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Show COMMITTEE OF 48 VOTES 10 LAG OR PARTY Non-Partisans and Single Tax-ers Tax-ers Also March into Con-vention Con-vention Hall. NATIONAL TICKET ONLY PROVIDED FOR Platform Favors Co-operative Stores; Democratic Manage-ment Manage-ment of Railroad Lines. 1 CHICAGO. July 13. With plans practically completed foe the for- ination of a new party cfnbrec- Ing all the minority, liberal and radical gronps, the Labor party and Committee of 18 went into II joitii sc n n tins afternoon. R' -.iiK'-. the- two prim Ipal groiix, the meeting was Joined bj tne Single raa part World War Veterans, Von-Pivrtlsan league and at viai other organlz- l lie clamor of a bras bnml vorkii!x at Inuh pre-nrt. the din '' feet, voices ami creaJkliig chairs, and the boom or flash- I liiu- marked the assemblage of the fusion convention. They ruled I the ball to it- farUiest corners snd i lie double- sets of suit,- standards wavering up and down trying to rind n at in a place, James IHiucan, Beottle LniHir-11 LniHir-11 , beld l be ,-aci. but Park-v P. t hi-i-i nscn, uic 18-er chairman, wa- given a rising demonstration a-, he caune ou tbt platform. The band placed -Hall, Hail the Gang's All Here ' When the .Mui-sclllaLc" was played the delegates sumhI and yelled cm til n was played out. i bree cheers for lebs and the wOrklng class," cried a voice from the gauery, The delegates avo H Wore than an Lour after the ESeSSlOn iva due to convene tilt; dele, i were -tin on tbcir feet i cheering H Pwo brass bands and a small L1 arm) of delegates armed with tin in i be l-av pauses there were . beers for Lal-tollette, Debs and the "working cia-.." CHICAGO. July 13. Amalgamation H of the principal groups attempting to form a new political party was at-i' at-i' d here today. The committee of -ted to : i.ab.w H party. A large Non-Partisan leagio group and a delegation q( Single Tax- H ; era marched into the Labor convention ' and announced they had decide J to The oommlttee of -13 delegates voted .ad in H , the report of their conference commit- H e "ii the stumbling blocks to the pro-posed pro-posed union. These points wore the. H Plumb plan and imposition of a single Pi ill 1C o KERS1IIP. Luring ila separate session. the H Committee of la voted to recommend H plaUorni plank for "public owner- H Ship and democratic control of lians- poi ration, including stockyards, large H nbbatolres, grain elevators, terminal houses, pipe lines and tanks.'' H Ihe "democratic control" by woikers and their representatives was a Labor H party demand. H IVlth the Forty-Eight convention on H record as agreeing to amalgamate this H afternoon the Labor, with Non-Parti- H I san leaguers end some Single Takers H official!) participating went ahead H bearing reports tor a short time and adjoin te d until this afternoon to hold the first Joint meeting with the Forty-Lighters. Before adjourning the Labor party session indicated that the new part) H planned to nominate presidential H tonight and that be state tickets in some H Evidence of the Labor convention's conciliatory mood was given by soy- H oral motions to give the conference LH committee a free hand." and to b i.-l effort in th direction of .is H Labor Spokesman argued '.I i their cause no harm to L.on H tlnue the negotiations since the Fortv H eighu rs had shown a genuine dlv H position and desire to get together " The convention was thrown into ail H uproar when Robert M Ruck. Chi H cago, chairman of the Labor resolu H 1 lions' commlttc made a motion that H credentials of the Forty -Lighters bi H honored ami the hall prepured for H joint convention. LH MOTION Is CHEERED. I The motion carried amid cheers and H on its heels a half hundred fan. A , delegutes irom the Forty-eight cox- arrived ami were sealed after H a tumultuous demonstration. H Tin- farmer delegates raised a Non-ParUsan Non-ParUsan league standard above their William Ri infer, a1 Non-Partlsiui leaguer from South Dakota, announced th,- farmers after spending five days looking over all the conventions In ties-i ties-i slon here, had decided their Interests "idehstcal with Labor." 'We have decided lo come over and 1 Stand wiih Labor, fight with Labor and V organise with Labor," Remfer said, The Single Taxers arrived on the heels ol ths farmers and endorsed the a ma 1 Kama tlon movement. NATIONAL TICKET ONLY. A national ticket only is provided ! for In the coming election by the re-pen re-pen of the Joint conterneee commit-' commit-' lees of the minority groups. Rut tin report explained, however, that where any of the parties had organized for State campaign, that organization I shall be the recognized state body for Mo- convention heard the resolu-lions resolu-lions committee report and nppioved IH (Continued u Pane Two,) iSeMlBHajw asbni mBmB HkHH sHCKnsSSHaTsVWBsHBBfl uu COMMITTEE 0E48 VOTES TO JOIN LAB 0RPARTY (Continued From 1'age One ) the plank on co-operative Stores, elec-! tion laws, enfranchising moratory I worker and a number of other resolutions. reso-lutions. Ini lulling: ltellef from 'starvation wage audi Inhuman treatment for the postal' employes, Sympathy for giugsne V. ieb and! Jim l,irkin. "martyrs to the cause." I'rinand for Immediate repeal of the Esoh-Cummlns' law and democratic management" of the railroads A committee recon-iinendatlon for a national committee Composed tit ; three member in each state, at leajit one Of whom mut be a woman aiis j adopted over protests of Non-Pnr lail league delegates and minora. T.TCy Objected on the ground that the Com-, mlttee of might ohtil.i majority of t he , committee. DIFFERENCES kx PL f v I ;r. Georse u Record. rndle r;-M Mu-lone. Mu-lone. Men McCurdv :nri c j Krnni " of N'ahtngton. appeared befor. ha '.-invention and Mr. Record explained! platform dlffereneee 'We feel that Senator Robert I-'ollette might not aeree to r in r. our candldstn if the ihlnrs sroro sll acoepted," Record said. Yells of no, no." and "this Is no time to talk about Candidates," interrupted him. fh'vi there was a counter-demonstration in favor of LaVoilette. Record read some of the ptSpkM agreed lo by the Korty-eightera and slslssssisslsssslsl ihe Labor men. Many delegates held a jubilee wnen R appeared thnt the-agreement the-agreement Included p!anks declaring for recognition by the United Ststo of Russian and lrmh governments, ' d carried the demonm ration furtho? when a plank declaring for a referendum referen-dum before war "except after an fict of s tuel t,,v asion.' Other agreed planks advocated "refusal "re-fusal to go to war with Mexico -U ttr. behest of Wull street' and a proposal for "Atnerlcanlsatlon of the faei.i courts by electing federal Judses f it four V'-arn, subject to rfrcill" When Rei ord read the capital levy plank of the Ijtboi platform, providing provid-ing for "graduated taxation upon fortunes for-tunes over ffl.OOU," thsre sraa i round of fipidauae. Then xan laiiKu'cr lv he SBhl thut the l"or(y-ei'htcrs had not "asssnted" to this. Record' ieport was Interrupted by n notification given to the COnVSnl that the labor inrt gathering "lau n -i derided for .iiiniiK-miution .'.r-rui.gements .'.r-rui.gements were immediately rn:i : . parade in sight-seeing liusea to th. othor convention ' Immediate repeal of the Est h Cummin' transportation act," read by Record as another agreed plonl. got cheers from the Porty-eightsrs. NIGHT SESSION LIVELY The radical fnctlon in the laboi convention threatened for several hours Iat nisht to break off negotiations negotia-tions with the "orty-olghters lmmodl-ateiv lmmodl-ateiv More conservative delcKitro however, stayed off the impending spilt by throwing tlolr support behind the ultimatum, Drm:lc eppesl for unlt b f'ran Oil Dillon, of Indiana and Dudley Field Malor.e, of New York, were credited with having turned the tide necinst the radical element. Malone I one of the Fortv-Elaht leaders and also a member of the Inbor partv BpeakCr After speaker In two hours of hectii i'r half asserted that th ir. telleetnals" leading the Forty-Elghters had no real control over the mas of their follower and that an appeal from the Labor partv- would lrln th privates of the Fort) -Eigh movement into the Ubor ranks. Delegate freely urged that the Labor La-bor partv 'forget all about the Forty-1 Fight leader ond go after the farmer' 'n their oonventlon." Tney ald th.i' 1 the farmer strength In the other I meeting had no real affinity with the 1 plutes and subtle, slick lawyers," -aho they asserted comprise the leadership of the Forty-Eight group Opposition of the conrence committee com-mittee nf Forty RlKhters to uso of the name 1-armer-Iibor as tho party designation des-ignation proved the first big stumbling stumb-ling block In the way of amalgamation, but they were under.-tood today to be in a conciliatory mood on thN question ques-tion Differences on the definition of "Pemocrutlo management of railroads and ensenflal Industries, governmental operation of which both partlc favor, arer not po easily compromise,-! Tho Labor party plan of operating: th" roads by official chosen from the Tanks of employes proved, in the conference con-ference already held, an Insurmountable Insurmounta-ble obstacle. While the Ivbor party debated the' qu Itlon Of Whethsr the Ivvtr had fir- jrlvsd for a definite break, the Forty-; Forty-; Fighter marked time with a continued contin-ued flow of oratory which, in both conventions, consumed the greater part of the day. PARTIAL PLATFORM Practical-! the only work accomplished accomp-lished by the Labor partv was to receive re-ceive and accept a partially completed platform from Its resolutions' committee. commit-tee. This Included recommendation' for comprehensive soldier relief legislation, legis-lation, both through a bonus and preference pre-ference In the distribution of rallros J lands In the west; und a formal Invitation Invi-tation to farmers' organizations to ally themselves With tho Labor party. Meanwhile, In tho third hall the Single Sin-gle Tax party was framing an appeal to Premier Lloyd George of Great Britain Bri-tain urging that his government adopt a single tax policy for PalcMtl.ie. The Single Taxers plan today to adopt a platform and possibly nominate a I presidential Candidate, The Joint conference to reconcile) H dlffeneoces between the committee of HH Forty-Eight and the Labor p;irtv broke up today with decision to place H ill the disputed points before of thf Bf i legates ! both conventions In open I I session. ME |