Milford chronicle., 1920-05-28


V tiOnal endeavOr. We assert that du
ing the six-year period ending Mare
4, 1919, while the Democrats part
was in c..ntrol Of both the eXecutiy
and legislative department Of the gov
ernment aud therefore had the p1we
I to make practical demonstration
, the worth of its policies, It wrote
record of performances in the shap
+ of concrete measures and deeds uneA
cellrd by the record of any other pei
iod OF like duration of which the prou
history of the nation may boast.
BY way OF contrast to this enyia5l
example of Democratic success in tn
% handling Of public affairs, we call at
81 tention to the barren results that nav
E attended the period since March
1919. when the Republican party tool
charge of the Congress in both it
houses. That party, much prOclalme'
by itself as the only party OF loi
b ward progress and of practical per
fOrmance, since it has controlled th'
Congress has apparently been so ap
palled by the magnitude OF the prop
lens confronting it that II mas Deel
stupified into inactivity ana palsleu
into inefficiency. IL has allowed time
to be frittered away in useless Wrahg-
/ ling an opportunity to do things IN the
/ interest of the people to pass by un-
noticed and unembraced.
In view of this recent history we
proclaim the Democratic party to be
the one party of the modern day whlch
may Justly assert a superior title to be
a party of beneficial deeds and applied
craftsmanship of high order.
In such adherence do we hold war
and with such revulsion do we view
its devastation and woe, that we are
heartily in favor of any practicable
plan which will at least reduce, if not
entirely remove, the possibility OF its
recurrence. To this end, we approve
of the covenant for a league OF ma
tions without multiplying or destroying
reservations. We deplOre the manner
in which this great plan for the pro-
motion of the worlds peace has been
misrepresented, and we condemn the
partisan politics that have sought to
hamper its calm and dispassionate
consideration by the American peo-
pie.
We favor collective bargaining be-
tween employer and employees: the
right of employees to organize and
have representatives of their own
choosing to represent them.
We appreciate the efforts of the
Irish people in the establishment of a
Republican form of government of
their own choosing and extend to
them our hearty sympathy for the real
izatiOn of their national aim.
We recommend the antOnOomy of
State to be preserved: that we disap-
prove the apparent ease with which
the constitution of the United States is
amended. We favor the referendum
to the citizens of our State or Nation
of any amendment to our fundamental
laws.
Amendments proposed by W. J.
Buckley and adopted:
Be 1t Resolved That the Delaware
State convention of the Democratic
party go on record favoring an Amer
lean merchant marine, and be it fur
ther
Resolved, that the delegates to the
national convention of Democratic
party work untiringly to have the said
national convention go on record fav-
oring the furtherance of an American
mechant marine and a larger navy.
AAGoOAfGus udL LuG ucAO6dlS6 " Tic
State convention of the Democratic
party here assembled submit the fol-
lowing resolution:
Be 1t Resolved, That the delegates
to the State convention of the Demo-
cratic party are opposed to govern
ment by injunction and anti-strike
clauses in legislation or compulsory
arbitration between employees and
employers.
What the Resolution Committee Re-
jected.
By vote of to the committee
on resolutions rejected the following
platform plank proposed by Mrs. |
James II. Hughes, Mrs. Harry Mayer, |
Mrs. W. w. Harrington and Miss Win /
fired Norris OF Dover, Mrs. Sarah NJ. /
Farrell and Mrs. Cummins Speakman .
of Smyrna, Mrs. S. A. Collins and Mrs. .
W. HaTman Reynolds of Townsend .
and Mrs. James A. Buckson of Black
bird.
Since 35 States have already ratified
the Federal suffrage amendment and
the question as to whether or not the
women of every State shall be privil-
eyed to vote at the fall election is
squarely up to the Delaware Legisla-
ture, and since the women of the Re-
publican northern and western States
are already voting, the Democratic
southern States will be most affected
because theirs are practically the on
ly women still unenfranchised; and
since after weeks OF debate and delay
the Republican party has acknowledg-
ed its inability to obtain the necessary
=,A eav e,r
be it
Resolved, That the Democratic State
Convention at Dover, assembled May
20, 1920, does hereby heartily endorse
the ratification of the Federal suf-
frage amendment by the Legislature
Of Delaware, now in session, and ur-
ges the Democratic Representatives to
support it and vote for it.
Other proposal planks rejected by
the committee were as follows:
'Dry Proposal
We regard the eighteenth amend
ment as a significant sign Of the en-
iightened moral sense and keen spir-
ltual vision of the American people,
and we favor its strict application as
provided by the VOlstead act.
The eighteenth amendment being
the expression of an overwhelming
majority of the American people and
having been promptly ratified by As
Of the States, including Delaware, we
pledge our best efforts to its efficient
enforcement as provided by the Vol
stead act.
SWet" Proposal
We demand that more liberal ma
liOnal enforcement act than the So