Cleveland County herald., 1920-06-17
By EDWARD w. PACKARD. For President-WARREN G. HARD ING of Ohio.
 For Vice President-cALViN COOL lDGE of Massachusetts.


 lDGE of Massachusetts.
 There is the ticket with which the Republicans hope and intend to regain possession of the national government next fall.
 For president, man from the home state of many presidents, a statesman of long experience and solid reputa- tion, who has been a member of the United States senate since 1914, a member of the "old guard" who stands well with the Republicans who are in control of the senate.
 For vice president, the governor of the Bay state, who was virtually un- known to the nation at large until the strike of Boston policemen and his wig orous course in its suppression gave him n vast amount of publicity and made him the favorite son of Massa- chusetts in the balloting for first place on the ticket
 These gentlemen now stand before the electors of the country on plat form that is so broad that 1t embraces nearly every topic and issue of the day, though there are those who assert that in some places the blanks are perilously thin. Its builders, how ever, maintain that there is no danger of the candidates falling through the weak spots, and it may be that, with some judiclous straddling and side-step- ping this will prove true.
 Struggle Over the Platform.
 Seldom, if ever, has the choice of n presidential candidate been so close ly connected with the building of the platform-or 1t might be more exact to say the rejection of a candidate. For if Hiram Johnson and his sup porterS could have compelled the adop- tion of just the plank they demanded on the League of Nations issue, the California senator, and he alone, could with consistency have consented to yo before the people standing on the plat form. As it was, his threat to bolt the party caused Il long deadlock in the de- Alterations of the committee on reso- lutionS and at last forced the adop- ton of plank based on the cabled suggestion of Elihu Root. That wise man had gone to Europe, but kept in rlose touch with the doings in Chi cago and at the crucial moment his plan was presented to Johnson, Borah, Mccormick and the other "irreconcil- ablcs" and accepted by them.
 Tho resolution as finally incorpo- rated in the platform, and swallowed by the convention, almost without culver, completely avoids any pledge to ratify the treaty of peace and the league covenant with or without reser- vations. strongly indorses the action of the Republican senators i'll that re- gard ana promises that the party will work for some kind of international arrangements for the peaceful adjust ment of disputes between nations with out the sacrifice of American SOW ere:snty. Thus, as will be seen. the Fay is left op;'i. fer :ssn administration elected on this platform to dc almost anything 1t sees fit in this regard, eN- cept to ratify treaty and league GOV enant such as President Wilson brought home from Paris.
 Wilson's Policies Scored.
 For the rest, the platform, in brief, scores President Wilson an6 the Dem ocratic administration for their unpre- paredness for war and for the equally unprepared condition of the nation for :he reception of peace. Denouneing ia nf o1Itb bnr ity by the president, the platform pledges the restoration of constitution al Government The Republican con gross is praised for it's efforts to cope with the probles:s caused by the presi- dents course.
 The farmers gained their requested support for extension of farm loans and the right to engage in cooperative marketing and buying.
 The industrial plank was the sub ject of much discussion. Some of the committee members, presumably speak ing for big business. favored plank for the prevention of strikes by law Governor Allen and others wanted the Kansas industrial court plan indorsed And President Gompers travelled all the way to Chicago to tell the com missee what kind of plank the Ameri- can Federation of Labor demanded None of these requests were satisfied, but the plank adopted recognizes the justice of collective bargaining and continues:
 '9The strike, or the lockout. as a means of settling industrial disputes, lnilicts such loss and suffering on the community as to justify government initiative to reduce its frequency and limit its consequences.
 "We deny the right to strike against the government but the rights and in-