Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-15
LABOR REDS DRIVE !
ALL OTHERS OUT
OF THIRD PARTY
"4Sers," Single-Taxers and
World War Veterans
Bolt Convention.
PERLEY P. CHRISTENSEN IS
NAMED FOR PRESIDENCY
Senator La Toilette, Refusing to
Swallow Radical Hodge-Podge,
Withdraws His Name.
EXTREMISTS ARE IN SADDLE
SinGlc-TaNcrs Name Own Ticket.
and Committee of rs Will Do
Likewise Today.
PERLEY P. CHRISTENSEN is
NAMED FOR PRESIDENCY
EXTREMISTS ARE IN SADDLE
Name Own Ticket.
and Committee of rs Will Do
Likewise Today.
INV Associatc,Ipre.s, /,

Chicago, July I5-p,rIcx n
Christensen. Salt LAX. City, Inwycr.
a member of the Committee Of Forty.
Eight. was nominated as the prc.I
DENTAL candidate for the new Farm
"r-Lnbor party by Its convention nj
.''o o'clock this morning. Chrt,ten-
sen was chosrn on the second bn,iot
thrtstcnscn was chosen over DudIcx
Fieid Malone, of New York, by yn,c
OF I0s.5 10 I1i.6.
,,i, Inc result OF the first ballot wa. n.
Dudley Field Malone, 1865. E,lr
y. neos. GS; Farley T.. Christensen.
I'LL; Henry Ford, 123: Govcrnor
Lynn }. Frnzicr, %; ucrbcrt n,r.,.
~ Louis Il. Post, IL.
The convention then voted a.,
nii candidates except Malone nnJ
Christensen and proceeded with the
voting on the second ballot.
CHICAGO. July 1i.-The new third
party ship, less than thrty-siS hours
after Its launching, is tossing about
IN heavy sea OF discord and hun
drcds OF it's crew have mutnied.
Leaders of the COMMITTEES of Io-,,.
Eight. followed by 200 delegates lef,
the convention and "bolted" baci. 10
the Morrison Hotel. whore IL was do
s'uea 10 wait until morning before
deciding on future action. Lester
row. national chairman of the
orid war Veterans. Joined tho
forty- y-Eighters. following the adop-
',on Oh the Labor party's radica,
platform by the convention.
me Singie-TaS party was tho first
10 pull out of the Union and other
groups, disavowing tho action of tn,
convention which was dominated by
tho radical Labor group.
AT II o'clock tonight with all other
work out OF the way the convention
proceeded to nomination speeches for
presidential candidates.
Hisscs for Henry Ford.
New York delegates staged n brief
demonstration when Catherin.
Simms. OF New York CITY. prcsc,,.d
me namts OF Henry Ford. She exl
niained she had first tried to offer
me Detroit manufacturer to tho Sin
gle-saN party. but received cold
reception. Her speech was bal,oa
several times when delegates hood
end hissed
Despi'e the refusal of senator La
foilette to accept the party's non,i-
hation for the presidency, his name
was presented shortly before mid
"lGht. Others placed in nominatio,
were Dudley Field Malone. of New
York; Farley p. Christensen, of utab.
Henry Ford. of Michigan: Eugene "
Debs. the Socialist presidential can
dldate. and Jane Addams. of Hal,
House. Chicago,
submission OF the names OF Ma
'ohe and Christensen was regarded
as move to win the support of the
Fighters. as both have becn
''c'i'e IN the affairs of that organ
'"a''oh' and Christensen was perma-
"eht chairman OF the Forty-Eirht
convention.
Robert NJ. La Toilette. Jr an
hohnced from the convention MAJ
form that he had just been in com
muhica'ion with his father. Senator
i'o foiiette, of Wisconsin. who b,a
dictated this stStement to tbn nsw
party:
II have just been informed tb,,
contrary to my expressed wishes NV
"d me mas becn placed in nomination
pefore your convention.
Nhmc withdrawn.
IN view OF the circumstances
"'en nave arisen, ! do not consider
'nsseit available and must. therefore.
"eeiIhe 10 run il the nomination he
rendered me. earnestly hone that
my name will be withdrawn without
further delay"
opon motion of j., a: II. Hopkins.
senator La Follette's name was for
maiiy withdrawn from tho conven.
tion.
At l2:io the chairman announced
that no more nominations apnear.d
in sight Before he could call for
oallotinS. n New York delegato
moved the rules be suspended and
tue result be decided by djvis,on
or standing vote. The motion was
ioSl' however. and the secretary he
gan reading the list of candidates.
IL was announced that Jane
Addams had informed the conventio,
ny telephone that she would not as-
ecpt' ana her name was withdrawn.
win the Held OF candidates mar
rowed down TO three leading candi-
dates-Malonc. Ford and Debs
nomination of separate ticket by
inc Forty-Eightcrs tomorrow seemed
more and more proba,ble.
hopkin who was watching the
farmer-labor party's progress, de-
siared as balloting started that tho
now party had had a wonderful op-
portunity and missed It,"
the Labor marty got the two con-
ventions together" he said. "and then
Kicked everybody in tho face"
Roit the Convention.
The minority report from the Mat
form COMMITTEES was sponsored by
three OF the five, representatives Of
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