New-York tribune., 1920-06-09
braced in the league Of nations sub
mitted by the President.
Would Revive Hague Tribunal

"The Hague tribunal should be re-
vitalized, and its scope of operations
so enlarged as to include a code of
international law and an international
court to try international questions
and decide them in accordance with
international law and international
justice, and that upon the basis Of
justice, rather than diplomacy, peace
be established among the nations"
This ended the afternoon session.
The night session was held in the
big assembly room hitherto used by
the Johnson forces for small rallies.
The flags of the California delegation
adorned the walls and Immediately be-
hind the presiding officer chair hung
huge transparency bearing in letters
two feet high
johnson for President"
On the meeting being called to or
der Chairman Watson announced that
he had appointed the subcommittee on
"And the committee insisted that I
should also act as chairman Of this
subcommittee"
Chairman Watson then read Off the
list headed by himself. The sub-com-
mittee on platform Is made up Of Will.
lam Allen White, Kansas; William Hey
burn, Kentucky; Senator Reed Smoot,
Utah; D. Lawrence Groner, Virginia;
Louis Coolrdge, Massachusettsj Og
Borah, Idaho; Wallace McCammant,
Oregon; overnor R. I. Beeckman,
Rhode Island; Harris Gilpin, Michigan;
Senator Medill Mccormick, Illinois,
and John F. Keylan, California.
Miss Mary Garrett Hay appeared be-
fore, the committee to urge plank on
ratification of the Federal woman suf-
frage amendment. She called for short
speeches from Mrs. Youmans, of Ore
gon; Mrs. Walter McNab Miller, Of
Missouri, and Miss Ada Bush, Of In
diana.
Miss Hay said she hoped this was
Woman Suffrage Association would
have to ask anything of the Repub-
lican party.
The League of Woman Voters, Of
which Mrs Maud Wood Park is presi-
dent, presented six proposed planks to
the committee. These dealt with child
welfare, education, the home and high
prices, women in gainful occupations,
public health and morals and the in
dependent citizenship for married
women.
The planks on child welfare and edu-
cation presented by Mrs. Richard Ed
WdIuo, VI 1Huldld, tnat OH Lne nome
and high prices by Mrs. George Cell
gainful occupations by Mrs Clifford
Pinchot, and those on public health
and morals and on independent citi-
zenship for married women by Mrs. r.
Louis Slade, of New York
Henry Lane Wilson, former Ambas-
sador to Mexico, urged the adoption
OF plank advocating a firm and def
mite policy with regard to Mexico,
which would have for its object the
restoration of settled and peaceful
conditions in that country
Wilson charged the present Admin
istration at Washington with being re
sponsible for the chaos and anarchy
in Mexico. He reviewed and sum
married the principal products of Pres
ldent Wilson's policy in the last seven
years. Among them he mentioned:
The passing from the stage of seven
Presidents; the spending Of $750,OOO,-
600 to maintain the Wilson policy to-
ward Mexico; the destruction or con-
fiscation Of American property valued
at 81 00,000,000; the expulsion of 55,-
900 American citizens; the murder of
669 American men, women and chill
dren without a single Mexican being
punished for one of the murders; 30O,-
600 more dead of starvation.
Roosevelt Idea Advocated
81 am ot'asking for Intervention or
war, but merely asking that the Re-
publican platform express the senti-
ments of Theodore Roosevelt and every
other President. except Wilson, who
has governed this country" said the
former Ambassador.
Andrew D. Humphrey, of New York
City, representing the New York
County Republican Committee, asked
that the party reiterate its platform
pledge of 1904 with respect to obtain
ing square deal for the negro in the
South with respect to his suffrage
rights. Humphrey asked that the
plank which follows be adopted:
I'VE favor such Congressional action