endorsement by this con
! vention last night when he sent
| word through John F Sinclair. OF
Minneapolis, that he would not con
| slider any action in his behalf by
the new party. Word of this was
| passed around the convention but
was not announced openly.
a provisional basis with state and
national conventions set for some
! time after the November election
The 1924 campaign is TO be devoted
to organization work in the states
| under the general plan of enrolled
! membership in the Farmer-Labor CO.
! operative organizations and distric.
| political units, used in Minnesota
! The organization committee de.
clared its creation should be free
| from any alliance with or subject
I 10 the control of any organization
! existing in or controlled by a for
/ eign country" 1t was equally EN-
| phatic in declaring the party apart
| from amy organization serving the
interests of those who profit from
the private ownership of the great
mCnopolies." Both the r publican
| and Democratic parties were placed
| in this class.
Delay in delivering printed copies
of the platform held up the start o.
| the morning session. 1t was thirty
| minutes late in co1Nenim~ and theT
| found itself without BUSINESS. Speech
making filled the sap.