Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-25

We. the delegates duly chosen TO repre-
sent the Republican voters OF the state
of Delaware, assembled this twenty
fourth dav OF August, 1920, in State Con-
vention, at Dover. Delaware, reaffirm
our allegiance to the Republican party
of the United States and reassert our
belief in its fundamental principles.
ENDORSE NATIONAL PLATFORM.
We endorse in full the platform adopted
bv the Republican convention which
convened at Chicago ON June 5, l92o-
Relieving that it is the paramount issue
of the American people at the present
time. we favor the League OF Nations
plank as contained in that platform, which
declares for league with such reserva-
tions as shall in every way protect the
sovereignty and independence OF the
United States and always retain In Son-
uress alone the power to declare war. We
are opposed to the League OF Nations
plank as contained IN the platform OF the
Democratic party. which declares for a
league with such interpretations as snail
not impair in any way the integrity OF the
Wilson covenant and would make posi-
bic the sending of our American youths
10 the remote parts of the earth at the
behest of foreign powers to help by force
q. arms in the settlement of their many
disputes.
FAVOR PROTECTIVE TARIFF.
We rcaffirm our belief in a protective
tariff. reasonable in amount, but sufficient
10 adequately protect the laboring man,
the farmer and the industries OF oui
country. We believe that the conditions
resulting from the war require that q
reasonable amount of the additional
revenue should be raised from protective
tariff.
PLEDGE SUPPORT.
We pledge our loyal unqualified sup
port to Warren G.. Harding, the candidate
Of the Republican party for the office OF
President of the United States and to
Calvin Coolidge, the candidate for the
Office of Nice-President.
roR BALL AND LAYTON.
We express our entire satisfaction with
the intelligent and patriotic public service
rendered by the Junior senator from the
state of Delaware, DR.. l.. Heisler Ball,
throughout the treaty controversy IN the
United States Senate and are proud OF the
energetic and able congressman, Dr.
Caleb X. Layton, who represents our be-
loved commonwealth in the House OF
Representatives of the Sixty-slxth Con-
Eess.
CONDEMN WILSON.
We condemn the Wilson administra-
ti.n in its conduct of the public business
for the past seven years. In many vital
respects it has been weak, inefficient and
extravagant. Its conduct of our foreign
policy has been vacillating and the diplo-
matte service has been frequently de-
based for unworthy political ends. 1t
has disintegrated our civil service system
which had been built up efficiently for
the best conduct of governmental business
under former Republican administrations.
While war conditions naturally call for
some increase in taxation, the Wilson
administration is directly responsible
for an undue accumulation Of burden
some taxes because of continued waste
and duplication, both during and follow
ing the war.
WELCOME WOMEN.
We believe that Delaware and the
nation have entered on a new era OF
Justice and broader interest in polticls
with the ratification of the nineteenth
amendment. We heartily welcome the
women of Delaware to their long-deferred