Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-07-07
ROOSEVELT is CHOSEN
COX'S RUNNING MATE
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dates and second the Roosevelt nomi
nation Il wave OF cheering swept
through the hall. The end OF the con
vcution was at hand, and when former
Governor Francis Of Missouri sigma
lied withdrawal OF his name by mu..
ing suspension Of rules and nomi9a,
ton of the Now Yorker by acclami.
ten the shout Of Aye" that ratihad
his action shook he roof Of the ma~-
give civic auditorium tor tae las
tine. and The exodus Of delegates was
in lroprcss oven before formal a4-
ionrnment Was taken.
johnson for Harding.
San Francisco. July t. Support +
the Republican party vita clida-
date standing four square upon fhr
platform Is the only choice left
those who believe in safeguarIing,
protecting ana preserving our Amor
sanism,' Senator Hiram Johnson OF
California declared in ii statement ct
his homo here today.
For more than a year the contest
over he Presidents league OF nation
has ben Waged in congress- Senator
Johnson's statement S3id 1t has
beeen the all-engrQssing and para.
mount issue. OF necessity this Issue
came to the conventions Of the two
great political parties. Both Repub.
licans ana Democrats in their plat.
form have INDUCED in The usual pc.
ltical verbosity, but, nevertheless,
these platforms, in direct opposition
to each other, sharply define and
clearly present the question for dccl-
SIGN in the November election.
The Republican party declared that
ihe Presidents covenant failed sig
nally to accomplish it, purpose and
contained StipulatlOnS not only intOler-
able for an Independent people, but
certain to produce the injustice. hos
tility and controversy among nations
which it proposed to prevent and re-
updialed to a degree wholly unnoCes.
sary ana unjustitia6lc the time hon
OrCd oliCiCs in favor Of CAGE declared
BY Washington, Jefferson and Monroe.
"The Republican party stands, there
fore firmly against the Presidents
covenant as presented, denounces it
as breeding war rather than prOmot-
ing peace. and roatlirms the time hon
ored, nation Old policies Of Washing
ton. Jel crsOn and Monroe.
Raps Democrats.
The Democratic party, on the other
hand, rejected every eilort to modify
or qualify the Presidents proposed
league Of nations, indorsed the Presi
dents attitude and took its position
in favor Of the league as presented
1t is true that the Democrats, in an
effort to placatc, say something about
reservations which might make clear
or or more specific thc obligations OF
tho United eat2a. but the language il
meaningless and does not al all alter
the essential position Of the Demo
cratic party for the league as pre-
scented.
The two parties acted in similal
fashion in one respect. but from dir
fercnt motives and for different rea
sons, Both rejected the pleas tol
adoption Of tho league with rcserya
lions, the Democrats because they
We're for the league as presented. anC
because no reservations devised By
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