Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-06

THE TWO CONVENTIONS.

THE TWO CONVENTIONS.
The Republicans at their state con-
vention yesterday succeeded In put
ting It all owe the Democrats in the
adoption Of . PLATFORM setting forth
party principles. We cannot agree
with the plank commencing the Re-
publican senator's for their "patri-
otic" stand in killing the peace
treaty. but some concessions must
be made for the sake Of politics. 1t
, would hardly do for q political party
to rspudiate its own record. But.
taken as a whole. the Republican
platform Is q most satisfactory docu-
ment
The Democrats, on the other hand,
were saved from going owe to the
booze interests entirely only by the
action Of the women who were dele
gates to their convention. The one
rsdseming feature In the Democratic
platform Is its strong endorsement
Of the League Of Nations. and that
plank wa forced upon the couven-
ton by Q woman who insisted that
the mothers Of the country were al
most unanimous for the league as
the greatest step forward toward
abolishing On tho prohibition
issue. the women In the Democratic
convention declared point blank that
they would bolt the ticket II a wet"
/. plank was adopted.
A. one Of the Democratic women
stated on the door OF the convention
! when the fight over the prohibition
plank vas hottest, the women were
urged to join n or the other of the
old parties instead of forming a wo-
mans party, but those who chose
to come into the Democratic party
/ under the leadership Of the unspeak-
able Jim Nugent. OF Essex, and the
notorious Frank Hague. Of Hudson,
had to hold their noses to do it.
Senator Case, Of Somerset, in his
4speech before the Republican con-
vention, hit the nail squarely on the
4 head when he said the people of the
state did not want any more Of the
Hudson county brand Of politics at
1 Trenton. The only way, apparently.
to save the state from the ~rottenness
Of Hudson county, as long as the
4 Democratic party Is dominated as 1t
I is, is to elect a Republican admins
Z tration.
A fair sample Of the Hudson coun-
ty brand Of politics is to be found in
1 Governor Edwards ousting Of the
state Highway Commission without
a hearing, and the immediate action
4 Of the new commission. appointed by
the Governor. in taking up with the
!. patent pavement material. The
Democratic platform upholds this
act of the governor.
& DR.. w. E. Ramsey, Democratic
candidate for congress In the third
district. again took occasion to assail
the Democratic administration fol
its failure to enforce the Law. Al
A. D~~ocrat;c neaf{1c in this
city recently DR.. Ramsay had a grea'
deal to say along this line. more OIL
less to the embarrassment of the
Democrats who are in office and who
are responsible for the present law.
lessness, if anyone is.
At the Democratic convention yes.
terday DR.. Ramsay was gone one
better by Frank Cleary, former chair
man Of the Somerset county Demo
cratic committee, who called upon
Governor Edwards to use drastic &C.
ton against county prosecutor!
where the prohibition laws were be.
ing openly violated. The governor
who was presiding had rather ar
embarrassing time Of II, knowing
that by his attitude. he Is giving en-
couragement to the illegal bushes:
that is now going on. until Senator
Simpson. one of the Hudson count!
breed, came to the defense Of The
governor. declaring that most of tn,
prosecutors were Republicans. any
way, and that the only way to pro
ceed against them was to impeacl
Mthem. In that case several Demo
81 cratic prosecutors will have to b
~impeached also.
IS It is rather remarkable that in tn
democratic convention itself this law
lessness was put squarely up to tn
present Democratic administration I
aforce the law, knowing full wei
al it is their duty to do so. II tn
emocrats were doing their full dut
there would not be SO much deman'
for copper tubing. dried fruit an
otner essentials for making booz
Illegally as DIR. Ramsay talks s
x much about.
One cannot read of the doings Q
T the two political conventions held a
Trenton yesterday and the tive plat