Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-02-20
ROOT OUTLINES NEW PLATFORM FOR THE
 REPUBLICAN PARTY

oooolSUN~ tCon.lnueur T loiIl ,g.1. lsge ! {. rity and existing political independ- ence of all members of the league, he argued, binds the United States when occasion arises to defend every member of the league by armed force against external aggression" no mat ter what our people think about the right and wrong of the controversy, or about the wisdom or folly of en- tering upon it.
 ct seems clear to me that in. the interests of the worlds peace, which all America desires to promote, this treaty ought to be ratified with the reservations of the senate, and that without those reservations in the fair and homes substance it ought not to be ratified. l hope the treaty will be ratified with the reservations long before the presidential election. That will be done if the president permits it. If it is not done, then that is what the republican party ought to stand for.
 "The extreme effects of arbitrary power are seen in the extraordinary letters of the president to Secretary Lansing publishd on February 14, 1920, by which it appears that hon. est and independent advice from of ficers of the presidents own selec- tion is an offense and that the exercise of the most ordinary pow CTS of the heads of departments without consulting the president when his illness prevented consulta- tion is cause for resentment.
 "It is interesting to observe that many citizens-official and unoffi- cial-who are willing that the coun- try should assume the startling obi. gations of article 10 are opposing the system of universal military train- ing, without which our obligation would be worthless. They say we have millions of young men already trained but how long is the service which these splendid and patriotic youths have already rendered be made the ground for imposing upon them exclusively the burden of fur ther service, and leaving the mill lions of young men untrained and unfitted to do their part,for the de- fense of our country.
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 "We do not attempt to make any man work against His will or take away his right to strike," he asserted "but we should by law limit that right to strike at point where it comes in conflict with the commun- ity's high right of self preservation" l"
 Referring to the question of econo- my he said three things can be done l.. rofnry11 tho penditure of government funds:
 "First, the establishment ,aof an effective budget system.
 department which will stop urging and congress that will stop appro- priating money for things which need not to be done now so expen- sively, or need not be done at all
 "Third, to revise the system of taxation and to make some serious changes in it indicated by experience of it's effects. our X new tariff law must be so framed that American industry will not be ruin ed and it must be framed so as not to destroy the export trade of Flu rope. which directly or indirectly will enable Europe to pay her debts and remain solvent
 "When we find bolshevik mission. aries melting criminal overthrow of the government, it is lawful and sensible" he argued, to punish and deport them.
 "The right to free speech does not include the right to incite crime" he explained, "yet we must be care ful not to overlook the distinction. Let there be fair hearing and let no expression of mere differing opin- ion-however, radical or distasteful [-he punished."