Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-14

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1moot finished his reading at
;3O aud moved adoption Of the
platform.
Chairman Moses recognized Young
'Rob' Lafolicttc. who presented
the minority platform. containing
/ the "ProgrcSsivc' - panks, more
far reaching than the majority plat
form. LaFolIcttc spoke vigorously,
lis speech interrupted hy bursts Of
ciaPping occasionally.
He was dressed in light gray salt,
ard wore a bow tie. His de ivory
, reminded ono Of his fathnr, thu lat
Scnator LaFollcttc.
La Toilette Gives Dig
Senator La Toilette presenting his
minority platform, spoke vigorously,
h.s voice carrying sharply 20 AZ cor
lncrs Of the great haIl.
La Follnttc, champion Of the
farm relief movement, offered u
sweeping aid program, declaring
that the spccte" of p"asantgy uow
haunts tire men who Till the sell to
! give the nation bread.
Now and again the audience stir
red to th" spcll Of his oratorr, ana
once or twice wave Of cheers
swept down from the raftcrs.
! When he mentioned tn" McNary
! Haugcn bill and its veto by tn,
| president. administration supporters
started demonstration, CRYING
:. Hurrah. -
LaFollrttc, not mistaking the
trend Of the demonstration replied
! good naturcdly that he thanks tho
convention for its applause which
| is very rare for Il representative
from Wisconsin.
The house caught the good nature
of hi> rctort AID then gave lin a
real hand.
He asked the official reporter ia
strike frem the record his ohscrva-
tions about the demonstration
What LaEollettc had said was
1T is 50 unus3a! for Il representa-
tive from Wisconsin to receive ap-
plausn in Republican convention
that thank yoa, although 60 not
agree with you.
\ later reference TO The McNary
IIaugcn bill brought Il sp1tter o.
applause from that farm element.
Platform Presented
\ >nappv march tuar followed
and then Moses stepped forward
pounding his glvcl fer order After
announcing the rules prevailing fol
debate, Mo",s recognized Senator
Spoot, head OF the platform com
mittrc, vii, pres ntcd the plat
fern.
The klcig lights were glaring, and
the galleries called for order as {
buzz of talk continued. The con
yeEtion settled down, and Smoo'
proceeded with the reading of til,
platform.
Moses weariad Of tA, interrupt
ions from the gallery, announced
that wluic 1.-The chair would rcgrcr
to use harsh measures. he woulC
be forced - turn thr vast army ot
Scrgcants at arms loose if order j,
Lot maintained.
This threat provoked a laugh bat
served for Il time to decrease the
aoisc on the floor. though it was
still evident the delegates were
treating the platform as 4
'fait accompii. Which didn' / re.
GUirr too raut attention.
Smith Makes Threat
smith was applauded mildly in
remote corners OF the room during
his speech but the convention seem
ed not vastly interested in his dis
course.
The farmers were now demanding
economic equality, he said, and
pointed out that averages Of stocks
quoted ON the New York Stock Ex.
change revealed a recent increase of
90 per cent. In agriculture, he said,
there had been a depreciation of 81
per cent not to mention the depre-
citation Of the soil and equipment.
smith delivered what many inter
preted as threat to the party.
"If You expect the support of
the Republican farmers of the great
western states, You are going to
face sqnarcly and fairly this ISSUE
hc warned.
We are through with general
statements. There is nothing more
in the platform reported by the ma
iority Of the committee than there
was in the 1924 platform. 1t is just
sympathy. We are looking for
something definite.'
Smith concluded his speech by
moving adoption of the minority re
port and requested a roll.
representative Frank Murphy of
Minnesota was recognized and
thanked the chairman for his cour-
tcSV.
He warned his audience mot TO
make any mistake about it - the
farmers are tremendously bitter -
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