PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST.
NEW YORK, July 15. Chicago reports a third party m the Presidential contest, to" be known as the Farmer-Labor party, fy h as nominated Mr. Parley Christensen, » lawyer Of Utah, for President, and MV. Max Hayes, Labor leader, for vice-President-. Mr> Christensen announced that ho would xeStire in -favor of Mr. La Follotte if the latter would consent to assume nomination. La Follette had telegraphed, the convention that ho would not run on a (ticket if nominated.' A strong faction comprising the original founders of the third, party movement are very dissatisfied with the platform. and the candidates, and may organise their own party, candidates and platform.—A. and N.Z. C.A. Chicago reports state that a dissatisfied element of the Farmer-Labor Party has organised a new movement called the Liberal Pai'ty. The Third Party, which t for a timo seemed likely to fu'so the .diverse elements, : now seems . to be disintegrating.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15270, 19 July 1920, Page 3
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