Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-15
STRONG PLATFORM
Estate DEMOCRATS
straightforward Declaration OF
Principles Adopted at Dover
Convention.
stan Correspondence OF Every Evening

Stan Correspondence OF Every Evening
Dover, Sept 15-Following is the text
of the platform adopted at the Democratic
State Convention held here yesterday:
We endorse the Democratic national
platform adopted at San Francisco and
arc proud TO enlist under the banner
borne by the Democratic candidates Tor
President and Vice-President.
We are proud of the splendid record OF
our United States Senator, Hon. Josiah o.
Wolcott, in his service in the United
States Senate.
We condemn the do-nothing policy and
petty partisan politics of the present
Republican Congress and its failure to
bring much needed relief to the country
through constructive legislation.
We accept the declaration IN the plat
form of the Republican party of Della
warc that the League of Nations is the
paramount issue before the American
peoplc at this time. On that issue we
stand firmly on the position taken by the
national democracy as defined In the
League of Nations paragraphs Of the Dem
ocratic national platform. The insinua-
ton in the platform of the Republican
partv of Delaware that this position
''would make possible the sending of our
American youths TO the remote parts of
the earth at the behest of foreign powers
to help by force of arms in the settlement
of their many disputes we denounce as
either founded in gross Ignorance or born
Of n spirit of deliberate misrepresentation
Now as ever the Democratic party stands
for the full preservation of American
sovereignty and the retention by each OF
the departments of government OF their
constitutional powers in all their original
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great peace-promoting plan known as
the League Of Nations in nowise conflicts
with this traditional attitude of the Demo
cratic party
We endorse the planks in the national
Democratic platform suggested by the
National League of Women Voters relat-
ing TO child labor; adequate appropriation
for the Children's Bureau; protection for
infant life through maternity and in
fancy care; instruction of the youth and
the newcomer to our shores in the duties
and ideals Of citizenship; vocational train
ing IN home economies; federal super
vision of the marketing and distribution of
food; the establishment of Womans
Bureau in the Department of Labor; the
mcnt system in the Civil Service free
from discrimination on account of sex; ap-
preparation 10 carry on a campaign for
pubic education in sex hygiene; Federal
legislation permitting an American-born
woman to retain her citizenship while
resident in the United States, though
married to an alien; and further that an
alien woman who marries an American
citizen must take the obligation Of citizen
ship before she can become a citizen.
We sympathize with the people of the
Irish nation in the establishment of a
government of their own choosing and
heartily endorse the stand of our Presi-
dental nominee 10 present its cause be
fore the League Of Nations.
We specifically approve the labor and
industry paragraphs of the Democratic
national platform, recording our explicit
approval Of that portion thereof which
declares that labor as well as capital has
the indefeasible right of organization, of
collective bargaining and of speaking
through Representatives of their own selec-
ton We endorse the declarations of the
Democratic national platform In relation
20 the high cost of living.
We favor the elimination Of the con-
tract system on public works within the
state. We also favor the eight-hour day
for municipal employees, minimum wage
for women and abolition of prison con