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Republican A. P. Leased Wlrel e COLISEUM, CHICAGO. June 10.- The text of the platform as adopted by the Republican national convention today follows:
 Report of Committee on Resolutions
 The Republican party, assembled in representative national convention, re- affirms it's unVielding devotion to the constitution of the United States and to the guarantees of civil, political ana relig50as liberty therein contained. T. will rosist- all attempts to overthrow the foundations of the government or to weaken the force of it's controlling principles and ideals, whether these at tempts be made in the form of interna tional policy or domestic agitation.
 For seven years the national gov ernment has been controlled by the Democratic party. During that period a war of unparalleled magnitude has shaken the foundations of civilizations decimated the population of Europe, and left in its train economic misery and suffering second only to war itself
 The outstanding features of the Democratic party have been complete unpreparedness for war and complete unpreparedness for peace.
 Unpreparedness for War
 Inexcusable failure to make timely preparations is the chief indictment against the Democratic party in the conduct of the war. Had not our asso- ciates protected us, both on land and sea. during the first F mon ths of oul participation. and furnished us to the very day of the armistice with muni- tions planes adn artillery this failure would have been punished with disas- ter It directly resulted in unneces- sary losses to our gallapt troops. in the imperi1ment of vic894S Itself and in an enormous waste of public funds liter ally poured into the breach created by gross neglect. Today it is reflected in our huge tax burden and in the high cost of living.
 Unpreparedness for Peace
 Peace found the administration as unprepared for peace al war Bound it unprepared for war. The vital needs of the country demands an early and systematic relation to a peace time ship and intelligent planning. All three have been lacking. While the country has been left to shift for itself, the government has continued on war time basis The administration has not demobilized the army of place holders It continued method of financing which was indefensible dur ing the period of reconstruction.
 It has used legislation passed to sneel the emergency of war to continue it's arbitrary and inquisitoriaI control over the life of the people in time of peace ana 10 cdEIN &O3lluSlOfl lHlo Ail- dustrial life. Under the despots plea of necessity or superior wisdom legfs- Iative usurpation of legislative and judicial functions still undermines cur institutions.
 Eighteen months after the armistice. with it's war time powers unabridged, it's war time departments undiscarded, it's war time army of place holders still mobilized, the administration continues to founder helplessIy.
 The demonstrated incapacity of the Democratic party has destroyed public confidence, weakened the authority of government and produced feeling of distrust and hesitation so universal as 1 to increase enormously the difficulties of readjustment and to delay the re- l turn to normal conditions. Never has out nation been confronted with graver problems.
 The people are entitled to know in definite terms how the parties propose solving these problems. To that end the Republican party declares its pol icies and program to be as follows: Constitutional Government We undertake to find executive au- tocracy and to restore to the people their constitutional government.
 The policies herein declared will be carried out by the federal and cate l governments each acting within it's 1 constitutional powers.
 1 Congress and Reconstruction Despite the unconstitutional and die tatorial course of the president and the partisan obstruction of the Democratic l congressional minority. the Repub- | lican ma ioritv has enacted a program of constructive legislation which in great part, however. has been nuili- fled by the vindietive yetoes of the president
 l The Republican congress has met 1 the problems presented by the admin l istration's unpreparedness for peace l It has repealed the greater part of the veXatious war legislation. It has en- acted a transportation act making pos
 sible the rehabilitation of the rail- l road systems of the country, the oper- ation of which. under the present Dem ocratic administration, has beer 1 wasteful eXtraTagant and inefficiep' in the highest degree. The. tTanspor- tation act made provision for tht | peaceful settlement of wage disputes | partially nullified, however. by tho 1 presidents delay in appointing tho 1 wage board created by the act. This delay precipitated the outlaw rail- ! road strike
 VI We stopped the flood of public | treasure. recklessly poured into the laI | of an inept shipping board, and laid | the foundations for the creation of q ! great merchant marine, we took from the incompetent Democratic admins tration the administration of the tele- ! graph and telephone lines of the ' country and returned them to private ownership: we reduced the cost o1 | postage and increased tho pay of pos
 tai employes-the poorest paid or al
 public servants: we provided pensions for superannuated and retired civi
 servants: and for an increase of pay for soldiers and sailors. We reorsau-
 Ized the army on peace footing ana
 provided for the maintenance of .
 powerful and efficient navy.
 The Republican congress established
 by a law a permanent womau's bureal
 in the department of labor: we sub
 mitted to the country the constitutions amendment for woman suffrage. anC
 furnished 20 Of the B. constitutions legislatures which have ratified if t'
 date
 Legislation for the relief of the con