Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-15
FARMER-LAb0R
PARTY IS BORN
Completes Work of COnven-
ton, and Nominates
Ticket.
CHRISTENSEN AND
HAYS CANDIDATES
Salt Lake Attorney, "Forty- Fighter"
For President, and Cleveland Labor
Leader For Second PIaoe-"Forty-
Fighters" Who Arc Dissatisfied
May Yet Name Ticket Of Their
Own.

Own.
BY Associated Press.
Chicago, July 15.-The farmer la.
Dor party. born OF fusion Of numer-
GUS political groups, today has a
platform and has its new candidates
in the field for the coming election.
Its work was completed at o'clock
this morning, when it's convention,
after an all-day and night session.
chose Farley Parker Christensen.
Salt Lake City attorney, and Max S.
Hayes. Cleveland labor leader. DIS its
presidential and vice presidential
nominees. respectively.
But the strength Of the new move
ment remains to be seen. The first,
test came today. when q group OF
dissatisfied delegates, formerly with
the committee Of forty-e eight, met
and considered placing their own
ticket in tho field under the forty
eight banner.
Not all Of the forty Fighter dele
gates withdrew from the fusion con-
vention last night, when some 100 or
more returned to their convention.
Those who remained were rewarded
by seeing Christensen, the chairman
of their convention. selected to head
the fusion party. while the labor
leaders contented themselves with
the selection Of their national chair
man. Hayes. for second place.
Coalition Lasts Twenty. Nine Hours.
The new third party coalition ef-
tested between the labor party and
the committee Of forty y-eight existed
for twenty-nine hours and went to
pieces at 7:40 O'Clock last night.
The labor party. at that time. had
forced thru It's own platform, as
agdinst more conservative declara-
ton urged by the committee OF for-
ty-eight, and was prepared to pro-
ceed with the nomination Of Its own
candidates for president and vice
president as avowed radicals.
The name OF Dudley Field Malone.
Of New York, was being whispered as
that Of the probable nominee OF the
labor party for president and those OF
c. J. France, Of Seattle. Wash, ana
Farley p. Christianson, OF Salt Lake
city. as prospective candidates for
vice president.
uItimatum by orty-Eisht.
Earlier in the day formal notice
that the forty Fighters could nor
stand for further amalgamation with
the labor party II the majority plat
form were to be insisted upon, was
served upon. the labor party conyen-
ton by George L. Record, Gibson
Gardner, and Amos Pinchot, mem
bers of the platform committee OF
the amalgamation representing the
committee Of orty-eight.
These developments followed nara
upon an official statement from Min
neapolis that the nonpartisan league
will not amalgamate, affiliate or
merge with the projected third
party" and that no one was authoriz-
ed to speak for A. Townley, or his
league, at Chicago.
Ferguson Goes Homes.
James e. Ferguson, former gov
ernor Of Texas and head OF the AM
erican party, started home, with the
announcement that he and his party
could not stand for the platform that
then seemed certain Of adoption, and
which was finally adopted. The single
tax party had already seeded and
nominated it's own ticket.
The net result, therefore. at the
end Of the troubled day was that the
labor party resumed its own busi-
ness at the point where 1t desisted
when the forty Fighters and their
allies marched into the convention
hall Tuesday afternoon: The com-
plete victory won by the radical lead
ers in control Of the convention,
when the roll call on the PLATFORM
was taken. was held by them to be
d forecast that the labor party will
continue as such and under that
name.
Will Stay in Session.
Members Of tho committee Of forty
eight, bolting the farmer Labor par
ty. voted this morning to stay in ses-
sion all day to complete their work.
No program or forecast Of the work
is announced.
]. A. H. Hopkins, chairman Of the
committee Of forty eight. presiding,
told the delegates he could not an
swer what the technical position OF
the committee was.
Apparently proceedings on the ex-
pectation that the committee pre-
serve it's entity. chairman Hopkins
proposed that it might either operate
in similar manner to the non-par-
tisan league, endorsing candidates, or
it 1night select name and where the
members Of the committee chose,
they could run their ticket under this
name.
LaFoIIette's Position Explained.
Senator LaFollette's refusal Of the
farrner-labor party nomination was
explained by Gilbert E. Roe, his
former partner, who represented him
at the convention. He said Senator
LaFollette' had been placed in an
absurd position by not having a
chance to see the platform. and that
he understood some things were go
ing in it he did not approve.
1--WE had great encouragement out
Of what has happened here in the last