The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-02-19
ALL REPUBLICANS HAVE VOICE
IN PLATFORM.

The action of Will H. Hays in APP
pointing an advisory committee on
platform to submit suggestions to the
regular platform committee of the ma
tional convention has met practically
unanimous approval of republicans,
all of whom recognize that this plan
frees the party from even suspicion
that the platform. will be dictated by
those who have selfish interests to
serve Commenting upon this plan
originated by Mr. Hays. Haryey's
Weekly of February 7. says:
Mr.. viii H. Hays has the courage
Of his convictions. He is convinced
that the republican party is complete
ly reunited, and he accordingly treats
it as such His appointment of an ad-
vsory platform committee of III
members would be a unique perform
ance in any circumstances and with
any composition In existing circum-
stances, and with the roll made up of
republicans Of both sexes and of all
previous conditions of factionalism, it
is epochal. For him. 1912 never exist
ed. Former progressives and former
stand-patters are summoned to the
colors indiscriminately as. of course,
they should be
Can they ever agree some are
asking The question is already
doubly answered. In the first place
of course they can't agree; and it does
not matter the proverbial row of pins /
that they can't. No committee in the .
world that was worth anything ever
did agree on every individual infnit-
asimal shadow Of a shade of policy.
We never heard of the members of a
rational convention agreeing; yet they |.
dominated candidate. We never
ieard of all the voters of a party
greeing; yet they elected their man. 7
f these people We're all in agreement
here would be no need Of forming the
ommittee. one man could do the
90. Mr. Hays doubtless wants to
ring together all the varying opin-
ms of the party, for conference, for
ounsel, and for ultimate conviction
he common sense of most p
But in the second place. they are p
ready in agreement as to the great 81
'sentials of the work before them. A tt
tier in the Evening Post makes the <
ring aspersion that the only COM u'
on 'enominator all these III miscel- oi
neoo republican fractions have to "
{ on heir antipathy for the pres zoe
t dem, attic administration That 'h
ut true. course: though we are M
no mean sure that that would not an
a sufficiently important and worthy I'D
me to serve the purpose. But the pa
It is that anybody who calls these err
persons fractions is lacking in Inc
use Of humor as we'll as in other Dy
Use. They are not fractions but in uls
.ers. and they are seeking not res
nmon denominator but a common go
ltiple, which will take the form not no
rely of destructive attacks upon les
administration which for its at lar
ipted BETRAYAL of the republic so pre-
lly deserves destruction. but still
re Of constructive policy to restore IA
republic to constitutional health
strength
It is a fine vindication of democra-
in party management which Mr. II
IS has thus achieved. commencing SIG
advance whatever platform Of leaa
ciples may be constructed as the of
k of no dictatorial boss or hole nes,
corner clique but as the consen- of
Of opinion Of the representatives Der
very section Of the party" Tow