Columbus daily courier. [volume] (Columbus, N.M.) 1920-1920, 1920-06-19
~ EDWARD ". PlcKARp.
FOR Pr..Idsn,-wARREn G. HARD.
INC Of ohlo.
FOR Vice Prssldsnt-cALviN cooL
ZOOS ~ Massachusetts.

Fof vice Fraeloant-CALNtN COOL
zoos " Massachusetts.
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There IL the ticket with which The
Republicans hope anblnlend to regain
possession Of the national government
next fall
For president, a man from the home
state Of many presidents, a statesman
Of long experience and solid reputa.
tion. who has been a member Of the
United States senate since 1914. n
member Of the ~old guard who stands
wen with the Republicans who are In
control Of the senate.
For vice president. the governor Of
the hay state. who was virtually un.
known % the nation az large until the
strike Of Boston policemen and his Wig
orous course IN IN suppression give
him a vast amount OF publicity and
made hlm the favorita son OF Maasa-
chusctts IN the haliotinr for hrst place
on the ticket.
These gentlemen now stand before
tho electors OF the country on a plat.
foNn that II 10 broad that Il embraces
nearly every topic and Issue OF the
day. though there are those who assert
that IN some places the planks r
perilousIy thin. Its builders. how
ever. maintain that there IA no danger
OF the candidates falling through the
weak spots. and u may be that. with
some iudicious straddllng and slde.Step-
Dinn. this will nrove truo.
Struggle over the Platform.
Seldom. n ever. has the choice OF
a presidential candidate been 80 close
~ connected with the building OF the
~plntfonn-or n might be more exact
20 say the rejection OF . candidate.
For u Hiram johnson and his sup
portefs could have compelled the adop-
ton OF just the plank they demanded
on the League OF Nations issue, the
California senator. and he alone, could
with consistency have consented to 80
before the people standing on the plat
form. A Il was. his threat TO bolt the
party cnused a long deadlock IN the de-
alterations Of the committee on rcso-
buttons and AZ last forced the adop-
ton Of a plank based on the cabled
suggestion OF Elihu Root. That wise
man had gone 70 Europe. hut kept In
closs touch with the dolngs In Chi
a Z and AZ the crucial moment his
plan wal presented 20 johnson, Borah,
Mccormick and the other %'irreconcil-
ables" and accepted by them.
The resolution as finally incorpo-
rated IN the platform. and swallowed
BY the convention. almost without n
culver, completely avoids any pledge TO
ratlfy the treaty NJ pence and the
league covenant with or without reser-
vatlons. strongly Endorses the action
OF the Republican senators In that re-.
gard and promises that the party viii
work for some kind OF International
arrangement for the peaceful adjust
ment Of disputes between nations with
out the sacrifice of American SOW
erclgnSy. Thus, az viii he seen. the
way II left open for an administration
elected on this platform 10 do almost
anything Il sees a. M this regard. ex'
cept 10 rAtlfy a treaty aud league COW
ennnt such a. President Wilson
brought home from Paris.
Wilson's Policies scored.
For the rest. the platform. In brief,
scores President Wilson and the Dem
ocrntie administration for their unpre'
paredness for war and for the equally
unprepared condition Of the nation foI
the reception OF peace. Denouncinf
the autocratic assumption OF author
lty b. the president. the platform
pledges the restoration OF constitution
al government. The Republican con
gresu Il praised for lis efforts 20 cope
with the problems caused by the presl
dents course
The farmers gained their reqnesies
eupport for extension Of farm loanl
y aud the right 20 engage In cooperative
marketing and buying.
erhe Industrial plank was the sub
lect ~ much discussion. Some o. The
eommlice members. presumably speak
ine for M business, favored a plaal
90 ~ ~ 0pntion OF sirlkeh by law
ooyermor 1,Nan snd others wanted th'
Ksnsss ,n0 rial court plan ludorned
naNauu iNuN. 1911 -
I'M. 80 ~ hirngo - tell the com
r,,,s. -, ttlnd Of plank the Ameri
49,, r.ae.-, b of Labor demanded
requests were satisfied
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continues; 49,.
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