Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-01-16
FRISCO PICKED
BY DEMOCRATS
Liberal Offer Of the Metropolis Of
Pacific Coast Wins Con-
vention.
LEADERS RAP TREATY DELAY
National Committee Praises Stand Of
Wilson and Declares Republican
Leadership In Senate Has "con-
tempt Of the World"

Washington, Jan. 10.-The Demo
cratic national committee awarded the
party's 1920 national convention, at
which a candidate for president will be
chosen, 10 San Francisco.
After 27 votes had been cast, Kan
sas City and Chicago withdrew and the
vote for San Francisco was unanimous.
Monday, June %. was fixed as the con-
vention date.
Isadore b. Dockweiler Of California,
nominating San Francisco, made a
proffer Of a guaranteed sum Of $125,-
900 for expenses. the free use Of the
municipal auditorium, seating from
$4,000 to $4,000, and of additional
funds for entertainment purposes.
Resolutions indorsing the treaty OF
Versailles and denouncing as unpatri-
otic the attitude of senator's who would
defeat II directly or by multiplying res
ervations we're unanimously adopted
by the national committee.
The "arrognnt" Republican leader
ship of the senate was denounced as
having earned the contempt Of the
world" by throttling the treaty for sew
en- months, and the senate was called
upon to quit playing politics. with
the question Of ratification.
. Reviewing the legislative record OF
the two Wilson administrations and
the manner In which the war was won,
the resolutions also expressed gratih-
cation that the president was regain
ing health after a breakdown due
largely to his efforts for world peace"
Concerning the peace treaty the res
olutions said:
1--WE affirm our approval Of the
treaty Of Versailles, and we condemn
ne unwise and unpatriotic the attitude
OF those senator's who would defeat
its ratification, either directly or by
Overwhelming 1t with reservations that
are Intended to and will have the ef-
feet OF nulllfying 1t.
"The failure of the senate RepuD-
lIcan leaders to offer or to permit con-
Bideration of interpretative resolutions
that would preserve the general pur-
pose Of the treaty and so to permit
Its ratification condemns them to the
criticism Of the nation and to the
contempt Of the world"
The resolutions said that when the
Democrats came into power in 1913
they found 'the nation in a condition
of comparative industrial and com
mercial depression" and with "the
banking system in the hands Of a few
men at whose will panics periodical
hy occurred" It was added that
'"these and other ills had existed for 16
years under Republican rule without
any relief"
"To remedy this condition." the res
olutions continued, "the Democratic
administration entered Immediately
upon a vigorous constructive pro-
gram" adding that establishment OF
the federal banking system "entitles
the party to the everlasting gratitude
of the country, while the farm loan
banking system gave to our agricul-
tural interests the relief long demand
ed by them"
Referring to the avowed objects Of
the country's participation in the war.
the resolutions continued:
"a treaty to this end was negotiated,
and for seven months 1t has been
throttled by the misused Republican
leadership of the senate, that is so ar
rogant that II even refuses to let the
senators Of its own party who desire
TO have the treaty ratified with GER
tain reservations that seem reasonable
10 them to vote accordingly, and thus
10 make at least a start toward world
wide peace"