Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-09

It applies to the senate and to the
 house as well as to the people. Ac
 eording to the constitution treaty is
 ratified by two thirds vote. but the democratic party cannot afford to take | advantage of the constitutional right of a minority to present ratification. A majority of congress can declare l war Shall we make it more diff
 cult to conclude treaty than to enter
 war?
 Issue Raised by Article 10.
 Neither can we go before the coun-
 try on the issue raised by Article x. If we do not intend to impair the right
 of congress tc. decide the question of
 peace or war when the time for action arises, how can we insist upon. moral
 obligation to go to war which can have
 no force or value except as it does irn-
 pair the independence of congress? We owe it to the world to join in an honest effort to put an end of war for
 ever and that effort should be made
 at the earliest possible moment.
 Constructive Programme Imperative.
 "A democratic party cannot be
 party of negation; it must have construction programme. It must not
 only favor a league of nations but it
 must have plan for the election of
 delegates and a policy to be pursued by these delegtes.
 What plan can a democratic party
 have other than one that contemplates
 the popular election of those delegates
 who, in the influence they will exert.
 will be next in importance to the pres
 ident himself? And what policy can
 the democratic party have within the
 league of nations other than one of absolute independence and impartial
 ity between the members of the
 league? Our nations voice should at
 all times be raised in behalf of equal
 and exact justice between nations as
 the only basis of permanent peace: it
 should be raised in defense of. the right
 of self-determination and in proclaim ing a spirit of brotherhood as unaver-
 sal as the peace which we advocate.
 Fearful of New Parties.
 we have domestic problems also which. offer an opportunity to renuer large service, and one objection to
 thruSting the treaty into the campaign lis that :ts would divert attention from questions demanding immediate con-
 sideration. We are confronted with
 the organization of new parties, on the
 theory that the old parties do not meet the issues that have arisen. Our party ! is the one party that can qualify for
 the meeting of these issues. It can oppose |" class party because it is not
 itself the party of a class. but the par ty of the whole people, regardless of . class
 - Charging that the republican party : allowed tariff barons and trust mag : mates to dictate it's policies. and by it's own attitude would compel division of
 the country into class parties. Mr Bryan in contrast upheld the deTsa"
 cratic party as protecting the rights
 of every class and dealing with each
 citizen as an individual instead of as a member of a class"
 How to Prevent Strikes.
 The democratic party would pre- vent strikes, not by prohibitory laws,
 but by machinery for peaceful settle ment, and would guarantee freedom Of
 speech and press but, at the same
 time. prevent the use of either to
 overthrow constitutional government
 Promising the party would continue , the fight against the proflteer, he add , ed that the remedy could not ve com plete without participation of states , and communities as well as the federal
 government.
 , 'I assume that the party will accept
 prohibition as the permanent policy of
 the country" he continued. "It is in 1 conceivable that our party should an } tagonize the moral sense of the nation ) John Barleycorn is dead. The demo- , cratic party cannot tie itself to a 1 corpse or become the champion of an ! outlawed traffic.
 Woman Suffrage.
 '1 assume that the party will accept woman's suffrage, also as an accom-
 plished fact. The women saved our | party. from defeat in the last cam 5 paisn, and we need their aid to hasten the triumph of every righteous cause , Three New Propositions. T venture to suggest three new propositions for which I ask consid eration:
 "C)-A national peace-way. running into every state. wide enough to ac- l commodate both passengers an6 freight, and permanent so that it vii 2 be a lasting tie binding together the ] forty-eight commonwealths. It vii l be a memorial to the soldiers ana tt all others who took part in the war 2 and a monument in commemoration o1 l peace restored.
 : "(2)-We need above all other thing. just now a national bulletin-not z
 newspaper, but a bulletin-under bi- , partisan control, furnished to all whC f desire it at a normal costa bulletin
 which will present to the people tht q issues upon which they must act : with editorials presenting the argd nlentS for and against the action pro
 posed, so that every citizen may in |. telligently exercise the duties of citi . Zenship and give to his governmen the benefit of his judgment and hi.
 conscience. The avenues of informa e tton are at present in private hands . and the editors being human, have = bias which makes it impossible fo n them to present both sides fairly: ana = to make the situation worse, the grea
 predatory interests are in position t
 influence many newspapers in addition
 to those which they absolutely con = troi.
 o "(S)-The initiative and referendum - are not new. For a quarter of { e century the idea has been growing an( e spreading. Since the reform has beer - put into operation in states like Ohio = Illinois, Missouri and Massachusetts n it has ceased to be a thing to be ridi }. culed. Instead, 1t ricw excites tn, - determined opposition of those wh, g are not willing that the people shaI o be the masters of their own destin- It through government entirely within n their control. The progress that de e mocracy is making throughout tn, e world ought to encourage our part, y tn make the adoption of the princinl