The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-09
SAN FRANCISCO TO HAVE NEXT
 CONVENTION Text of Resolutions Adopted By Democratic National
 Committee MEETING VERY
 ENTHUSIASTIC Endorse President Wilson's Opposition to Treaty 1 Reservations

H washing gton, Jan. S-The Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations And President Wilson's opposition to reservations, the policy Of the Admin 'tstration in respect to labor and it's establishment Of the Federal Reserve and farm loan systems were indorsed 3y the Democratic National Commit tee today. It was decided to hold the national convention In San Fran cisco on June 2s,
 The meeting, one of the most en- thusiastic held in years, was attend ed by leading Democrats, including two aspirants for the presidency, At torney General Palmer and Former Speaker Champ Clark, both of whom were rousingly welcomed. William IenningS Bryan did not attend the sessions but appeared at the Shore ham Hotel where the committee met and held an informal reception. The conservatives apparently avoided him, but he was surrounded by his old admirers. In effect the resolutions adopted by the committee accepted the challenge of Senator Lodge to make the treaty a campaign issue, They indorsed Mnhesitatingly everything President Wilson did at Paris and his present opposition to Republican reservations This action, taken in advance of the reading of the Presidents letter at the Jackson Day dinner showed that the national leaders were in harmony with him on his stand on the treaty.
 The resolutions, adopted unani- mously by a rising vote, follow:
 The Democratic National Commit tee rejoices with the nation at the rapid return to health and vigor of Woodrow Wilson, the leader of de- mocracy, after his physical break down, due largely to overexertion in his efforts in behalf of worldwide peace
 We indorse his courageous and pa triotic endeavor to bring the nations of the world to peace by such nu- ,tual understanding as will enable them to settle their differences by amicasole methods rather than by war
 We affirm our approval of the Treaty of Versailles and we condemn as unwise and unpatriotic the atti- tude of those Senators who would de- feat its ratification, either directly or by overwhelming it with reservations that are intended to and will have the effect of nullifying 1t.
 The failure of the Senate Republi- can leaders to offer or to permit con sideration of interpretative reserva- tions that will preserve the general purpose of the treaty and to so per init its ratification condemns them to the criticism of the nation and to the contempt of the world
 When the Democratic party came into power in 1913 under the leader ship of Woodrow Wilson, 1t found the nation in a condition of comparative industrial and commercial depression, its financial system not functfoning and the banking system of the coun- try in the hands of few men at whose will panic periodically oc- cured Banks, both national and state, failed with ominous frequency, causing bankruptcy and ruin, stop- ping the wheels Of industry and de- terring enterprise. Farmers were de- nied reasonable credit for the prose cution of their business by their local banks. Special interests were clam bring for even more power than that long exercised by them. Those and other if1s had existed for 16 years un- der Republican rule, without any re- lief
 To remedy these conditions, the Democratic administration, supported eby a Democratic Congress called in ! special session, entered immediately upon a vigorous constructive pro- gram It established a currency and banking system that distributed money as needed to the localities where fl was created, freeing the currency o1 the country from the domination ot a few men, and enabling the natior to finance itself through the greates war the world has known, as well as to feed, clothe and finance the othe1 rOJTnfrJnS tod defense of civilization and of human liberty.
 The Federal reserve panazins sys item entitled the party to the everIast ting gratitude Of the country, whih ;the farm loan bankink system gay, ito our agricultural interests the relic Hong demanded by them.
 A Democratic Administration gay, inc people the right to elect thet United States Senators by popula vote It enfranchised the women ant for the first time gave labor the fai showing to which it was entitled.
 Then came the encroachment O foreign autocracy interrupting tn peace-time progress of remedial legis 1ation and our people rose in thei might, under the leadership of Wood TOW Wilson, to the defense of ou rights and to save democracy for tn world
 The gallant fight made by our sol diers at the front backed by ever, loyal American at home, won 8 vic tory for democracy and civilization that gained the admiration of tn civilized world, which promptly turne, to this country to lead it to the pat of universal peace and good will, a the end Of which there would be n more slaughter by war but instead, system, effected by universal agree ment, that would enable nations t settle their differences by peacefu methods.
 Demands Treaty Ratification,
 A treaty to this end was negotia, ed and for seven months it has bee thrott1ed by the Republican leader ship of the Senate that is so arr, gant that it even refused to let tn
 Senators of it's own party who d.
 sire to have the treaty ratified wit
 certain reservations that seem reg
 sonab1e to them, vote accordingt
 and thus to make at least a start tt
 ward worldwide neaee