Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-02-16
VICE PRESIDENT
IS A CANDIDATE
FOR DELEGATE
TO FRISCO MEET
ThoS, R, Marshall Wants to
Attend Democratic Ma
tiOnaI Convention As Men,
Der of Indiana Delegation,
OUTLINES PROBABLE
PLATFORM OF PARTY
His Letter is Interesting, in
View of the Fact He Gives
What He Thinks the
Party Should Stand For,

Fdrty On0uIQ otan0 F0F
tsY MORNING JouRsAL SPECIAL LEASED w,REI
| Washington, Feb. o. -15.-Vice
President Marshall. in a letter to
+. G. Hoffman of Fort Wayne.
Ind, secretary of the democratic
rational committee, made public
tonight, announced his candidacy
as delegate large from Indiana
to the coming San Francisco con-
vention upon "an old-time demo-
cratic platform.
In view of political gossip that
Vice President Marshall is slated
to become chairman of the plat
form committee his letter will be
read with especial interest by Of
ficials here.
Another presidential campaign
impends," Mr. Marshall wrote.
Thus far the president, who is the
chief of our party, has not deemed
1t eXpedient to express his opinion
as to what the issues will be. AS
am desirous of being delegate
.at-large from the state of Indiana,
| wish. in consonance with what [
Rope has been my entire public
career, to state the substance Of
v hat | think the democratic party
should stand for. | would not want
to so under am 5nnprohenslon
as to my views p,r
the unfaltering 0f H.
diana.
I'VE were ir a,4 fs.a
very moment -rar b5
ginning becaus ..s
ternal affairs.
ana measures 'tRp ga the pres
ervation of the peere n our conn.
try and the WINNIE gEtha war met
with my apprcv lid am ready
to defend theu
Ihe war and the
rehabilitation as waII
as the rest 4 a. il tasing
place. 1t is pa to accom-
plish our reNa}yti!f8fh ,thar than
through the iiufr alities Of
political parties. How shall tho
democratic party propose to re-
baDllltate the political system of
america, If entrusted with power,
rs the question.
Il nave watched in other coun-
trles the effects of so-called un-
brldled democracy and | have seen
Its menace on this country. until I
am quite convinced that the peace
prosperity and perpetuity of the
American republic must rest fin
ally upon a few ancient and time-
honored democratic doctrines.
mo one save God can remove
the Individual as the unit Of good
government. Legislative efforts to
produce justice and good order i'm
society by listening and acceding TO
the demands of persons and classes
VIII in the hour of peace produce
tallure. The only sure foundation
for stable republic must rest upon
the Jeffersonian right to life, to
liberty and to the pursuit of hap
piness.
The democratic party should
stand for this pledge itself to re-
build the American political struc-
ture along this line by clearly di-
Vlding its citizens into the law
abiding and law breaking: making
its laws rest equally upon all men;
permitting the individual citizen
who is honest to succeed by hon
est methods; giving to no citizen
legislative advantage; speedily
punishing anyone who unjustly
obtains success by crooked and d,s-
honest means; recognizing that
this is still a federation of states;
demanding that the states dis
charge the duties of local self-gov-
ernment; resisting the usurpations
of the general government; removl
ing corrupt and unbiased judges
but standing always for obedience
to the DEGREES of court and to COM
stituted authority; insisting that
the legislative branch of the gov
ernment shall be responsible for
the discharge of its duty and serv-
ing notice upon 1t that it cannot
skulk behind an Illegal interfer-
ence upon the part of the executive
branch; electing an executive
pledged to discharge the countless
officials and innumerable agents
made necessary by the war and to
administer public affairs along
economic lines, even to the point
of the veto of every bill carrying
not 'only unnecessary and ill-ad-
vised appropriations, but appro-
priations for the benefit of a few
citizens rather than for the com,
mon good: regulating strictly every
public utility; and Furnishing all
those seeking to profiteer either
personally or through aggregated
combinations of men or money; in
short, the presentation to the peo-
pie for their suffrages of a man
upon an old time, democratic plat
form, under the principles of which
the republic for so many years was
contented, prosperous and invinci-
BILE.
"If faith of this kind appeals
to the democrats of Indiana, de-
sire to so as delegate large TO
the convention at San Francisco TO
advocate this kind of platform
and to ascertain whether every
thing that made the republic great