New-York tribune., 1920-07-29
Abolition of Direct Primary
Law as 1t Affects State
Offices Called for as
the Leading Plank
Prohibition Not an Issue
National Declaration of the
Party Is Reafiirmed: the
Socialist Custer Ignored
r-or. a Stor Correspondent

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ssco and pledges the party in the state
- carry out q number of local re-
sorns. One plank calls for the aboli-
IAN Of the direct primary law, in so
"a As il affects state Offices and nom
,aasjens FOR the Supreme Court.
The document vas read at the con-
ycntions to-day by Senator Henry NJ
SAGE. Of Albany, chairman of the COM
r,ittee which drafted it. The reading
Was interrupted by frequent applause
and the platform adopted by viva-voce
vote.
One plank which the friends of
rbaddeus c. Sweet tried to insert in
the platform--a veiled Endorsement of
the Socialist ouster-was not accepted
b. the platform makers.
On housing the platform urges the
continuance and strengthening of the
satj-rent profteering bills and the ex
empaon Of mortgages on dwellings
rem ,he income tax. 1t also recon-
moyas that the Legislature consider
;hc proposal TO empower cities to
eyempt rev dwellings from taxation
FOR limited period as further stimu-
ius to building.
Prohibition Not an Issue
II declares that prohibition is not a
state issue.
The prohibition plank was bit of a
surprise. as il was originally intended
that il would call for the repeal of the
275 per cent beer bill. Instead it
rsrefv referred to the law as inefec-
tive.
The platform in it's preamble says:
We heartily indorse the national
platform Of the Republican party and
confirm the declaration Of principles
pade in the platform Of the Republi-
can partv of the state and adopted in
Nov York City last February. we
edge our enthusiastic support to
Warren G. Harding, candidate for the
Presidency. and to Calvin Coolidge,
candidate for the Vice-P Presidency of
the United States
League Of Nations
The League of Nations plank fol-
lows:
Believing that it is the paramount is
sue before the American people to-day
We favor the League of Nations plank
IS contained in our national platform
which declares for league with such
reservations as shall in every way
p.ctect the severe gnty and lndepen-
icnce of the United States, always
retain in Congress alone the power to
declare war, as opposed to the league
bank adopted by the Democratic con
with Suc1
reservations as shall rot in any way
impair the integrity of the instrument
brought home by President Wilson
from Versailles"
Discrimination against the State o1
New York is covered thus:
we are thankful for the wealth anc
resources of the Empire State, but we
realize that there are those who are
Jealous Of her because of her great
ness. During the past eight years the
Democratic National Administration
has openly Disseminated against oul
state in the levying of taxes, in the
distribution of coal, in attempting to
derive revenue from the use of water
power at Niagara Falls and TO use the
revenue derived therefrom for the
benefit of other states.
The farmer of the state has beer
Disseminated against and prices have
been fixed on his produce, while the
sugar planter in Louisiana has beer
allowed exorbitant profits and the cot
ten grower Of the South has been free
10 charge whatever prices he saw fit.
"Sectonalism in our government
should cease
Harbor Improvement
Harbor Improvement is approved ir
these words:
The prosperity of the state has beer
and is dependent upon the develop
ment of the Port of New York. The
present national administration in it,
efforts TO favor Southern ports il
frankly determined upon course tina
viii divert as much ocean borne traf
as possible from the Port of New
York.
This must not only be resisted, bu
t's tariffs issued by the Democrat,
administration for the same purpos,
hls' De Cancelled
We demand that the personnel O.
the Interstate Commerce Commission
AAd me Shipping Board shall be sucl
liat the great powers conferred upor
these bodies by the transportation ac
ana the merchant marine act of 1925
snail not be used to iscriminat,
against the Port of New York eitheI
IN rates or the assignment of vessels.
A progressive plan Of future i'm
provement of harbor facilities must b.
adopted IN cooperation with the Stat.
OF New Jersey
we, therefore, favor a compact o
agreement with our sister state whicl
VIII provide for the creation of por
ustrict and port authority with ade
feale powers TO develop this port com
preheusively."
me high cost of living plank says:
Legislation alone will not cure tn
ss'is from which we are suffering to
cay We emphatically condemn tn
enactment of laws without adequat
consideration of their effect. We pledg
ourselves to intelligent study of RENE
oies, but disapprove the practice o
eomplicating the critical situation b
me passage OF ill-constructed law
Fnich, while they may remedy on
Evil, aggravate others.
Democratic Waste Assailed
The high cost Of living is due t
many causes, chief of which is the de
pteelatlon in the purchasing power o
s"e dollar. There are, however. man
sJn'riputlng causes, not the least o
"hien are the waste and inefticienc
~ washington, resulting in ar unnee
..ssarly enormous debt to be paid b
saNation, and cessation of produc
1on OF necessary articles, making
saPply inadequate to meet the enoI
nous demand not only of our own cit
4eas. but of the whole world.
inis entire question is covered i
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