Show 1 TO ME HAVE THIRD TICKET POLITICAL SITUATION TWO MAJOR PARTIES BE COMES CONFUSING socialists want la follette to le lead d a new third party but not if he runs huns I 1 independently n st paul minn formation here of the new national farmer labor party makes the second national organization of similar name in existence while in minnesota there is a state farmer labor party independent of both national groups confusion iii the use of farmer labor by these groups while there is no official relationship among them is bound to result leaders of th the e state organization said here in speculation as to the probable effect the new national farmer labor party would have on state politics the state party did not indorse the convention here last week and the faction headed by F A pike state chairman denounced it and refused to participate in its deliberations but the group headed by william mahoney of st paul took a prominent part in the gathering mahoney is a member of the nations national committee several leaders in the state organization have said they feared the state party would lose votes in the fall election due to the adoption of the farmer labor name by the convention here as many of the par ty might vote other tickets through confusion in party lines many state farmer laborites labovites are arc Pit bitterly terly opposed to the communist controlled national party formed here one leader said and they may mistakenly think some of the athe state farmer labor candidates in the fall elections are affiliated with the national party and accordingly vote for someone else with its origin in the nonpartisan non partisan league a name abandoned in minnesota state politics for party designation in the 1918 election the farmer labor party has spread from this state to many other states continuing contin uini in minnesota as a magorty harfy both minnesota senators are members of the state party in ili 1920 the state party continued to function as such and in the same year ab committee of forty eighty eight ine eting in chicago mf wit h out I 1 of facial acial representation from the minnesota party organized the farmer labor party of the united states and placed parley P christensen of salt lake in the field as its presidential candidate in Minne minnesota soia however the state farmer labor party has the only legal right to use that name and name mame did not appear on the minnesotan Min electors lists this year however the state organization plans to hold a state estate convention indorse a presidential candidate and nominate electors for the nov v vember ember ballot |