Evening star., 1920-07-15
'48ERS' BOLT THIRD
PARTY AND RESUME
THEIR CONVENTION
Christensen and Hayes
Nominees of Farmer
Labor Group.
PLATFORM ADOPTED HAS
MANY RADICAL PLANKS
La Toilette Refuses to Be Candl-
date-Many Delegates De-
sert Session.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 15.-Members of the
committee of forty-eight bolting the
farmer-labor party. yoted this morn
ing to stay in session all day to COM
plete their work. No program or
forecast of this work was announced.
At the time of this decision the
conference had not assured itself OF
its status. ]. A. H Hopkins, chair
man of the committee of forty-eight.
presiding, told the delegates he could
not answer what the technical po-
sition of the committe was.
Apparently proceeding on the e4-
pectation that the committee pre-
served it's entity, Chairman Hopkins
proposed that it might either operate
in similar manner to the Nom
Partisan League, indorsing candl,
dates, or it might select a name, and
where the members of the committee
chose they could run their ticket
under this name.
In the debate following Richard
Potts of Texas announced that he
got everything he wanted" at the
farmer-labor convention and led q.
bolt from the hall
will you support US If we nomi-
nate La Toilette and W. J. Bryan
herew Potts was asked.
mo. / won't" Potts retorted on his
way out. christensen is better"
Christensen Mt Meeting.
Farley p Christensen, the farmer
labor nominee for President, was in
the hall as a spectator, but he with
drew.
= During the debate Chairman Hop
kins suggested that the committee OF
forty-eight retain it's existence as a
political organization without ma
tional ticket, but remaining active in
local and state matters.
Gilbert E. Roe of New York, former
law partner Of Senator La Toilette,
who represented the latter in the new
party activities. was asked to speak.
I've had great encouragement from
days" Roe said. I'VE tried the ex-
pertinent OF getting midile-c1ass peo-
pie in touch with the labor class, and
though il hasn't worked we'll it hasn't
Labor is inioler>nt; the rest Of us
are intolerant. They swallowed up
everybody else, because they had a
plan and group which worked to-
gether. That was inevitable. I don't
see why We should fly on in opposite
directions and go to lighting each
other now. We belong together.
Senator La Toilette was asked to
become a candidate upon a platform
which contained some things of which
y,
careful man, he could not accept, and
think even the labor men will respect
his stand"
Drafted. Says Christensen.
Farley p. Christensen, the fusion
nominee for President, came back to
the forty-eighters. and interrupted
Roe.
7 was drafted for the farmer-labor
party" he said. You and 1 wanted
Senator La Toilette. Understand. if
by any means you can now get him. I
am not in your way"
There was a demonstration
Il am not going to prove dis1oyal,
untruthful. unfaithful, especially not
to the workingmen who nominated me, -
Christensen declared. eff you can do
anything to get him, count me out"
He then left the hall.
Here was the mistake" continued
Roe. Each side on the conference
did not try to see how much it could
surrender to get on a common ground
but each tried to see how much of its
own dogma and doctrine it could get
the other side to adopt"
Chairman Hopkins interrupted Mr.
Roe to urge the members of the COM
mittee of forty;efght to stay through
the day to accomplish intelligent re-
suits. The committee voted to stay
with rising vote.
Can't Make Class Party.
"You can never make a class party
in this country and have it amount to
anything" said MIR. Roe. reaching
what he characterized as the ''funda-
mental mistake" of the labor party
people. You can never build up a
labor party successfully in this coun-
try as in Great Britain" Referring
to the labor party attitude toward the
'intellectuals" of the committee OF
forty-eight, Mr.. Roe said, addressing
himself to the labor party people:
There isn't more intolerant in
tellectual in this country than the
labor leader is. You must understand
you are not going to dictate to the
intellectuals any more than the in
teilectuals are going to dictate to you. -
Senator La Follette's refusal of the
farmer labor party nomination was
explained by Gilbert E. Roe, his for
mer partner. who represented him al
the convention. He said Senator La
Toilette had been put in an absurd
the platform and that he understood
some things were going in it he die
not approve.
Howard X. williams. vice chairman
moved that committee of fifteen bt
appointed to draw up a. plan of pro.
cedure for the forty eighters. One OIL
two delegates declared their sympathy
with the farmer-iabor party by re
signing as the committee was createC
and went out to work.
r. NJ Lovett. chairman of the I'LL
nois delegation, declaring that tn,
United States 'is no longer repub
lie and we are subjects of an auto
cratic government" moved that a new
party be created with a single wort
plank-'independ endence." --. .-...
1t passed.
The farmer labor party, born of a fu
sion of numerous political groups, toda,
has a platform and has it's new candi
dates in the field for the coming election
Its work was completed at O'Clock
this morning, when its convention
after an all-day and night session
chose Farley Parker Christensen, Sal
Lake City attorney. and Max S
Hayes. Cleveland labor leader as it
presidential and vice presidential
nominees. respectively.
Not all of the forty-eighter dele
gates withdrew from the fusion con
Vention last night when some hundre,
or more returned to their own con
vention. Those who remained wer
rewarded by seeing Christensen, tn
chairman of their convention. Sc
lected to lead the fusion party, Will
the labor leaders contented them
selves with the election of their ma
( tional chairman, Hayes, to secon,
place.
Planks of Platform.
The platform contains nine planks
summarized as follows:
l. Americanization, demands tn
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