Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-09
BRYAN SPLITS
 WITH PRESIDENT
 ON THE LEAGUE
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 after it was established any neces- sary changes, than to attempt to se- cure them by reservations in the ratifying resolutions. But our plan has been rejected and we must face .he situation as it is. We must eith- CT secure such compromises as may be possible or present the issue to the country. The latter course would mean delay Of at least II months and then success only in case of our securing two-thirds majority in the senate.
 eve cannot afford. either as citi- zens or as members of the party, to share with the republican party re- sponsibility for further delay; we cannot go before the country on the issue that such an appeal would present. The republicans have a ma iority in the senate and there- fore, can by right dictate the sem ate's course. Being in the minority, we cannot demand the right to de- eide the terms upon which the sen ate will consent to ratification. Our nation has spent 100000 precious lives and more than 20 billions of dollars to make the world safe for democracy and the one fundamental principle of democracy is the right of the majority to rule. It applies to the senate and to the house as well as to the people According to the constitution. a treaty is ratified hy a twothirds vote, but the demo- cratic party cannot afford to take advantage of the constitutional right of minority to prevent ratification A majority of congress can declare war. Shall we make it more diff cult to conclude a treaty than to CT.
 ter war;"
 "Neither can we % before tke country on the issue raised by a. Iticle 10 If we do not intend to i'm pair the right of congress to decide the question of peace or war whe' the time for action arises, how can we insist upon moral obligation
 to go to war which can have ni force or value except as it does in,
 pair the independence of congress
 We owe it to the world to join ir an honest effort to put an end t. war forever and that effort shouli
 be made at the earliest possibl4
 moment.
 Domestic Service.
 "A democratic party cannot be : party of negation; it must have {
 construction program. It must no
 only favor league of nations, but j must have plan for the selection c
 delegates and policy to be pursue
 by those delegates. What plan ca,
 democratic party have other thar
 one that contemplates the popula
 election of these delegates who, il
 their influence, they will exert 4wil be next in importance to tn
 president himself, and what polio
 can the democratic party have with
 in the league of nations other tha' one of absolute independence an
 impartialitv between the members o
 the league? Our nations voic
 should at all times be raised in be
 tween nations as the only basis 0
 permanent peace; it should b
 raised in defense of the right of self spirit of brotherhood as nniversa
 dS lHe pSaCt WlllCil we dUNOCdtC. , "We have domestic problems als , which offer an opportunity to rende large service, and one objection t thrusting the treaty into the cam paign is that it would divert atten tion from questions demanding i'm mediate consideration We are con , fronted with the organization o new parties on the theory that th old parties do not meet the issue that have arisen. Our party is tn ,, one party that can qualify for tn meeting of these issues. It can or pose a class party because it is nc itself the party of class, but tn 1 party of the whole people, regardles , of class. The republican party ha
 become a capitalistic party and ha permitted tariff barons to write tn tariff laws, trust magnates to diree the policy of the party on the trus questions, railroad presidents | dictate it's policy on the railroa t question, while packing houte con , panies and other profiteers hay used it as their own. It would d
 vide the country into class partie and by it's attitude compel the fol matien of farmers party and 5 laborers' party.
 "The democratic party, on tn 7 contrary, stands for the protectio of the rights of every class, dealin
 with each citizen as an individu: instead of as member of a clas | It has, since it has been in powe . given the commercial class Q spler , did currency law; it has given tn , farmers farm loan law; it has gi'
 en labor an eight-hour day an greater security in it's rights, an has given to all the people relic
 from the high tariff burdens ths ! had been placed upon consumer [ Democracy contemplates co-oper'
 tion between all elements and u
 promotion of the welfare of societ <. in general. : Ut would prevent strikes. not | : prohibtory laws, but by the cre' . ton of machinery which will invest 5: gate disputes and thus secure : peaceful settlement of difficulti' 2 before the controversy reaches u ;. etage of strike or lockout.
 !: "The democratic party will di . tinguish between evolution ar revolution, guaranteeing freedom 2 speech by constitutional method = and at the same time. prevent u 2 use of either freedom of speech : freedom of the press for the ov : throw Of constitutional governmer : "The democratic party has for . years denounced private monopo as indefensible and intolerable . cannot surrender it's position on tn subject now when the beneficiari . of all the private monopolies a 5. mobilizing under the banner of u