Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-06-17
BY EDWARD w. pICkARD.
For President--WARRE G. HARD
ING Of Ohio.
For Vice President-CALviN cool.
IOCE Of Massachusetts,.

For Vice President-CALviN cool.
lDCE Of Massachusetts,.
] There Is the ticket with which the
Republicans hope and intend to regain
possession of the national government
next fall.
For president, man from the home
state OF many presidents, IA statesman
Of long experience and solid reputa-
ton. who has been a member Of the
United States senate since 1914. u
member Of the "oId guard who stands
well with the Republicans who are In
control OF the senate.
| For vice president, the governor Of
the Bay state, who was virtually I'M
known to the nation at large until the
strike Of Boston policemen and his Wig
orOus course In Its suppression gave
him vast amount of publicity and
made him the favorlte son OF Massa-
chusetts In the balloting for first place
On the ticket.
These gentlemen now stand before
the electors Of the country on n plat
form that IL so broad that 1t embraces
nearly every topic and issue of the
day, though there are those who assert
that In some places the planks are
perilOusly thin. Its builders. how
ever. maintain that there is no danger
Of the candidates falling through the
weak spots, and II may be that. with
some judicious straddling aud side step
ping. this will prove true.
Struggle Over the Platform.
Seldom, IL ever, has the choice Of
. presidential candidate been so close
~ connected with the building Of the
plntform--or 1t might be more exact
TO say the rejection Of candidate.
For II Hiram Johnson and his sup
pOrters could have compelled the adop-
ton of Just the plank they demanded
on the League Of Nations Issue. the
California senator. and he alone. could
with consistency have consented to 80
before the people standing on the plat
form. As II was his threat To bolt the
party caused long deadlock in the de
llhcrations OF the committee on reSo-
buttons and AZ last forced the adop-
ton of a plank based on the cahled
suggestion of Elihu Root That wise
man had gone to Europe. hu, kept In
close touch with the doiugs in Chi
cage and at the crucial moment his
plan was presented to Johnson, Eorah.
Mccormick and the other "irreconcil-
ablcs" and accepted by them.
The resolution as finally incorpo-
rated In the PLATFORM and swallowed
BY the convention, almost without n
CULVER, completely avoids any pledge To
ratify the treaty OF peace and the
league covenant with or without reser-
vatiuns. strongly Endorses the action
Of the Republican senators IN that re-
gard and promises that tho party will
work for some kind OF international
arrangement for the peaceful adjust
mcnt of disputes between nations with
out the sacrifice of American SOW
erciynty. Thus, as viii, he seen, the
way Ii left open for nm administration
elected on this platform to do almost
anything II sees ut Ia this regard, cx-
cept to ratify II treaty and league coy.
ennnt such MS President Wilson
brought home from Paris.
Wilson's Policies Scored.
For the rest. the platform, in brief,
scores President Wilson and the Dem
Ocratic administration for their uupre-
paredness for war ana for the equally
xp,r.nuroA condition ~ tho paltnp for
the reception Of peace. henouneinE
the autocrattc assumption of author
ity by the president, the platform
pledges the restoration OF constitute on
al government The Republican con
Rress Is praised for its efforts ~ cope
with the problems caused by the presi-
dents course.
The farmers gained their requested
support for extension of farm leans
and the right To engage in cooperative
marketing and buying.
The industrial plank was tho sub
ject OF much discussion. Some az the
committee members, presumably speak
Ing for big business, favored n plank
for the prevention OF strikes by law
Governor Allen and others wanted the
Kansas industrial court plan Endorsed
And President Gompers travelled all
the way TO Chicago to tell the com
mittee what kind OF plank the Ameri
can Federation Of Labor demanded
None OF these requests were satisfied
but the plank adopted recognizes III,
justice Of collective bargaining and
continues:
1.-The strike. or the lockout, rs n
means Of settling industrial disputes
intllcts such loss and suffering on the
community as to justify government,
initiative to reduce it's frequency and
limit its consequences.
1--WE deny the right tn strike against
the government but the rights and in