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THIRD PARTY
STRIVING TO
SECURE UNITY
Senator LaFoIlette Desires to
Heal New Party if Plat
form is Remodeled to Suit
His Own Ideas.
OBJECTS TO PLANK
FAVORING LEAGUE
Resolutions Committee Faces
rJoboRetailorinr
Platform.
CHICAGO, July 13. Leaders of
the new party, born today, ' were
tfiving desperately tonight to solid
ify the strength of the minor groups,
from which-it came, into a unified
political power. ' '
Early moments of the new party's
life were fraught with menacing sit
uations.' The Joint chairman of the
labor party and the committee of 48
group battled for hours to keep the
jealousies and distrusts of; the rival
groups .submerged and the road open
for the transaction of business.
Several times a break appeared not
far away. Peacemakers were called
to the platform several times and by
their appeals to the common aims of
the delegates staved off, at least tern
poraniy, tne movement t toward a
break. . !
-.While the convention dickered over
the recognition extended its various
elements -under; the amalgamation.
the platform committee completed
draft of nine planks. According to
members of the platform committee,
the pet platform desires of several
groups were Ignored After several
hour's debate the convention reces
sed until 8 o'clock Chicago time.
. Chairman ' Christensen announced
from the chair that Senator Robert
LaFoIlette wanted" to "lead the new
party, if possible. He placed a em
phasis on the words "if possible."
.The announcement gave credence
' to a report that ' Senator " LaFoIlette
would only accept the nomination in
event the platform planks on nation
alization of essential Industries and
foreign relations are rewritten to
conform to his ideas. j
Faced with the task of retailoring
their platform to fit the ! candidate,
the resolutions committee of the new
political party struggled tonight to
compromise widely divergent views
into a' comprehensive ' statement ' ot
political principles satisfactory to
Senator. Robert M. LaFoIlette.
The Wisconsin olon , "wants to
lead the new party." Chairman Chris
tensen ot Utah told the t delegates.
They had waited several hours to
adopt a platform and to elect a leader
when t Christensen s announcement
made it evident there was no hope of
the platform committee reaching a
common ground tonight. j:
, .Earlier they, had found such a
ground and completed a draft of nine
planks. It was on the consideration
of these that the new born party.
fused from' the labor party, commit
tee ot 48 and a halt dozen other mi
nor I ty groups," faced their first split
and for a time the Infant movement
threatened to expire in I a flow of
heated argument. j '
An acceptable compromise was re
ported in eight when representatives
- of Senator LaFoIlette appeared be
fore the resolutions committee to an
nounce that his acceptance of the
nomination expected to be tendered
to him would not be forthcoming an
til certain planks were rewritten.
His objections, it was reported,
were based principally on a foreign
relations plank which j endorsed i
league of nations, favored recognl
, tlon of Irish freedom and soviet Rus
sia and lifting of the Russian block
ade and on another plank advocating
n nationalization of all essential Indus
tries and raw materials. I
Hasty, conferences-were called-in
an effort to placate the senator's
agents, Gilbert F. Roe of New York,
his former law partner, and Robert
M. LaFoIlette. Jr. The f convention
marked time for hours while the con
ferees argued and then adjourned
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Grain Benefitted by Rain '
Railroad Reports Declare
The Spokane. Portland Seattle.
p Oregon Electric, and ; the Oregon
'run railroads report that the rain
ot Monday was heavy in western Or
on, precipitation In the vicinity of
Portland being .84 of an Inch, and
around Albany, Salem and other VI-
Mmeite valley points between w3a an
' .40. --t t . - .
The central Oregon . wheat belt
had moderate showers Monday and
Monday night and in the vicinity of
orth Junction it was misting yes
terday. . j'. . . '
' While cut hay will surfer ome
damage, growing grain.l it Is said.
Ut be greatly benefitted.
( BLACK RUST OX WHEAT
S4T. PA UL. M inn.. July! 1 3. Black
"at has appeared in wheat In cer
In sections of the northwest, but
o far no serious damage has been
one according to k. q, Quinne.
le"dpnt of the Federal Land bank
or St. Paul. !
BOLIVIAN REVOLUTION
BRIEF BUT SUCCESSFUL
TROOPS HAVEREX3XIZEI THE
XKW WVERXMEXT.
Goernment Offered Virtually' Xo Re
sistance When Guns Bom-
. ; . battled Palace.
LIMA.. Peru. Jnlr 12 Thn.i..
dispatches available here from La
Pat, BoliTia. concerning the revolu
tion against the government of Pres
ident Gutierrex Guerra are to the
effect that all the Bolivian troops
utj recognizea me newly formed
government, with the exception of
the nicked cavalrv r7fmit w.n.
- - - - - C .. ... muvrmi
as the Abarow contingent, which is
reported to De advancing from Guay
aquil toward La Pax.
A CensorshiD is beinr maintains!
The revolution apparently was brief.
napia ure guns bombard the palace
and the government offered visu
ally no, resistance.
The Lima newspapers this morn
ing nnanimouslr declare that lha
revolution is of surpassing historic
toiporiance to reru. v '
EXTENSION OF
30 DAYS GIVEN
Commission Refuses to Try to
Speed up Coal Trans
portation. WASHINGTON. July 13. Exten
sion for thirty days of the order giv
ing preferential distribution of open
top cars to coal mines east or the
Mississippi was ordered today by the
Interstate commerce commission In
an effort to solve the coal t ran edo in
flation problem. - The original order
would have expired July 21.
Three-fold, amendment of the or
der also was made by the commis
sion, wmcn in a letter to Daniel Wll
lard, chairman of ,the advisory com'
mission of the Association of Rail
way executives, suggested that the
carriers prohibit more than one re-
consignment of cars, loaded with
coal. . i -
The amendments of the original
order provide: .
"That railroads mustn lace an em
bargo against consignees failing to
unload open'top cars within 24 hours
after delivery. That railroads may
assign cars without regard to exist-
ing ratings for the mines so as to
provide fuel for current use to pub
lie utilities and public -institutions.
- fro special attention was -given by
the commission to speedings np of
the coal movement to the northwest.
Its letter to Mr. Wiliard explaining
that "we have not thought it pro
per to attempt tot deal with this sit
uation "by order" until after at
tempt has been made by the Coal op
erators and railroad presidents to
solve the question.
Announcement of the commission's
changes came almost simultaneously
with the adjournment of the coal
operators conference which has been
attempting for two days to work out
a plan for supplying the northwest.
High School Graduates v
Want White Cottar Jobs
SEATTLE. Wash.. July 13.-
Whlle youths should be urged to
avail themselves of the. advantages
of a high school education, the er
feet of putting such a program. lit
erally into effect at the present time
would be dangerous. John Callahan,
state director of vocational education
for Wisconsin, declared in an address
today before the convention ot gov
ernmental labor officials of the
United States and Canada In session
here. ..: : . - ,
Mr. Callahan explained his asser
tion with the statement that the
present high school curriculum is
apt to Induce in the graduate a will
ingness to accept only a :"whlte col
lar" job. Contrasting the cultural
values of. classical and , vocational
education along scientific lines. Mr.
Callahan asserted that the "truly
cultured individual is one who is
prepared to meet the problems of
everyday living patlentl and cheer
fully." f
Delegates to the convention were
guests at a banquet tonight To
morrow's sessions will be devoted to
a discussion of women in Industry,
under the direction of Mary Ander
son, director of the women's bureau.
Washington, D. C.
Much Evidence Broaaht
To Light in Lloyd Trial
CHICAGO. July 13. Statements
and documents purporting to show
affiliation with the Third Interna
tionale and subscription to the so
viet Moscow manifesto by the Com
munist labor party were Introduced
today In the trial of William Rross
Lloyd and other alleged members
of the party charged with conspiracy
tor overthrow the government.
i A statement, by Max Bedacht ot
Sah Fratfcisco. one of the defend
ants, allege:! to show his connection
with the Communist party and his
signature, to a copy of the Moscow
manifesto were. Identified by,E. M.
Allen, court reporter and witness for
the. state, .f.,. ,,'
. Another state witness, Miss elen
Ruth Ormsby, a Milwaukee news
paper reporter, brought with her the
report; which she took of a speech
said to have been made by Lloyd in
Milwaukee's year ago.
The "speech compared the United
States government to the -Roman
empire and advocated "an organiza
tion and mobilization plan Tor the
great " revolution of workers."
LEAGUE MADE
CLEAR ISSUE
BY PARTIES
Senator McNary Shows Dis
tinction between Attitude
of Republican and Demo
cratic Platforms.
Question squarely
BEFORE ELECTORATE
G. 0. P. Eager to Apply Poli
cy that ' Will Assure
Peace of World.
Distinction between the Republi
can and Democratic national plat
forms as they relate to the treaty of
peace and the covenant of the
League of Nations is drawn by Unit
ed States Senator Charles L. Mc
Nary In a statement prepared by the
senator for publication. While de
ploring the situation that makes the
nation's participation in world af
fairs a partisan question, the senator j
declares he Is glad of the issue of
how far the United States shall go
abroad is squarely before the voters.
Issue Becomes Clear
"The national .conventions of the
two great political parties, in writ
ing their respective platforms, have
made the Issue clear with respect to
the treaty of peace and the covenant
of the League of Nations," says Sen
ator McNary.
"The Republican party denounces
the covenant in the form it was pre
sented by the president to the senate
though that party acclaims the prin
ciple of the league, or preferably
some institution judicial in charac
ter, calculated to assure the peace of
the world. The declaration in the
platform, covering the Important sub
ject to our foreign relations, does not
suggest that the covenant of the
League of Nations could be altered
by reservations so that it would em
brace the essential principles con
tained in the covenant, without the
compromise of national independ
ence. I can not read into the plat.
form the thought that the treaty
agreed upon at Versailles must n
totally rejected, and a new treaty ne
gotiated. Such a construction. In my
opinion, would be unfortunate, and
would be giving plain language a
shameful misconstruction. The prin
ciples announced in the piaftforin
can fitfd welcome repose In the treaty
asf modified and clarified by the res
ervations engrafted upon the treaty
by a rote of a large majority ot the
members of the senate.
Democrats Back lreUknt
"The Democratic olatform affirms
and reasserts the position of Presi
dent Wilson that the treaty must not
be altered in substance, but that its
provisions may be explained and
made more certain by reservations
that do not In their nature change
the meaning or the purposes of the
treaty and of the covenant of the
league. Clearly, the Democratic plat
form only fofjrtves reservations that
are -interpretative, and forbids those
that are modifying.
"It Is my humble judgment that
the political platforms of the two
parties leave the Issue precisely as
made in the senate, namely, the; Re
publican party declaring against the
treaty as submitted by the president,
and advocating agreement among
the nations to preserve, the peace of
the world in the manner accom
plished by the senate reservations,
and the Democratic party urging the
treaty and the league substantially
as conceived by the president and
adopted by the peace conference at
Versailles.
American Policy is Hoik
"While I deplore the situation
that makes America's participation
in world affairs a partisan question.
I rejoice that the issue, how far we
shall eo abroad. Is squarely before
the voters of the country, and when.
once decided. I hope It may become
purely an American policy and not
a principle of political expediency."
In addition to being chairman of
the committee on Irrigation. Senator
McNary is a member of the commit
tee on agriculture, and he contem
plates during his tour of the state,
making a close survey of its recla
mation projects and its agricultural
and fruit industries. He will also
thoroughly acquaint himself with the
state's river harbors, so that he will
know their wants when the next har
bor bill comes up for consideration.
Presbyterian Synod in
Convention at Eugene
EUGENE. Or.. July 13: The
Presbyterian synod of Oregon con
vened at the- University of Oregon
this afternoon for a week's session
with a good attendance of minister
from different parts of the stats
present. Business occupied the tim
of the ministers this afternoon, and
tonight at the Central Presbyterian
church Rev. Myron Roozer of Med
ford. retiring moderator, delivered
his closing address. "Prominent min
isters1 from different parts of the
country are on the program durfng
the week. Tomorrow morning Rev.
Sllvas Evaas. a noted Bible student,
will lecture and he will be followed
by .the. regular summer school lec
ture and others.
COOS COUNTY JUDGE
SASSYWITH BOARD
THREATENS TO COMMIT PATIENT
WITHOUT AUTHORITY
State Control Hody Tells Him if He
Carries out I'utlmatum He
1 Must Suffer Result.
An ultimatum received by Dr, J.
X. Smith, superintendent of the state
institution for the feeble-minded,
from C. R. Wade, Coos county judge,
and presented to the state board of
control at a special meeting yester
day, relating to the committment of
feeble-minded persons, caused the
board to reply in sharp terms.
In common with other counties, of
the state, Coos county has had some
difficulty in placing persons In the in
stitution because of lack of room,
which makes a waiting list necessary.
Judge Wade wrote that a feeble
minded roan wes being held In the
county jail at Marshfield at hea4
expense to me county, mat coos
county did not propose to establish
an asylum for the feeble-minded and
that. It action were not taken by the
Salem authorities he would- have the
person sent to the school under guard
and left there. The board replied that
If such action were taken before no
tification from Dr. Smith, Judge
Wade must act on his own responsi
bility and suffer the consequences.
A claim of 1488 already had been
presented to the board by Coos
county for care given another feeble
minded person,! who finally was ad
mitted when his turn came and who
later died in the -institution. Rela
tive to this Judfe Wade has been in
formed that' that has no funds to
cover the claim. The only source of
relief is the legislature. 7,
CHERRIANSTO
AID STATE FAIR
Proposal of Secretary Lea to
Make Tuesday Booster
Day is Accepted.
At a meeting last, night the Salem
Cherrlans accepted a proposal com
ing from A. H. Lea. secretary of the
state fair board, that the Cherrlans
make Tuesday, September 28, of state
fair week a special booster day. The
day will be one of the most empha
sized of fair week and the arrange
ment is being made so that the early
part of the week as well as the mid
dle will attract a heavy attendance.
As a committee to work out the
plans Kng Blng Clancey appointed
Charles Knowland, Carle Abrams,
Lester B. Davis, Frank Spears and
Al Stewart. -
Another committee appointed last
night has as its function the working
out of a system of honorary member
ships. The members of the commit
tee are Elmo S. White, chairman,
Russel Catlln, B. W. Macy. M. L.
Meyers and William McGilchrlst. Jr.
A resolution was presented by Les
ter B. Davis expressing the thanks of
the organization to King Blng Clan
cey. Past King Bing Fullerton,
George rGaves .all participating vas
sals tnd to certain young women at
the Portland Rose festival.
Letters of thanks were voted to the
Welnhard plant of Portland which
furnished a truck for the, use of the
Cherrlans and to' Willamette valley
towns which contributed automobiles
for the Willamette valley Shrlners'
excursion.
Hal D. Patton and George Graves
pleased the session with humorous
accounts of their trip to California
with the Ad club excursion in May.
Senatorial Campaign
Based on League Issue
WASHINGTON, July 13. An ac
tive campaign based on the issue of
Americanism as opposed to interna
tionallsm will be waged this fall by
the republican senatorial campaign
committee in 14 or 15 states where
the election of republican senators is
doubtful. Senator - Poindexter of
Washington, chairman of the sena
torial committee, announced tonight.
Mr. Poindexter said the campaign
will be conducted entirely under the
control of the republican senatorial
committee.
Senator Poindexter indicated that
the states in which the senatorial
campaign would center Include Idaho,
Utah, Oregon, California, Arizona.
Colorado. Nevada. Maryland and
Kentucky.
Austrians Say Police
Took Money with Liquor
PORTLAND. , July 13, Three
members of the Portland police de
partment faced the police efficiency
board tcday as a result of informal
charges filed by six Austrians. who
declare thit savings of years dlsap
penred fror.i the basement of their
t-ome when She police last month
raided the rise tor liquor. The
niotiey, according to the Austrians.
was buried about the basement ot
the. house, where police seized sev
eral gallons ot contraband wine.
FRENCH PRESIDENT ILL.
PARIS. July 13. President Des
chanel's health is one of the main
topics of Parisian conversation and
romment in the press. There is a
divergence of opinion, some ot th
newspapers expressing the belief
that the president, although in poor
health, is on the road to fairly early
recovery, while othe"r journals "de
clare that his condition will incapi
cate him for some time.
COMMITTEE
CONTINUES
DISCUSSION
Japs Plan a Continuation in
Other Ways of Picture
Bride Method of Bringing
Women into this Country.
LAND HOLDINGS HAVE
GONE UP 400 PER CENT
Children Kept off Streets Dar
ing Investigation
Instructions.
SACRAMENTO. Cal.. July 13.
Charges that the Japanese were pre
paring to conintue In other forms the
picture bride" practice of bringing
women into this country which the
Japanese government recently abol
ished, were made today before the
house immigration and naturalization
committee by V. S. McClatchy, pub
lisher of the Sacramento Bee.
One of these, new forms, Mr. Mc-
Ciatchy said was that of bringing into
the United States ot "Yoshi" or
adopted children who later could di
vorce their parents here. This made
possible, be declared, a "yoshl" be
coming the "picture bride" ot her
adopted and divorced father. I
Mr. McClatcy occupied the stand
most of the day. presenting numer
ous assertions that Japanese lmml
gration was increasing and threaten
ing to force Americans out of some
of the best agricultural land in the
state.
Japanese land holdings in Califor
nia last year were 427.029 acres, ac
cording to figures to the Japanese ag
rieultural association of California,
an increase of 4 00 per cent in ten
years, he said, while the value of the
crops In 1919 was X67.000.000,
against $6,000,000 ten .years ago
The crop figures were from thp state
board of control report on Japanese
immigration Questions. Mr. Mc-
Clatchr said.
Governor Stephens appearance be
fore the commission conisted merely
in formally presenting his letter to
Secretary of State Colby urging re
strictive legislation and the state
board of control report.
He was followed by Miss Alice
Brown ot Florin, a nearby Japanese
colony who said Americans were not
being forced out ot that locality by
the settlers rrom tne Far bast. ,
Two members of the house lmml
gration and naturalization committee
investigating the Japanese question
in California reported at the hearing
tonight In the capitol that they found
only two Japanese children this eve
ning on the streets of lorin, a netgn
boring Japanese settlement, when
they arrived there on an unannonuced
visit today.
John Reese, the only American
merchant In the town, told the visi
tors that the word had been passed
among the Japanese to keep the
children out of sight while the com
mittee was in this part of the state,
The two congressmen were King
Swope of Kentucky and J. Will' Tay
lor of Tennessee. At the office of the
local Japanese association the infor
mation was unhesitatingly given by
the local secretary that 'there were
1,097 Japanese in the locality.
FLOODS CAUSE DAMAGE.
SPflKAN'K Wash . Julv 13. A
cloudburt struck Southeastern Wash
ington and the Snake River valley
country of Idaho aboat 6 o'clock to
night which washed away houses in
at least half a dozen towns, carried
awav railroad track and damaged
cropsf Moscow, Idaho. Is reported to
nave several laiauues oui is cui on
from outside telephone communica
tions.
WINONA. Wash.. July 13. A
cloudburst struck Winona at 6
o'clock tonight which washed away
four houses from all of which wo
men and children were rescued. Tele
phone service is wrecked and rail
road trackage is out. Reports of
damage are coming in from the sur
rounding country. ,
Women to Confer with
Democratic Nominee
COLUMRUS. O.. July 13. A depu
tation of the national women's party
will confer with Governor James M.
Co. Iemocratic presidential candi
date. Friday afternoon. Miss Alice
Panl. national chairman, and other
national officers are expected to ar
rive tomorrow.
Women's party 'leaders also an
nounced that a similar deputation is
expected to be received by Senator
Harding, Republican nominee , in
Marion. July 22.
WATtllMEN ARE CARELESS
SAN FRANCISCO. July J3. Six
watchmen' of the United States de
partment of internal revenue were
suspended today in connection with
the investigation of wholesale thefts
of liquor from a local bonded ware
house. The six men had been as
signed to watch the warehouse and
while it was under their carehleves
entered and stole brandy valued at
more than 110,000.
TWO TRUSTIES LEAVE
TEAMS AND GET AWAY
GUARDS ARE SEARCHING FOR
PHIL SOLEM AND FAG AN
Roth Sentenced from Hood River
County 4'onvicts Believed to
Hare Cione South.
Leaving their teams in one of tho
fields of the state prison farm, Phil
lip Solem and Lutur Fagan, both
trusties, escaped about 4:30 p. m.
yesterday and a big force ot guards
Is on their trail. Their disappear
ance became known when a report
leached Warden Compton's office
hat the teams were wandering about
tbe field without drivers.
Both men were sent to tbe peni
tentiary from Hood River county.
Solem was sentenced to serve a term
of from five to ten years tor placing
an obstruction on the tracks of the
O.-W. R. . N. railway, and was re
ceived at the prison March 9, 1918.
He is 2 4 years old. ,
Fagan was sentenced to a term of
not to exceed 10 years for assaulting
a woman, and was received Decem
ber 4. 1919. He is 29 years, old.
Both men were wearing overalls
when they escaped. They are be
lieved to have gone south.
COX TO CONFER
WITH WILSON
President and Governor in
Hearty Accord on
League Issue.
WASHINGTON. July 13. Presi
dent Wilson will meet Governor
James M. Cox and Franklin D.
Roosevelt. Democratic presidential
and vice presidential nominees, on
Sunday for the first time since the
candidates were chosen at San Fran
cisco. The conference will be held at the
White House to discuss plans for a
vigorous campaign. ,It was arranged
today by Governor ' Cox, who tele
phoned the White ouse from Col
umbus to ascertain what day within
the next week would be most suit
able for a meeting. The answer
went forward speedily that. Mr. Wil
son would be delighted to see the
governor and also Mr. Roosevelt
Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock.
While it was stated that the pres
ident had no particular choice as to
the date., it was explained he con
sidered Sunday more suitable as it
would enable the governor to com
here and return home in time to
keep engagements with party lead
ers on Monday.'
Party leaders declared today there
was no foundation for statements
that the president and Governor Cox
were "far apart on tbe league of
nations." They eald it was but
natural that the governor should
desire to exchange views with, the
president on . this and many other
questions before beginning work on
his speech of acceptance
While the president plans to re
main In Washington all summer, his
friends say that he can be depended
upon to lend his Influence to Gov
ernor Cox s campaign in statements
and letter.
Governor Cox will arrive Satur
day, and during his stay here will
be the guest of Judge T. T. Ans-
berry. a member of the District of
Columbia delegation to the San
Francisco convention and a former
member of the house from Ohio.
Governor Cox would not predict
what matters will be discussed. He
intimated, however, in Dayton last
week that he expected to confer with
the pretsident on the league Issue.
Professor Suggests Solu
tion for Jap Problem
PORTLAND. Or.. July 13. Dr.
Alfred Hushnell Hart, professor of
American government at llarvar!
who rAiched here today f rom Hono
lulu, where he has been studying the
Japanese-American problem. de
clared today that Japan will go to
war without hesitation rather than
admit its pooplo inferior to other rr
ps. or rather than submit lo oihr
nations passing laws pjittlne Japan
ese on a lower plane than other mi
migrants.
Ir. Hart recommends placing Jap
anese and American latwrer on tiie
same basis, whereby latxrers fiom
either country would be barred 'roni
landing an the shores of the other.
Lnder this arrangement. Dr. Mart
said class discrimination would not
be shown.
Japs in United States
Worried by Strict Laws
HASHl.viTON, July 13. Japan
ese in the United States and Hawaii
are said In official dispatcher re-
reived here today to be :naking vig
orotis protest against the applicator!
of recentlr promulgated laws rela
tive to military obligations of for
eign-resident Japanese. The new
laws raised tbe military exemption
ace ot Japanese living outside Japan
China or Siberia to 37 years, and
reduced the time which a Japanese
subject living outside the three
countries may spend in Japan with
out becoming liable for military ser
vice from six months to one month
MUNITION CAR IHjOWX UP.
LOR1ENT. France. Jnlv 13.
freight car loaded with five tons of
American munitions was destroyed
by an explosion today at the L'Orient
station. Eirnt men were killed and
three injured.
LEAGUE ISSUE
TO BE CENTER
OF CAMPAIGN
Harding More Than-Willing
to Make Election a Nation
al Referendum on League
of Nations Question.
PARTY WILL GLADLY
ACCEPT CHALLENGE
Wilson's Chief Concern is
Vindication of His For-
eign Policy. .
(MARION. Ohio. Jnlr 13. Sena-.
tor Harding charged in a statement
tonieht that President WUenn had
forced the Democratic presidential '
and vice presidential nominees to
accept his view that the league ot
nations should become the dominant
campaign issue. The president's one.
concern, tbe senator said, is thevln
dlcatlon of his foreign" policy ! and
ne insists upon "his issue regardless
of costs or consequences." , , -:
'The ReDubllc sartv mnd candi
dates gladly accept the challenge." '
the statement said. "We are more
ban willing to make tho election m
national referendum on the question
w net her we shall have, four yean
more of the Democratic reidineu tn
surrender this republic.
The statement resulted from tbA
announcement of Franklin D. Roose
velt, vice presidential candidate, fol
lowing bis conference yesterday with
uovernor Cox that Jils campaign
would be made chiefly on the league
Issue. '
The statement follows:
"Columbus dlsnatehes describing
the conference between the Demo
cratic nominees for president and
vice president on Monday, say that
Governor Cox left It to thm vm
presidential nominee to make known
tne conclusions reached. And thus
authorised to speak for both of them
the vice presidential nominee 'stated,
that he considered the learnA of na
tions one of the dominant Issue of
the campaign, not -only In the east
but In the west He expected to
make his campaign chiefly on the
league of nations issue.'
"So we have the eomnlei nmnf
that President Wilson has won and
forced acceptance of his paramount
Issue. The party machinery -haa
been tiliM nnf ti tfc T. m i .
- V J uv AMUIUAUtCI
of New York. New Jersey and Indi
ana, out President Wilson haa forced
nis issue on them. He has but one"
concern, and that Is the TlndtiHnn '
of his foreign policy, first by. nia
panv later oy tne country.
"The Democratic campaign Is' go-"
Ing to harness th tuitr. ahAinfwr
to the administration policy of rati
fication without protection to Am
erican Interests. .Should the Demo
crats win. the league would be rati
fied and America would become at
once a party to tbe twenty-odd war
now going on In the world. Euro
pean leaders have repeatedly ex
plained that It Is Impossible for the
leagueof nations to function effec
tively so long as the United- 8tate
has not ratified. The obvious im
plication is that when the . United.
States ratifies, the league will pro
ceed to settle up these matters; to
enforce it authority In. the conflict
between Poland and Russia; to set
tle the Adriatic troubles; compel
peace between Turkey and Greece;'
assume responsibility for the paci
fication of the whole near east and
middle east.
"All this cannot be done unless
the league employs force. America
would , have to contribute Ita irmr
and navy. President Wilson has
urged acceptance of a mandate for
Armenia, which the Harbord mis
sion found would require us to em
plov a great army and pour out
money by hundreds of millions.
Congress overwhelmingly refused,
and the country has sustained It so
Insistently that even the San Fran
cisco convention did not dare en
dorse the mandate. Yet that man
date would hardly be more than an
intimation of the many world flung
conflicts Into which America would
be projected by ratification of the
league without rigidly safeguarding
reservations. 1
"The president demands a cam
paign on this Issue: the Democratic
platform makes the Issue para
mount: and finally, the Domm-rtiir.
candidates unqualifiedly acquiesce.
me- score and more of Democratic
senators who voted for the Lodge
reservations re repudiated, thereat
opinion of the American nation la
flouted, because the president In
sists upon his issue regardless of
costs or consequences. The Repub
lican party and candidates gladly ac
cept the challenge. We are more
than willing to make tbe election a
national referendum on the question
whether we shall have four years
more of femocratle readiness to sur
render this republic.'' . '"
Senator HaTding conferred brief
ly with Congressman Lnnrworth of
Cincinnati. Mr. Langworth . later
announced that he had discussed
the political situation with the sen
ator with whom, he said, he was la
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