New-York tribune., 1920-06-29
Main Issues
To Be Fought
On the Floor
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again at $3.50 A. NJ tomorrow, with
full days work before it.
At the same hour the subcommittee
will get together to begin its delibera
tions.
On the program of hearings for to-
morrow, are labor problems, on which
Samuel Gompers, Of the American
Federation of Labor will speak; the
Liquor question. Legislation for the
benefit of Farmers, the Irish problem
and the demands of the American
Legion for soldier relief legislation.
Glass Author of League Plank
The plank on the League of Nations
has already been written by Senator
Glass. 1t follows the Virginia plat
form but is more specific.
A declaration, enunciating the state
ment that no reservation is needed to
Article X of the League of Nations
covenant, will be inserted in the Vir
ginia treaty plank 1t will be stated
that the Constitution of the United
States is paramount where the rights
of the United States in international
questions are concerned, and there will
be declaration that because of that
promise no resolution is necessary
On the general question of rescrva
tions the Democratic platform will de-
clare for prompt ratification of the
treaty, without reservations which
would impair its essential integrity
The text of the portions of the Vir-
ginia platform that are to be included d
in the Democratic national platform
follows:
Portions of Platform
"The Democratic party favors a
League of Nations as the surest, if not
the only, practicable means of main
tanning the permanent peace of the
world and terminating the insufferable
burdens Of great military and naval
establishments. 1t was for this that
isolation and spent her blood and treas
ure to crush a colossal scheme Of con
quest We not only congratulate the
President on the wisdom manifested
and the vigor exhibited in the prosecu
ton of the war, but we felicitate hin
and his associates on the eXceptona
achievement at Paris involved in tht
i adoption of league and treaty SO neal
akin 10 American ideals and so init
ra,ely related to the aspirations o
civilized peoples everywhere.
I'VE commend the President for hi!
courage and his high conception o
gCoG 1alth IN SteadtaStly standing 10
the covenant agreed to by all the as
sociated and Allied nations at war will
Germany, and we condemn the Repub
iican Senate for it's refusal to ratif,
the treaty merely because it was thu
product of Democratic statesmans ship
thus interposing partisan envy and per
sonal hatred in the way of the peace
and renewed prosperity of the world.
"By every accepted standard of in
ternational morality. the President i
| justified in asserting that the homo
of the country is involved IN this bus
ness, and we point to the accusing fac
i that before it was determined to init
ate political antagonism to the treat
the now Republican chairman of tn
Senate Foreign Relations Committe
himself publicly proclaimed that an
proposition for a separate peace wit
Germany, such as he and his part
associates recently reported to tt
Senate would make US guilty of tt
blackest crime
"On Saturday, May Is. this Knt
substitute for the Versailles trea
was passed by the Republican Senat
and this convention can contrive
! more fitting characterization of
infamv than that made ir the 'Forll