Evening star., 1920-07-15

of what, he said. had transpfred u
the session of the platform com1
| was challenged by ellison Garner.
signer of the minority report, and
| still another account of the AFFAIR
| was offered by Robert NJ. Buck, labor
| leader and sponsor of the majority
| platform.
| Amid the uproar. when delegates
| in every corner of the hall were
| clamoring to speak. Gilbert E. Roe,
| La Follette's personal representative.
| sent in word that the senator would
not under any circumstances become
the party nominee on the majority
| platform adopted soon afterward.
| Removal of La Toilette as an
| anchor for the less radical of the
| forty Fighters left them free to be
| showed aside by the votes of the
never again seriously questioned.
They held the reins and the forty
! Fighters trailed along through the
rest of the session. although once
| they tried to raise their voice in the
! proceedings and discourage adoption
of the name "farmer-labor" as party
! designation. They contended without
| success that the white collar slaves"
| and eastern liberals. both small mer-
chants and professional men, would
| be driven away by what they de-
scribed as class name.
The appeals went unheeded and the
| title already approved by the labor
and farmer groups went through with
a whoop.
With La Toilette removed as poten-
tial candidate for the presidential
nomination, no well organized boom
was left. AS result the delegates
were soon provided with an assort
ment from which to choose. The list
of names placed in nomination includ-
ed, besides Christensen. Dudley Field
Malone, New York; Eugene v. Debs,
the socialist nominee; Henry Ford,
Detroit; Louis F. Post. assistant sec
| retary of labor; Gov. Lynn ]. Frazier
of North Dakota, Jane Adams of Hull
House and several others. After one
ballot the convention voted to elimi-
| nate all excepting Christensen and
Malone, the two leaders. and nomina-
tion came on the second ballot.
Many for Vice President.
When vice presidential candidates
| were called. for the convention was
swamped with list of more than
| twenty, but name after name was
withdrawn, either by the candidates
in person or by friends. until only
three were left-Max S. Hays, Carrie
Chapman Gait. suffragist leader. and
Lester Barlow, leader of the World
War Veterans. Hays received all ex-
cepting about a dozen votes and the
nomination then was made unani-
nous, and at O'CLOCK the convention
adjourned sine die.
The new partys presidential nomi-
nee is native of the west. He was
born at Weston, Idaho, forty nine
years ago. From early life on farm,
Christensen, the eldest of five chill
dren, plugged away. at an education
| until he graduated in law at Cornell
University. He since has spent most
of his time in Salt Lake City.
Prior to 1912 Christensen was
ranked as "Dolliver" republican.
but allied himself with the bull moose
set him adrift and. he said he "sidled
| into the stall and voted for Wilson in
1876"
Minority Report Read.
I. Record of New Jersey. one of the
committee of forty-eight assigned to
the platform conferences, read a mi
nority report after the majority plat
form had been heard. 1t was a COM
| pletely new instrument. attacking the
! the ground of alleged monopolistic
control; attacking Congress for fail
ure to tax war-won wealth, and for
passing the ch-Cummins transpor-
| tation act; for laws limiting the free
| dom of speech"
Democratic administration, Mr. Rec
ord continued, had suspended civil
| rights in the prosecution of citizens
! for war law violations; had created a
league Of nations which is mere
alliance for war"
Both republican and democratic par
ties, he asserted, ARE now committed
| to it's adoption"
His report demanded ultimate goxi
ernment ownership of all forms 81
public utilities and all facilities d
transportation" and asked for ''a4
effective share in the management Of
| industry" for labor. 1t followed tn :
| language of the majority platform id
many sections, but was longer Amos
Pinchot, ellison Gardner and Mr.. Rec
ord were signers of the minority re-
| port. All are members of the COM
mittee of forty-eight