The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-06-18
For President:
Warren G. Harding, Of Ohio.
For Vice President:
Calvin Coolidge, Of Massachusetts,

Calvin Coolidge, Of Massachusetts,
There Is the ticket with which the
Republicans hope and intend to regain
possession of the national government
next fall.
For president. a man from the home
state of many presidents, a statesman
of long experience and solid Repub-
lican, who has been a member Of the
United States senate since 1914,
member of the "Old Guard" who stands
well with the Republicans who are in
control of the senate.
For vice president. the governor of
the Bay State, who was virtually I'M
known to the nation at large until the
strike of Boston policemen and his Wig
orous course in its suppression gave
him vast amount of publicity and
made him the favorite son of Massa-
lchusetts in the balloting for first
place on the ticket.
The gentlemen now stand before the
electors of the country on platform
that is so broad that 1t embraces
nearly every topic and issue Of the
day. though there are those who as
sert that in some places the planks are
perilously thin. Its builders, however,
maintain that there is no danger of
the candidates falling through the
weak spots and it may be that. with
some judicious straddling and side
stepping this will prove true.
Seldom, If ever has the choice Of a
presidential candidate been so closely
connected with the building Of the
platform-Or it might be more exact
to say the rejection Of candidate
for If Hiram Johnson, and his sup
porters, could have compelled the adop
tion~of just the plank they demanded
on the league of nations issue, the
California senator, and he alone, coult
with consistency have consented to &c
before the people standing on the plat
form. AS it was, his threat to bolt
the party caused long deadlock In
the deliberations of the committee or
resolutions and at last forced the adop
ton of plank based on the cablet
suggestion of Elihu Root. That wise
man had gone to Europe, but kept In
close touch with the doings in Chicago
and at the crucial moment his plar
was presented to Johnson, BOrah, Nc
COrmick and the other ''irrecOncil
ables" and accepted by them.
The resolution as finally incorpor
ated in the platform and swallowed
by the convention, almost without
CULVER, completely avoids any pledg
to ratify the treaty of peace and thu
league covenant with or without reser
vations, strongly indorses the actor
of the Republican senators in that re
gard and promises that the party will
work for sOme> kind of internationa
agreement for the peaceful adjust
ment of disputes between nations with
out the sacrifice of American sOvel
eighty. Thus, as will be seen, the wa
Is left open for an administrator
elected on this platform to do almos
anything 1t sees fit in this regard es
cept to ratify treaty and league COY
brought home from Paris.
For the rest, the platform, in briel
scores President Wilson and the Den
Ocratic administration for their vi
preparedness for war and for til
equally unprepared condition Of tn
nation for the reception of peace. D,
bouncing the autocratic assumption G
authority by the president the pla
form pledges the restoration of const
tutional government. The Republica
congress Is praised for its efforts I
cope with the problems caused by tn
presidents course.
The farmers gained their requisite
support for extension Of farm loar
and the right to engage in cooperatiy
marketing and buying.
The industrial plank was the sui
ject Of much discussion. Some of tt
committee members, presumably spea
ing for big business, favored a plan
for the prevention Of strikes by la,
Governor Allen and others wanted Il
Kansas Industrial court plan indorse
auu AIcSlucut jumpers travelled
the way to Chicago to tell the cor
mittee what kind of plank the Anne
lean Federation OF Labor demande
None Of these requests were Statistic
out the plank adopted recognized II
justice Of collective bargaining al
continues:
'The strike or the lockout, as
means of settling Industrial dispute
enflicts such loss and suffering on h
community as to justify governme
initiative to reduce its frequency al
limit its consequences.
1--WE deny the right to strike again
the government; but the rights and |
terests of all government employee
must be safeguarded by impartial lay
and tribunals"
The failure of the administration
retrench during the. postwar peri
and the addition Of thousands
swivel chair warmers are derided q