The Pensacola journal., 1920-01-09
BRYAN AND WILSON DISAGREE
Democrats Adopt Resolutions
Endorsing Treaty of Yer
saiIles and Wilson.
DENOUNCE G. o. P. LEADER
Assert Republicans Have Earn
ed United States the Con-
tempt of the World.

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Washington, Jan. S.-San Francisco.
and Monday, June 2s were selected to
day by democratic national COMMITTEES
as the place and date of opening the
! 1920 democratic national convention.
resolutions endorsing the treaty of
Versailles .and denouncing as unpatri-
otic the attitude of senators who
would defeat it directly or nullifying
reservations was unanimously adopt
ed today by the democratic national
committee in session here.
The arrogant" republican leader
snip OF the senate was denounced as
having earned the contempt of the
world" by throttling the treaty for
seven months, and the senate was
called upon TO playing politics with
the question of ratification"
The resolution then referred to the
enactment Of the law giving the peo-
pie the right to elect their United
states senator's by popular vote" and
the party had "enfranchised the wom-
en- and for the first time gave labor
the fair showing to which it was en-
titled
Peace is Delayed.
AS a result of the mismanagement
of republican leaders in the senate
AAAO AESOAANAOtt CONTINUES, SOnQlIlCnS
are unsettled, a definite proclama-
tion of the end of the war is delay
ed 1t declares that had the treaty
been ratified, with rea sonable
promptness, the world would now be
engaged in the fruitful work of re-
construction"
We join" said the resolutions. "the
demand for the pulpits of the country
and of its agricultural interests, of
labor and of the great business in
dustrial and commercial organizations
of America that the senate quit play
ing politics with this sacred question
and give to the. world the word taat
America is ready at TO at least maize
a trial for universal peace We re- /
pudiate the inferential suggestion that !
having joined our associates in a war
that is now leading thera 10 chaos +
we are to withdraw and leave them to I
a mereiless fate in ORDER that we might 1
maintain a so-called traditional state /
of isolation" that we surrendered /
when we went to the defense of our 1
rights and to the aid of struggling
IF this is to be our attitude. then
the $4,000 Americans who now sleep /
in France. gave up their lives in vain
and the 100000 more who willingly
offered their lives for the cause that
called us there, have a right to ask
for what were they summoned to the
colors.'
Reviewing the legislative record of
the two Wilson administrations and
the manner in which the war was won,
the resolutions also expressed gratifi-
cation that the president was cegaln-
ing healthlater break down due
largely to his efforts for world peace"
The resolutions We're adopted at
the committees quadrennial meeting
to select a time and place for the
1920 convention. The choice will be
made late today with the race between
kansas City and San Francisco and
claiming they have enough votes
pledged to insure beyond question the
selection of their city.
Concerning the peace treaty, the
resolution said:
I'VE affirm our approval of The
.reaty of Versailles and we condemn
as unwise and unpatriotic the attitude
)f those senators who would defeat
IS ratification, either directly or by
overwhelming it with reservations that
re intended to, and viii have the ef-
.ect Of nulIifying it.
@The failure of the senate republi
,an leaders to offer or TO permit con-
sideration of interpretative resolutions
hat would preserve the general pur-
pose of the treaty and 10 so permit
Is ratification condemns them TO the
criticism of the nation and to lhe
contempt of the world
The resolution said that when the
democrats came into power in 1913
they found the nation in a condition of
industrial and CONNER
,iaI depression" and with the bank
ng system in the hands of a few men
Il whose will panics periodically oc-
1t was added that these and other
MS had existed for 16 years under
republican rule without any relief
ITO remedy this condition, the
continued, 'the democratic
administration entered upon a vigor-
1us constructive program, adding
hat establishment of the federal re-
serve banking system, entities the
oarty to the everlasting gratitude OF
he country, while the farm loan bank
ng system gave to our agricultural in
.erests the relief long demanded by
hem"