Bisbee daily review., 1920-07-03
CONVENTION ADOPTS PLATFORM
 AND DEFEATS ALL AMENDMENT TS

determining disputes, and the Demo cratic party pledges itself to contrive, if possible. and put into effective op- eration a fair and comprehensive method of composing differences of this nature.
 In private individual disputes, we are opposed to compulsory arbitration as a method plausible in the ordinary but failure in fact. With respect 10 government service, we hold distinct ly that the rights of the people are paramount to the right to strike. However, we profess scrupulous re- gard for the conditions of public em- plovment and pledge the Democratic party to instant inquiry into the pay of government employees and equally speedy regulations designed to bring salaries to just and proper level.
 Woman Suffrage
 We endorse the proposed nine teenth amendment of the constitution of the United States granting equal suffrage to women. We congr&tulate the legislatures of 35 states which have already ratified said amendment and we urge the Democratic governors and legislatures Of Tennessee. North Carolina and Florida, and such states as have not yet ratified the federal suffrage amendr'ent to unites in an effort to compie,; the process Of rati- fication and secur.. the 36 states in time fer all tho women Of the United States 70 participate in the fall cleo ton. We comment the effective ad- vocacy of the measure by President Wilson.
 Women in Industry
 We urge cooperation with the states for the protection of child life through infancy and maternity care; in the prohibition of child labor and by ade. quate appropria tions for the children's bureau and the women's bureau in the department of labor Cooperative federal assistance 10 the states is inn mediately desired for the removal, of illiteracy, for the increase of teachers salaries and instruction in citizenship for both native and foreign born; fn-
 
 training in home economies; reestaD- lishment Of joint federal and state employment service with women's departments under the direction of technically qualified women. We ad. yOcate full representation of women on all commissions dealing with wom- en's work or women's interests and re-classificatiOn of the federal civil service free from discrimination on ground of sex; continuance of ap- propriations for education in sex hy- giene; federal legislation which shall insure that American women resident in the United States. but ma ~ried to aliens, shall retain their Amefjcan citizenship end that the same process Of naturalization shall be required fer women as for men.
 Disabled Soldiers
 The federal government should treat with the utmost consideration every disabled soldier. sailor and marine of the wocld war whether his disability be due t0 wounds received in line of action or to health impaired in service; and Nfor the dependents of the brave men who died in line of duty the government tenderest con cerr and richest bounty should be their requittal Finer patriotism eX- hibited, the heroic conduct displayed by American soldiers, sailors and marines at home and abroad. consti- ute a sacred heritage of posterity, the worth of which can never be rec ompensed from the treasury and the glory of which must not be diminish ed by any such expedients.
 The Democratic administration wisely established a war risk insur- ance bureau, giving four and half millions of enlisted men insurance at unprecedented tow rates and through the medium of which compensation of men and women injured in service is readily adjusted and hospital facili- ties for those whose health is impair ed are abunGantly afforded.
 The federal board for vocational education should be made a part ot the war risk insurance bureau, in or der that the task may be treated as a whole, and this machinery of protec- tion and assistance must receive ev- cry aid of law and appropriation ne cessary to enforce order.
 The Railroads
 The railroads were subjected to federal control as war measure with cut other idea than the swift trans port of troops munitions and supplies. When human life and national hopes were at stake profits could not be considered and were not. Federal operation, however, was marked by an intelligence and efficiency that minimized loss and resulted in many ard marked reforms.
 The equipment taken over was not only grossly inadequate, but shame fully worn out Uniform practices