Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-16
CHRISTENSEN PREPARES
FOR AN ACTIVE CAMPAIGN
oinincc OF Fermentation Convcn-
tion Announces Enrly Speech
Making Tour OF States.
URINARY OF THE PLATFORM
+cts Down Bars to Unrestricted
Speech and Freedom OF Action,
hboiishcs Arbitration ana Gives
Labor Control of Industry.
tnv Assoelaten rress.I

CHICAGO. July l5.-larlcy f..
christensen. nominee OF the Farmer
.abor party for President. Will make
campaign tour of the country from
cast To coast and from border to
order. he announced today. Mr..
christensen said that he intended to
cave tonight for his home at Salt
AXE City and that az soon az the
latiounl ana campaign committees
the ncw party meet ana formulate
lans that are now being considered
g would have further announce
Incnt.
rntil ,hon ne said ne thought the
ta,cnicnt he had made at the Com
nittcc OF Forty Eight this morning
ovcrcd tho situation fully.
Mr.. Christensen told the Commit
&c Of Forty Eight that. although he
lad favored Senator La Toilette. now
S hat the Farmer Labor party had
lrafted him. he would be faithful 10
he work lDgmcn VINO nominated INN.
Tho Farmer I.ahor party, norm of
fusion OF numerous poli:ica! groups,
dday has platform and has It's
tcw candidates IN the field for tho
I6niinE election Its work was com
{.leted at o'clock ,h!s morning.
{rhcn It's convention. after AN all
Hay and night session, chose Farley
'arkcr Christensen. Salt Lake city
itttorncy. AMI Max s Hayes. clcv"-
and labor leader as its presidential
tnd vico- presidential nominees, re-
pcctivcly.
When vice presidential candidates
ferc called for. IN. convention Was
wnmpch with n list OF twenty or
more. but name after name was With
ilrawn. either by the candidates in
by tho candidates In per-
we're left Man :. Hayes. Carrie Chap
mann Gait, sufragIst leader. and Les
| or Barlow. leader Of tia. World War
Ectcrana. Hayes received ali except .
ing about dozen votes. ana the
5inminat tnen was nadc unani-
nous. al at o'clock tho convention
adjourned si::o die.
Christensen Native az Idaho.
{ildate is a native Of the West. IIc
fSas horn At Weston. Idaho. 40 years
ago. From early lifc on - farm Chris
| cnscu. tn" oldcs, OF five children,
plugged away at AN education until
Pc graduated in law at cornell Uni
fyorsity. lie since has spent most
pr his time In Salt Lake city.
Prior 20 1912, Christensen WAS
lsanh"d as "pollivcr" Republican.
put allied himself with the Bun Moose
| IN tina, year. rho death ~ that party
set him adrlft. and. no said. he
s!dlcd into ,hn stall and voted for
Wilson IN 1916"
The platform. as adopted by tho
|lnbor-farincr group, contains nine
blanks. summarized MS follows:
p1unkS la Platform.
|. characterization. Demands tho
|right OF free speech. amnesty for
Eolit.cai prisoners. repeal Of espior-
3,ge. scdittpu ANA criminal synd!ca
tst laws" referendum and recall FOR
Federal Judges and equal suffrage
|for all.
=. Demands withdrawal ol tho
limited States from participation un-
Eer ~" Versailles treats, IN the re-
|ductlnE OF conquered peoples to eco
|momic or political subjugation. rccog-
|nition Cf the republic OF ireland and
|the new Russian ovrrnncnt." abo-
|lltion Of secrSt treaties and With
|hrawal uf the tinted Statea from
tue dictatorship We cXcrCiS. over the
philippines. cuba. Porto Rico. Guam
ana Hawaii This section also