The Washington herald., 1920-06-14


and telephone lines the attitude of
the party is unmistakable. On the
subject of profiteering the evasion
of the issue was apparent and In
the interest of the exploiters.
stand on SoIdierx Bonus.
On the subject of the sordIers.
bonus, the party's position was not
due to hostility to the soldiers or
to lack of appreciation for their
services. The Republican leaders
would be glad to give a bonus If
they could, do so without offending
Republicans, who, though few in
number, have more influence with
the leaders of that party than all
the service men combined.
Appropriations have to be proyid-
ed for and the Republican leaders
could not find a way of raising
money that would not arouse yio-
tent opposition. To tax all the
people would offend a larger
number than the bonus would
please; to issue bonds wouIo
depress the price of the bonds
outstanding and that would create
antagonism; to put IL on stock
dividends and war rrofts would
irritate the csniialistic class, so the
soldier boys ger compliments in
stead of cash. Their labors are to
be held in "imperishable- remem-
brance;" the leaders certainly did
SAY 1t with flowers"
The woman suffrage plank under
went a material alteration in the
full committee. In the report of
the subcommittee as published, the
governors OF States that had not
ratified were urged to cell special
sessions for the fastening of rat
ification. In the platform as final
1y published the governors were not
mentioned, but legislatures that had
not ratified were urged to do so.
This seems like q very slight
change, but 1t may mean the delay
of ratification until after the cleo
tion.
The Prohibition Comedy.
The history of the lost prohibi-
tion plank would make a side-splitL
ting comedy. Some said it was in;
some said 1t was not. Some claimed
that 1t was rut In and lest out and
, ought to have been read when II
wasn't. One member of the COM
mittee wrote out q minority re-
pOfl anu Iuch went OH 10 MS motel
instead of presenting 1t to the con-
vention. He sent it by an outsider
to delegate who was afraid to
present it because he was going to
make a nominating speech and
feared he would hurt the candidate.
They all with one accord began
to make excuses" No one seemed
disposed to do the natural and easy
thing. namely bring 1t into the con-
vention and have the mistake cor
rected. And this Is the convention
Of party that has claimed a mo-
nopoly OF high purpose and con-
scientious endeavor.
l have already called attention TO
the ambiguity of the plank on the
league of nations: IL says anything
or nothing or both, according to
your pleasure. Call for anything
you want and you win find It there.
@Labor's Seant Hearfng.s
A number of the farmers demands
were included in the platform and
several planks suggested by the
women. but labor received a scant
hearing. The line between the cor
poration and its employees is too
clearly drawn to permit the party
to straddle the issue, and, being
compelled to choose, IL could not
take other than the employers side.
The candidates are men of ability
and will prove acceptable to a large
majority of the party. Senator
Harding. while entirely pleasing to
big business, cannot be attacked as
successfully as Gov. Lowden might