Evening Star Newspaper, July 6, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Unsettled weather today; tomorrow fair and elightly warmer; east twy Highest, 16 p.m. win, Full report on page 7. No. 1,006.—No. 29,286. gentle south- Temperature f8r twenty- hours ended at 10 p.m. last night: 76. at 4 p.m.; lowest, 65, at Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D C. he WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION Sundiy Star WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 6, 1924 —EIGHTY-SIX PAGES. CONFEREES DEADLOCK ON CHOICE OF MAN TO END CONVENTION JAM; DEFIES OUSTER THREAT McADOO First Efiy;t Hits Snag in Scope of Parley DIFFER | IN DARK HORSE RATINGS Useless Move, Is View of Some. Meet Today. By the Associated Press. . W YORK, July 5~—The con- ference of candidates’ managers, secking to devise some means of ending the deadlock in the Demo- cratic national convention, ad- journed tonight after four hours of debate without arriving at any con- clusions. The attempt will be re- newed tomorrow. At the outset the conference ran on a rock over whether the author- ized purposec of the conference was to devise a means of procedure in the convention which would per- mit of a nomination. The McAdoo representatives contended that it was. The anti-McAdoo coalition contended that it was not, but that the authorized purpose was to de- vise any means of ending the dead- lock, even to agreeing on recom- mendations for a nominee. Pass Disputed Point. Passing around. that controverted point, the discussion skirted the sub- Jject of possible compromises without anybody giving ground. The burden of the argument ad- vanced by the McAdoo people was: “Why should the leading candidate withdraw? Let the minority candi- date get out.” The substance of the reply of the anti-McAdoo coalition was: “We have demonstrated that you can mot get a two-thirds majority necessary to nominate. Withdraw or we will unite on a ticket which will stampede your tired and weary dele- gates away from their pledges.” The retort of the McAdoo managers was in substance: “Try i Ralston, Robinson Discusse The talk among the forces in the anti-McAdoo coalition centered again about Senator Robinson of Arkansas and Senator Ralston, Thomas Tag- gart's candidate. They described Senator Robinson as having made few enemies in the convention and having many friends. They described Senator Ralston as being capable of drawing strength from the McAdoo forces if a stampede should be attempted. In consider- ation of Senator Glass of Virginia, it developed that William Jennings Bryan did not look favorably upon him and that there was some doubt of his acceptability to the McAdoo people. supporters of John W. Davis claimed special consideration for their man on the ground that they had evi- dence that he was the second choice of more than two-thirds of the dele- gates_in the convention. The McAdoo people and Bryan, however, indicated that they preferred to discuss others than Mr. Davis. McAdoo Tried Compromise. Tt became known that very recently the McAdoo people, through interme- diaries, sought to compose the differ- ences with the Smith people by sound- ing them out on a vice presidential candidate. The name proposeéd was not satisfactory to the Smith people and the effort ended there. As midnight approachea the state of the proceedings was described by some of those who knew what was going on as having assumed the char- acteristics of “a debating society.” Some of those behind the scenes most interested in the outcome went 1o bed, believing that nothing tan- gible would be arrived at tonight and that the wrangle would be resumed tomorrow. Hull Issues Statement. This belief was substantiated in a statement issued by Cordell Hull, chairman of the Democratic national committee, at midnight when the ses- sion was adjourned. “So far the discussion has been only of a preliminary nature not getting down to a close discussion,”™ Mr. Hull's statement said. “There will be another meeting tomorrow when it is thought the discussion of tonight may bring the/ matter nearer t’o a head. “So far, the meeting has been good natured and temperate. Nothing con- crete has been taken up tonight. The whole meeting so far has been pre- liminary to ‘the meeting which will be held tomorrow afternoon, when, it is expected, some definite plan may be arrived at.” McAdoo Manager Defiant. David Ladd Rockwell, chairman of the McAdoo for President committee, after the conference issued the fol- lowing statement: “Any assertion that Mr. McAdoo had withdrawn or intends to withdraw from the race in which he is the out- standing candidate is malevolently false. Such lies are obviously uttered for political effect, Mr. McAdoo will McAdoo Won’t Quit; Absurd Party Is Facing Rockwell Say To Ask It, By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 5—William G. McAdoo Has no intention of withdrawing from the race for the Demoncratic presidential nomina- tion, David Ladd Rockwell, his campaign manager, anneunced to- tonight after the preliminary meeting of officials of the conven- tion to find ways and means of “It seems ludicrous, breaking the deadlock. Rockwell said, “to suggest that the high man, who has been the high man from the first to the seventy- seventh ballot, should be asked to withdraw.” Rockwell's statement was supported by other of the McAdoo lieutenants who either will represent McAdoo at the conference or be close at hand for consultation. “This conference was not put up to me.as one of the climi- nation of candidates,” Rockwell added. “The purpose is to lay down some broad principle of procedure that may offer some solu- tion of what appears to be a deadlock convention. “We have not a right to sit down and eliminate candidates. Likewise we are not meeting to d gates were sent here to do that. cal out the nomination. The dele- Rockwell said the McAdoo representatives would go into the conference with “an open mind” and without any “well defined plan” to put forward. Asked if McAdoo would be question. the convention until after there h: and McAdoo. from McAdoo votes that will go BOTH LEADERS SET FOR FIGHT 10 END “Compromise” Means “Sur- render” -and Each Feels Other Should Be Victim. CRISIS IS NOW AT CREST Even Elimination of Smith and McAdoo Not Likely to End Deadlock. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. NEW YORK, July 5.—The word “compromise” still means surrender. The idea which the Smith managers seem to have about the conferences in session tonight is that it will com- promise by selecting the New York Governor. And the notion which Judge Rockwell, manager for Mc- Adoo, has is that a candidate who has received 530 votes—more than any other—should not withdraw, but should be nominated. Thus with neither of the two lead- ing candidates convinced that victory is impossible, the deadlock continues unbroken, seventy-seven ballots ap- parently have not taught either side the meaning of compromise or sur- render. Party at Crisis. The Democratic party has reached a crisis not ulike that which divided it in civil war days. The issues raised at this convention are almost as irreconcilable as were those which grew out of slavery. The issue is not individuals, but religious prejudice. It is not principles but individual ambi- tions. Broadly speaking, - there are conservatives and progressives in the Democratic party, but no spokesman has defined the meaning of the terms in words which have made the delegates understand what it's all about. There is, too, a wet and dry fight. But at bottom the dissension here is due to the fact that one leading candidate is a Catholic and the other was given the support in the south of anti-Catholic organizations. There is a veto against the nomination of Smith and there's a veto against the selection of Willlam Gibbs McAdoo. It takes a two-thirds vote to nominate a candidate in a Democratic conven- tion and out of the total of 1,098 delegates the Smith men have more than one-third, which is enough to block any one from getting a tull two-thirds. The McAdoo men have nearly a majority of the convention. Together McAdoo and Smith control about 870 votes. The remaining. 228 are in effect controled by the Smith people in that the favorite son dele- gations have been persuaded to ob- struct McAdoo. But they also have been persuaded to prevent the nomi- nation of Smith. Neither Can Win. Neither of the two leaders ofn be nominated now. The selection of sither would only widen the breach in the party. But it may take another seventy-seven ballots to convince the two leading candidates that they ought to withdraw. ‘When tonight’s conference of the steering committes was called the popular bellef was that a candidate would be selected. Judge Rockwell, manager for McAdoo,' let it be known as he entered the session that his understanding of the jurisdiction of the conferemce was simply that it would devise a procedure and not se- lect a mominee. The delegates, how- ever, feel optimistic tonight, as they think the committes will really pick bound by any decision of the con- ference Rockwell said judgment would have to be reserved on that McAdoo's campaign manager said there could be no talk of one or the other of the leading candidates having a veto power on ad been a “run off” between Smith “There are candidates before the convention who have ddeloped no appreciable strength” he said, “and yet they are holding away to him. Until those votes are re- Icased there can be no talk of the veto power.” WADOO'S VITALITY UPSETS PROPHETS Time and Again He Recoups Fortunes in Balloting as Weak Ones Quit. SMITH HOLDS DOGGEDLY Delaware’s Loyalty Through 77 Roll Calls to Saulsbury Is Convention Feature. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Staff Correspondent of The Star. NEW YORK, July 5.—An analysis of the six days of balloting in the Democratic national convention for a nominee for President, reveals: 1. Great strength on the part of William G. McAdoo, although not to the extent that was claimed by his managers prior to the opening of the convention. 2. The ability of Gov. Al Smith of New York to place a veto on the aom- ination of Mr. McAdoo, aided by some of the so-called favorite son candi- dates—this, of course, under the op- eration of the two-thirds rule. 3. The failure of any of the so- called favorite sons or dark horses tq, show strength enough to break through the McAdoo and Smith de- fenses. 4. The impossibility of stampeding this convention for either of the two favorites, or for a third candidate. Predictions Miss Mark. When the convention closed this afternoon until Monday at 11 am. a total of seventy-seven ballots had been taken. These ballots tell the story of the strategy of the leaders, as well as the bare results of the vote. At opening of the convention the prediction was made on all sides that the two leaders for presidential hon- ors, McAdoo- and Smith, would soon kill each other off, and then the race would come between the dark horses, the men Who entered the convention with only a handful of votes. But this was a prediction which has not borne fruit. It was based on a hypothesis, which the McAdoo managers, at least, djd not consider sound. They made up their minds that if any of the horses in this race were to be killed off early, they should be the so-called dark horses. Their plan has been to trot 'em out and give them a run, believing all the time that the final showdown must come between their candidate and Gov. Smith. Dark Horses' Complaint. This rather brutal treatment of the dark horses has caused unkind comment. “Why,” it was asked, “couldn’t McAdoo and Smith be made to understand that they could nelther win and that, therefore, they should step aside and let the others fight it out?” The stubbornness on the part of McAdoo and his managers has re- sulted to date in the withdrawal— for the time at least—of the follow- ing favorite sons and smo-called dark horaes from the race: Senator Samuel M on of Indiana, former Gov. James M. Cox of Ohio, Gov. Silzer of New Jersey, Gov. Jonathan M. Davis of Kansas, Gov. Bryan of Nebraska, Gov. Brown of New Hampshire, for- mer Secretary of War Newton D. Baker of Ohio, Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, Senator Owen of Oklahoma. t may be that one or two of these Conginigd on Fage. 4. Cal l Disruption if Peace Fails. LEADERS MEET AS LAST RESORT Prejudices Continue to Run High as Delegates Wait. BY N. 0. MESSENGER, Staff Correspondent,of The Star. NEW YORK, July 5.—One ray of possible hope enlightened the chaos of today’s proceedings in the Demo- cratic national convention when a proposal was made and accepted late in the afternoon to adjourn until Monday, in order to afford a con- ference between the members of the national committee and representa- tives of the remaining candidates to see if some plan could be worked out by which an agreement could be reached for procedure which would offer some hope for breaking the tragic deadlock. It was realized that going along as it has been for six days, in fruit- less balloting, the convention is getting nowhere except deeper in the mire of hatred, political, religious and sectional. Delegates are near the point of exhaustion, physically and financially. Party Seen Suffering. Likewise they realize that the Democratic party is suffering dis- paragement, if, indeed, not approach- ing a menace of disruption which would Imperil party prospects in No- yember. The situation is becoming well nigh tragical. The national committee, which is the overlord of the party, became alarmed at the way thinga were golng throughout the earlier hours of the day. It was Quite evident from the votes that the two leading candidates were at each other’s throats Mr. McAdoo and Gov. Smith. MoAdoo had the superior number of votes on the last ballot of the day and Gov. Smith, with the allied opposition, had the power to veto a two-thirds majority. There the cards rested, face up on the table, patent to every beholder. In that emergency up spake Thomas Taggart, the In- diana leader, and proposed to “call” some of the hands thus displayed. His own candidate, Senator Ral- ston, in the interest of harmony and the breaking of the deadlock, had withdrawn; so had Gov. Cox of Ohio for the same motive and objective. Taggart suggested the, plan, which the convention unanimously adopted. Committee Acts Promptly. Immediately after adjournment the national committee met to take the first hurdle confronting them—the question of who should be invited into the conference. To go back to the events leading up to this procedure, which every one hoped would result in producing tangible results, the day had been devoted to balloting without avail, interspersed with consideration of several motions which failed of frui- tion. The convention was in des- peration ‘and turned to one device after another to extricate itself from its dilemma. A proposal was put forward to ad- journ the convention to Kansas City and, to July 21. A brief pariia- mentary tangle resulted over pro- cedure, the result of swift condem- nation of the project in some qua ters, and then the convention over- whelmingly voted it down. The dele- gates are “fed up” on conventions from every viewpoint and shudder at the prospect of another. Then it in a death grapple, | was proposed that the process of elimination of candidates be resort- ed to—that is to say, “dropping out the low man” until only two re- maining candidates be left from whom to choose. Vote Under Howse Rales. ‘That plan did not appeal to & ma- jority, for, mind you, these votes were being taken under the rules of (Continued on Page 4, Column 7.) Lo e R Bryun May Ask Convention Move 7 o To Washington By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 5.—Should the convention run far on into next week without a decision the move for ad- Journment' to another city may be revived. Mr. Bryan has drafted a resolution to move the proceedings to ‘Washington, and several other dele- Fates are considering proposals that ‘would permit the convention to hold its closing sessione elsewhere. A precedent for such a step was furnished by the Democratic con- vention of 1360, which after a pro- longed deadlock moved from Charles- ton to Baltimore and found there a solution of its difficulties. Among the places considered suit. able~for holding the convention in ‘Washington is Convention Hall, §th .. and: 35,000 SEE OPENING OF OLYMPIC GAMES Colorful Ceremonies Signal- ize Struggle of 2,000 of World’s Finest Athletes. 320 CARRY COLORS OF U. S. Great Ovation Given to Americans; Pershing and Other Nota- bles Present. | By the Associated Press. COLOMBES, France, July 5.—The eighth Olympic games of modern times were opened formally today with one of the greatest spectacies which have ever attended a gathering of nations from all parts of the world for the international athletic competition. The most colorful feature of the picturesque inaugural ceremony was a parade of nearly 2,000 of the finest specimens of manhood and woman- hood ever gathered together, who circled the track before 35,000 spec- tators in the magnificent Colombes Stadium, in which the actual com- petition for the track and field champlonship will begin tomorrow. The United States, with the largest delegation of any of the forty-five nations participating, oc- cupled a prominent part in the cere- mony, which was brought to a dra- matic conclusion when, on the echoes of the voice of President Doumergue of France, declaring the games officially opened, came the booming of canmon. Hundreds of carrier pigeons were released, while airplanes zoomed overhead and four French military bands added their martial strains to the enthusiastic plaudits of the multitude. Pledged te Fair Play. Picturesque, too, was the formal taking of the Olymplic oath on behalf of the entire body of athletes by the veteran French hurdler, Georges Andre, who voiced the ideals of the games and pledged the participants to sportsmanship and fair play. For more than a half hour after the opening formalities, when high Olympic officials and dignitaries of many nations occupied places in the official tribune and in the stands, the stalwart representatives of the various nations paraded about the (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) TWO HELD IN PROBE OF NOTE TO SENATOR George Peek and Son Clarence Re- arrested—Letter Asked Medill McCormick for M,OV). By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 5—George Peek, forty-nine years old, and his eon Clarence, twenty-four years old, farm hands, who came to Illinois from Asheville, N. C., are held tonight in the Winnébago county jail on charges of attempted extortion in connection with the sending of ‘a let- ter to Senator Medill McCormick and his wife demanding $50,000. Their hearing has been continued until next Thursday. The Peeks were taken into custody several days ago, when Mrs. McCor- mick first reported to the authorities receipt of the letter which made no threats but simply asked that $50,000 be placed in a culvert a short dis- tance from the McCormicks' home, near Byron, Ill. They were seized by private detectives, who placed a de- coy package in the!culvert, but were freed when they gavo a plausible ex- planation. Federal authorities then started an vestigation and the two suspects again were seized. A. E. Germer, chief postal inspector here, sald-he doubted whether the federal author- ities could take action, as no threats were made in the letter. He ex- pected to confer with Edwia Olson, United States district . £ os VL I T SITTING PRETTY. TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—28 Pages, General News—Local, National, For. eign. Democratic 1, 3 and 4. Progressive Convention News—Pages 1 and 5. . Radio News—Pages 20 and 21. Maryland and Virginia News—Pages 24 and 25. Convention News—Pages PART TWO—16 Pages. Editorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Society. Tales of Well Known Folks—Page 10. News of the Clubs—Page 11. D. A. R. Activities—Page 11. Reviews of New Books—Page 12. rl Scouts—Page 12. Veterans of the Great War—Page 13. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 14, The Civilian Army—Page 14. Around the City—Page 15. Boy Scouts—Page 15. PART THREE—S$ Pages. Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- play. Serlal—*"Rippling Ruby”’—Page 2. Music in Washington—Page 4. Army and, Navy News—Page 4. Motors and Motoring—Pages 5 to 7. PART FOUR—4 Pages. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—$ Pages. Magazine Section—Fiction and Fea- tures. The Rambler—Page 3. PART SIX—10 Pages. Classified Advertising. Fraternities—Page 7. Financial News—Pages 8 and 9. Spanish War Veterans—Page 12. GRAPHIC SECTION—S Pages. World Events in Pictures. COMIC SECTION—4 Pages. Mr. Straphanger; Ren'lar Fellers; and Mrs.; Mutt and Jeff. NEWSBOYS TRAPPED IN STEAMSHIP FIRE Five Members of Boy Band on Excursion Believed Lost on Three Rivers. Mr. By the Associated Press. - BALTIMORE, % Md., July &—Two negroes and a negress are known to have lost their lives and a fourth negro, a deck hand, is thought to have perished in a fire which destroyed the steamer Three Rivers, while bound from Crisfield, Md. for Baltimore, oft Cove Point, Chesapeake Bay, early to- day. Five youths, members of the Baltimore Evening Sun’s Newsboys Band, are missing and it is believed they were lost. They are Nelson A. Miles, Lestor 8. Eligman, Ashby Pil- cher, Vernon Jefferson and Walter Mul- lizen. Their ages range from fourteen to seventeen years. The known dead (all negroes) are James Mack and Evelyn Parker, pas- sengers, of Baltimore, and Elijah Brogden, pantryman on the steamer. Brogden was alive when taken from the water, but died soon afterward. The body of Evelyn Parker was re- covered. Survivors Browght Back. All the survivors, approximately ninety, of whom fifty-four were thi remaining members of the newsboys' band, were brought to Baltimore by the steamer Middlesex, which had gone to the assistance of the burning steamer, together with several other craft, at- tracted to the scene by the blaze. Scenes of terror which began as soon as the alarm was given con- tinuued for more than half an hour, until all the survivors had been picked up by the rescuing vessels. Almost from the beginning of the conflagation dense smoke filled the vessel and poured along the decks, threatening death from asphyxiation. Capt. Spencer D. Hall sald the first SON OF PRESIENT GOES UNDER KNFE Operation to Arrest Attack of Septic Poisoning De- clared Successful. CONDITION STILL SERIOUS Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge Remain at Walter Reed Hospital All Night, An operation described as success- ful was performed upon Calvin Cool- idge, jr, sixteen-year-old son of President and Mrs. Coolidge, at Wal- ter Reed Hospital last night, in an attempt to arrest the course of an at- tack of septic poisoning. One of the physicians said, “We ac- complished all that we expected.” The physicians came out of con- ference without issuing any formal statement, and an hour after the op- eration most of them left. The Presi- dent and Mrs. Coolidge, however, de- cided to remain at the hospital throughout the night. Condition Still Critieal. They desired to remain at the hos- pital, it was understood, because the condition of their son still was criti- cal. The operation was said to have re- vealed ostemyelitis, or an inflamma- tion of the bone marrow of the lower left leg. Blood poisoning set in from a broken blister on the right foot during a tennis match last Monday. The operation was decided upon at a consultation of physicians early last evening, the third of the day. It was their belief, it was said, that the poison in the system had cen- tralized sufficiently to warrant an effort at draining it from the body before the youth's strength was fur- ther wasted in fighting the infection. Parents At Side. President and Mrs. Coolidge re- mained across the hall from the op- erating room during the ordeal, but as soon as it was over Mrs. Coolidge went to the bedside, and a 'few min- utes later the President joined her and stood by the bed for a few min- utes. The physicians remained in corfer- ence for some time after the opera- tion, those. in attendance including Dr. John B. Deaver, Philadelphia sur- geon, and Dr. John A. Kolmer, blood speclalist, also of Philadelphia; Maj. James F. Coupal and Lieut. Com- marder Joel T. Boone, White House physicians; Dr. Charles W. Richard- son of Washington and Col. W. L. Keller, commandant of the hospital. Another physicians’ consultation will be held at 8 o'clock this morning. Forced to Use Kaife. The trip to the hospital was made in an army ambulance and the patient stood the journey of several miles in good shape. The operation con- sisted of incisions at the point where the infection has been localized, and (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) —— U. S. DESTROYER AGROUND Hole Stove in Bow When Brooks Hits Portemouth Ledge in Fog. PORTSMOUTH, N. H., July 5.—The United . States destroyer Brooks, bound from Belfast, Me.. to Ports mouth for fuel, went aground on Fort Constitution Ledge, east of New Castle Harbor, late today. A bad hole was stove in her port bow and the forward compartment was flood- ed. The accident occurred in a dense fog. apparently while the vessel was attempting to enter Portsmouth Har- bor. No injuries were reported. Two navy yard tugs, the Penna- cook and the David, weré standing by tonight. An effort will be made to get the destroyer off the ledge at high tide early tomorrow morning. The bow of ‘thé craft was high on the ledge, within fifteen feet of the Portsmoyth Harbor lighthouse and bell, and hef stern was down. The destroyer Is commanded by Lieut. Commander Parker, “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and and m’::'ill start m‘%. = homes at FIVE CENTS. LA FOLLETTE HEADS PROGRESSIVE RACE ON OWN PLATFORM Wisconsin Senator Indon:sed at Cleveland With All Factions United. CANDIDATES TO CARRY STANDARD OF NO PARTY Plank Adopted for Government Railroad Ownership and Court Dominance Scored. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, July 5.—After indors- ing Robert M. La Follette as a presi- dential candidate and providing for the organization of a new political party next January, the conference for progressive political action wound up its convention early tonight. The conference empowered its na- tional committee to select a vice presidential candidate after confer- ence with the “La Follette for Presi- dent committee. La Follette was indorsed as a can- didate on his own platform. The convention then adopted for itself 4 platform embodying the ideas con- |tained in the Wisconsin document and in the statement of principles issued at the St. Louis session of the conference last February. The final day of the gathering worked out strictly according to plans of the leaders and without ap- preciable opposition. But just before adjournment, some of the delegatem dazed by the rapidity of events, had to be assv.¢d by the chair that La Follette kctually had been “nom- inated” ard that definite provision had been made for the mew party. Abserce of Demonstration. The confhsion arose from the fact that the regort of the committee on organization recommended this action, and g¢hat no separate motion on dorsement was offered. The report itself was adopted without a dis- senting vote, but the significance of this action did not dawn on either delegates or galleries and there was a total absence ®f demonstration. Repeatedly today, as yesterday, the |name “La Follette” was the signal for an outburst ot cheering and ap- plause. Yet the calmination of the *onvention’s work, coming in the form of a committee recommendation, did not draw even a pattering of hand- claps. 2 All elements in the convention were intent on showing they were back of La Follette's candidacy. After losing a fight before the organiza- tion committee for immediate forma- tion of a mew party, the Socialists, led by Morris Hilquitt of New York, were the first to second the indorse- ment report. The Farmer-Labor pady element, which backed Parley Chrisitansen in the 1920 campaign, and which also had urged the “third party idea,” then rallied to the support of La Follette as an independent, Abraham Lefko- witz, New York, being the spokes- man in- Asks Support of Women. Speaking for the women of the convention, Mrs. Harriot Stanton Blatch, daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, pre-civil-war suffrage ad- vocate, urged all members of her sex to work for the election of the Wi consin senator. The railroad brotherhoods and other trades union delegates spoke through the chairman of the com- mittee, E. J. Manion, president of the railway telegraphers, and reinforced his word with a mighty “aye” when the report was adopted. No sooner was the convention end- ed than the national committee and the state delegation groups gathered to plan for the campaign. The con- vention decided to rely upon popular subscriptions for its campaign fund and tonight's meetings were calcu- lated to get machinery under way for circulating La Follette ballot pe- titions and to collect money. Nelson to Direct. National campaign headquarters probably will be established in Chi- cago. It was explained that liaison could readily be maintained there with Representative John M. Nelson of Wisconsin, who will be La Fol- lette's personal campaign manager, directing his activities from Chicago. By the national organization com- mittee report the national committee was continued in office, directed to enlarge its membership to at least fifty and empowered to act as a cam- paign committee. It is to direct the conference ac- tivities not only on the national ticket, but also was ordered to co- operate for the election of Congress, state legislatures and other offices of aN candidates “pledged to the interests of the producing classes and to tile principles of genuine democ- racy in government.” The committee was definitely in- structed to meet and organize for the campaign on July 18 and report by November 29, to issue a call for the January “new party convention.” Plan of New Party. “The object of this convention,” sald the report, “shall be to consider and pass upon the question of form- ing a permanent independent politi- cal party for national and local elec- tions, upon the basis of the general principle laid down in the platform adopted by this convention and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the convention.” Dplatform