Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-21

diver, APRIL Il.
The Republican State CONVENTION, held
here Yesterday, to elect national conven-
tion delegates, adopted platform in
which they took a fling at President VIII
son and his administration; praised Gov
crnor Townsend, Senator Ball and Con-
gressman Layton; indorsed woman suf-
rage. declared their party TO be the "best
aver." and asked that it be given an OPP
portunitv. at the next election to demon
strate this fact. Following Is the text OF
the platform
The Republican party of the State of
Delaware in convention assembled, al
irms its devotion to the Constitution of
he United States and of the State Of
Delaware, and to tire guarantees of civil,
political and religious liberty therein con-
tanned.
The safety Of our institutions demands
the maintenance of order and We oppose
all forms OF violence and revolutionary
agitation, tending TO minority domination,
hat are included within the popular sig
uification of the now well known word
"Bolshevism.
Our representative democracy today is
no longer in danger of dictatorship or
monarchy, but Of the relentless tyranny of
class minority loving not liberty, equality
Of opportunity and justice, but intent
only upon the exploitation, for their own
benefit, of all who are not in their class
or group. We urge the most vigorous
measures to prevent, by education, the
spread of these insiduous doctrines ID this
country.
The proposed amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States, now sub
mitted to the States of the Union, pro-
viding for the enfranchisement of women,
was adopted by our present Republican
Congress and is an achievement OF the
Republican party. Its ratification by the
states has thus become a question in
which the National Republican party has
a paramount interest. 1t Is our view,
therefore, that Republican State legis-
iatures should realize the interest of the
national Republican party upon the ques-
ion of ratification. We therefore urge
the Republican members of the Legisla-
tllre of this State, now convened in special
session, to vote for the ratification of this
amendment.
There is no question at this time, so
pressing upon every household and in
,Iividual of this State as the high cost of
living, reflected IN rents and the prices of
the necessaries of life, as well as of those
things that may be termed luxuries.
Increased production, stimulation of enter
prise checking OF private extravaganza
and waste and the reduction of public ex-
Denditures, State and national, are the
most obvious remedies that can be ap-
piled for the alienation of this condition.
These are remedies that every citizen and
every household can apply or help TO
apply.
The high cost of living is a condition
that cannot be legislated out of existence.
Some of the reasons for it are obvious
Legislation, however, directed toward an
economic administration of government
and an attainment of higher degree of
efficiency In governmental administra-
lion will not only improve the business
conditions of governments, State and
national, but, by example, will help to |
improve private business conditions gen.
orally.
As one means Of improving the finances
OF government, we urge the prompt |!
passage OF legislation authorizing q ma |
tional budget and also budget for this /
state. A proper budget will enable both |
Congress and the people, in national /
affairs, and the Legislature and the people. /
IN State affairs, to understand clearly for /
what purposes the public money is being |
spent and at what points retIenchment is |
either necessary or practicable.
We call attention. with pride, TO the /
patriotic support given to the govern |
ment by the Republican party during the |
great war into which this country was |
inevitably drawn. This nation alone. of |
al the countries involved In the great |
conflict, presented the spectacle of an op-
position party, having the support Of one