Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-06-17
c. 0. P. PLATFORM
OK. D At CHICAGO
League Plank Is a "Give and
Take" Proposition.
LOOKS LIKE A COMPROMISE
Other Subjects Mentioned Include Rec
ognition of Irish Peoples Right to
Determine Own Government,
Mexican and Armenian
Policies


Policies.
Chicago, June 11.-After many hours
Of strenuous endeavof, the committee
on resolutions of the Republican ma
tional convention finally arrived at
what might, by some stretch of the
English language, be called a compro-
mise on the League Of Nations PLANK
the plank that had threatened to dis
rupt the party. Thus completed, the
platform in part as follows was re-
ported to the convention and adopted
with only a few weak votes IN oppo-
sition:
Text of League Plank.
'"The Republican party stands Tor
agreement among the nations to pre-
serve the peace Of the world. We pc
lieve that such an international asso-
citation must be based upon interna-
tional justice and must provide metn-
DDS which shall maintain the rule Oh
public right by the development OF
law and the decision of Impartial
COURTS and which shall secure instant
and general international conference
whenever peace shall be threatened,
so that the nations pledged to DO ana
insist upon what is just and fair may
exercise their influence and power 1or
the prevention Of war. We believe
that all this can be done without the
compromise Of national Independence
without depriving' the people OF the
United States in advance Of the right
to determine for themselves what Is
just and fair when the occasion arises,
arS1 without involving them as partlcl-
pants and not as peacemakers IN
multitude Of quarrels, the merits OF
which they are unable to judge.
Declares Covenant Intolerable.
1.-THE covenant signed by the pres1-
dent at Paris failed signally to accom-
plish this great purpose, and contains
stipulations not only intolerable for
Independent people. but certain to pro-
duce the injustice, hostility and con-
troversy among nations which it pur-
poses to prevent.
"That covenant repudiated to a de-
gree wholly unnecessary and unjust1-
fable the time-honored policy in favor
of peace declared by Washington and
Jefferson and Monroe and pursued by
all American administrators for more
than a century; it ignored the univer-
sal sentiment of America for genera
lions past in favor Of international
law and arbitration and it rested the
hope of the future upon mere expedi-
ences and negotiations.
Raps President.
"The unfortunate insistence Of the
president upon having his own way
without any change and without any
regard to the opinions Of the major
ity of the senate, which shares
with him the treaty-making power,
and the presidents demand that the
treaty should be ratified without any
modification, created a situation in
which senators were required to vote
upon their consciences and their oaths,
according to their judgment, against
the treaty as it was presented or sub
nit to the command Of a dictator in a
matter where the authority and re-
sponsibility under the Constitution
were theirs and not his.
"The senators performed their du-
ties faithfully. We approve their con-
duct and honor their courage and fidel-
ity, and we pledge the coming Repub-
lican administration to such agree
ment with the other nations of the
world as shall meet the full duties of
America to civilization and humanity
in accordance with American ideals
and without surrendering the right of
the American people to exercise it's
judgment and its power in favor Of
justice and peace"
Other Declarations.
Other subjects treated in the plat
form and the substance of the party
declaration follow:
Industrial Relations - RECOGNITION
Of justice Of collective bargaining and
of the right of strike to all except gov
eminent employees; Endorsement Of
impartial tribunal for settlement of
industrial disputes involving public
utilities and private industries. No
compulsory arbitration.
Unpreparedness for War-and for
Peace.-Charged Democratic admins
tration with "inexcusable failure to
make timely preparations" responsible
for unnecessary losses and with fail
ure to return country to peace time
basis for meeting the serious problems
Of reconstruction.
Constitutional Pledges
Republican party to end executive au-
tocracy and to restore to the people
+hoir constitutional povernmant