Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-14
Tor tentative platform, submitted the

nhHIler, aftcn With no IDEA oil Whcrf
the money comes from. While the State
revenue last year was over 81 900, 900, tho
expenses exceeded the income.
we want the best schools that the
citizens can afford. No school system can
be effective without the support Of the
people. There is room for doubt as 70
whether the system recently inaugnrated
has the approval of a large number OF
citizens. The convention, therefore,
recommends such revision of the present
school laws as shall be in keeping with the
democratic principle of local self-govern-
ment and at the same time relieve the
taxpayers of the great burden that now
rests on them rs result OF the present
system.
I'VE welcome women to participation
IN governmental affairs. We criticise the
Republicans for not providing machinery
by which the women of the State could
be more conveniently and readily regis
tered
There is crying need for the election
| OF an able, courageous and conservative
chief executive, who will give close
/ thought to the interests of the entire
State inathe matter of legislation, literally
using his veto power against unwlse appro-
| prIatiope and useless and expensive setting
| up of commissions to deal with one phase
ID government or another"
United States Senator Josiah O. VOL
colt presented the following suggestion:
1--WE accept the declaration in the
platform of the Republican party of
Delaware that the League Of Nations is
the paramount issue before the American
people at this time. On that issue we
stand firmly on the position taken by
the national Democracy as defined in
fbp / ,f hat,npa t.hc II
the Democratic National Convention.
The insinuation in the platform of the
Republican party of Delaware that this
position would make possible the send
ing of our American youths to the re-
mote parts of the earth at the behest
of foreign powers to help by force of
ar-ls in the settlement of their many
disputes we denounce as either founded
in gross ignorance or born of n spirit of
deliberate misrepresentation. Now, as
ever, the Democratic party stands for
the full preservation of American sover-
eighty and the retention by each of the
departments of government of their
constitutional powers in all their original
vigor. We assert that our advocacy
of this great peace-promoting plan known
as the League Of Nations in no wise
conflicts with the traditional attitude
OF tne democratic party.
Mrs. John r. Eskridge, on behalf
of the associated members, submitted
the following suggestions:
Relieving the education of the. people
is the chief guarantee Of Democratic
government, we favor liberal appropria-
tions by the State and the nation to So
cure this object and to tighten the burden
of local TAXATION and we advocate such
Afstfr ut raf nf sba ,,ttlifn erhla1
system as will secure it's advantages 10
people Of all conditions and in all sections
of the State.
eve endorse the planks in the Demo
cratic national platform suggested by the
National League of Women Voters re-
lating to child labor; adequate appropria-
tion for the Childrens Bureau: protec-
tion for infant life through maternity
and infancy care; instruction of the youth
and the newcomer to our shores In the
duties and ideals of citizenship; vocation
al training In home economies; OF federal |
supervision of the marketing and dis !
tribution of food; the establishment of |
Woman's Bureau in the Department of |
Labor; the merit system IN the Civil |
Service free from discrimination on ac- |
count of sex; appropriation to carry on a /
campaign for public educ0ion in sex /
hygiene; Federal legislation permitting /
an American-born woman to retain her /
citizenship while resident In the United /
States, though married to an alien; and |
further that an alien woman who mar l
ries an American citizen must take the /
obligation OF citizenship before she can |
become a citizen"
Timothy J. Mooney presented the fol- |
lowing suggestions:
1--WE sympathize with the people of the |
Irish nation in the establishment OF a /
government of their own choosing and /
heartily endorse the stand of Presidential i
Nominee James G.. Cox to present its /
cause before the Legaue of Nations -
Fred W. Stierle submitted suggestions /
of the non-partisan political campaign /
committee of the Central Labor Union of /
Wilmington, which were identical with /
suggestions he presented to the Republi- /
can State Convention.
State Chairman Henry r. Isaacs
appointed Senator. Josiah O. Wolcott, !
Mrs. Henry Ridgely, John b. Hutton,
Francis dell. Janvier Miss Margaret /
Dugan, Albert f. Polk and James NJ. /
Tunnel committee TO redraft the sugges-
tlons for presentation to the committee
on resolutions.
QUIET CONVENTION EVE.
Convention eve was quiet, with un-
certainty pervading the throng County
rotation entitled Sussex to the guber-
material nomination and Andrew j.
Lynch controlled majority of sSussex's
delegates was the only definite informa-
ton. Mr.. Lynch claimed AZ of Sussex's
60 delegates, but his opponents conceded
him only 35 and said he would have fewer
In the Sussex delegation today.
Friends asked him to take the Congress
slonal nomination and give Ezekiel
Cooper the gubernatorial nomination, but
he declined. Willard +. Deputy and his
delegates were advised to stay out of the
Sussex caucus today and attempt TO
throw the gIbernatoral nomination on the
convention floor, but they were loath to
heed the advice, Another suggestion was
that the New Castle and Kent county
caucusesadopt resolutions pledging support
to any Sussex countian. except a lawyer,
for the gubernatorial nomination. The
held that lawyer should not
appoint the new Judiciary. Opposition
to Mr.. Lynch was based on the fact that
he is lawyer and also on the supposition
that he is friendly to the "wets" and too
bitterly arIayel against the School Code.
Forming f combinations for other
nominations was attempted, but made
little progress because of the uncertainty
the gubernatorial nomination.