Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-18
WILSON WELCOMES (Continued from Page One)

 lection of the zational interest That would be too much like offering an apology where one is not needed. do i, not believe that my course calls for an | apology of any kind.
 The republican and not the democrat ic policy has been responsible for any bad effects that have resulted from the failure of the republican senate to ratf- fy the Versailles treaty and the cove nant of the league of nations. The re- publican policy of negation has been per sisted in for the sole purpose of ad- vancing republican chances for winning the coming presidential election and has never reflected sincere desire to anne liorate the effect of measures adopted for protecting the country in time of war. The republican policy has been rather to exa sgeSate the effect of these measures"
 The president declined \to discuss can didates for the democratic presidential nomination.
 T have the greatest faith" he said.
 Sn the intelligent appreciation by the del eeates who will assemble at San Fran cisco two weeks AAnce to write the plat : rrIn and nominate the standard bearer of our party. They will have before them the republican platform and will have estimated the effect of it on the l people generally. They will have from l whom to select candidates for the presi- | dential and vice presidential nominations ] a number of excellent men. I should not l want to express any preference or opinion | refarding either individuals or platform expression which might influence the minds of the men whose votes will ulti- mately decide both
 | "I hope and believe that the pIatfor-,, to be adopted at San Francisco will be
 more progressive and clearer in under standing than that eriunciated by the
 republicans at Chicago. The character oi the men who will sit as delegates in the
 San Francisco convention should be sui. l, f1cient guarantee that the issues upor
 which the campaign is to be fought vii
 be met with definite and concrete state
 mentS and not cloudy and ambiguou:
 terms as was the case in the Chicagc
 convention
 "I have not raised my hand or voice, the president continued, Ito aid in tn,
 promotion of any ambition for the demo l cratic presidential nomination and ! shall not do so. I think that the leader ] of the party and delegates who will si e in the San Francisco convention vii
 earnestly try to provide platform an, , candidates hat will attract greater s1,n
 port than those put forward by the Cfi
 cago convention. I am also confiden f 1 that the democratic leaders and dele
 gates will hold the fullest appreciatio l of their obligations to the party and f :. the people. It is unthinkable that an I democrats should for an instant he in : fiuenced by the selfish and sinister mo Il lives that lie back of the republican p1a C to stultify and discredit the Unite S States in the eyes of the world.
 q do not believe that they will ne1 d init themselves to be led astray in orde n T to gratify the vanity or promote the UT n charitable or selfish impulses of any ir q dividual'
 | The republican convention he ado 'e ed. was the apotheosis of reaction. i 'e was the direct antitllesis of what I hor ss t1e democratic convention at San FraY
 cisco will turn out to be- The leadA, d who call themselves progressive and wt l. pretend to speak for the progressive eI, s. ment in the republican party sacrifice er every principle that made attractive II ar movement Of eight years ago in order i IS gratify the ambition of some of the ore re ent-day leaders to prevent the people s. the United States from fulfilling the II honest obligations to the rest of il
 world and to themselves The abando,
 rnent at Chicago of the progressive sp+ le it was woefully tragic. I hope and b " lieve that the tragedy at Chicago vi oi provide the democratic convention wi as an object lesson in this direction iii en will not be overlooked" 1e President Wilson also declined to ii he cuss in detail the sub ject of. prohibitio is woman suffrage or the high cost of Ii T. ing. He expressed the opinion that t he party leaders twill provide a plstfor, at sufficiently broad progressive liber,
 inst and thoroughly democratic to ca