Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-06-16
The Republican Ticket and Platform

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dorsement Of the democratic admin
istration and that would have as
sured the election Of another demo-
cratic president. The life of the re-
publican party depended upon the
prevention of an Endorsement of the
democratic war policies.
On the question of a league Of ma
lions the republicans are thorough
ly split up and the plank upon the
subject which was adopted was
forced upon the convention. The
great majority of the delegates
would have preferred a plank that
provided for a league Of nations
with certain notifications sufficient
to have robbed the president of the
credit of being the father Of the
league, yet which would have pro-
duced the same results az the
league which he favored. There
fore the element in the republican
party which favored league of ma
lions in some form got skinned
when their party declared in its
platform against a league.
The Armenian Question
1t is seldom that any political
party touches upon a religious ques-
ton. 1t is always a dangerous
thing in a campaign. This Is a
Christian country. Armenia is a
Christian country. Our sympathies.
naturally, are with Armenia and not
with the Turks. The countries sur
rounding Armenia-Persia, Arabia
and parts of Turkey--are now pretty
thoroughly taken over and handled
by France, England, Greece, Italy
and Russia. These countries are all
Jealous of each other. SO they
agreed among themselves that the
best solution Of the Armenian ques-
ton would be to have some coun-
try, like the United States, which is
not mixed up with other Christian
nations governing the countries sur
rounding Armenia to look after the
interests Of Armenia until It could
get on its feet. In other words, the
plan was for the United States TO
accept a mandate for Armenia. In
this connection the word mandate"
means that the Armenians them
selves and their Christian controlled
neighbors agreed that they are so
weak and inexperienced in up-to-
date governmental matters -- they
haven't had a government OF their
own for hundreds Of years-that the
United States should organize a gov
eminent for them, from and of Ar
menians, and stay on the job until
they were able to run their own gov
eminent
As this policy had been advocated
by President Wilson IL became a
political question, and II the repub-
lican senate had Endorsed il, that
would have been an Endorsement Of
a democratic policy, which in po-
litical ethics would have been
social error. This is a question rep
resenting Christian sentiment and Is
IN line with the question OF main
talning the liberty Of the world
which drove us into the European
war. on this point the churches got
skinned In the Armenian mandate
plank Of the republican platform.
The Labor Question
The labor plank in the republican
platform. however. represents the
genuine position Of the party and on
this question the leaders OF the party
with very few exceptions have de-
clded TO go 10 bat. or course. they
would Ike to make It appear that
they are hitting only at organized
labor
Some Of the members Of the plat
form committee, however. opposed
the plank a il was adopted and gave
as their reason that while the party
might successfully oppose organized
union labor. the unorganized ON.
ployes both the wage en- rners and
the salaried people IN this country.