The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-09-10
REAL WHITE HOUSE
IS IN WALL Street,
Says CHRISTENSEN
Cox or Harding Winning, Elec-
ton Will Be Bought
and Paid For"

''You may think that I ought 70 be
out West chopping wood" declared
Farley Parker Christensen. candidate
for the Presidency on the Farmer
Labor ticket, as he boarded the
Twentieth Century. but I'm getting
ready to move into the White
House."
The Evening World reporter hrst
saw Mr.. Christensen pronounce It
'Thrislian-son') at the Hotel VOL
colt. He was stretched out comfort
ably in an armchair smoking O cigar,
when he rose to greet his visitor.
Christensen makes one think of a
Viking. He Is well over six feet tall
and built like q Dempsey. His thick
blond hair, rugged though cheerful
face, keen blue eyes which always
seem to be fixed intently, his firm
lips which become compressed after
he has emphasized a point-all give
him that abstract attribute which the
magazine ad writer's call personal
magnetism" He is forceful. deliber-
ate, eager to explain.
He wore a light gray suit, and his
Moving white necktie was held in
place by white scarf-pin. Beside
him, on the table, lay that large gray
delt hat with its tiny white band
which appears in most of his news
paper photographs.
I've been looking over New York.
and. more particularly, wall Street"
he declared, and in answer to ques-
tons, went on: "And find that while
my ticket and my platform are vital
TO the farmers OF the Middle West, I
they are still more vital to the peo-
pie Of this state. Did you ever read
my PLATFORM"
He turned sharply 10 the reporter,
and without waiting for an answer,
said, Most people here haven't And
that's the trouble. That's where Wall
Street comes in. That's why, whether
it's Harding or Cox, the result will
be the same, an election bought and
paid for"
You say, bought and paid for"
interrupted the interviewer "HOw
can any party buy your vote or mine
in this State? II your party has the
same appeal, why can't you get as
many votes in New York as you say
you are going to in the Middle West?"
'If l had the money behind me, 1
would get your vote and the next
mans in New York l wouldn't buy
IL outright. ! would use the news
paper columns, the billboards; I
would hold great meetings, l would
tell of my platform and I would etiu-
cate. Then l would be elected Presi-
dent OF the United States without
bit Of trouble. But do you suppose
Wall Street wants me in? They don't.
And as they don't care whether its
Harding or Cox-and they will get q
return on their investment tust the
same-they think they can't very well
lose"
- whats the matter with Wall
Street? Is II not necessary to have
Dig business to have a money ex-
change centre, 20 have great sums Of
money? Would Wall street be diff
terent II 1t We're in South Dakota and
governed by the Farmer-Labor
PRrty?"
The trouble with Wall Street" he
said, Is not the money. II is the credit.
the vast credit, which enables it to
control everything, to squeeze out the
undesirabes. Big business and my
party could get along together II big
business behaved. Instead OF money
being all powerful now, credit is the
thing that counts, and that Is why
Wall Street Is the real White House"
The candidate then explained his
platform briefly, stating that the
economic phases were too complex to
be hastily discussed. He wanted the
workers 10 have an equal share in
the government of his five classes Of
utilities, ranging from railroads to
agriculture. The worker put as much
OF himself in as the executive, there
fore he should have something to say.
Then, switching suddenly from the
abstract, he pointed his finger and
said: And here is how II would af-
rect you as newspaper man." and
he explained in detail. He was not
only apparently familiar with his own
subject, but he also mentioned
sticks" "slugs" and other matters
pertaining to the journalistic print
shops. That facility for adjusting
the abstract to the individual was al
least unique,
Mr.. Christensen declared that his
was not socialistic party "any more
than anything else that is new and
tends to reform" II was construc-
tive, he said. And On answer To a
question he replied definitely: 1--WE
wish to remedy present conditions,
not to change the initial foundations
and traditions on which the United
States were founded. Moreover" he
said, with a smile, when II comes to
waving Old Glory youth find that
the Farmer-Labor Party will give 1t
new lustre."
The, candidate says he does not ad-
vocate' violence or coercion. His as
pirations are purely political. Instead
Of making a radical, definite platform
and then fighting for that he pre-
ferred to outline his aims and put
them into effect according TO the needs
OF the occasion when he was in power,
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