Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-02
ATTACK ON WILSON
TO Be FIRST PLANK
IN O.P.PLATFORM
League of Nations, Prohibition,
Ireland and Suffrage to be
Camouhaged.
INDIANA PLANS MAY BE
CONVENTION MODEL

Chicago June There are great
manv reasons TO justify the prediction
that the platform of party prlnclules
10 bs adopted by the Republican National
Convention next week will be chiefly dis
ting,ished for it's cowardice.
The ovcrwecning desire of the G. q. L.
chicftains 10 win the control OF the
Government from the Democratic Party
has encouraged them to counsel evasion
ON all important issues rather than
courage in meeting them.
Several tentative drafts OF planks
touching on matters that Republican
wisdom dictates should bc put INTO
the foreground are already being edited
hv the leaders now. IN Chicago or those
remaining IN Washington. In one respect
aII Of these proposals are very much alike.
The cardinal thought back Of them IS ~
avoid giving ufIense to any element OF
the voters OF the country So that not
SINGLE vote shall be lcopardzcd.
lin no instance do any ot the important
planks offered for consideration suggest
other than the ambition to placate public
sentiment on any given toDlc OF popular
interest So strong is the influence OF
caution that no excuse tor complaint VIII
III, gwen to any considerable class oi
people or individuals powerful enough
~ hc feared on the score If posltvcncss
or agCrCssIVencss.
SIpESTfP PROHIBITION.
The Prohibition issue which is upper
most IN the minds Of healthy majority
~ the delegates to the convention, IS to
n. rIrcumnavigated unless the opponents
~ the Eighteenth Amendment and Of the
Xalsfc9d act put M a much louder howl
81 protest than IS expected.
Tbc Irlsh question IS Ia be camouliagCd
with few kind words which Will really
mean nothing From present indications.
he plank dealing with the League "
Nations will he So arttullv drawn rs ~
provoke cheers from hc'Doath Battalion
tho mild rescryafionlsts and the advocates
At the complete Endorsement q the
Versailles Treaty. Norman Suffrage viii
nrobahly 10 handed left handed COM
pllfncnt which will net guarantee any
thing If value tn Inc bcnchclarlos
There Will I've a row over the League
IL Nations. ii course, hut unless All
signs fail it will hc good deal N the
nature Of a pillow fight between i healthy
cluster of Young lady students III an mp
f0-date seminary TIC demand that
Judge Nathan Miller. She nov leader Of
the New York State organization, Is pN-
pcctcd to make for positive dcclara-
ton regarding tho League d Nations Will
probably hc set aside
The consensus o( experts seems 10
incline to the belief that the platform
adoptcd hv tho Republican state con-
vention Of Indiana viii provide the basis
for a plank expressing the Republicans
partv's convictions on the peace treaty.
This document holds Mr. Wilson
responsible for every thing hut the termI-
nation Of the war and withholds the
credit from HIM for that achievement,
THE INDIANA PLATFORM
II suggests an Association OF Nations
to promote the peace Of the world; she
establishment 81 world court to adj
minister national justice opposes the
slightest control over the military and
naval forces Of tho ntcd States by any
foreign power protests the invasion Of the
rights of Congress to declare war and
wind up with slashing declaration that
tho Monroe Doctrine shall not he violated.
The Indiana program, therefore can
hc Endorsed wholeheartedly ly every
variant OF Republican opposition to the
treaty negotiated at Paris
1t is a singular fact that the men
who have taken the places OF the once
stalwart figures that dictated the policies
Of the Grand Old Republican Party are
little else than pIgnies IN their mental
approach To the issues that should he
boldly acclaimed rather than subtly
cvaded or camoufiaged with meaningless
phases. The dominant thought among
the men who function as leaders Is that
the@most important thing Is 70 win by
any means.
FEEL CERTAIN TO WIN
Not one of the leaders OF Importance
in the party fears any serious consequences
from the sort Of program the co.vention
will propose next week. Everyone OF them
seem to be fully convinced that the plat
form will suit almost everybody who has
real or fancied grievance against Presi-
dent Wilson and the Democratic Party
Mr.. Wilson, Of course. Is to be handled
without gloves" The Hymn of Hate
which Is sounded whenever two Republic
can politicians foregather Is TO be thun-
dcred with mighty unison by the repre-
sentatives Of the party al the Coliseum
next week As matter Of fact there Is
more competition among the ambitious
,hrasemakers and intellectual gy1nnasts
over the construction Of the plank de-
nouncing the Democratic President than
anv other conservative feature OF the
program to be adopted The man who
can think up the most violent and cutting
4djectives with which TO portray the
weaknesses of Wilson will undoubtedly