The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-08-09
WILL FAVOR WARTIME
LAWS REPEALED AND
STATE RIGHTS PRESERVED

| . TNESEKV ED
Governor Hugh Dorsey, in making
MS formal announcement FRIDAY said
in part '''1
The issues confronting us in this
campaign are not merely local in their
slgnlncance but affect the very exist
eHce OF our party and the future OF
our nation. These issues have been
| squarely met and our duty as respects
them[ courageously stated in the plat
| FORM OF our party as enunciated at
the San Francisco convention. To
the position of our party as stated in
that document and to the nominees of
our national organization as selected
at this convention, l pledge my hearty
and enthusiastic support.
| League of Nations
The issue made by the Republican
party, in opposing all efforts to asso
clate the nations of the world to SUD,
press wars, to liberate small nations
and to restrain the rapacious desire
OF some nations to extend their terri,
torlai limits; cannot be-and ought not
to be-evaded in this campaign.
There can be no normaIitv in our
national lie until peace has been for
mally and legally declared. MANY
suggestions have been offered to
bring about this condition but the
principles underlying League OF Ma
tlons-concerted agreement for per-
nlaneut .peace-moSt nearly approach
correct solution OF the problem.
Some interpretations OF the pro-
posed realty are worthy OF adoption,
as Tor example, an express declara-
ION that under the Constitution OF
the tinted States, war cannot be de-
| clzreds or soldiers sent abroad without
a co1current resolution by both
Houses OF the Congress; clearer DEF
milton IN the Treaty OF what are con,
sidered by Our people as domestic
questions, the control over which this
Nation does not yield; and others OF
/ a like nature.
Labor
The time has passed for serious
debate upon the right of labor to
living wage, meaning not mere susie
nance and clothing but providing a
reasonable surplus for the disability
OF old age, the education of children.
sickness and unforeseen emergencies.
he right to collective bargaining can
1 not be denied, for it affords the only
practical method by which EMPLOYEES
can deal with their EMPLOYERS. But
sober thought should remind us that
there are lengths to which labor in, an
effort to advance its case, should not
go. and the rights OF the public must
not be ignored. The laws should en-
courage the man who works with the
hammer. or the hoe, but should en-
phatically discourage the agitator who
substitutes for these tools the torch
or bomb
immigration
The immigrant who comes to our
shores must be made to show a pro-
per appreciation of our form of Gov
eminent, a decent regard for our insti-
tutions, disposition to protect pr-
vate property, and an ability to be-
come worthy American before he
Is granted the rights of American cit
lzenship, He should be placed upon
probation and citizenship should be
made the goal for his attainment.
| Transportation
Whatever conditions may develop
in the future, the recent experiment
OF Government operation of railroads
has been proven by the experience of
the war to be unwise at this time. |
believe that in present conditions pri-
vate enterprise, under strict Govern
mental regulation, can more efficiently
and less extensively handle the COM
merce of the nation. To this end the
recently enacted transportation law
OF Congress, while no doubt imperfect
IN some respects, should be given a
fair test before it is condemned and
should any injustice result from its
provisions to the carriers, their en-
ployes, shippers, or the travelling pub
nc, such defects must be promptly
remedied by adequate legislation.
War Legislation
The espionage and sedition laws
which were so necessary to the sue
cessful conduct of the war. having
accomplished the purposes for which
they were intended, should be repeal
ed with the utmost expedition, care
being taken, however, that those who
are now serving sentences imposed
by the courts of our land for crimes
against the lives, health or safety of
our service men should not automati-
cally become the beneficiaries of such
repeal.
War Burden
1t is imperative that Congress give
immediate attention to the matter of
revising the federal system of taxa,
ton, SO that the burden of these taxes
which were necessarily levied to meet