The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-29

IN CONVENTION
Indiana Members Meet and
Take up Platform Built by
National Chairman
Will II. Hays.
CALL WILSON PARTISAN
This is the Peoples War, Not the
Presidents, Says Senator
Who Offers criti-
cism.
CALL WILSON PARTISAN

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| INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 20
| There is for every individual and
every political party but one supreme
duty and that is to end the war"
This was the declaration of the
platform presented to the republican
state convention in session here today
i by Will II. Hays, national chairman OF
| the republican party and chairman OF
, the resolutions committee. The plat
, form was framed under Hays direct
ing hand and voiced the sentiments of
national republican leaders. The plat
form makes an appeal for the right OF
fun participation by the republican
party in war activities.
I'VE hereby denounce any criticism
Of public officials high or low when
such criticisms are inspired by parti-
sanship," says the platform. 1--WE in
sist that every possible efficient instru-
ment, man and material which IS
available, shall be used to aid in win
ming the war, and the inefiiciency
shall be replaced by efficiency where
ever found"
The party pledged itself for peace
with victory and never peace by a
compromise and bargaining of princi-
rights, interests and honor and make
of our sacrifice sacrilege to be made
again by our grandchildren.
Declaring President Wilson is the
most astute leader the democratic
party has ever had, "the shrewdest in
his methods, the most uncompromis-
ing in his partisanship of any man who
has occupied the white house since
Andrew Jackson" u. S. Senator Har-
ry S. New, cairman OIL the convention,
made an attack upon the presidents
methods.
He is partisan in everything he
thinks and does-as adroit as he IS
persistent" New declared.
He added a touch to George Creel's
methods when he said:
1T is apparent that the slogan of
the party in the campaign before us is
to be Stand by the president The
propaganda is being worked to the
limit that if one fails to vote for the
candidate of the presidents party, he
votes to discredit the administration
and give aid and comfort to the en-
emy Mr.. Creel with his bunch of
muck raking socialist misfts is en-
ploying every means at his unlimited
command and it will be continued
without stint until this campaign and
like as not the next one has been
brought to close"
New addeu that no president Of the
United States ever had such 11nIimit-
ed backing as is being accorded
President Wilson Declaring the re-
publican party is not Stacker and
that It means to have a part in the
war. he said:
This is not the presidents war. It
is the peoples war"
Birthplace Of Party.
BLOOMINGTON. Ill, May 29-Na-
tional Chairman VIII H Hays is ex-
pected to fire the opening gun of the
1920 campaign at banquet here to-
night commemorating the republican
party's birth here sixty-two years ago
today.
A tablet is to be placed on the
building where the martyred Lincoln
addressed the state convention at
which the term republican party was
first used This was his famed '7ost
speech" so eloquent that the report
ers, save one, forgot to take notes.
The Illinois senatorial contest be-
tween Congressman Medin McCor-
mick and Mayor Thompson. of Chica-
go, totally eclipsed presidential dis
cussion, Governor Lowden Of Illinois
will speak. War work kept former
president, w. H Taft and congress
cinpo1 1ooderc frou, otfepdinp