Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-07-02

er o"ys ailu HlsntS OF oeDate, the resO
lutions committee draft of the plat
form was laid before the democrati,
national convention today. &.
4 The committee platform was silen
on prohibition enforcement. 1t was
long document, efforts to produce
brief, emphatic statement OF principle.
having been baked.
A wide range of subjects were
treated including agriculture, labor
soldier relief and a score more domes
tic questions. The preamble was con
fined to tribute to the leadership O.
1 President Wilson.
\ League Is Endorsed.
Foremost among the planks came
endorsement of the league of nations
and condemnation of the republican
senate for having interposed partisan
envy and personal hatred" in the way
of world peace. The presidents stanG
against reservations designed to cu
! to pieces the vital provisions Of the
Versailles treaty" was applauded, bu
coupled with this declaration with the
statement, written in after prolonged
committee struggle that the demo
cratic party did not oppose "reserva-
tions making clearer or more specific
the obligations of the United States
to the league associates"
Accompanying this was an assertion
that the president had REPEATEDLY de-
clared and the convention now reaf.
firmed that American obligations as a
league member must be fulfilled in
\ strict conformity with the constitution
of the United States. embodied in
which is the fundamental requirement
of declaratory action by the congress
before this nation may become par
| ticipant in any war"
| Irish Plank Brief.
! The Irish plank, center of hours of
committee dispute, was brief. The spe-
cific reference followed a general as
sertion reaffirming the principle of
national self determination as a war
aim which victory established" 1t
merely renewed within the limita-
tions of international comfy and
usa ge" previous expressions of the de-
mocratic party of sympathy with Irish
aspirations for self government.
The Armenian plank also expressed
sympathy; but was silent on the ques-
ton of acceptance by the United States
of mandate for which the president
asked authority of congress. Consist
ent with the constitution and Ameri-
can principles, the committee plank,
said, the government should lend "ev-
cry possible and proper" aid to the
Armenians' effort to set up a govern
ment of their own.
Asiatics Excluded
Among other international subJecs7
touched upon was non-admission OF
Asiastic immigrants declared to be
national policy "a true expression OF
the Judgment of our people" Support
was pledged to states where enforce
ment of that policy was of particular
concern.
The Mexican plank asserted that the
administration remembering in all cir
cumstances that Mexico was an lnde-
pendent state had been unwilling
either to profit by the misfortunes OF
the people Of Mexico or to enteeble
their future by imposing from the
outside a rule upon their Temporarily
distracted councils" Order was grad
ually reappearing' there as a result, 1t
added. and ''at no time in many years
have American lives and interests been
SO safe as they are now
The new Mexican government.
should be recognized when it had
proved its ability to maintain order,
signified it's willingness to meet inter-
national obligations and had liven
foreigners in Mexico right as well as
duties" the plank continued 1t
served notice, however, that until that
time Mexico must realize the propri-
ETY. of a policy that asserts the right OF
the United tSates to demand full pro-
lection for it's citizens
Republicans Indicted.
The platform sharply indicted the
renublican congress and the republican I
party on many counts, including a
warning of well defined indications
Of an impending assault upon vital
of the federal reserve sys-
.em in the event of republican vic
,orv in November. The financial plank
condemned the pernicious attempt Oh
he republican party to create discon-
ent among the holders of the bonds
If the government" and to drag our
,ublic finance and our banking and
system back into the arena
# party politics"
Failure to enact tax revision meas
lres Through sheer political coward
90" also was charged against the re-
,ublicans, congress having made no
move, it was asserted, toward re-
di,stment of tax laws which it de- I
iounced before the last election and
ras afraid to revise before the next
lection" Claims of republic public
conomv we're branded as false pre-
ense": but the attack on the repub-
cans reached its climax in a separate
Iank devoted to republican corrup-
Ion.''
The platform as submitted follows.
l part: :
The Railroads.
The railroads were subjected to Ied- ;
raj control as a war measure without r
ther idea than the swift transport of +
oops. munitions and supplies. When 2
uman life and national hopes were at !
axe. profits could not be considered
nd were not Federal operation,
owever, was marked by an inteln- a
snce and efficiency that minimized {
IS and resulted in many and marked n
sforms. The equipment taken over e
as not only grossly inadequate yu, p