Show HAS ECONOMIC progressive PARTY HOLDS ROUSING CLEVE LAND OHIO support to be pledged to la follette as leader though not As can didace of a third party cleveland 0 0 A platform of 0 econ amic reform calling tor for further farm aid and greater recognition on of the claims of labor has been drawn tor for nl adoption option by the progressive convention which july ath launched its counter campaign against the two major political parties the convention of 1000 delegates representing progressive groups in every stole state plans it is learned to permit per in it senator robert M la follette its candidate a free rela rein in his race rac e against the democratic and republican candidates leaders guided by his wishes plan merely to endorse lim him whole heartedly as an independent and not as him up as a distinct third party candidate the united press Is au thorit ively informed A telegram asking la follette to express his wish in an open letter tor for reading before the convention was forwarded to lim him in washington by william IT II johnston machinists union leader and chairman of the convention johnston delivered ills his keynote speech at tile the opening session the I 1 K K X K issue which split the democratic convention will not even be mentioned and the entire platform will deal exclusively with a demand tor for economic reformation the program of legi legislation lation for which the progressives progress ives fought in the last congress will be embodied in the declaration of principles it will almost completely coincide with the platform offered by representative cooper of wisconsin as the me minor ky kr reported to republican convention here in june william allen alien cooper the wisconsin congressman congress onam who presented the la follette substitute platform at the republican convention and was roundly booed bloed was asked to appear before the progressive convention |