The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-30
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rotary Colby various wet declarations
in the drys also put forward set of
proposals ranging from an ultra dry
declaration to a plain law enforcement
Promise
The outstanding features of the
platform viii be as follows:
!. Unqualified Endorsement of the
treaty of Versailles, including the
league of nations, just as the President
brought ii back from Europe. No pro-
lection viii be afforded those Demo-
cratic senator's who voted for mild res
ervations to the league covenant. The
Republican majority in the senate will
President Wilson from having his own
way with the treaty.
?. Prohibitions: A general declara-
ton in favor of law enforcement, with
out any specific reference to the Vol
stead enforcement act. This plank will
be an avoidance of the wet and dry is
sue, and win satisfy neither the ex-
treme vets nor the extreme drys.
3. Irish question:: A broad indorse-
| ment of the principles of self deter
| mination of small nations and peoples
without any reference to the recogni-
| tion by the United States of the So
| called free government of Ireland Oh
| the Irish republic demanded by New
York state delegation and pro-Irisl
leaders generally.
| 4. Labor: Radical declaration in
favor of the unlimited right of labor tc
| strike, and non-interference by lega
DEGREES; recognition of the principle OF
collective bargaining, and virtually al
| the American federation of labor {
of the other labor planks approved by
few weeks ago in its platform.
.. Industrial relations: A separate
plank which will declare in favor OF
voluntary arbitration of disputes be
tween employer and employee win not
| indorse the idea of an industrial court
| Instead a commission of investigation
viii be proposed which will depend for
it's success upon popular opinion aftel
all of the facts in each case have beer
brought to light Government owner
ship of railroads will not be Endorsed.
6. Profiteering: A general declara
ton against profiteers and for the en-
forcement of existing laws against tn,
profteer, with the promise of additiona
legislation if this should become neces
sary.
7. Education and child labor: Strong
plank in favor of new child labor legis
lation and federal aid to state educa
tional Institutions along the lines ad
yocated by women g organizations al
/ over the country as well as by associa
lions of educators.
8. Citizenship: A strong .indorse
ment of proposals to Amercanize for
eign born residents and make more I'M
pressiye to them the ceremony of nat
uralization.
9. Women: Praise of the infiuenc,
women voters are exerting in the ma
tion, offers an Endorsement in sweep
ing terms of the various reforms which
they stand for, particularly amend
ments to laws in the different state
which discriminate against the femal
and like changes in federal civil servic
laws.
Aside from being a complete indorse
ment of the Wilson foreign policies an,
an avoidance of such troublesome ques
tions as prohibition and Irish freedom
the Democratic platform is to be
carryall for the ideas of various ele
ments in the party and outside of il
frankly designed to attract votes fror
as many different quarters as possible
There viii be bait for every kind 0
fish except the ultra conservatives.