Show a 1 L err I 4 I T I flA FLAYS O t Ui PARTI PATES Liberal Convention at Chicago Opened by Strong Attack Both Same Charge i CHICAGO July 10 Parley 10 Parley P P. P Christensen of Salt Lake City Utah was named for permanent chairman of the third party convention in tho the report of the committee on permanent organization organisation Frank Stevens of Delaware was named secretary and Mrs Ina P. P Williams of Washington Washing Washing- ton state was selected for assistant secretary The report of the committee was made following the keynote speech of Allan McCurdy of New York which was received with enthusiasm The convention t then en adjourned until 6 b p p. p m. m CHICAGO CHICAGO July The 0 x V-x Republican and Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic parties were denounced as U the the right and left wing of the same bird of prey at the opening of at a proposed third party national convention here to to- to day Sounding the l keynote of ot the as as- as called together by th the Committee of at Forty eight It to adopt a D. platform and place in the field feld another set of ot candidates for foi t I presidency and Vice presidency Allen McCurdy temporary chairman chaIrman chairman chair chaIr- man charged that the two big par- par tics had evaded paramount domestic domes dorneR- tic issues at a a. time when what the country needs is fewer laws antmore ant and more freedom Rap Special Privilege The abolition of ot special privilege Mr 1011 McCurdy said was the Iss issue e e around which the new party would appeal to the voters n November He said the party purposed effecting ef effecting ef- ef that end through removing the sources from which privilege derives Its power To accomplish this purpose he declared It proposes public ownership ownership own own- of oC transportation and of or the principal basic resources of ot the country countr and declares that all land held out of oC use uso for tor speculation should bo be forced into use uso b by taxa taxa- tion Old Parties Revealed Consider the tho actual actual conditions condition under Mch Ich Ich we Wc meet After years of oC secret slavery the Republican party and land tho the Democratic party como come Into tho open and reveal themselves to themselves and to the nation as nothing but the right wing and the left wing winE of the same bird of at prey pre It is no longer possible pos poe sible for tor allY ay one ono even to pretend that there thero Is any difference on an any Issue between them There Is not nota a a. word in either cither of their platforms that might not have been written and unanimously indorsed by a a. convention exclusively composed of ot corporation lawyers and Wallstreet Wallstreet Wall Van street bankers Tho The only difference difference differ differ- ence these platforms as some one has remarked is a difference difference dif dif- ference in tho the number of words used to say nothing Confronted b by the gravest crisis In the history history his his- tor tory of civilization civilisation the they have havo demonstrated even to their own adherents that the they are aro without the vision of at statesmanship the courage of ot leadership or the conviction conviction conviction con con- of ot patriotism Republicans Bid Bold Tho The Republican bid Is bold It reads out of at its Iti councils every man and woman who ever stood for any form torm of at human rights adopts a platform that evades o equivocates or straddles every living issue paved the way for tor war by which In exchange for tor the lives and treasures treasures treas treas- ures urea of or the tho people Mexican oil all shall be delivered to the interests Indorses the infamous Esch-Cum- Esch mine bill over the protests of farmers farm tann- farmers ers workers and Informed citizens and consistently crowns its Ita work by nominating as candidate for tor the presidency of ot the United States in inthe Inthe Inthe the year ear 1920 a proven steady wheel-horse wheel politician guaranteed to stand without hitching who learned all the politics he ever over learned in the satisfactory and thorough school of Marcus A. A Hanna lIanna Han Han- na and Joseph B. B Foraker wa way back in the golden ago marked by bytho bythe bytho tho the Standard Oil scandals Thus stands the party of at Abraham Lincoln Lin Lir coln coIn in tho last days of ot its decadent decadent decadent deca deca- dent faithlessness naked and unashamed unashamed unashamed un un- ashamed In Its servile service of ot a greedy plutocracy DEMOCRATS BRAZEN The Democratic bid is It more than bold it is brazen With Ith mild reservations it not only claims a partisan credit which belongs to the whole nation for fighting and Continued on page paso 2 2 2 f KEYNOTER Continued from page paso 1 1 winnIng the war but it declares that it administered tho the conduct cf ef that thal thalar war ar without t the taint of ot scandal And the ghosts of Hog island and aircraft and shipbuilding ing and cantonment nt constructions construction and nitrate plant appropriations are still stalking through the land Scandal Is It no scandal that inthe in inthe the year ear 1917 the year ear of ot supreme sacrifice when our boys bos were fightIng fightIng fight fight- Ing and sacrificing to to buy Liberty bonds that the United States Steel corporation made net earnings earnings' of ot or more than it Its total capital stock What can we call that orl orgy of war nr profiteering prof Rearing b by a n set et of ot the most un unscrupulous un- un scrupulous scoundrels who ever fattened out of ot the necessities and I the miseries of ot a great Ireat nation at war var Shall we acknowledge that i scandal Is im too lighta t word and sa say with Senator Capper If It this be benot benot not grand larceny in daytime I do clo donot not flot know what else we should call cali Il It Even en so o the scandal remains for or such profiteering W was 8 never prosecuted by the persecuting at attorney attorney nt- nt torney general enera Not Nor Is la this all 1 There are some I crimes which b by their sheer I el cry become sublime Failure to protect protect pro pro- ted a people agaInst profiteering In time limo of oC war wal might bo be tor h n but to bre break k the faith ralth of ot a whole nation can not be forgiven Palmer Denounced The Republican party would lead leadus UH us back to the bondage of or Marcus Hanna lIanna Not to be outbid the Democratic Demo Demo- cratic party through Its Indorsement Indorsement Indorse Indorse- ment meat of or the administration of or A. A Mitchell P Palmer would lead us back to the days of oC Philip K It of or Spain Ch Charles I of England tho the unspeakable unspeakable unspeakable able of oC Austria and anti cause their Inquisitions secret po po- po- po uc lice spies espionage o agents pro- pro star alar chamber proceedings proceeding arrests without warrants arrants private prisons Illegal detentions and ad administrative ad- ad Justice to supplant l nt the methods provided b by the tho bill of rights which ha has been the bulwark of oC Saxon Anglo freedom for nine centuries To such Buch depth of ot wilt will and performance has the e party of oC Thomas Thom Thom- Bit as Jefferson descended Nation Shocked Such are arc the conditions under which we e are arc In convention 3 assem assem- sem- sem bled The whole country Is la shocked by ly tho action of ot these two to major parties The Tho truth I If Iq out at last Both oth parties have havo surrendered UnI Unconditionally unconditionally un Un- conditionally to J privilege and re- re I action Thousands are agreed with us today for every ono one who agreed screed with us In Iii January January- The vast 1 put ma- of ot tho the electorate realize that i no matter whether the Republican lor or the Democratic party wins the people lose The necessity for tor the thi Abolition of ot privilege was WIlS never nover so 80 ImperatIve e as It l Is 18 today Economic Action Therefore that platform which Is submitted as the basis of oC the tho de de- de liberations of oC this thle convention has hns a a. most rOost serious claim to our Ion tion Not only Is la It a Il short hort platform but It Is single minded In tn its Ita devotion devo o. tion Uon to one determination It declares declares de de- de- de clares dares that the principal cause use of or the distress of ot the pe pepie is economic In Its nature and can be removed only by economic action Every ery word wordIn In It says a the same thin timIng thing Abolish economic privilege A government controlled d by privIlege can any political reform to Its ln own own Wes Po- Po I HUcal reforms must mus wait maim unit the thc I i abuses of at privilege are destroyed by bythe bythe bythe the abolition of ot privilege Destroy Monopoly B By destroying monopoly In transportation transportation transportation trans trans- and tho the basic industries all private industries would be placed place beyond the tho possibility of oC state con con- The ensuing campaign 1 would revive time the confidence of oC this entire people In political l action netlon directed against nil t economic power Faith In Inthe inthe the tho ballot bailot would return Principles not men would dominate a national campaign To raise the cr cry to summon the people people- Is our solemn responsibility and our sacred duty Can wo we do It Can wo we come together ourselves We Ve can and we wo will if Ir throughout all allour allour n nour our deliberations we maintain our conviction that what America needs today la lis not more laws but more liberty and that given hen freedom the American men and women omen may safely be bo trusted to work out dut ut their own salvation That freedom let us Insist first last midst midat and without end can only be given to the Amen Ameri American can people b- b by tho the Abolition of ot economic economic economic eco eco- privilege ge Tho The convention was to have convened convened convened con con- at 10 0 o'clock but it was n an n hour later before belore the time delegates be- be gazi filing tiling Into the flag draped hall ball to tho playing by an orchestra or Sown's Sousas Stare Forever Many MalY Women PresentS A survey Bunor of ot th the delegates doles showed that at least one-fourth one of ot their number were women Until the convention convention con con- was WIlS called to order the delegates delegates dele dele- gates gathered In groups about tho the various state banners bannera holding In Informal In In- formal discussions of oC the party's affairs af BC at- at fairs and booming the candidates of oC their choice The Rev nev Noble S. S Elderkin of oC the Park lark Ridge e Community church Chicago Chi Cht- cago red delivered tho the Invocation Give GI us the courage of oC those of Ion long ago 10 ho hn prayed Load us out In u. u new lIew spirit a i 1 ne new hope tl J with a a. holler ambition than men have o dreamed e. e f |