Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1920 — A THIRD PARTY IS IN OFFING [ARTICLE]

A THIRD PARTY IS IN OFFING

Committee State* Doors Are Open to Follower* of "ProgreMlve*.” Chicago, June 14.—Asserting that the Republican convention "ignored most of the serious problems and mentioned others only to reveal Its unwillingness to face them honestly,” the committee of 48, in a statement last night signed by Amos Pinchot and other members, said that "whatever uncertainty existed as to whether there would be a new party candidate for president has been removed.” The organization will adopt a platform and nominate a candidate for president at a convention In Chicago on July 10. “The Republican party has now driven out of representation in its councils the millions of voters who followed Roosevelt, Johnson and LaFollette,” the statement said. "The new party will represent these voters and will present a definite and constructive program.” The statement said that the new party had been organized In 30 states and that it would be prepared to put its electoral ticket on the ballots in every state.