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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1920
REPUBLICAN PARTY PLEDGES TO E1STD AUTOCRATIC GOVERNMENT
Convention Reaffirms Devotion to Constitution and Arraigns D emocratic Administration as Unprepared for Either War or Peace.
COLISEUM. Chicago. June 10. The
text of the platform as adopted
by the republican national con
vention today follows:
The- republican party, assembled In rep
resentative national Convention, reaffirms
Us unyielding devotion to the constitution
' of the Unite States and to the guaran
tees of civil, political and religious liberty
therein contained. It will resist all at
tempts to overthrow the foundations of
- the government or to weaken the force
. of its controlling principles and ' ideals,
whether these attempts be made in the
form of international policy or of domes
tic agitation.
For seven years the national govern
ment has been controlled by the demo
cratic party. During that period a war
, of unparalleled magnitude has shaken the
foundations of civilisation, decimated the
population of Europe and left in 'its train
economic misery and suffering second only
to war Itself.
The outstanding features of the dem-
ocratic administration have been com
. plete unpreparedness for war and com
plete unprepared ness for peace.
Unpreparednesa for War,
Inexcusable failure to make timely prep-
rations Is the chief indictment against
the democratic administration in the con
duct of the war. Had not our associates
. protected us, both on land and sea. during
the first 12 mooths of our participation
and furnished n -to the very day of the
armistice with munitions, planes and ar
tillery, this failure would- have been pun
ished with disaster. It directly resulted
In unnecessary losses to our gallant troops,
In the Imperllment of victory Itself and
' In an enormous waste of public funds,
literally poured Into the breach created
by gross neglect. Today It is reflected In
our huge tax burden and in the high cost
of living.
t'npreparedness for Peace,
Peace found the administration as un
prepared for peace as war found it un
prepared for war. The vital needs of the
country demanded the early and system
atic return to a peace-time basis. This
called for vision, leadership and Intelli
gent planning. All three have been lack
ing. While the country has been left to
shift for Itself the government has con
tinued on a war-time basis. The admln-
tstration has not demobilized the army of
place-holders. it continued a method of
financing which was indefensible during
the period of reconstruction. It has used
legislation passed to meet the emergency
of war to continue its arbitrary and in
quisitorial control over the life of the
people tln time of peace and to carry con
fusion into industrial life. Under the
despot's plea of necessity or superior wis
dom, executive usurpation of legislative
and Judicial functions still undermines
our institutions.
Eighteen months after the armistice.
With lis war-time power unabridged, its
war-time departments undischarged, its
war-time army of place-holders stiil mobil
ized, the administration continues to
flounder helplessly.
The demonstrated incapacity of the
democratic party has destroyed public
confidence, weakened the authority of gov
ernment and produced a feeling of dis
trust and hesitation so universal as to
increase enormously the difficulties of re
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Sormarcondmdns.t0 de,ay retUr" '
Never has our nation been confronted
With graver problems. The people are en
titled to know In defnite terms how the
jparty purposes solving these problems. To
that end the republican party declares its
policies and programme to be as follows:
Constitutional Government.
We undertake to end executive autoc
racy and to restore to -the people their
Constitutional government.
The policies herein declared will be car
ried out by the federal and state gov
ernments, each acting within Its consti
tutional powers.
Cone re nh and Reconntructlon.
Despite the unconstitutional and dic
tatorial course of the president and the
partisan obstruction of the democratic
congressional minority, the republican ma
jority has enacted a programme of con
structive legislation which in great part,
however, has been nullified by the vin
dictive vetof-n of the president.
The republican congress has met the
problems presented by the administra
tion's unpreparedness for peace. It has re
peated the greater part ot" the vexatious
war legislation. It has enacted a trans
portation act making possible the rehabil
itation of the railroad systems of the
country, the operation of which under the
present democratic administration has been
wasteful, extravagant and inefficient in
the highest degree. The transportation act
made provision for the peaceful settle
ment of wage disputes, partially nullified,
however, by the presidents de!ay in ap
pointing the wage hoard created by the
act. This delay precipita-ted the outlaw
railroad strike.
We stopped the flood of public treasure,
recklessly poured into the lap of an inept
shipping board, and laid the foundations
lor the creation of a great merchant ma
rine; we took from the incompetent demo
cratic administration the administration
of the telegraph and telephone lines of
the country and returned them to private
ownership ; we reduced the cost of post
age and increased the pay of the post al
employes the poorest paid of alt public
servants: we provided pensions for super
annuated und retired civil servants, and for
an increase in pay of soldiers and sailors.
We reorganized the army on a peace
footing and provided for the maintenance
Of a powerful and ef f lejent navy.
The republican congress established by
law a permanent woman's bureau in the
department of labor; we submitted to the
country the constitutional amendment fir
woman suffrage and furnished -t of the
Jtr legislatures which have ratified it to
date.
Legislation for the relief of consumers
of print paper, for the extension of the
powers of the government under the food
control act, for broadening the scope of
the war risk insurance act. better pro
vision for the dwindling number of aged
Veterans of the civil war. and for the bet
ter support of the maimed and injured of
the great war, a nd for making practical
the vocational rehabilitation act, has been
enacted by the republican congress.
We passed an oil leasing and waterpower i
bill to unlock for th public good the great
pent-up resources of the country; we have
sought to check the profligacy of the ad
ministration, to realize upon the assets of
the government and to husband the rev
m enuea derived from taxation. The repub
licans in congress have been responsible
''' tor cuts in the estimates for government
;- expenditure of nearly $3,000,000,000 since
the signing of th armistice.
We enacted a national executive budget
law; we strengthened the federal reserve
act to permit banks to lend needed assist
ance to farmers; we authorized financial
Incorporations to develop export trade and
finally amended the rules of the senate
and house, which will reform evils in pro
cedure and guarantee more efficient and
-. responsible government.
Agriculture.
The farmer is the backbone of the na
. tion. National greatness and economic
Independence demand a population dlstrib
' uted between industry and the farm, and
sharing on equa terms the prosperity
hic.h is whoilv dependent on the efforts
-" of both. Xelther can prosper at the ex
pense of the other without 'inviting joint
disaster.
The crux of the present agricultural con
ditions lies in price, iabor and credit.
The republican party believes that this
condition can be improved by " practical
and adequate farm representation in the
appointment of governmental officials
and commissions; the right to form co- I
operative associations for marketing their
products and protection against discrim- 1
Inatlon; the scientific study of agricultural
prices and farm production costs at home
w and abroad with a view to reducing the
-"frequency of abnormal fluctuations; the
:: uncensored publication of such reports; the
' authorization of associations; extension of
personal credit; a national inquiry on the
co-ordination"" of rail, water and motor
transportation with adequate facilities for
receiving, handling and marketing food;
th encouragement of our export trade;
an end to price-fixing and ill-considered
efforts arbitrarily to reduce prices of farm
. products, which invariably result to the
disadvantage both to producer and con
Burner, and the encouragement of the pro
duction and importation of fertilizing ma-
-f terial and of its extensive use.
The federal farm loan law should be so
administered as to facilitate the acquisi
tion of farm land by those desiring to be
come owners and proprietors and thus min
imize the evils of farm tenantry, and to
furnish such long time credits as farmers
may need to finance adequately their
larger and long-time production opera
tions.
Industrial Relations,
There are two different conceptions' of
the relations of capital and labor. The
one is contractual, and emphasizes the di
versity of interests of employer and em
ploye. The other is that of co-partnership
in a common task.
We recognize the justice of collective
bargaining as a means of promoting good-
" Trill, establishing -closer and more
monious relations between employer and I
employe and realizing the true end of in- j
dividual justice. I
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The strike or the lockout, as' a means 1
01 seining industrial disputes, innicts I
such loss and -suffering on the community I
as to jusnry government initiative to re
duce its frequency and limit its conse
quences. We deny the right to strike against the
government: but the rights and interests
of all povernment employes must be safe-
guaraeu ry impartial laws.
In public Utilities u.o favnr- th cc-Ia K-
Hshment of an Impartial tribunal to make
an Investigation of the facts and to ren- I
der a decision to the end that there may I
be no organized Interruption of service
to me lives and health and welfare of
ine people. The decisions of the tri
bunals to be morally but not legally 1
""'""K- ana an Informed public senti- i
mem to be relied upon to secure their
acceptance. The irlbunal, however, should
refuse to accept Jurisdiction except for
tne purpose of Investigation as long as
vuuiic service be interrupted. For
,publlc utilities we favor the type of tri
bunal provided for in th n
, act of JOl'rf.
In private Industries we do not advocate
the principle of compulsory arbitration, but
T ; . .""Partial commissions and bet-
''U"?. f2r.0""tJiry mediation, con
(-nation anu arbitration. sunnlp.monteH hv
that full publicity which will mlist the
influence of an aroused public opinion.
Ihe government should take the initia
tive In inviting the establishment of tri
bunals or commissions for the purpose of
voluntary arbitration and. investigation of
this issue.
We demand the exclusion from -inter-labor.
CC 0t the Producla f convict
National Economy.
A republican congress reduced the esti
mates submitted by the administration
n? 6 S'SCal year 192- almost 3.O0O.OO0.
a".1 ofr i!"'e flscal year 1921 more
I ,-250.0.000. Greater economies
could have been effected had it not been
for the stubborn refusal of the administra
tion to co-operate with congress in an
economy programme. The universal de
mand for a legislative budget Is a recognl
i j . the '"controvertible fact that
leadership and sincere assistance on the
part or the executive departments are es
sential to effective economy and con
structive retrenchment.
.T.1e ?,verman act invested the president
of the United States with all the author
ity and power necessary to restore the
federal government to a normal peace
basis and to re reorganize, retrench and
demobilize. The dominant fact is that IS
months after the armiBtice the United
States rovernment is still on a war-time
basis and to i iorganlze.. retrench and
the executive reflects war-fim fi-ui.-
Eance rather than rigid peace-time econ
omy. As an example of the failure to retrench
which has characterized the post-war pol
icy of the administration, we cite the tact
that, not including the war and navy de
partments, the executive departments and
other establishments at Washington ac
tually record an increase subsequent to
the armistice of 21S4 employes. The net
decrease in payroll costs contained in the
1021 demand submitted by the adminis
tration is only 1 per cent under that of
11120. The annual expenses of federal
operation can be reduced hundreds of
minions or dollars without impairing the
."fif"? ,ne publlL- ,-rvice.PWe pledge
millions of dollars without impairing th
justment to a peace-time basis and in
policy of rlgiu economy, to the better co
ordination of departmental activities, to
the eleminatlon of unnecessary officials
and employes, and to the raising of the
standard of individual efficiency.
The Executive Budget.
We congratulate the republican congress
on the enactment of a Jaw providing for
the establishment of an executive budget
as a necessary Instrument for a sound and
businesslike administration of the nation
al finances, and we condemn the veto of
the president which defeated this great
financial reform.
Reorganization of Federal Departments
and Bureaus.
We advocate a thorough investigation of
the present organization of the federal de
partments and bureaus, with a view to se
curing consolidation, a more businesslike
distribution of functions, the elimination
of duplication, delays and overlapping of
work and the establishment of an up-to-date
and efficient administrative organiza
tion. War rowers of the President.
The president clings tenaciously to his
autocratic wartime powers. His veto of
the resolution declaring peace and his re
fusal to sign the bill repealing wartime
legislation, no longer necessary, evidence
his determination not to restore to the
nation and to the states the form of gov
ernment provided for by the constitution.
This usurpation is intolerable and deserves
the severest condemnation.
Taxation.
The burden of taxation imposed upon
the American people is staggering, but in
presenting a true statement of the situa
tion we must face the fact that while the
character of the taxes- can and should be
changed, an early , reduction of the amount
of revenue to be raised is not to be ex
pected. Government Fiscal Policy.
The next republican administration will
REFORM ALONG ALL LINES DEMANDED IN PLATFORM
OF REPUBLICAN PARTY.
Republican party reaffirms its unyielding devotion to constitu
tion of United States.
Democratic administration unprepared for war and equally un
prepared for peace.
Demonstrated incapacity of democratic party has destroyed con
fidence and weakened authority of government.
Republican party undertakes to end executive autocracy and
restore constitutional government.
Justice of collective bargaining as means for promoting good
will between capital and labor recognized.
Administration denounced for failure to demobilize military
forces and retrench in expenditures following war.
Republican party congratulated for enactment of legislative
budget law and president censured for its defeat.
Farmer is declared backbone of nation and entitled to adequate
representation in government.
Administration of farm loan law so as to facilitate acquisition
of land by men desiring to become owners demanded.
Programme of constructive legislation in great part nullified
by vindictive vetoes of president.
Republican congress has stopped flood of public treasure reck
lessly poured into the lap of an inept shipping board and laid foun
dations for a great merchant marine.
Permanent woman's bureau in department of labor established
by the republican congress.
Party denies "right of workmen to strike against government,
but insists that rights and interests of employes must be safe
guarded. Compulsory arbitration not advocated, but in its place impartial
commissions and better facilities for voluntary mediation and
conciliation.
Credit claimed for legislation in behalf of civil war veterans and
providing for needs of service men of recent world war.
Sound policy demands real reduction of tax burden and substitu
tion of simple for complx tax laws and procedure.
Prime cause of the high cost of living has been 50 per cent ,
depreciation in purchasing power of dollar, due .to gross expansion
of currency and credit.
Republican party pledges itself to earnest and consistent attack
on living costs by rigorous avoidance of further inflation of cur
rency and promotion of production.
Party reaffirms its belief In protective principle and pledges
itself to revision of the tariff as soon as conditions make it nec- .
essary.
Promotion and elevation of standards of living and citizenship
declared first duty of government. x
Recent legislation by republican congress to promote and main
tain American merchant marine indorsed.
Kxisting policy of United States for practical exclusion of Asiatic
immigrants is sound and should be maintained.
No alien should be permitted to become a citizen until he has
become genuinely American.
Right of free speech, free press end free assembly must be main
tained, but advocacy of overthrow of government must not be per
mitted. Transportation service best assured through private ownership
and operation of railroads under proper regulation and control.
Laws against combinations in restraint of trade approved, but
amendments held necessary to make business situation clear.
Immediate resumption of trade relations with nations with which
United States is at peace demanded.
Liberal appropriations In co-operation with the states for con
struction of highways favored.
Comprehensive reclamation policy to increase national wealth
and production demanded.
Party jholds in imperishable remembrance the valor and patriot
ism of the soldiers and sailors who fought in great war for human
liberty and pledges itself to discharge obligation.
Republicans welcome women into full participation In activities
of party and of government.
Party is pledged to prevent evils of child labor through rigid
enforcement of adequate laws.
Equal pay for equal serviceshould rule in all branches of gov
ernment In which women are employed.
Nation of home-owners best guaranty of maintenance of princi
ples of liberty and law and order.
Republican party will oppose now and hereafter the acceptance
of a mandate for any country in Europe or Asia.
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inherit from its democratic predecessor
a floating indebtedness of over $3,000,
000,000, the prompt liquidation of which
is demanded by sound financial con
siderations. Moreover, the whole fiscal
policy of the government will be deepiy
influenced by the necessity of meeting
obligations in excess of $5,000,000,000
which mature in 19:23. But sound policy
equally demands the early accomplish
ment of that real reduction of tax bur
den which may be achieved by substitut
ing simple for complex tax laws and pro
cedure, prompt and certain determination
of tax liability for delay and uncertainty,
tax laws which do not for tax laws which
do excessively mulct the consumer or
needlessly repress enterprise and thrift.
We advocate the issuance of a simpli
fied form of income returns; authorizing
the treasury department to make changes
in regulations effective only from the
date of their approval; empowering the
commissioner of internal revenue, with
the consent of the taxpayer, to make
final and conclusive settlements of tax
claims and assessments barring fraud and
the creation of a tax board consisting of
at least three representatives of the tax
paying public and the heads of the prin
cipal divisions of the bureau of internal
revenue to act as a" standing committee
on the simplification of forms, proced
ure and law and to make recommenda
tions to congress.
Banking; and Currency.
The fact is that the war. to a great
extent, was financed by a policy of In
flation through certificate borrowing from
the banks, and bonds issued at artificial
rates sustained by the low discount rates
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established by the federal reserve board.
The continuance of this policy since the
armistice lays the administration open
to severe criticism. Almost up to the
present time the practices of the fieral
reserve board as to credit control have
been frankly dominated by the con
venience of the treasury.
The results have been a greatly In
creased war cost, a serious loss to the
millions of people who In good faith
bought liberty bonds and victory notes
and extensive post-war speculation, fol
lowed today by a restricted credit for
legitimate industrial expansion. As a mat
ter of public policy, we urge all banks
to give credit preference to essential In
dustries. The federal reserve system should be
free from political influence, which is
quite as Important as Its independence
of domination by financial combinations.
The High Cost of Living.
The prime cause of the "high cost of
living" has been first and foremost a
50 per cent depreciation in the purchas
ing power of the dollar, due to a gross
expansion of our currency and credit. Re
duced production, burdensome tajcation,
swollen profits and the increased de
mands for goods arising from a fictitious
but enlarged buying power have been
contributing causes, In a greater or less
degree.
We condemn the unsound finance poli
cies of the democratic administration
which have brought these things to pass
and their attempts to impute the conse
quences to minor and secondary causes.
Much ofthe injury wrought is irreparable.
There is no short way out. and we decline
to deceive the people with vain promises
of quack remedies. But as the political
party that throughout its history has
stood for honest money and sound finance,
we pledge ourselves to earnest and con
sistent attack upon the high cost of liv-'i
ing oy rigorous avoidance of further in
flation in our government borrowing, by
courageous and intelligent deflation of
over-expanded credit and currency, by
encouragement of heightened production
of goods and services.
Profiteering.
We condemn the democratic administra
tion for failure impartially to enforce the
anti-profiteering laws enacted by the re
publican congress.
Railroads.
We are opposed to government owner
ship and operation or employe operation
of the railroads. In view of the condi
tions prevailing In the country, the ex
penditures of the last two years and the
conclusions which may be fairly drawn
f,rom observation of the transportation
systems of other countries, it Is clear that
the adequate transportation service both
for the present and future can be fur
nished more certainly, economically and
efficiently through private ownership and
operation under proper regulation and
control.
There should be no speculative profit
in rendering the service of transportation;
but in order to do justice to the capital
already Invested in railway enterprises.
restore railway credit, to induce fu
ture investments at a reasonable rate and
to furnish enlarged facilities to meet the
requirements of the constantly Increasing
development and distribution, - a fair re
turn upon actual value of the railway
property used in transportation should be
made reasonably sure, and at the same
time to provide constant employment to
those engaged In transportation service
with fair hours and favorable working
conditions at wages or compensation at
least equal to those prevailing in similar
lines of industry.
We indorse the transportation act of
enacted by the republican congress
a most conservative legislative achieve
ment.
Waterways.
We declare it to be our policy to en
courage and develop water transportation
service and facilities in connection with
the commerce .of the United States.
Regulation of Industry and Commerce.
We approve in general the existing fed
eral legislation against monopoly and com
binations in restraint of trade; but since
the known certainty of a law is the safety
of all, we advocate such amendment as
will provide American business men with
better means of determining in advance
whether a proposed combination is or is
not unlawful. The federal trade commis
sion, under a democratic administration
has not - accomplished the purpose for
which it was created. This commission,
properly organized and its duties effi
ciently administered, should afford pro
tection to the public and legitimate busi
ness interests.- There should be no per
secution of honest business, but to the ex
tent that circumstances warrant we pledge
ourselves to strengthen the law against
unfair .practices."
We pledge the party to an immediate re
sumption of trade relations with every
nation with which we are at peace.
International Trade and Tariff.
The uncertain and unsettled conditions
of international trade balances, the abnor-'
mal economic trade situation of v the world
and the impossibility of forecasting accu
rately even the near future, preclude the
formulation of a definite programme to
meet conditions a year henoe. But the
republican party reaffirms its belief in
the protective principle, and pledges itself
to a revision of the tariff as soon as con
ditions shall make it necessary for the
provision of a home market for American
labor, agriculture and industry.
Merchant Marine.
The national defense and our foreign
commerce require a merchant marine of
the best type of modern ship flying the
American flag, manned by American sea
men, owned by private capital and oper
ated by private energy. We indorse the
sound legislation recently enacted by the
republican congress that will Insure the
promotion and maintenance . of tne Ameri
can merchant marine.
We favor the application of the work
men's compensation acts to the merchant
marine.
We recommend that all ships engaged In
coastwise trade and all vessels of the
American merchant marine shall pass
through the 'Panama canal without pay
ment of tolls.
- The standard of living and the standard
of citizenship are its most precious pos
sessions and the promotion and elevation
of those standards is the first duty of our
government.
Immigration.
The immigration policy of the United
States should be such as to insure that
the number of foreigners in the country
at any time shall not exceed that which
can be assimilated with reasonable rapidity
and to favor immigration whose standards
are similar to ours.
The selective tests that are at present
applied should be improved by requesting
a higher physical standard, a more com
plete exclusion of mental defectives and of
criminals and a more effective inspection
as near the source of immigration as pos
sible as well as" at the port of entry.
Justice to the foreigner and to ourselves
demands ' provision for the guidance, pro
tection and better economic distribution
of our alien population. To facilitate gov
ernment supervision all aliens should be
required to register annually until they
become naturalized.
The existing policy of the United States
for the practical exclusion of Asiatic im
migrants is sound and should be main
tained.
Natu ral Iza tl on .
There is urgent need of improvement in
our naturalization laws. No alien should
become a citizen until he has become gen
uinely American and tests for determining
the alien's fitness for American citizen
ship should be provided for by law. f
We advocate in addition the independent
naturalization of married women. An
American woman should not lose her citi
zenship by marriage to an alien resident
in the United States.
Free Speech and Alien Agitation.
We demand that every American citizen
shall enjoy the ancient and constitutional
right of free speech, free press and free
assembly and the no less sacred right of
the qualified voter to be represented by
his duly chosen representatives; but no
man may advocate resistance to the law
and no man may advocate violent over
throw of the government.
Aliens within the Jurisdiction of the
United States are net entitled to right to
liberty of agitation directed against the
government or American Institutions.
IS very government has the power to ex
elude and deport aliens who constitute a
real menace to its peaceful existence. But,
in view of the large numbers of people
affected by the Immigration axrts and in
view of the malpractice ot the deoart
ments of justice and labor, an adequate
pu-oiic hearing before a competent admin
istratlve tribunal should be assured to all.
Lynching.
We urge congress to consider the most
effective means of preventing lynching,
men continues to be a terrible blot on
American citizenship.
Lav and Order.
The equality of all citizens under the
law has always been a policy of the re
publican party.
Without obedience to law- and mainte
nance of order, our American institutions
must perish. Our laws must be impartially
enforced and speedy Justice should be
secured.
Public Roads and Highways.
"We favor liberal appropriations in co
operation with the states for the con
struction of highways, which will bring
about a reduction in transportation costs,
better marketing of farm products, im
provement in rural postal delivery, as well
as meet the needs of military defense.
In determining the proportion of federal
aid for road construction among the states
the sums lost in taxation to the respective
states by the setting apart of large por
tions of their area as forest reservations
should be considered as a controlling fac
tor.
Conservation Is a republican policy. It
began with the passage of the reclamation
act signed by President Wilson. Tne re
cent pass a ere of the coal, oil and phosphate
leasing bill by a' republican congress and
the enactment of the waterpower oni,
fashioned in accordance with the same
Dirincinle. are consistent landmarks In
the development of the conservation of
our national resources. We denounce the
refusal of the president to sign the water
power bill, passed after 10 years of con
troversy.
The republican party has taken an espe
cially honorable part in saving our na
tional forests and in the effort to estab
llsh a national forest policy. Our most
pressing conservation question relates to
our forests. We are using our lorest re
sources faster than they are being renewed.
The result Is to raise unduly the cost of
forest products to consumers and espe
cially to farmers, who use more than half
the lumber produced in America, and in
the end to create a timber famine. The
federal government, the states and pri
vate interests must unite in devising means
to meet the menace.
- Reclamation.
We favor a fixed and comprehensive
policy of reclamation to Increase national
wealth and production.
We recognize in the development of
reclamation through federal action, with
its increase of production and taxable
wealth, a safeguard for the nation.
We commend to congress a policy to
reclaim lands and the establishment of a
fivH mtlntial tiAllrv fnr rlovplnnment of
' natural resources in relation to reclamation
through the now designated government
agencies.
The Service Men.
We hold in imperishable remembrance
the valor and the Datrlotism of the sol-
diers and sailors of America who fought
ine great war ior auman uueny muu
we pledge ourselves to discharge to the
fullest the obligations which a grateful
nation Justly should fulfill, in appreciation
of the services rendered by its defenders
on sea and on land.
Republicans are not ungrateful. Through
out their history they have shown their
gratitude toward the nation's defenders.
Liberal legislation for the care of the
disabled and infirm and their dependents
has ever marked republican policy toward
the soldiers and sailors of fi.ll the wars
in which our country has participated. The
present congress has appropriated gener
ously for the disabled of the world war.
The amounts already applied and author
ized for the fiscal year 1U20-2I for this
purpose reached the stupendous sum ot
$1,180,571,893. This legislation is signifi
cant of the party's purpose in generously
caring for the maimed and disabled men
of the war.
Civil Service.
We renew our repeated declaration that
the civil service law shall be thoroughly
and honestly enforced and extended wher
ever practicable.- The recent action ot
congress in enacting a comprehensive civil
service retirement law and In working
out a comprehensive employment and
wage policy that will guarantee equal
and just treatment to the army of gov
ernment workers and In centralizing the
administration of a new and progressive
employment policy in the hands of the
civil gervlce commission Is worthy or all
praise.
Postal Service.
We condemn the present administration
for Its destruction of the efficiency of the
postal service and the telegraph and tele
phone service when controlled by the gov
ernment, and for Its failure properly to
compensate employes whose expert knowl
edge Is essential to the proper conduct ot
the affairs of the postal system. We com
mend the republican congress for the en
actment .of legislation increasing the pay
of postal employes who up to that time
were the poorest paid in the government
service.
Woman Suffrage.
We welcome women Into full participa
tion in the affairs of government and the
activities of the republican party. We
earnestly hope that republican legislatures
in states which have not yet acted upon
the suffrage amendment will ratify the
amendment to the end that all of the
women of the nation of voting age may
participate -in the election bf 1920. which
is so important to the welfare of our
country. r
Social Progress.
The tunreme duty of the nation is the
conservation of human resources through
an enlightened measure of social and in
dustrial Justice. Although the federal
jurisdiction ever social problems is lim
ited, they affect the welfare and interests
of the nation as a whole. We pledge
the republican party to the solution of
these problems through national and state
education in accordance with the best pro
gressive thought ot the country.
Education and Health.
We Indorse the principle of federal aid
to the states for the purpose of vocational
and agricultural training. Wherever fed
eral money is devoted to education, such
education must be so directed as to awak
en in the youth the spirit ot America ana
a sense of patriotic duty to the cmted
States.
A thorough system of physical education
for all children un to the ace of 19. in
cluding adequate health supervision and
instruction, would remeny conamons re
vealed by the draft and would add to the
economic and industrial strength of the
nation. National leadership and stimula
tion will be necessary to induce the states
to adoot a wise system of physical tram
Ing. The pirbllc health activities of the
federal government are scattered inrougn
numerous departments and bureaus, re
sulting in inefficiency, duplication and ex
travagance. We advocate a greater cen
tralization of the federal functions and In
addition urge better co-ordination of the
work of the federal, state and local health
agencies.
Child Labor.
The republican party stands for a fed
eral child labor law and for its rigid
enforcement. If the prescnte law be fojmd
unconstitutional or ineffective we shall
seek other means to enable congress to
prevent the evils of child labor.
"Women in Industry.
Women have special problems of em
ployment which make necessary special
study. We commend congress foe the per
manent establishment of the women's bu
reau in the United States department of
labor to serve as a source of information
to the states and to congress.
The principle of equal pay for equal
service should be applied throughout all
branches of the federal government In
which women are employed. Federal aid
for vocational training should take into
consideration the special aptitudes and
SMALL STUFF
nHICAGO, June 10. (Special.)
William Hanley of Burns, who is
here attending the convention,
although a former Bull Mooser, de
clares - William Howard Taft is hHs
favorite for the republican nominee.
No. Clarence, the Borah bolt is not
something that comes from a clear
sky. It is like the thing- in the under
part of your automobile that gets
loose and rattles. It can always be
repaired.
Dr. Harley, former mayor of As
toria, is here as a spectator at the
convention. Like Borah, he threatens
to bolt. That Is, he considers chang
ing hotels because he was charged
$2.60 for a pece of broiled ham in
the cafe yesterday morning. He hates
himself almost as much as the hotel
because he took a seat in a dark cor
ner in the restaurant where no one
could see hi mdevouring the luxurious
piece of cold pork.
While William England, republican
of Ponca City, Okla., is here attending
the convention as a delegate, his wire
is at home preparing to go .as a dele
gate to the democratic convention at
San Francisco. Mrs. tngiana is a.
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM PLANK ON LEAGUE COMPILED.
The plank on the league of nations says:
"(A) League of Nations. Foreign policy of administration has
been founded upon no principle and directed by no definite concep
tions of our nation's rights and obligations. It has been humiliat
ing to America and irritating to other nations, with the result that,
after a period of unexampled sacrifice, our motives are suspected,
our moral influence impaired and our government stands discredited
and friendless among the nations of the world.
"We favor a liberal a"nd generous foreign policy, founded upon
definite moral and political principles, characterized by a clear un
derstanding of and firm adherence upon -our wn rights and un
failing respect for the rights of others. We should afford full and
adequate protection to the life, liberty and property and all inter
national rights of every American citizen and should require a
-proper respect for the Amerjcan flag: .butwe . should be equally
careful to maaifest a just regard for,'the' righis of other nations..
A scrupulous observance of our International engagements when
lawfully assumed is essential to our own honor and self-respect and
the respect of other nations. Subject to a. new regard for our in
ternational obligations, we should leave our country free to de
velop its civilization along the lines most conducive to the happi
ness and welfare of the people, and to cast its influence on the side
of justice and right should occasion require."
The republican party stands for agreement among the nations
to preserve the peace of the world. We believe that such an in
ternational association must be based upon International justice
and must provide methods which shall maintain the rule of public
right by. development of law and the decision of impartial
courts, and which shall secure instant and general international
conference whenever peace shall be threatened by political action,
so that the nations pledged to do and Insist upon what is just and
fair may exercise their Influence and power for the prevention of
war. We believe that all of this can be done without the compromise
of national independence, without ' depriving the people of the
United States iu advance of the right to determine for themselves
what Is just and fair, when the occasion arises and without involv
ing them as participants and not as peacemakers in a multitude of
quarrels, the merits of which they are unable to Judge.
needs of women workers. We demand '
federal legislation to limit the hours of
employment of women engaged in lnten- ;
sive industry, the product o which enters
into interstate commerce.
Housing.
The housing shortage has not only com
pelled careful study of ways ot stimulating
building, but it has brought into relief the
unsatisfactory character of the housing
accommodations of large numbers of the
Inhabitants of our cities. A nation of
home owners Is the best guaranty of the
maintenance of those principles of lib
erty and law and order upon which our
government is founded. Both national and
state fcovernments should encourage in all
proper ways the acquiring of homes by
our citizens. The United States govern
ment should make available the valuable
information on housing and town plan
ning collected during the war. This Infor
mation sholld be kept up to date and made
currently available.
Hawaii.
Fo rHawail we recommend federal as
sistance in Americanizing and educating
its greatly disproportionate foreign popu
lation; home rule and the rehabilitation
of the Hawaiian race.
Foreign Relations.
A) League of Nations The foreign
nniirv of th administration has been
founded upon no principle and directed
by no definite conception of our nation's
rights and obligations. It has been hu
miliating to America and irritating to
other nations, with the result that after
a period of unexampled sacrifice, our
motives are suspected, our moral influence
impaired and our government stands dis
credited and friendless among the na
tions of the world.
We favor a liberal and generous policy,
founded upon definite moral and political
principles, characterized by a clear under
standing of the firm adherence to our
own rights and unfailing respect for the
rights of others. We should afford full
and adequate protection to the life, lib
erty and property and all international
rights of every American citizen and
should require a proper respect for the
American flag; but we should be equally
careful to manifest a Just regard for the
rights of other nations. A scrupulous
observance of our international engage
ments when lawfully assumed is essen
tial to our own honor and self-respect and
the respect of other nations. Subject to
due regard for our international oou-
gations, we should leave our country Tree
to develop Its civilization along the line
most conducive to tne nappiness ana
welfare of the people, and to cast its in
fluence on the side of justice and right
should occasion require.
The ineffective policy or tne present
administration in Mexican matters has
been largely responsible for the continued
loss of American lives in that country ana
upon our oorder; ior ine enormous joss
of American ana loreign property; ior
the lowering of American standards of
morality and social relations with Mex
icans; and for the bringing of American
Ideals of justice and national honor and
political Integrity into contempt and
ridicule in Mexico and throughout the
world.
The policy of wordy, futile, written
protests against the acts of Mexican of
ficials, explained the following day by
the president himself as being meaning
less and not intended to be considered
seriously or enforced, has but added in
degree to that contempt and has earned
for us the sneers and jeers of Mexican
bandits and added insult upon insult
against our national honor ad dignity.
We should not recognize any Mexican
government unless It be a responsible gov
ernment, willing and able to give sufficient
guarantees that the lives and property of
American citizens are respected and pro
tected; that wrongs will be promptly cor
rected and just compensation will be made
for injury sustained. The republican party
pledges itself to a consistent, firm and
effective policy towards Mexico that shall
enforce respect for the American flag and
that shall protect the rights of American
citizens lawfully in Mexico to security of
life and enjoyment of property In connec
tion with established international law and
our treaty rights.
The republican party Is a sincere friend
of the Mexican people. In its insistence
upon the maintenance of order for the
protection of American citizens within its
borders, a great service wilt be rendered
the Mexican people themselves, for a
continuation of present conditions means
disaster to their interest and patriotic
aspirations.
Mandate of Armenia.
We condemn President Wilson for ask
ing congress to empower him to accept a
mandate for Arm en ia. The acceptance of
such a mandate would throw the United
States into the very maelstrom of European
quarrels. According to the estimate of
the Harbord commission, organized by au
thority of President Wilson, we would be
called upon to send r.,tMH American boys
to police Armenia and to expend $J7B.0h).
000 in the firt year and J 75tf.0OO.Ott0 in
five years. This e5tvmate is made upon
the basis that we would have only rov
ing bands to fight, but In case of a serious
trouble with the Turks or with Russia, a
force exceeding 200,000 would be neces
sary. No more striking lllust ration can be
found of President Wilson's disregard of
the lives of American boys or American
interes-ts.
We deeply ss-rrupathize with the people
FROM CHICAGO
1 sister of George Miller, owner of the
famous "101" ranch.
Miss Amelia Bingham, playing in
"Mama's Affair" here this week. i de
voting much of her day to helping
put Leonard Wood over. She is a
fond admirer of the soldier-candidate.
Get right on how to pronounce the
name of Governor Sproul because you
may have to use it very often after
a short time. It rhymes with the
"soul.". Governor Sproul is a Quaker.
Senator Watson of Indiana and
Senator McCormick of Illinois were
voted the prize orators at reaching
every corner of the big coliseum.
Their voices showed such powerful
qualities that they almost split the
audiphones at times.
Some delegates got thirsty this aft
ernoon when thousands of voices be
gan calling .for Beveridge and above
the pandemonium could be heard from
several quarters of the big coliseum
the frantic cry, "Bevo," "Bevo."
Mary Roberts Rinehart, the author,
is here doing everything within her
power for General Wood. She says the
country needs Wood.
of Armenia and stand ready to help them
in all proper ways, but the republican
party will oppose now and hereafter th
acceptance of a mandate for any country
in Europe or Asia.
League of Nations.
The republican party stand for agree
ment among the nations to preserve the
peace of the world. We believe that such
an international association must be based
upon international justice and must pro
vide method-s which shall maintain the
rule of public right by development of law
and the decision of Impartial courts, and
which shall secure instant and general
international conference whenever peace
shall be threatened by political action,
so that the nations pledged to do and
insist upon what Is just and fair may
exercSse their influence and power for the
prevention of war. We believe that all -this
can be done without the compromise
of national independence, without depriv
ing the people of the United States In
advance of the right to determine for
themselves what is just and fair, when
the occasion arises, and without involving
thean as participants and not as peace
makers in a multitude of quarrels, the
merits of which they are unable to Judge.
The covenant signed by. the president
at Paris failed signally to accomplish this
purpose, and contained stipulations not
only intolerable for an independent peo
ple, but certain to produce the injustice,
hostility and controversy among nations
which it proposed to prevent.
That covenant repudiated to a degree
wholly unnecessary and unjustifiable the
time-honored policy in favor of peace, de
clared by Washington and Jefferson and
Monroe, and pursued by all American ad
ministrators for more than a century, and
ignored the universal successes of America
for generations past tor International law
and arbitration, and It rested the hope of
the future upon mere expediency and nego
tiation. The unfortunate insistence of the presi
dent upon having his own way without
any change and without any regard for
the opinion of a majority of the senate,
which shares with him In the treaty
making power, and the president's demand
that the treaty should be ratified without
any modification, created a situation in
which senators were required to vote upon
their consciences and their oaths, accord
ing to their judgment, upon the treaty as
it was presented, or submit to the com
mands of a dictator in a matter wfrere
the authority under the constitution was
theirs and not his.
The senators performed their duty faith
fully. We approve their conduct and honor
their courage and fidelity and we pledge
the coming republican administration to
such agreement with the other nations of
the world as shall meet the full duty of
America to civilization and humanity in
accordance with American ideals, and
without surrendering the right of the
American people to exercise Its judgment
and its power in favor of justice and
peace. Pointing to its history and relying
upon its fundamental principles, we de
clare that the republican party has the
J generous courage and constructive ability
to end executive usurpation ana restore
constitutional government ; to fulfill our
world obligations without sacrificing our
national independence ; to raise the na
tional standard of education, health and
general welfare; to re-establish a peace
time administration and to substitute econ
omy and efficiency for extravagance and
chaos; to res-tore and maintain the na
tional credit; to reform unequal and bur
densome taxes; to free business from ar
bitrary and unnecessary official control;
to suppress disloyalty without denial of
just ice; to repel the arrogant challenge
of any class; and to maintain a govern
ment of all the people as contrasted with
government for some of the people, and
finally, to allay unrest, suspicion and strife
and to secure the co-operation and unity
of all citizens In the solution of the com
plex pro W ems of the day. to the end that
our country, happy and prosperous, proud
of its past, sure of itself and its institu
tions, may look forward with confidence
to the future.
IKD0STME5 HEED CAPITAL
RIOSTKICTKD CREDIT CAUSING
HESITANCY IX EXPANSION.
Financial Scheme Is Proposed by
Chamber of Commerce to
Relieve Handicap.
Appeals coming to W. H. Crawford,
manager of the department of Indus
tries of the Portland Chamber of Com
merce, from heads of industries dem
onstrate the need of some arrange
ment for financing payroll institu
tions. Because of the tightening of
credits by the banks, industries that
have had in process expansion of their
plants or were aDout to incur addi
tional expense in extending trade,
find' the usual sources of needed ad
tional funds closed.
While there are a number of deal
ers in securities, few of the estab
lished houses" care to offer through
their representatives small issues of
bonds or preferred stock, having built
up a clientele that is more active in
bonds and stocks of the big indus
trials quoted in the principal stock
markets.
Mr. Crawford has proposed the for
mation of a syndicate of local busi
ness men, manufacturers and capital
ists, the members of which will agree
to devote to the purposes of financing
established, successful enterprises, a.
per cent of their net earnings each
year, which would soon create a ro
tating fund of sufficient amount to
prove highly beneflc'al in promoting
industrial growth. Several instances
have recently come to the attention
of the department where lack of some
ready capits.1 is the barrier to largely
increased payrolls.
"There are a great many persons
in Portland who are regular investors
in bonds and in stocks of speculative
character, who decline to become in
terested in local Industries," said
Mr. Crawford. "Some of these men
are willing to shout for Portland,
join in public-spirited movements for
the community welfare, but hesitate
to put their dollars to work in creat
ing additional industry. While these
men probably owe their individual
success to conservative methods, they
may be brought to realize that to ven
ture a share of their investment funds
in aiding Industries may prove
doubly beneficial In additional busi
ness In the community, as well as
return of revenue earned."
HALF OF SOVIET HUNGRY-
British Labor Delegate to Russia
Reports Conditions.
LONDON, June 10. Fifty per cent
of the people of soviet Russia art
hungary, although everybody Is get
ting a certain allowance of food, de
clared Benjamin Turner, member of
the British labor delegation to Russia,
in describing today conditions in that
country as he had observed them. Mr.
Turner, with another delegate, Thomas
Shaw, member of the house of com
mons, returned to England yesterday.
The majority of the people of Mos
cow and Petrograd, he said, support
the bolshevik government. The rural
population Is not opposing the auth
orities but is not fully in agreement
with communism.
Mrs. Mfacham to Give Concert.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. June 10. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Lucius O. Meacham. for
mer professional coloratura soprano
of Chicago, who retired from concert
work three years ago, when she and
her husband removed here, will ap
pear In concert at the high schol au
ditorium next Thursday night for the
benefit of the- American Legion home
fund. The concert is being staged
under auspices of the Hood liivor
Woman's club. ,
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