New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-03-31

7DENOUNCE VERSAILLES TREATY
AS BETRAYAL OF AMER1-
CAS- HONOR.

A platform Of 10 planks, drafted by
the La Toilette Republicans of Wiscon-
sin and upon which they are making their
campaign to elect the Republican dele
cation from the Badger state to the
Chicago convention, has jolted official
Washington this week.
Its first six planks are:
We favor the Immediate conclu-
sion OF peace and resumption Of trade
with all countries.
We are opposed to the league Of
nations, as standing menace to peace.
and we denounce the treaty as a viola
ton OF the pledges made to the world
and betrayal of the honor of this
nation. It would make. us "a party to
the enslavenent of Egypt and India,
the rape OF China and the ruthless OPP
preston of Ireland.
We would favor a league for peace.
composed fall the nations of the world,
provided they were mutually pledged
by binding covenants, with proper
guarantees, to abolish compulsory mill
tary service, and provided further that
the several nations mutually bind them
selves toza speedy disarmament, reduc-
ing the land and naval forces of each
nation to the strict requirements Of a
purely police and patrol service.
We demand the immediate restora-
ton OF free speech, free press, peace
able assembly and all civil rights and
liberties guaranteed by the Constitu-
ton.
I'VE favor the repeal Of the espion-
age and sedition acts, and denounee the
attempt to write such laws into the
permanent statutes of the country.
"We oppose all legislation confer
ring upon the postmaster general, or
any other governmental agency, the
power to deny the mailing privilege to
any person, without judicial hearing,
and the right of appeal
Industrial Planks.
Having thus declared for peace and
trade with Russia, as well as the late
enemy countries, and for ! real world
wide org anization for disarmament and
peace, the La Toilette Republicans
go en- in their following planks to de
1lounce the use of American troops in
Russia, and to denounce the 'exile Of
any person lawfully admitted to this
country, except for crime fixed by law,
and then only upon trial and conviction
by a jury
Labor and farmer issues are met by
declarations against the use of injunc-
lions in labor disputes, and for the.
right of labor and the farmers to organize
for purposes Of collective bargaining.
Also:
I'VE favor such legislation as may
be needful and helpful in promoting
direct cooperation and elimination of
waste, speculation and excessive prof.
its between producer and consumer, as
Offering some measure of relief from
the oppressive and intolerable economic
conditions under which the farmer, the
Wage-earner and people generally SUI
fer at this time.
I'VE favor repeal Of the Fsch-C Cum
MINIS railroad law, by which the people
are forced to guarantee railroad profit,
while such roads are privately owned,
and declare for the ultimate public
ownership of railroads, and for the
gradual acquisition of stoekyard ter
minals, large packing plants and all
other 1nonopolies, and of natural re-
sources, the private ownership Of which
is the basis Of private monopoly. 2
Would Elect Judges.
The platform points out that the
federal estimates for this year of peace:
are 10 times the estimates for normal
ipre-war expenses; that during the war
we produced new millionaire for every
three American soldiers killed in France:
that federal courts have SO grossly
usurped legislative power that federal
Judges must be made elective for terms
of not over 10 years; that. the initiative.
referendum and recall should be applied
to national legislation and members Of
the senate and house.
It proposes not charity OF bonus, .
but a payment Of a sum, as "a matter
of right, to the, soldiers. Of the World
war, to bring their total pay up Ito
civilian wages 1t proposes deep
waterway to the Atlantic from the
Lakes, BY way Of Canada, to put the,
primary markets on the Lakes on a
par witb that Of New York.
Finally it favors platform embrac
ing these principles and candidate.
! whose public record is guaranty
y 4sN f.s