Republican farmer., 1920-07-09

sion of which we advocate so as to include laborers engaged in loading
 and unloading ships and in interstate
 commerce), the eight hour law, the act for vocational training and a code
 of other wholesome laws affecting the liberties and hettering the conditions of the laboring classes. In the de-
 partment of labor the Democratic
 admin istration established woman's
 bureau, which a Republican congress
 destroyed by withholding appropria-- tions. > l, ., .t-= T H:A aI.
 to Labpryiso onotea comnoditys lit5 is hi1-i
 man. Those who labor have rights; and the national security and safety Il depend upon just recognition of
 those rights and the conservation of
 the strength of the wori CTS and their
 families in the interest of sound
 hearted and sound headed men, won-
 en and children. Laws, regulating 1 which labor is performed. when pass ed in recognition of the conditions
 under which life must be lived to at
 tain the highest development and
 happiness. are just assertions of the
 national interest in the welfare of the
 people.
 At the same time the nation depends
 upon the products of labor; cessation
 Of prediction means loss and, if long
 continued, disaster The whole people
 threfore have a right to insist that
 Justice shall be done to those who
 work and is2 turn that those whose la eo-' creates the necessities upon which
 the life of the nation depends must recognize the reciprocal obligation be-
 tween the worker and the sta te. They
 should participate in the formulatic . of sound laws and regulations gov
 ecping the conditions under which la bor is performed. recognize and obey the laws formu ed and seek their anendm ent when necessary by the processes ordinarily addressed to the laws and regulations affecting the other relations os life,
 ' Labor as well as capital, is entitled
 to adequate compensation Each has . the indefensib1e right of organization, of collective bargaining and of speak ling through representatives of their } own selection Neither class, how ever, should at any time nor in any circumstances take action that VIM , put in jeopardy the public welfare. Resort to strikes and lockouts which , endanger the health or lives of the people is unsatisfactory device for , determining disputes, and the Demo cratic party pledges itself to contrive- if possible, to put into effective oper- , aton fair and comprehensive
 method of composing differences of this nature. In private industrial dis puteS we arr opposed to com pulsory arbitration as a method plausible in theory but failure in fact. With re- spect to government service we hold
 distinctly the rights of the people are
 paramount to the right to staike. How
 ever, we profess scrupulous regard for the conditions of public employment : and pledge the Democratic party to instant inquiry into the payment of l government employees and equally , I tearan nndx la salaries to a Just and proper level.
 Woman Suffrage
 We endorse the proposed 18th , amendment of the constitution of the United States granting equal suffrage r to women We congratulate the , legislatures of a5 states which have , already ratified said amendment and we urge, the Democratic governors , and legislatures of Tennessee, North Carolina and Florida and such states
 as have not yet ratified the federal
 suffrage amen ndment to unite in an effort to complete the process of rati- . fication and secure the 3sth state in time for sall the women of the United States to participate in the fall cleo 3 tion We commend the effective . advocacy of the measure by Pres1- y dent Wilson
 Conduct of the War. f During the war President Wilson : exhibited the very broadest concep- = ton of liberal Americanisrn- In his conduct of the war, as in the general q l administration of his high office, there = was no semblance of partisan bias s He invited to Washington as his = councillors and coadjutators hun e dreds of the most prominent and V pronounced Republicans in the coun- = try. To these he committed respon- f sibilties of the gravest import and
 fiay na /, them had charge of vital activities o1 "a the government
 And yet with the war successfully . prosecuted and gloriously ended, th< v Republican party in Congress, fal . from applauding the masterly leader v ship of the President and feliciatins . the country on the amazing achieve . ments of the American government = has meanly requited the considerats = course of the chief magistrate b! = savagely defaming the commander il - chief of the army, navy and by as | sailing nearly every public officer O. ., every branch of the service intimate = ly concerned in winning the wa. ,t abroad and preserving the security O ,n the government at home
 d We express to the soldiers ant '. sailors of America the admiration O " their fellow coUntrymen. Guided b, ,ss the genius of such commanders a  IS force of America constituted de ot cisive factor in the victory an, ,h brought new lustre to the flag. ,s We commend the patriotic me- f. and women who sustained the effort n, of their government in crucial hour st Of the war ana con1rlouteo to th tr brilliant administrative success .s achieved under the bread visione al leadership Of the President.
 hv Financial Achievements.
 avs A review of the record of the Dem
 i ocratic party during the administra
 ton of Woodrow Wilson presents z 1 chapter of substantial achieveme mt ,+ unsurpassed in the history of the Re c- public. For fifty years before tn a5 advent of this administration period ,is ical convulsions had impeded the In
 dustrial progress of the America a. people and caused inestirna ble los h. and distress. By the enactment (