The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-07-30
Third PARTY
SPLIT BROADENS
Boilers Declare Purpose of Con-
vention "Not Fully Accomplish
ed'' and Adjourn in Row.
CANDIDATES ARE NOMINATED.
48-ers to Continue State Organization
in States-Both Sides Called "IntoI-
erant"-Committee Ends WrangIe
Over Separate Ticket.

Ch1cagO.-The new political move
ment promoted by the Committee OF
Forty-eight came to tragic end. The
last official act of the convention which
intended to place in the field strong
radical presidential ticket was the
adoption Of a resolution which con-
fessed that the gathering ended It's Ia
bors mot having fully accomplished
the purpose for which it was called"
The Forty-eight stayed in session
after the Farmer-Labor party had
completed its work by nominating this
ticket:
For Presfdent-Parley P. Christen-
sen of Salt Lake.
For Vice-President-Max S. Hayes
Of Cleveland.
Mr.. Christensen is q Salt Lake City
lawyer, and was once secretary Of the
Utah Republican State Committee. His
running mate, Max S. Hayes, is
Cleveland labor leader.
With some of the earnest men and
women who had chased the new po-
litical rainbow demanding the indorse
ment of the Christensen-Hayes ticket,
others denouncing the leaders Of the
Forty-eight; some accusing Senator La
Toilette of duplicity, others defending
him, and not a few actually weeping,
the enterprise was brought to an abb
rupt and dramatic end.
The scenes that characterized the
embaiming-it was, not actually in
terred-of sthe Forty-eight movement
were not dissimilar to those that at
tended the breaking up Of the Pro-
gressive party movement in 1916 fol-
lowing it's desertion by the late Theo-
dore Roosevelt Realizing that they
had been duped by the combination
Of intriguing politicians in the radical
Labor party and their farmer allies,
the rank and file Of the dwindling
army of Forty-eight felt and expressed
only bitterness over the woeful blast
ing of their hopes.
These men and women, utterly lack
ing experience in political manipula-
ton, made an attempt to reorganize
the Forty-eight convention after J. A.
Fl. Hopkins, the chairman Of that body,
had declared 1t adjourned amid the
most turbulent conditions. The new
venture failed to enlist enough support
to make it worth while, although they
did cheer message from Christensen,
the Farmer-Labor candidate for presi-
dent, urging their support of him. The
lights in the Cameo room, where the
swan song of the Forty-eight move
ment was sung in a minor and almost
fearful key, were put out while the val
liant band of survivors was acclaiming
its adherence to the ticket forced upon
them by the experts in the radical
labor and farmers organization, In
whose hands they had proved to be
mere babies.
Another group Of Forty-eighters that
refused to accept the inevitable con-
clusion of their leaders that failure
had marked the efforts of the Forty
Fighters to create genuine party Of
protest against the two great parties,
attempted to rally sufficient support to
pin a presidential nomination on La
La Toilette 1t was quite uncertain to
determine just how far this project ad-
vanced or to predict what will come
of 1t.
La Toilette had announced his dis
inclination to accept an independent
nomination, though his supporters con-
tinued throughout the proceedings to
intimate in vague terms that he might
finally be induced to do so.
The committee on procedure ap-
pointed by the Committee of Forty
eight, reported recommending that
the body continue to function as ma
tional political party, with a complete
set of national and state officers.
All signs lead to the belief the ma
ton will see five tickets in the field
this year, with five sets of candidates
in the race for the White House goal,
including the Socialist party with Eu-
gene v. Debs, federal convict, as the
nominee.