Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-07
JOHNSON BACK
Of c. O.P. AIMS
Support of Republican Party
With Candidate Stating f.
Square on Platform Choice
SENATOR TALKS TODAY
Explains G. 0. P. Platforms
Stand on League of Ma
tons; Cites Democrats.

BY The Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO-July Sup
port of the Republican party with
a candidate standing four-square
upon the platform" is the only
choice left those who believe in
safeguarding, protecting and pre-
serving our Americanism." Senator
Hiram w. johnson, of California,
declared today.
For more than a year contest
over the presidents league of ma
tions has been waged in congress"
the statement said. 1T has been
the all-engrossing and paramount
issue. OF necessity, this issue came
to the convention on the great po-
litical party. Both Republicans and
Democrats in their platform have
INDUCED in the usual political YER
bosity but, nevertheless. these pat
forms in direct opposition 20 each
other. sharply define and clearly
present the question for decision in
the November election.
THE Republican party declared
that the Presidents covenant
failed signally to accomplish its
purpose and contained stipulatsons
not only intolerable for an indepen-
dent people, but certain to produce
the ingested hostility and contro-
versy among nations. which 1t pro-
/ posed to present and 'repudiated TO
a degree wholly unnecessary and
unjustifable the time-honored pol
| icy in favor of peace. declared by
Washington, Jefferson and Monroe
"The Republican party stands.
| therefore, firmly against the Presi-
dents covenant. as presented; de-
nounces it as breeding war rather
than promoting peace, and reaf1rms
| the time-honored nation-old policies
Of Washington. Jefferson and Mon
| roe.
: 1rhe Democratic party rejected
| every effort to modify or qualify
the Presidents proposed league OF
nations, endorsed the Presidents 3
attitude and took its position in
favor of the league as presented. II
is true that the Democrats, in effort
to placate. say something ABOUT
reservations which might make
clearer or more specific the obliga-
tions of the United States, but the
| language is meaningless and does
not at all alter the essential posi-
| tion of the Democratic party Tor
| the league as presented
THE two parties acted in similar
| fashion in some respects but from
| different motives and for different
| reasons. Both rejected the plea Tor
adoption of the league with reser-
vations: the Democrats because they
were for the league as presented
and because no reservations devised
| by the human mind could anticipate
| the contingencies which might arise
| in the future from an instrument OF
such potential possibility for harm
THUS, the issue finally comes
| from the forum OF congress TO the
| final arbitrament of the American
| people. The overshadowing ques-
| ton in the campaign is whether we
| enter the maelstrom of European
and Asiatic politics and diplomacy
and become a party of the cynical
Imperialism of the old world. OF
whether America shall live her owr
life in her own way Independent
unfettered, mindful of her. obliga-
tions to humanity and civilization
but free to act as each crisis shall
arise and maintaining always the
policies of Washington. Je1ersor
and Monroe, of friendship for al
nations, entangling alliances VIII
! none.
with a candidate standing four
square upon the platform the issue
leaves those who believe in protect
1 ing and safeguarding our American
ism but one choice and that Is Z
support the American party"