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Show HEW PARTY ! M ENTER LISTS FOR WIGHT Sentiment Among "Lib-; erals" in Politics in' Washington Is Being Sounded by Leaders. Supposed to Have Sup-i port of Opponents of; Dry Amendment; Utah Senator Approached. : By Universal Service. I WASHINGTON, March 13. A brand . new political party to be known as the; "Liberty party" is preparing to make its! debut in the next presidential campaign i according to advance agents who have In- terviewed members of congress here. It i will .seek to nominate candidates in op- j position to both the Republican and Dem- j ocratic nominees. j faeveral senators and members of ccn- grers stated today that they, had . been approached by persons interested in the formation of the new party. Who the active ac-tive sponsors are was not disclosed. The purpose of the new political organization,-it is stated, will be to combat the j tendency toward the centralization of j power in the federal government and to preserve the individual powers of the states. HINT THAT "WETS" ARE BEHIND MOVEMENT. It was intimated by several of those who were approached on the subject that the movement was- originated by the ! "wet" organizations for the purpose of fighting prohibition. This suggestion wag denied by those who acted as the new party's agents. It was admitted, hew- , ever, that opponents of prohibition might' find the party a welcome refugo after the nation has gone dry and that inclusion of all the supposedly liberal elements might tako in the "wet"' following. Senator. King of Utah was one of thobe whose participation in tho organization of the now party was solicited; He discussed the subject fur several hours, although he explained that he had not been convinced there is any reason for leaving the Democratic Demo-cratic party. The objects sought by those who propose pro-pose the new party, as stated by Senator Kins? today are as follows: SENATOR KING TELLS OF RECENT OVERTURES. "A few days ago a man came to me mid talked-at considerable length about forming a new parly. He said he came from New Tori; and lhat some preliminary discussion has taken place there about the subject. I don't recall his name nor just what his connections were. Ho told . me he had discussed the subject with a number num-ber of other members of congress. "As it was explained to me. the proposed pro-posed party was to be a protest against Die manifest ; centralization of authority in the federal government; it was to oppose op-pose the policy of paternalism as expressed in the tendency to . enact laws taking powers awa.y from tho several s:atcs and lodging oh" the authority in the national na-tional government. . "Although It was expressly stated to (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) NEW PABTY MAY- ENTER LISTS FOR 1820 FIGHT (Continued from Page One.) ine that tho movement v.as not In the interest of the liquor business and that it ilM nut have, ihe backing -of the wets, ihe laws hy the -United ritat.es : against the une of liquor and regulatory measures of that kind in general were cited a evidences' of the tendency to centralize" power lute in "Washington. The agitation lor an i-i.tlioLaceo law and things of that kind were a I no given as one -reason why a strong national v&rty should be formed to eoniUit all these tendencies and to keep the powers of government in the hands of tho people. "To my mind on of the greatest problems prob-lems in the country today is that of stemming stem-ming the tide toward centralization. You can't t;ike tlu. hlood away from the feet and send tt'all to the head without making mak-ing the feet suffer.- And bo the people will sui'fer 1f ntl tin power is taken away troni -them and lodged in Washington.. As 1 understand it, this Is- the purpose in view which is actuating the formation, of a Liberty party. I have no means of knowing how fur the organization has gone nor what strength it may have -behind it." COURT RULES TODAY - ON QUASHING MOTION "WICHITA, ''Kan. j March -13. All of the second clay of the trial in the federal court here of thirty-two alleged X. "W. "W; memhers, who are charged with violating the espionage act, was spent by counsel for both sides .in arguing whether- the indictments should be quashed, and on motions presented by the defense, seeking seek-ing to compel the -government to return documents and papers seized at the time the defendants were arrested sixteen months ago. The prospective jurors, selected yesterday, yester-day, were dismissed until 10 . o'clock tomorrow to-morrow morning, and it is not expected that a ruling on the motions will be given before that time, If Judge PoUoclc should hold that the letters and records were wrongfully taken from the prisoners, . his ruling would automatically quash the indictments. In that'., event, . the. government probably would rearrest the. accused men and hold them for trial at the next term of court. |