The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-29
lRYS LOSE IN PLANK TILT
new CHAIRMAN
FOLLOWS LEAD
OF CUMMINGS
Robinson's Acceptance Speech
Heard as Keynoto Echo - He
Scores G. @. p. Rule.
(M United press.)

(By United Press.)
San Francisco, June 29.-In his
speech this afternoon accepting the
permanent Craftsmanship Of the
national convention,
Senator Joseph T. Robinson Of Ar
kansas, vigorously assailed the Re
publican platform, declaring that:
1T is an amazing tumble OF am
inconsistencies, evasions,
misrepresentation, straddles and
slanders.
THE Republican convention
should have displayed the courage
clearly to declare its policy, but it
was frank on only one subject,
in singing hymn Of hate
for the president.
"The platform is deliberately un-
fair in charging upon the Demo-
cratic administration all response
bility for military unpreparedness."
Devoting his attention first to the
charge OF military unpreparedness,
Senator Robinson said:
Everybody knows that the Re
publican party controlled the gov
ernment for q long period prior to
the Inauguration Of President Will
son, excepting q short time when
the Democrats we're in the majority
in one branch of congress.
Censure For G. O. p.
"If criticism Of the pre-war ma
tional policy as to military prepar-
edness is justified, the censure must
fall upon the Republican party.
That party cannot escape the con-
sequences of its course or win IA
vor by falsifying the well known
facts Of history"
with regard to the Republican
claim Of q policy Of economy, the
declared that "the absurdi-
ty Of this boast is disclosed by the
fact that one billion dollars in ex-
cess Of the amount appropriated by
the Democratic congress in 1916
has been authorized for the coming
fiscal year" Besides, he added,
many manifestly necessary sums
have been withheld to make q
Of economy.
The Republican plank respecting
taxes, he characterized as manifest
ly insincere, and regarding the
tariff he observed: The platform
embraces no more amusing pleas
antry than the admission that
there is nothere necessity nor JUS
tification for revision Of the tariff.
"A big joker" was his characteri-
zation of the plank concerning
profiteering. The Republican con-
gress enacted no prof1teering laws" |"
he said.
View On Resolutions.
'It Is not conceivable" he con-
tinued, that the committee on
resolutions will follow the example
of the Republican committee at Chi
cago and bring in q report which
ON its face Is dishonest and unfair.
But II it should do 80, II it eQuivo-
Gates as to the main issues, the con-
vention ought to reject the report
and demand that the committee deal
frankly with every issue which It
chooses to advance"
Senator Robinson severely ar
raigned the Republicans because OF
the use Of money in the recent pre-
convention campaign.
Along lines similar to those fol-
lowed by Chairman Cummings in
his keynote speech yesterday. Sen
ator Robinson 1auded the Demo-
cratic administration for its legis-
lative achievements as well IS for
its honesty and efficiency"
Senator Robinson, discussing the
League OF Nations, after charging
Senator Lodge with pursuing an in
consistent course, defended. the
Democratic senators who were un-
willing to accept reservations that
would "cut the heart out of the
covenant" and declared that
Article ten does not impair the
sovereignty OF the United States;
on the contrary 1t contemplates the
exercise of that sovereignty to pre-
vent needless wars and to preserve
peace.
Warns Of Future wars.
''If this war ends and the allies
60 their separate ways without sub
stituting justice for force in the
settlement OF international dis
putes. the generations to come will
be born to . heritage of wasteful-
ness and bloodshed. II the dele
gates to this convention do their
duty "a our soldiers have done
theirs the voters OF the nation will
not fail them. II we make this issue
boldly We win win.
Never before has . nationwide
political battle BEEN waged in the
cause OF international justice,
humanity and peace. The opposi-
ton has taken low and untenable
ground. Let the Democratic
party occupy the heights. Never
again viii any great political party
in America openly invite disaster
BY trfling with great problems.
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