The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-07-02
Official Text Demo cxaaatiic Platform as
Reported By Resolutions Committee

San Francisco, July 2.--Following l
the official text of the democratic plat
form as reported to the convention b.
the resolutions committee:
The democratic party, in Its ma
tional convention assembled. sends
greetings to the president of the
United States, Woodrow Wilson,
and halls with patriotic pride the
great achievements for, country and
the world wrought by a democratic
administration under his leader
ship.
1t salutes the mighty. people Of
this great republic, emerging with
imperishable honor from the severe
tests and grievous strains Of the
most tragic war in history. having
earned the plaudits and the grati-
tude Of NIL free nations.
1t declares its adherence 10 the
fundamental progressive principles
OF social. economic and industrial
justice and purposes to resume. the
great work of translating these
principles into effective laws, begun
and carried far by the democratic
administration and interrupted only
when the war claimed all the ma
tional energies for the single task
OF victory.
League of Nations.
The democratic party favors the
league OF nations as the surest. II
not the only practicable, means of
maintaining the permanent peace OF
the world and terminating the In
sufferablee burden Of great. military
and naval establishments. 1t was
for this that America broke away
from traditional isolation and spent
her blood and treasure TO crush a
colossal scheme OF conquest. II was
upon this basis that the president
of the United States. in prearrange-
ment with our allies consented to a
suspension OF hostilities against the
imperial German government; the
armistice was granted and treaty
OF peace negotiated upon the defi-
mite assurance TO Germany. as well
as to the powers pitted against
Germany, that general association
of nations must be formed, under
specific covenants. for the purpose
Of affordlng mutual guarantees OF
political Independence and territo-
rial integrity to great and small
states alike. Hence, we not only
congratulate the president on the
vision manifested and vigor exhib-
tied in the prosecution OF the war,
but we felicitate him and his as
sociates upon the exceptional
achievements at Paris involved in
the adoption of a league and treaty
so near akin to previously expressed
American ideals and so intimately
related 20 the aspirations Of civ
ilized peoples everywhere.
We commend the president for his
courage and his high conception of
good faith in steadfastly standing
for the covenant agreed to by all
the associated and allied nations at
war with Germany. and We con-
denim the republican senate for its
refusal TO ratify the treaty merely
because II was the produH OF demo-
cratic statesmanship. thus interpos.
Ing partisan envy and personal
hatred IN the way Of the peace and
renewed prosperity Of the world.
BY every accepted standard OF In
ternational morality the president Is
justified in asserting that the honor
OF the country is involved In this
business. and we point TO the ac-
cusing fact that. before Il was de-
tern1lned 20 initiate political an
tagonlsm 20 the treaty the new re-
publican chairman OF the senate for
eign relations committee himself
publicly proclaimed that any propo-
sition for a separate peace with
Germany. such as he and his party
associates thereafter reported to the |
senate. would make US guilty Of |
the blackest crime
On May Is last the Knox aubsti- |
tufe for the Versailles treaty was
passed by the republican senate. and
this convention can contrive mol
more fitting Characterization OF its
ohioduy than that made In the Fo-
rum Magazine OF December 1918. byil
Henry Cabot Lodge. who said: III
we sent our armies and young mem
TO be killed and wounded in north
ern France and Flanders. with nd
result hut this. our entrance int4
war with such an Intention was
crime which nothing can justify |
The intent Of congress. and the nj