The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-08

lives of men for the glory of gain of military conquest. We, therefore, desire that the women of the country, who bear and rear it's soldiers and make and keep it's homes, shall have the full politi- cal right of suffrage.
 Arms alone cannot maintain a nation. Of far greater permanent importance must stand a national industry efficient for the general welfare, prosperity just iy distributed, a national life organized in all points for national ends. Four years ago this party was born of a na- tion's awakened sense of these funda- mental truths. In the platform then adopted we set forth our position on public questions. We here reaffirm these declarations. They are made on national issues.
 A nation to survive must stand for the principles of social and industrial justice We cannot permit the oppression Of any class and expect of that class high ideals of patriotism. We must protect the wage earner, develop country life and remove the artificial causes of the high cost of living. A country must be worth living in to be worth dying for.
 ITO make possible social justice, to maintain our position in peace and war. we must insure business and industrial property. This can be done:
 By regulation of industry aimed at pIOiIlOtIlS US SFOWCn ana prosperity ano a just distribution of it's returns
 By a conservation and development oi our national resources, human and ma terial.
 By making a new standard of gov ernmental efficiency through a complete civil service system a nauonaf budget and the destruction of pork barrel legis- lation
 FAVORS TARIFF BOARD
 By the creation of permanent ex- pert tariff commission.
 The protective system is essential to our national prosperity. Tremendous new pressures will be thrown upon our indus tries after the war by the highly mobilizeo production of Europe. At all times con ditions of competition must be capitalized between our own and foreign countries We can only get the protection we need through the use of exact and complete knowledge, unaffected by prejudice or politics. We can only secure that knowl- edge at ah times and when needed through such commission.
 We have set forth in this platform the plain essentials of national exist ence with which most men agree; which any man can propose. They are not new in principle. Our urgent and immediate need is for their performance. We have had ample experience with the promiser with words and the bitter taste of words retracted We must find a man who not alone by words, but by past deeds, gives guarantee that he can and win make these ideals good The issue is one ot men, In the midst of world changes unparalleled in history we cannot fore cast the problems which will confront our government during the war, and al it's end. We, therefore, need as Presi- dent a leader who knows the nations, a man who acts. If we continue longer tC stand for words as above deeds, for hope. the fate that surely awaits the man ol people who does not face the truth. s
 We will meet and work with any man or party who sees the nations neee and puts forward a leader fit to meet it. We will accept no less, In plan or ir the man, and we hereby solemnly charge upon those who place partisan polite: above country the dread responsibility fol nations future, sacrificed to self-in terest and spoils.'
 The platform was drawn by William Draper Lewis, Chester Rowell, James K Garfield, Clifford Pinchot, Herbert Kno, Smith, William Dudley Foulke and Will liam Allen White.
 MT. Lewis was elected chairman anC Herbert Knox Smith secretary at the or ganization meeting of the resolutions committee this afternoon. The preimi nary draft was read to the full commit tee and tonight the committee heard many delegations and individuals advo eating insertion of special blanks
 Consideration of the platform which will be presented to the convention to- morrow afternoon after permanent or. ganization is effected, was expected tt be the principal business at tomorrow session.