Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-12

and ultimately that It had become
certain the administration VA utterly
negligsnt,ofsthe precautions which or
binary prudence dictated. and simply
lot matters drift. And now that the
war 10 over, although the party has
been compelled to r%elinquish control
Of congress. its policy has been ono Of
continued floundertng, and it has
presented q acknowledgement Of in
capacity. Aud. aftsr making all 1sc-
sssary allowances for the broadne0
Of campaign claims, the fAct remains
that the republican psrty.h to IL
credat-A record. not only Of patriotic
endeAvor to sadsfn making due prep
aration- for war, but.of worry. substAn-
tai achievement In. the /. direction OF
placing the nation on q sound 'peece
basis.
Thesssct3on relating to-audcuitural
ma*terDissneh.a~ mishe*be presented
by any party. 1ts real meaning lies.
IN the phrassoaogy employed. but
IA tho rsoosd,s 0Athe~ parry whteh
makss-
ana OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES problems
involved
Tho stndsstraal< section - pnsinly a
compromasA It declares fatty
aRinsesth><riEht 10, strike against tho
Esops9nsuA but II declares also
a0tnsSoeHpulsoey, asnttxst1on.intpri-
vaAsftuaWeaes.~ andstnsthiss respect,it
nsssessssuhes pEanespas upon Within
ths,rscsnny. enacted iDdustria1'rews in
Kannkssare based, ana which come
writers-thousht mishebe incorporated
IN tho ChAeaSosplse1orm.
IN Observation-Disclosures relations
the platform i declares flatiy against
recognition Of. my Mexican govern
ment- except . responsible one, able,
and willing Ito. give sufficient guaran-
toes that the lives and property. Of
American citizens are , respected and
protected. AspleAses is -siven for a
consistent. firm and effective policy
towardtMenco, andsthe redemption Of
that pledge will constitute a marked
and very gratifying change from the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES during the
past seven. years.
The convention frankly declines to
promise the Impossible lin srelation to
the high cost of.ltvlng. But It prom
ises due diligence in:the. effort, to re-
move.the-causes Of thetpresent ,unsat-
isfactery conditions which. are+declar-
ed'to be chiefly; due4to imitation Of
currency and eredttan diminished
production. In this connection atten-
ton issgiven to, he,taxation problem,
and the , declaration in favor Of the
Esimplification OH present involved
and,complscatedf system is a welcome
and gratifying one.
The Armenian mandate comes in
for a paragraph. The chances are
that the great majority of the people
feel the reed for enlightenment on
this and similarssubjects before reach
ing a definite decision.
The party yrecords itsa6 sauarely
against government ownership .ofsths
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. management by
employessoaaer any Of the phnsspro-
posed. . The{experehce, of.the+ssvsrn-
ment,in. handling the roads rdurilgithe
svartperiodfis cited*1n. rpportsof.thts
position, and also attenaon,is Il. directed
to ethe experience Of foreign snattons
IND ahe~snme department Those who
hope forstheti1aueuratton Of a public
Ownership s railroad policy BY the
Amer1cans government will not tsrn
their attention to the San Francisco
c6nvestion.
TheyLeaxue OF Nations plank. gave
the committee more trouble than,any
other. The convention as %.vhoie
Observation-Disclosures favor OF a,speeafic
declaration in favor Of the ,adop1on
Of tho peace treaty with reservations
substantially such AZ had been pur.
chased by the mid reservattonists.
Theroswas . strong probability that
the adoption of such ~ declaration
would have resulted5in aaspaft In the
convention, and in order to avoid tina,
a section was framed approving the
'fprinciple Of an international OF Ameri.
candntegrity and tndspsndencs In hia
handing Of the subject The declaSa.
tfen Is It stands leaves the mild ressf.
vationistsifree 70 work for the rattfi.
cation Of the present treaty with rea.
sonable amsnAmentA anA.the irrecon.
clablss fres 70 contend for thu, rejec.
lion Of this p~ast5cular trsetyf entire
end the subskttutSon Of . new asres-
mant. such ascompromiss, II unsatts.
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