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Show I FARMER-LABOR I PARTYjS SPLIT !j Forty-eighters Leave After I.I 'I 5 W. W. Control Charges Are Brought I NEW YORK. Au 1. Announce-1 Jhent thai the committee of 4S wa-sj preparing to withdraw forniP from, H 111 connection with the Farmer-l-anor H rty of which Parley I Chrlateneen is the presidential nominee todaj fol- hiwert close 1 i-hnrft's (v H A Mc-H Mc-H iollem and Charles A Wmr jfho in ( Ketcnlng a Official! and memtiers of he I'tah Farmei -Uabot orf anlXatlon, I Sfhftigeil that the party was controlled Jv the lnd'istrtal Workers of the H vi'orld Reorganisation ".f ih romr, if.-o r Jtnrtv-elsht alonp original linen of the j.rtv Will he undertaken at a meettnr K the executive committee Monday, iccordlnr to Allen McCurdy, secretary o: h fori -elgbtsri. In a statement Tnf1"v he nold the Farmer-Labor party mi a "radical ' organisation and doea lot adhere o the principles on whi h H the committee of forty-elghl attempt- H Id to build a national prf ! I KRTSTf NSFN BUS H Z. Replying to the charge of McCoI- H Weaver. Mr. rhr:stensen de- glared the Farmer-Labor party Is not B "ijnrter i W, W control bul is corn el joxeil ( t "OVeryday Americans peeking v-lief from the Intolerable economic gutocracy obtaining." in atatement Mr. Chrlstsnsen chal-lenged chal-lenged ii.e political Integrity of Mc- Collem and Weaver, Mr McCurdy delivered the keynote H address at the Chicago convention Inst month When the commute of fort-fl fort-fl elpht attemp'.ed through amaliramn- tion with the Labor and Slnrle Tax parties and adherents of other polltl-'.il polltl-'.il crcrrl, to form a third party H Thr labor party, ' Mr McCurdy tald, started out to create a class party whli h should appeal onl;. to or- H cani:-' . workers to the end thai ii ol of the American Federation of ljihor should pas from Its present leadership Into thai of the Iniurgenl and to introduce guild soeia'lsm Intoi American life. it is plain that St Is Impossible for these two to meet, join. merKf or am-1 algamatO. M1 md water do not mix RADK M i SM WON Mr. McCurd) aor.erted that While the committee of forty-Sight had peon nominally represented .it ths, eohven- tion which nominated Mr. Christensanl most leaders and delegates had Koiif i home when they saw that the prln-M prln-M ipies of the forty-elghtars b id been i fl swallowed by the radicalism of thej Joborltos.' Except the Maryland organisation Ihd certain Individuals, Including Dud- ley Field Malone. who ha'- subacrll d to the Farmer-Labor plarform. thej eommittee of frly-elght Is still intact 1 Air. McCurd said B1 .. The followins telegram sinned b H A. McCollem was was received at , Porty-Elght headquarters from ealti TLakc City: "The Utah committee of forty-elEhi intact Organised labor resents attl- tude of the Farmer-Labor party, i'tah .oters desire new !ib-rii partx- not I controlled bj rabid radicals." I WIRES HARDING AND t Before starting for Nashville, Tenn , ' i late today. Mr. Chr!stensn rent tele-1 drama to Senator Uardthg and Govev-H Govev-H J nor fox. urgliiR thai thej ;- to Ton-! nesage to untr passage of the suffrage j amendment b ih- Tenm i gli b T have received the appaling Infor- mation that ratification bj T( nnaasee is in grave doubt," the message de-1 lares. It then calls attention to the fact that llardliiK and Cux are lead-1 ers of the Republican ami Democratic, parties, respectively and says "As the chosen leader of one of! I these parlies, you can not avoid bclns; responsible for what happeni lo the I suffrage amendment In thai -tat. I There is one way in which you cah I demonstrate your since r it m ine mat- I ter. That Is. b procc. Iik ., ire P Vashvllle. and exerting four powerful I influence upon your party adherents ! there In behalf of ratification |