The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1920-01-15
CONVENTION GOES
To SAN F FRANCISCO
Big Offer From Coast Metropolis
Wins Democratic Meet.
TREATY MADE 1920 ISSUE
Stand by Wilson Is Praised by the Ma
tionsl committee-Attseks "Un.
patriotic" Senators Who Have
Delayed Ratification.

Deldpeu NatINcatton.
Washington. Jan. D.-The Democratic
national committee awarded the party's
1920 national convention. at which n
candidate for president will be chosen.
to San Francisco.
After % votes had been cast. Kan
sas City and Chicago withdrew and the
vote for San Francisco was unanimous.
Monday. June %. was fixed as the con
vention date
Isndore -. Dockweler Of California.
nominating San Francisco made a
proffer Of guaranteed sum Of SIPS.
900 for expenses. the free use Of the
municipal auditorium. seating from
1900 to $4,000. and Of additional
funds for entertainment purposes.
Committee Endorses Treaty.
Resolutions lndorsing the trenty Ut
Versailles and denouncing az unpatri.
otto the attitude Of senators who would
defeat II directly or by multiplying res
eryatlons were unanimously adopted
by the national Democratic commit.
tee.
The arrogant" Republican leader.
ship ~ the senate was denounced a.
having earned the contempt Of the
world" by throttling the treaty for sew
On months. and the senate was called
upon to quit playing politics. with
the question Of ratification
eb. ~
the two Wilson administrations and
The manner In which the war was won.
the resolutions also expressed gratifi.
cation that the president was regain
ing health after breakdown 'due
largely 10 his efforts for world peace. -
Concerning the peace treaty the res
olutions said:
I'VE affirm our approval OF tn.
treaty of Versailles. and we condemn
as unwise and unpatriotic the attitude
Of those senators who would defeat
It's ratification, either directly or by
overwhelming IL with reservations that
are intended TO and will have the eff
feet Of multiplying H.
THE failure of the senate Repub
llcan leaders to offer or to permit con
sideration of lnterpretative resolutions
that would preserve the generni pur
pose Of the treaty and so to permit
Its ratification condemns them 10 the
criticism Of the nation and TO the
contempt Of the world"
Tells Of Depression In 1914
The resolutions said that when the
Democrats came into power in 1871:
they found "the nation in condition
Of comparative industrial and com
mercial depression" and with "th,
banking system in the hands OF few
men at whose viii panics periodical
iy occurred" II was added thai
''these and other ills had existed for I,
years under Republican rule without
any relief"
ITO remedy this condition" the res
olutions continued. "the Democrat,
/ administration entered immediatel,
upon n vigorous constructive pro
gram" adding that establishment OF
the federal banking system "entitle,
the party 10 the everlasting gratitud,
OF the country. while the farm loar
banking system gave 10 our agricul
tural interests the relief long demand
ed by them"
The resolutions then referred TO en-
actment of the law giving the PEG
pie the right to elect their United
States senator's by popular vote" ar,
said the party had "enfranchised tn,
women and for the first time gave la
Dor the fair showing to which II wa,
entitled"
Referring 90 the avowed objects o.
the country's participation in the war
the resolutions continued:
"A treaty 10 this end WAS negotiated
and for seven months Il has beer
throttled by the misused Republican
leadership Of the senate, that Is so ar
rogant that II even refuses 10 let IN,
senator's Of Its own party who desir,
TO have the treaty ratified with Ger
tain reservations that seem reaso abb,
10 them 10 vote accordingly, and q. 7,
TO make AT least a start toward world
wide peace"
As result. the resolutions said
conditions are unsettled, a definit,
proclamation OF the end OF the war !.
delayed" II declares that had ths
treaty been ratified with reasonable
promptness the world would now b,
engaged in the fruitful work OF recon
struction."
I'VE join" said the resolutions, 'th,
demand Of the pulplts Of the countr,
and of it's agricultural interests. OF
labor and OF the great business, indus
trial and commercial organizations OF
America that the senate quit playing
politics with this sacred question anC
give 10 the world the word that Amer
lea is ready TO at least make a tria
for universal peace"