The Washington times., 1920-07-15
CHRISTENSEN WILL |
LEAD THIRD PARTY
Utah Lawyer Nominated, With
Cleveland Labor Leader for
Second Place.
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mated c onyentiOn nat during the
night
Among those who left were George
L. Record. OF New Jersey; Amos Pin
chdt OF New York; ellison Gardner, OF
washington, and Allen Mccurdy, OF
New York. all of whom have been
prominently Identified with the com
mite OF forty-eIght since It's birth
Record said today II was not. likely
that the Forty-eighters would now
name a national ticket, but that II
probably would organize several o'n-
grsesional The principal, business
Of the com nittee. he said. was TO re-
Town the lines and survey tine situa-
tion.
hopkins STAYS TO LAST.
j. A. II. Hopkins. of New Jersey.
one of the leaders of the Forty-eight-
erse. announced to the convfntion
during the night, however, that he
would stick to the condition. The
purpose OF the Forty-eight conven-
ton today, he said, was to complete
organization business. His announce
ment was greeted with cheers from
the iaborites.
Christensen's nomination was ac-
complished on the second ballot Al
nearly o'clock this morning. Sen
ator Robert. M. LaFoliette at midnight
natIy demanded. through his SON.
that his name be Withdrawn from the
balIoting. The labor platform,
program declaring for nationalizaton
OF resources, democratization or In
dustry, and other far-reaching eco
nomic reforms. was too radical Tor
the Wisconsin Senator.
FORD RECEIVES TWELVE.
This left the amin night between
Christensen and Dudley Field Malone
former collector of the port OF New
York. On the nrst ballot Malone LED
with 1868 votes as against 12l.l for
Christensen. Eugene " pebs. the
socialist candidate for President, now
serving a sentence in Atlanta PEN
iteptiary polled 68 votes The rest
were scattering. Governor Lynn D.
Frazier. the Non-partisan League gov
ernor Of North Dakota, receiving
8: Henry Ford. IL Louis +. Post as
sistant Secretary of Labor. IL. and
DR.. Herbert Bigelow, of Cincinnati. Z.
Between the hrst and second ballots
Otto Branstetter. natiopal secretary
of the Socialist Party. 'cafpe before
the convention and advised The drop
ping Of. Debs' name: The convention
thereupon decided to drop all but the
leading pair-Ch hristensen and Malone.
On the next ballot, Christensen re-
ceived 1928 votes, and. Malone 174.6,
SCORE AFTER SECOND PLACE.
1t was nearly a. m. when a Presi-
| sa1eCted Then
for almost two hours the convention
wrestled and wrangled over Vice
President.
A score Of names were presented.
Included among them were those Of
Henry Ford and Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Gait. Those present who were placed
In nomination hastened to withdraw.
and the friends of those who were
not there in person did the honors
for them. Finally only three were
left, Ford, Mrs. Gait, and Hayes. Mrs.
Gait is in Europe and could not with
draw. Ford was not present. Hayes
had previously had his name with
drawn. but the convention would not
hear Of IL.
With dawn breaking over the roof
tops and most of the delegates nod
vention decided that Hayes would
have to allow himself to be drafted
for the Job and he was.
Christensen was unknown to the la
Dor group week ago, and he was
but little known to the Forty-eighters
when they met here. He was chosen
permanent chairman of the Forty
eight convention and rapidly gained
popularity. He was one OF the earli-
est advocates OF a third party coali-
ton" He is forty-nine years old and
unmarried. He was graduated from
Cornell University in 1897 and has
been practicing law in Salt Lake City
In, VA