Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-06-16

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n Last week the republican ma
tional convention saw the hot
test week Chicago has produced for
thirty-two years, both in climate and
politics. Tho convention closed Sat
urday evening and on Sunday it
rained. That the bosses knew on
Friday at least who was going to
be nominated, and when, was quite
evident from the fact that their spe-
eial trains and sleeping accomoda-
lions were on Friday arranged for
their return home Saturday evening.
1t was quite apparent from the be-
ginning Of the convention that the
United States senate combine had
concluded to put one of it's own mem
bers over. The senator's worked II
through a process Of elimination
and by stringing out the convention
to hurt the candidates who were to
be skinned so nicely. So they let
Wood and Lowden and Hearst's can
didate. Johnson, vote their full
strength until the last day. Then the
senators put through their own pro-
gram. Harding and Coolidge no
doubt will be acceptable to the great
mass OF republican voters, and will be
subject to less criticism than any
other team that could have been
named, standing on the platform
adopted by the convention.
The platform as adopted was not
one wanted by many republicans 1t
was said that Hearst's man, Johnson,
agreed not to run rs an independent
If he were permitted to dictate the
platform. Our cartoon on the front
page illustrates the four rejected
planks which no doubt will become
the issues to be fought over from
now until Tuesday, Nov ., election
day. On each one OF these issues
the republicans are more or less split
up Never az any time in the history
Of the United States has there been
a time when there was as much po-
liticaI unrest and uncertainty as to
what the voters will do. Let us dis
cuss the four rejected planks.
The League of Nations
The big men and taxpayers Of this
country would like TO see the United
States government enter or Join the
League of nations. Some believe the
terms agreed to by President VII
son went too far Others are willing
that we should accept our presidents
program because we would be hound
by Il only so long as we desired to
remain in the league. Any nation
can get ont of 1t at any time that 1t
wants to. The taxpayers specially are
anxious that we Join the league OF
nations because we have loaned Eu-
rope ten billion dollars ($10,-
O0O, 1000. OO0) and there is little chance
of getting It back unless we-by be-
ing a mem Der CT the league OF ma
tons and working from the inside
can prevent those countries that owe
us from using up all their resources
in the future by fighting each other
The man or woman in this country
who does not believe In war is anx-
ious for us to belong to any league
that will prevent war. People in this
country who are against n large army
and navy realize that the league OF
nations would limit the sizes OF all
armies and navies and that II the
league kept on reducing the armies
and navies Of the world Il would IN
that way ultimately do away with
war.
Had the league Of nations not been
favored by the president Of tho
United States, a democrat. no doubt
the republican senate would have
been IN favor Of It. but Il became a
political question and the real bene-
fits to be derived from the league
were lost sight Of. Had the repub-
llcan senate Endorsed the league It
would have been the same as an in