The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-03

tween capital and laDor, were pasS-' ed the child labor act, the working mems compensation act (the exten- 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 bettering the conditions of the 1aboring classes. In the de-
 partment of labor the Democratic administration established woman's bureau, which a Republican congress destroyed by within oldfng appropria-- tons,
 Labor is not a commodity; it is hu- man. Those who labor have rights; and the national security and safety
 depend upon just recognition of
 those rights and the conservation of
 the strength of the -worl CTS and their
 families in the interest of sound
 hearted and sound headed men, wom-
 en and children. Laws. regulating
 hours of labor and conditions under
 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; cessa tion of prediction means loss and, if long continued, disa ster. The whole people threfore have a right. to insist that
 justice shall be done ito those-4 whs- work and in turn that those whose la
 Dor 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 sh ould participate in the formulation of sound laws and regulations gov
 erning the conditions under which la bor is performed, recognize and obey the laws so formulated and seek their amendment when necessary by the
 processes ordinarily addressed to. the laws and regulations affecting the other relations Of life. Labor as we'll as capital, is entitled to adequate compensation. Each has ! the indefensible right of organization, of collective bargaining and of speak , ing through representatives of their own selection. Neither, class, how ever, should at any time nor in any circumstances take action that will put in jeopardy the public welfare. Resort to strikes and lockouts which | endangera the health or lives of the people Is an unsatisfactory device for determining disputes, and the Demo- cratic party pledges itself to contrive, 1 if possible, to put into effective oper- ation a fair and comprehensive | method of composing differences of this nature. In private industrial dis putes we are opposed to com pulsory arbitration as method plausible in theory but failure in fact. With re- spect to government service we hold l distinctly the rights of the people are
 paramount to the right to st,ike. How ever, we profess scrupulous regard for l the conditions of public employment I and pledge the Democratic party to Einstant inquiry into the payment of government employees and equally I speedy regulations designed to bring l salaries to just and proper level. Woman Suffrage. .-- | We endorse the proposed 18th l amendment of the constitution of the
 United States granting equal suffrage | to women. We congratulate the ] legislatures of 35 states which have
 already ratified said amendment and l we urge the Democratic governors | and legisla lures of Tennessee, North | Carolina and Florida and such states | as have not yet ratified the federal | suffrage amendment to unite in an | effort to complete the process of rati- | fication and secure the Beth state in l time for all the women of the United | States to participate in the fall cleo | ton. We commend the effective
 advocacy of the measure by Pres1- l dent Wilson.
 Conduct of the War.
 | During the war President Wilson | exhibited the very broadest concep- ton of liberal Americanism. In his conduct of the war, as in the genera administration of his high office, there was no semblance of partisan bias He invited to Washington as hi: councillors and coadjutators hun
 dreds of the most prominent ant
 pronounced Republicans in the coun try. To these he committed respon- sibilties of the gravest import an6 I most confidential nature Many O.
 them had charge of vital activities O
 the government.
 And yet with the war successfully
 prosecuted and gforiously ended, th'
 Republican party in Congress, fla
 from applauding the masterly leader
 ship of the President and feliciatint
 the country on the amazing achieve
 ments of the American government
 has meanly requited the considerat 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 br9 nch of the service intimate
 ly concerned in winning the wa |. abroad ard preserving the security o
 the government at home.
 We express to the soldiers an' sailors of America the admiration o their fellow countrymen. Guided b. , the genius of such commanders a . General John J. Pershing the arme force of America constituted a de , cisive factor in the victory an , brought new lustre to the flag. x We commend the patriotic me and women who sustained the effort of their government in crucial hour of the war and contributed to tn , brilliant administrati tive success:
 achieved under the broad yisione | lea dership of the President
 r Financial Achievements.
 VI X review of the record of the Dem
 ocratic party during the administra
 1 tion of Woodrow Wilson presents
 l chapter of substantial achieveme ent . 1 unsurpassed in the history of the Re
 public. For fifty years before tn