Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-02-20
UNALTERABLY OPPOSED
TO ANY ACCEPTANCE
OF ARTICLE X
FOR AMERICA ONLY.
AND REGULAR w o r x NJ G
HOURS INSERTED nv DRAFT
READ TODAY AT REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION.
By the Associated !rcSs }

New York. Feb. 20 immediate raj
the senate reservations retaining lor
the United States its right to with.
draw from the league of nations on
proper notice, declaration against
article \ in its present form and dc
manding protection for the Monroe
doctrine in letter and spirit we're ad
vocated today in the Platform by the
New York state Republican couyeu
ton.
The platform bitterly alraigncd tin
national administration and recon-
mendcd that United States Senators
WadsWorth and Calder and Nathan l..
Miller and William Is. Thompson BE-
elected delegates at large to the M,
tional convention at the spring pri-
maries.
Elihu Root refused 10 serve. The
convention was not marked BY Il sin
gle discordant note,
The platform favorS 4 national bud
get system, proper wage. reasonable
hours. establishment of commission
on industrial relations, ratification by
states that have not acted on suffrage
II merchant marine flying the Ameri-
can flag. manned by American sea
men, owned and operated by private
capital; d small standing army with
citizens reserve, instead Of larG"
army of professional soldiers, rcVi-
sion of the national system of taX3-
tiOn.
The platform opposes goycrnmort
ownership Of railroads and charges
the federal trade commission has PEI
secuted trade instead OF promoting
trade,
The Platform says in part:
The Republican PARTY of tho state
Of New York rcafirms it's unyicIdiua
devotion TO the constitution OF thc
United States and to tho guarantees
Of civil, political and religious Ii5cr-
ties therein contained
1t will resist all attempts % over
throw the foundations Of the govern
ment or to weaken ;nc force Of its
controlling principles and Ideals
whether these attempts be made IN
the form of International policy or Of
domestic agitation.
ton of the pending treaty OF peace
with such distinct reservations and
declarations as shall make it clear 20
all the world tha. the United states
retains its unconditional right to with
draw from the league OF nations on
proper notice; that the United state
assumes no obligation, either legal or
moral to send American soldiers or
sailors for service abroad, unless he
Congress, in the exercise of its con
Stitutional power, shall so authorize
and direct; that the Monroe doctrine
Is protected, both in letter and spirit,
that no foreign power or council Of
council of foreign powers Shall IA, g
any control Whatsoever over the do
meStic policies of the United States.
and that the government and the pt0-
pie of the United States shall not b."
drawn by the operation Of article NH
or the treaty, the so-called labof
clauses. into the net spread by inter
national socialism.
Article \ of the covenant for i
league of nations in its original f0lm
cannot and should not be ratified y
the senate or accepted by the people
Oh the lUlltU StdltS, L y W. ~ whit
not only contract a way. controlled by
the American people, OF their OWN
policies and acts, but would certainly
embroil the country in an endless sue
CcSiOn of wars. great an,- small
We believe that the proposed cove
nant for league of nations is gravcly
defective. in that ii attempts TO SUP
stitute discussion instead OF the rule
Of law, for force in the settlement "
international differences.
We declare it to be the policy OF
the Republican party promptly 10
take steps for the institution OF an
international high court to hear and
decide disputes arising between ma
tiOns, and for an international cont r
ence meeting at stated intervals to de
clare and to revise the rules OF inten.
national law and conduc;. and to urge
upon the civilized nations as a long
step forward in promoting permanent
peace their assent to suCl asCGJe Oi
law defining the rights and dutie, ..
nations, such as was adopted by th'
American Institute of International
Law at Havana, Cuba, on Jan. 23