Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-02
Democratic Platforn
Fight ], Is Transferred.
To Convention Flser
Al Today's Session
(Continued from 800 ~

serve system IN the event OF Ropuba.t
can victory In November. The nnln-
attempt Of the Republican party TO
create discontent among the holders
or the bonds of the government and
TO drag III public finance and our
banking n currency system back
into arena Of party politics."
Failure to enact tax revision meas
ures Through sheer political coward
Ice. also was charged against the Re-
publicans congress- having made no
readjustmentsof tax laws which de-
nounced before the last election and
was afraid to revise before the next
election claims OF Republican public
economy were branded Is false pre-.
tens" but the attack On the Repub-
Hltcans reached Its climax In u separ-
ate plank devoted to Republican cor
.ruptien.'
This section discussed the Shock
ing disclosure OF tho lavish use of
money" by candidates for the Repub-
ltcan presidential nomination and "the
conviction of a Republican senator
from Michigan charged with having
0 campaign expenditure laws.
TO draw h inference that there is
INDICATED the re-entry. under Re-
influential in elections" and "stern
popular rebuke" is invoked. The
Republicans. the plank adds, control
the senate only by virtue Of the Michi-
gan election mentioned.
Labor And Industry.
The Democratic party is now, as
ever, the firm friend Of honest labor
and the p~romoters.of progressive in.
ioustry. 1t established the department
or abor at Washington and a Demo-
cratic president called to his official
council board the first practical work
ingman who ever held a cabinet port
TOTO. Under this administration have
pee established employment bureaus
70 bring the man and the job together;
ave ~peaceably determined many bit
Ter dlsputes between capital and la
Dor; were passed the child lahorssact,
the workingman's compensation act
(tne extension of which we advocate
so as to include laborers engaged in
ioadlng n unloading ships and in
interstate commerce)), the eight hour
law the act for vocational training
ana a code Of other wholesome laws
aHectlng the liberties and lettering
n conditions Of the laboring classes.
IN the department of labor the Demo-
cratlc administration established a
Wolnan's bureau, which a Republican
congress destroyed by withholding APP
preparations. -
labor Is not a commodity; it is
human. Those who labor have rights
ana the national security and safety
uepend upon a just recognition OF
those rights and the conservation of
me strength Of the workers and their
families in the interest of sound
hearted and sound headed men.
women and children. Laws regulat.
ing hours of labor and conditions un.
der which life must be lived to attain
INC highest development and happi-
ness, are just assertions of the ma.
tional interest in the welfare of the
people: At the same time, the nation
uepends upon the products of labor;
a cessation Of production means loss
and, If long continued, disaster.
Inc whole people, therefore, have
a rignt to insist that justice shall be
zone TO those who work, and in turn
ina those whose labor creates the
necessities upon which the life Of the
llatlon depends nus recognize the
worker and the state. 49,.
Labor. as will as capital. is entitled
10 adequate compensation, Each has
tne lndefeasible right Of organization.
OF corrective bargaining and of speak
ing through representatives of their
own selection. Neither class, how
ever, should at n time NOR in n
circumstances take action that will
put IN jeopardy the public welfare.
hesort TO strikes and lockouts which
endangereathe health or lives of the
people is an unsatisfactory device for
determining disputes. and the demo-.
cratic party pledges itself to. contriye.
IL possible. and. put into effective oper.
auon a fair and comprehensive method
OF composing differences of this na-
ture. ;"
In private industrial disputes. we
are opposed to compulsory arbitratinp
as method plausible in theory but a
in fact. With respect to
government service, We hold distinct.
~ that the rights of the people are
paramount to the right to strike.
however, we profess scrupulous re-
gard for the conditions of public en-
pioyment and pledge the Democratic
party to instant inquiry into the nav
OF government employees and equally
speedy ~regulatings to bring salaries to-
a Just and proper level.
Wo1nan's Suffrage.
We endorse the proposed nineteenth
of the constitution Of He
Lnlted States granting equal suffrage
70 women. We congratulate the legis-
ready. ratified said amendment and ".
urge the Democratic governors and
legislatures OF Tennessee, North Caro-,
lima and Florida and such states a.
nave not yet ratified the federal SUI
TRACE amendment to unite in an effort
to complete the process, Of r%atifcation
and secure the thirty-sixth state in
eanle Tor all the women of the United
States to participate in the fall cleo
ton. We commend the effective ad-
yocacy Of the measure by President
Wilson.
Women in Industry.
urge cO-Operatinn With th.l