Evening star., 1924-07-06
Wisconsin Senator Indorsed
at Cleveland With All
Factions United.
CANDIDATES TO CARRY
STANDARD OF NO PARTY
Plank Adopted for Government
Railroad Ownership and Court
Dominance Scored.
By the Associated Press.


ing Robert NJ. La Toilette as a presi-
Dental candidate and providing for
the organization of a new political
party next January, the conference
for progressive political action wound
up its convention early tonight
The conference empowered it's ma
tional committee to select a vice
presidential candidate after confer
ence with the La Toilette for Presi-
dent committee"
La Toilette was indorsed as a can
didate on his own platform. The
convention then adopted for itself
a platform embodying the ideas con-
tanned in the Wisconsin document
and in the statement OF principles
issued at the st. Louis session of the
conference last February
The final day Of the gathering
worked out strictly according to plans
of the leaders and without ap-
preciable opposition. But just before
adjournment. some of the delegates
dazed by the rapidity of events, had
to be assu.td by the chair that La
Toilette actually had been nom
mated" aid that definite provision had
been made for the new party.
Absepce Of Demonstration.
The confusion arose from the fact
that the report of the committee on
|organizatio recommended this action,
and Ahat no separate motion on in
dorsement was offered. The report
itself was adopted without a dis
senting vote, but the significance OF
this action did not dawn on either
delegates or galleries and there was
a total absence Of demonstration.
Repeatedly today, as yesterday. the
name La Toilette" was the signal
for an outburst OF cheering and ap-
plause. Yet the elimination of the
Conventions work, coming in the form
Of a committee recommendation, did
not draw even a pattering of hand
claps.
All elements in the convention were
intent on showing they were back
of La Follette's candidacy. After
losing a fight before the organiza-
tion committee for immediate forma-
tion Of a new party, the Socialists,
led by Morris Hilquitt Of New York,
were the first to second the indorse-
ment report.
The Farmer-Labor party element.
which backed Farley Christensen in
the 1920 campaign, and which also had
urged the third party idea" then
rallied to the support of La Toilette
as an independent, Abraham Lefko-
witt, New York, being the spokes-
man.
Asks Support of Women.
Speaking for the women of the
convention, Mrs. Harriet Stanton
Blatch, daughter of Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, pre-civil-war suffrage ad-
vocate. urged all members of her sex
to work for the election of the Wis
consin senator.
The railroad brotherhoods and
other trades union delegates spoke
through the chairman Of the COM
mittee, E. j. Manion, president of the
railway telegraphers, and reinforced
his word with a mighty AYE" when
the report was adopted.
No sooner was the convention end
ed than the national committee and
the state delegation groups gathered
to plan for the campaign. The con-
vention decided to rely upon popular
subscriptions for it's campaign fund
and tonight's meetings were calcu-
lated to get machinery under way
for circulating La Toilette ballot pe-
titions and to collect money.
Nelson to Direct.
National campaign headquarters
probably will be established in Chi
cago. 1t was explained that liaison
could readily be maintained there
with Representative John NJ. Nelson
of Wisconsin, who will be La Fol-
lettes personal campaign manager.
directing his activities from Chicago.
By the national organization COM
mittee report the national committee
was continued in Office, directed to
enlarge its membership to at least
fifty and empowered to act as a cam
paign committee.
1t is to direct the conference ac-
tivities not only on the national
ticket, but also was ordered to CO.
operate for the election of Congress,
state legislatures and other offices
of all candidates pledged to the
interests of the producing classes and
to the principles of genuine democ-
racy in government"
. The committee was definitely in
structed to meet and organize for
the campaign on July IS and report
by November 20, to issue call for
the January new party convention"
Plan Of New Party.
THE object of this convention
said the report, shall be to consider
and pass upon the question of form
ing a permanent independent politi-
cal party for national and local cleo
tions, upon the basis of the general
principle laid down in the platform
adopted by this convention and for
the transaction of such other business
as may come before the convention"
The platform approved today was
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