Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 45, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 July 1920 — Page 14

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PLATFORM OF DEMOCRATS BACKS UP THE WILSON POLICIES

HAILS WITH PRIDE ACHIEVEMENTS OF HIS ADMINISTRA TION Declares Adherence to President's Fundamental Progressive Principles of Social , Economic and Industrial Justice . SAN FRANCISCO, July 2. —Following Is the official text of the democratic platform as reported to the convention by the resolutions committee:

The democratic party, in Us national convention assembled, sends greetings to the president of the United States, Woodrow Wilson and hails with patriotic Pride the great achievements for country and the world, wrought £>y_ a democratic administration under his leadership. , _ ... It salutes the mighty people of this great republic, emerging with imperishable honor from the severe tests and grievious strains of the most tragic war in history, having earned tue piautllts and the gratitude of all free uatiOftfl. It declares Us adherence to the fundamental progressive principles of social, economic and Industrial justice and advance and purposea to resume the great work of translating these principles into effective law. bgun and carried far by the democratic administration and interrupted only when the war claimed all the natinal energiea ror tne single task of victory. league of nations. The democratic party favors the league of nations as the surest, if not the only practicable means of maintaining the permanent peace of the world and terminating the insufferaole burden-of great militarv and naval establishments. it was for this that America broke away from traditional isolation and apent her bleod and treasure to crush a colossal scheme of conquest. It was upon this basis that the president of the United States In pre-arrangement with our allies, consented to a suspension or Uostllittea against the imperial German government; the armistice was grant# and a treaty of peace negotiated upon the definite assurance to Germany, as well as to the powers pitted against Germany, that “a general asssociaiion of nations must be formed, under covenants, for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political ln ' ae pendence and territorial integrin to great and small states alike. H . enc ®> we not only congratulate the president on the Tlslon manifested and Tigor exhibited In the prosecution of the w,r, but we felicitate him and his asso dates npon the exceptional achievement at Paris involved in the adoption of a kleague and treaty so near akin to pre vioualv expressed American Idea.a ana K related to the aspirations ■Lfivillzed peoples everywhere. commend the president for hU courage and his high conception F faith In steadfastly standing f° r \ covenant agreed to by all the assodated and allied nations at war with Germany and we condemn the republican senat for*its refusal to ratify the treaty meMy because it was the product ot atm ocratlc statesmanahip. th n taterpoaing partisan envy and persona, hatred in toe way of the peace and renewed proa noritv of the world. _ , . * By 5 every accepted standard of national morality tho president is Justified in asserting that the honor of th country is involved in this business, and we point to the accusing fact that, before it was determined to initiate political antagonism to the treaty, the new republican chairman of the senate foreign relations committee himself publicly proclaimed that any proposition for a separate ~eace with Germany, such a W*iud Ms party associate* thereafter reported to the senate, would make us guilty of the blackest crime. * On Mar 15th. last, the Knox substitute for the Versailles treaty was passed by the republican senate; and this convention can contrive no more fitting characterization of its obloquy than that made in the Forum magazine of December, IPIB, by Henry Cabot Lodge, who Ba *‘lf we send our armies and young men to be killed and wounded in northern France and Flanders with no result but this, our entrance Into war with such an intention was a crime which nothing can justify. The Intent of congress and the Intent of the president was that there could be no peace until we could create a situation where no such war as this could recur. We car. not make peace except in company with our allies, it ■would bring us everlasting dishonor and bring ruin to us also if we undertook to make a separate peace.” Thus to that which Mr. Lodge, in saner moments, considered the "blackest crime,” he and bis party in madness sought to give the sanctity of law; toat which eighteen months ago was of "everlasting dishonor,” the republican party and its candidates today accepted as the essence of faith. We indorse the president's view of our International obligations anil hl firm stand against reservations designed to cut to pieces the vital provisions of tho Versailles treaty and sosf of com men ii the democrats in congress for voting against resolutions ter separate peace w hich would disgrace the nation- We advocate the immediate ratification of the treaty without reservations which would impair Its essential integrity-; but we do not oppose the acceptance of any reservaions making clearer or mo'ro specific the obligations of the United States to the league assertions. Only by doing ibis may we retrieve ih“ reputation of this nation among the powers of the earth and recover the moral leadership which President Wilson won and which republican poll, ticians at Washington sacrificed. Only by doing this may we hope to aid effectively in the restoration of order throughout the world and to take the place ""which we should assume in the front rank of spiritual, commercial and industrial advancement. .... We reject as utterly vain, if not vicious, the republican assumption that ratification of the treaty, and membership in the league of nations would in any wise impair the integrity or independence of our country. The tact that the covenant has been entered into by twenty-iUne nations, all as jealous of their independence as we of ours, is a sufficient refutation of such charge. The president reoeatedly has declared, and this convention reaffirms, that all our duties and obligations as a member of the league must he fulfilled in strict conformity with the constitution of the l nued States, embodied in which is the fundamental requirement of declaratory action by the congress before this nation may become a participant in any war. CONDUCT OF THE WAR. During the war President Wilson exhibited the very broadest conception of liberal Americanism. In his conduct of the war as in the general administration of bis high office, there was no semblance of partisan bias. He Invited to Washington as his councillors and coadjutors hundreds of the most Prorntnant and pronounced republicans in the country. To these he committed responsibilities of the gravest import and most confidential nature. Many of them had £b£rge of vital activities of the govern“lfcd vet, with the war successfully nmsecuted and gloriously ended, the republican party in congress far from aprdaudlng the masterly leadership of the president and felicitating the country on the anoaxlng achievements of the American government, has meanly requited the considerate course of the chief magistrate by savagely defaming the commander in chief of the army and navy bv assailing nearly every public officer oi every branch of the service Intimately concerned In winning the war abroad and preserving the security of the government at home. We express to the soldiers and sailors of America the admiration of their fellow countrymen. Guided by the genius of such commanders as Gen. John J. Pershing, the armed forces of America constituted a decisive factor in the victory and brought new luster to the flag. We commend the patriotic men and women who sustained the effort* of their government In the crucial hours of the war and contributed to the brilliant ad-

ministrative success achieved under the broad-visioned leadership of the president. FINANCIAL ACHIEVEMENT. A review of the record of the democratic party during the administration of Woodrow Wilson presents a chapter of substantial achievements unsurpassed in the history of the republic. For fifty years before the advent of this administration periodical covulsions had Impeded the Industrial progress of the American people and caused inestimable loss and distress. By the enactment of the federal reserve act, the old system, which bred panics, was replaced by anew system, which Insured confidence. It was an iudispeusable factor in winning the war, and today St is the hope and inspiration of business. Indeed, one vital danger agaiust which the American people should keep constantly on guard is the commitment of this system to partisan enemies who struggled against Its adoption and vainly attempted to retain lu the hands of speculative bankers a monopoly of the currency and credits of the nation. Already there are well defined Indications of an assault upon the vital principles of the system in the event of republican success in the elections in November. Under democratic leadership the American people successfully financed their stupendous part In the greatest war of all times. The treasury wisely insisted during the war upou meeting an adequate portion of the war expenditure from current taxes and the bulk of the balance from populur loans, and. during the first full fiscal year after fighting stopped, upon meeting current expenditures from current receipts, notwithstanding the new and unnecessary burdens thrown upon the treasury by the delay, obstruction and extravagance of a republican congress. The nonpartisan federal reserve authorities have been wnolly free of political interference or motive; and, In their own and their otvn way have used courageously though cautiously, the Instruments at tnelr disposal to prevent undue expansion of credit lu the eoun try. Asa result of these sound treasury and federal reserve policies, the ine vrta txle war inQation nan been heia down to a minimum and the cost of living has been prevented from iucreastng uere in proportion to the Increase in other belligerent countries and in neutral countries which are lu close contact wUU tne worlds commerce and exchanges. After u year and a half of fighting in Europe, and despite another year and a hall of republican obstruction at home, the credit of the government or the United states stands unimpaired, tho lederal reserve note Is the unit of value throughout ail (he world and the United ttaxes is the one great country in the world which maintains a tree gold market. We condemn the attempt of the republican party to deprive the American people of their legitimate pride in the ttnanciug of the war, an achievement without parallel in the financial history of this or any other country, in this or any other war. And in particular we condemn the pernicious attempt of the republican party to create discontent among tho holders of the bonds of the government of the United Stales and drag our public finance and our banking and currency system back into the arena of party politics. TAX REVISION. We condemn tjte lailure of the present congress to respond to the oft repeated demand of the president and the secretaries of the treasury to revise the existing tax laws. The continuance in force in peace times of taxes devised under pressure of imperative necessity to produce a revenue for war purposes i indefensible and can only result in lasting injury to the people. The republican congress persistently failed, through sheer poiiitcal cowardice, to make a single move toward a readjustment of tax laws which it denounced before the last election and was afraid to revise before the next election. We advocate tax reform and a searching revision of the war revenue acts to fit peace conditions so that the wealth of the nation may Hot be withdrawn from productive enterprise and diverted to wasteful or nonproductive expenditure. We demand prompt action by the next congress tor a complete survey of existing taxes and their modification and with a view to secure greater equity and justice In tax burden and improvement in administration. PUBLIC ECONOMY. Claiming to have effected great aconomies in government expenditures, the republican party can not show the reduction of one dollar in taxation as a corrolary of this false pretense. In contrast, the last democratic congress enacted legislation reducing taxes from eight billions, designed to be raised, to six billions for the first year after the armistice, and to four billions thereafter; and their total is left unfinished by our poiiitcal adversaries. Two years after armistice day u republican congress provides for expending the stupendous sum of $5,4oa.sao.sz7.ao. Effecting great paper economies by reducing departmental estimates of sums which would not have been spent in any event, and by reducing formal appropriations, the republican statement of expenditures omits the pregnant fact that the congress authorized the use of 31,500,000,000 In the hands of various departments and bureaus, which otherwise would have been converted into the treasury and which should be added to tbs republican total of expenditures. HIGH COST OF LIVING. The high cost of liviug and the depreciation of bond values In this country are primarily due to war itself, to the necessary governmental expenditures for the destructive purposes of war, to private extravagance, to the world shortage of capital, to the inflation of foreign currencies and credits, and in large degree. to conscienceless profiteering. The republican party is responsible for the failure to restore peace and peace conditions in Europe, which is a principal cause of post-armistice Inflation the world over. It has denied the demand of the president for necessary legislation to deal with secondary and local causes. The sound policies pursued by the treasury and the federal reserve system have limited in this coun- ; tryf, though they could net prevent the ln- ! Ration which was world-wide. Elected j upoa specific promises to curtail public expenditures and to bring the country ; back to a status of effective economy, the i republican party in congress wasted time | and energy for more than a year in vain and extravagant inventions, costing the taxpayers great sums of money while ) revealing nothing beyond the Incapacity of republican politicians to cope with I the problems. Demanding that the president, from his place at the peace table, call the congress Into extraordinary session for Imperative purposes of readjustment, the congress when convened spent thirteen months In partisan pursuits. falling to repeal a single war statute which harassed business or to initiate a single constructive measure to help business. It busied Itself making a pre-elec-tion record of pretended thrift, having not one particle of substantial existence in fact. a | It raged against and the high cost of enacting a single statues to former

afraid or doing a single act to bring the latter within limitations. The simple truth is that the high cost of liviug can only be remedied by increased production, strict governmental j economy and a relentless pursuit of those who take advantage of post-war conditions and are demanding aud receiving outrageous profits. We pledge the dempcratic party a policy of strict economy in government expenditures and to the enactment and enforcement of such legislation as may be required to bring profiteers before the bar of Justice. THE TARIFF. We reaffirm the traditional policy of the democratic party in favor of a tariff for revenue only and confirm the policy of basing tariff revisions upou the intelligent research of a non-partisan commission, rather than upou the demands of the selfish interests, temporarily held in abeyance. BUDGET. In the Interest of economy and good administration, we favor the creation of an effective budget system that will function lu accord with the principles of the constitution. The reform should reach both the executive and legislative aspects of the question. The supervision and preparation of the budget should be vested lu the secretary of the treasury is tho representative of the president. The budget, as such, should not he increased by the congres< except by a two-thirds vote, each house, however, being frge to exercise its constitutional privilege of making appropriations through Independent bills. The appropriation bill should be considered by ft single committee of the house and the senate. The audit system should be consolidated and its powers expanded so as to pass upon the wisdom of, as well as the authority for, expenditures. A budget bill wus passed in the closing days of the second session of the Sixtysixth congress, which, invalidated by plain unconstitutional defects and defaced by consideration of patronage, the president was obliged to veto. The house amended the bill to meet the executive objection. We condemn the republican senate for adjourning without passing the amended measure, when liy devoting an hour or two more to this argent pub11s business a budget system would have been provided.

SENATE RULES. We favor such alteration of the rules of procedure of the senate of the United States as will permit the prompt transaction of the nation's legislative business. AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS. To the great agricultural interests of the country the democratic party does not find It necessary to make promises, it already Is rich in Its record of things i actually accomplished. For nearly half a century of republican rule not a sentence wus written Into the federal statutes affording one doller of bank credits to the farming interests of America. In the first term of this democratic administration tho national hank act was so altered as to authorize loans of five years' maturity on improve farm lauds. Later was established a system of farm loan banks, from which the borrowing already exceeds three hundred millions of dollars and under which the interest rate to farmers has been so materially reduced as to drive out of business the farm loan sharks who formerly subsisted by extortion upon the great agricultural Interests of the country. Thug It was a democratic congress in idle administration of a democratic president which entabled the farmers of America for the first time to obtain credit upon reasonable terms and insured their opportunity for future development of the nation's agricultural resources. Tied up in supreme court proceedings, In a suit by hostile Interests, the lederal farm loan ayatem, originally opposed by the republican candidate for the presidency, appealed In vain to a republican congress for adequate financial assistance to tide over the interim between the beginning and the ending of the current year, awaiting a final decision of the highest court on the validity of the contested act. We pledge prompt and consistent support of sound and effective measures to sustain, amplify and perfect the rural credits statutes and thus to check and reduce the growth and course of farm tenancy. Not only did th" democratic party put into effect a great farm loan system of land mortgage banks, but it passed the j Smith-Lever agricultural extension act. j carrying to every farmer in every section ] of the country, through the medium of trained expert* and by demonstration farms, the practical knowledge acquired by the federal agricultural department in all things relating to agriculture, horticulture-nntl animal life; It established the bureau of market*. the bureau of farm management and passed the cotton futures act, the grain grades bill, the co-operative farm admlniatratlon act and the federal vvarehouse act. The democratic party has vastly ini- I proved the rural mall system and has ! buUt up the parcels post system to such I an extent as to render its activities ; and It* practical service indispensable t*> the farming community. It was this wise encouragement and the effective concern of the democratic party for the farmer# of the United States that enatded this great Interest to render ailoh essential service lu feeding the armies ! or America iin d the allied nations of the I war and encouraging starving popula- ! tlons sine* armistice day. i Meanwhile, the republican leaders at vv ashington have failed utterly to pro- i p-.se one sing! j measure to make rura! j ife more tolerable. They have signal- | Syd their fifteen months of congres ti,OD *l power by urging schemes which would strip the farms of labor; bv assailing the principles of the farm loan system and Seeking to impair its efficiency by oovertly attempting to do. stroy the great nitrogen plant at Muscle rshoals upon which the government has expended STO.OOOfiOO to supply American farmers with fertilizer at reasonable cost; by ruthlessly crippling nearly every branch of agriculture endeavor literally crippling the productive mediums through which the people must he fed We favor such legislation ns will con- j tirm to the primary producers of the I nation tho right of collective bargaining and the right of co-operative handling j and marketing of the products of the l workshop and the farm and such leg!* l.ttlon as will facilitate tho exportation! of our farm products. We favor comprehensive studies of j farm production costa and the uncon | publication of facta found in such j LABOR AND INDUSTRY. The democratic party now. as ever, la the firm friend of honest labor and the promoter of progressive Industry. It established the department of labor at tO S. an< L a , democratic president called to his official council board the firs, practical working man who ever held a cabinet portfolio. Under this administration have been established employment bureaus to bring the man and the job together; have been peaceably determined many bitter disputes between capital and labor; were passed the child labor act, the workingman’s compensation act (the extension of which we advocate so as to include workers engaged In loading and unloading ships and interstate commerce), the eight-hour law the act for vocational training and a r? i-u ,?. tber 'Y h 'lesome laws effecting the hberlties and bettering the conditions of laboring classes. In the department Inboj the democratic administration established a woman’s bureau, which a republican congress destroyed by withholding appropriations. Labor is not a commodity; It is human. Those who labor have rights and the national security and safety depend upon a Just recognition of those rights and th* conservation of the strength of the workers and their families In the interest of a soundhearted and sound-headed men, women and children. Laws regulating hours of labor and conditions under which labor is performed, when passed in recognition of the conditions under which life must be lived to attain the highest development nnd happiness, are just association of the national Interest In the welfare of the people. At the same time the nation depends upon tb products of labor; a cessation of production means loss and if long continued, disaster. Tho whole people, therefore, have a right to Insist that Justice shall be done to those who work, and in turn, those whoso labor create* the necessities npon which the life of the nation depends must recognise the reciprocal obligation between the worker and the state. They should participate in the formulation of sound laws and regulations Kocruing the conditions under which labor Is performed, rCO-

IN DIANA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1920.

ognlze and obey the laws so formulated and seek their amendment when necessary by the processes ordinarily addressed to the laws and regulations affecting the other relations of Ilf*. Labor, ns w r ell as capital, is entitled to adequate compensation. Each has the indefensible right of organization, of collective bargaining and of speaking through representatives of their own selection. Neither class, however, should at any time nor In any circumstances take action that will put in Jeopardy the public welfare. Resort to strikes and lockouts which endanger the health or lives of tho people Is an unsatisfactory device for determining disputes and the democratic party pledges Itself to contrive, If possible, and put into effective operation fair nnd comprehensive methods of composiug differences of this nature. In ’ private industrial disputes we are opposed to compulsory arbitration, a method plausible in theory but a failure In fact. With respect to government nervier we hold distinctly that the rights of the people are paramount to the right to strike. However, we profess 1 scrupulous regard for the conditions of publlo employment and pledge the democratic party to instant inquiry Into the pay of government employes and equally speedy regulations designed to bring salaries to a Just and proper level. WOMAN SUFFRAGE. We Indorse the proposed nineteenth amendment of the constitution of the .United States granting equal suffrage to women. We congratulate the legislatures of thirty-five states which have already ratified said amendment aud we urge the democratic governors and legislatures of Tennessee, North Carolina and Florida and such states as have not yet ratified the federal suffrage amendment to unite lu on effort to complete the process of ratification of the thirty-sixth state in time for all the women of the United States to participate In the fall election. We commend the effective advocacy of the measure by President Wilson. WOMEN IN INDUSTRY. We urge co-operation with the states for the protection of child life through infancy and maternity care; In the prohibition of child iabor and by adequate appropriations of the children's bureau and the woman's bureau In the department of labor. Co-operative federal as slstance to the state Is Immediately required for the removal of illiteracy, for the Increase of teachers’ salaries and Instruction In citizenship for both native and foreign born; increased appropriation for vocational training in home economics; re establishment of Joint federal and state employment service with women's departments under the direction of technically qualified women. We advocate full representation of women on all commissions dealing with women's work or women s interest*, and a reclassification of the federal civil service free from discrimination on the ground of #ex; a continuance of appropriation* for education In sex hygtene, federal federal legislation which shall Insure that American women resident In the United States, but married to alien*, shall retsln their American citizenship, and that the same proccaz of naturalization shall be required for women a* men. DISABLED SOLDIERS. The federal government should treat with the utmost consideration evary die abled aoldier, sailor and marina of the , world war, whether his disability be due i to wonnds received in line of action or 1 to health impaired in service; and for the dependents of the brave men who died in line of duty the government s teuderest concern aud richest bounty should be their requital. The fin# patriotism exhibited, the heroic conduct displayed by American soldiers, sailors and marines at home and abroad, constitute a sacred heritage of posterity the worth of which can never bs recompensed from the treasury and the glory of which must not ba diminished by any such expedient#. The democratic administration wisely established a wr risk Insurance bureau, giving four and a half millions of enlisted men insurance at unprecedentedly low rates sad through the medium of which compensation of men and women injured in service is readily adjusted and hospital fncllltleo for those whose health Is Impaired are abundantly afforded. The federal board for vocational education should be made a part of tne 1 war risk Insurance bureuu In order that the task may bo treated as a whole aud tbl machinery of protection and assistance must receive every aid of law and appropriation necessary to full and effective operation. We believe that no higher or mors valued privilege can he afforded to an American citizen than to become a freeholder In tne soil of the United States, and to that end we pledge our party to the enactment of soldier settlement* and home aid legislation which will afford to th# men who fought for America tbs opportunity to become laud and homo owners under icndltions affording genuine government assistance unencurn bered by needcsj difficulties of red tape or advance final investment. THE RAILROADS. The railroads were subjected to federal control as a war measure without other Idea than the swift transport of troops, munitions Hnd supplies When i human life and national hopes wore .it I stake proflta could not be considered and were not. Federal operation, however, was marked by an Intelligence and j efficiency that minimized los* and re- I suited in many r.nd marked reforms. The equipment taken over was not only grossly inadequate, but shamefully out worn. Unification practices overcame these initial handicaps and provided additions, betterments and Improvements. Econorriss enabled operation without the rate raise# that private control wor.ld have found necessary, and labor was treated with nn exact Justloe that socured the enthuslastlo co-operation that victory demanded. The fundamental purpose of federal control was achieved fully and splendidly and at far less cost to fh# taxpayers than would have boon the case under private operation*. Investments In railroad properties were not only saved by government operation, but government management retnrnetl these properties vastly Improved In every physical and executive detail. A great task was greatly discharged. The president's recommendation to return to private ownership gave the republican majority a full year in which to enact the necessary legislation. The house took six months to formulate it* ideas, and another six months was consumed by the republican senate In equally vague debate. Asa consequence the Each-Cummins bIU went to the president In the closing hours of congress and he was forced to a choice between the case of a veto nnd acquiescence In the measure submitted, however jirnve may have been his objections to It, There should be fair and complete test of the law until carefnl and mature action by congress may cure Its defects and insure a thoroughly effective t ranspot tat lon system tinder private ownership without government subsidy at the expense of the taxpayers of the country. IMPROVED HIGHWAYS. Improved roads are of vital importance not. only to commerce and Industry, but also to agriculture and rural life. The federal road act of 191st, enacted by a democratic congress, represented the first systematic effort of the government to insure the building of an adequate system of roads in this country. The act, as amended, has resulted In placing tho movement for improved highways as a progressive and substantial basis in every state in the Union aud in bringing under actual construction more than 13,000 miles of roads suited to the traffic need of the communities in which they are located. W favor a continuance of the present federal aid plan under existing federal nnd state agencies, amended so as to include as one of the elemonts In determining she ratio In which the several states shall be entitled to share in the fund, the area of any public lands therein. Inacrmuch as the postal service has been extended by the democratic party to the door of practically every producer and every consumer in the country (rural free delivery alone having been provided for ix million additional patrons within the past eight years without material added cost) we declare that this instrumentality can and will be used to the maximum of its capacity to improve the efficiency of distribution aud reduce the cost of living to consumers while increasing the profitable operations of producers. We strongly favor the Increased use

of the motor vehicle In the transportation of the malls and urge the removal of the restrictions imposed by the republican congress on the use of motor devices in mail transportation in rural territories. MERCHANT MARINE. We desire to congratulate the American people upon rebirth of our merchant j marine, which once more maintains its former place In the world. It was under a democratic administration that this was accomplished after seventy years of indifference and neglect, Ib.OUO.OUO tons having been constructed since the act i was passed in 191st. We pledge the policy of our party to the continued growth of our merchant marine under proper legislation so that American products will be carried to all ports of the world by vessels built in American yards flying the American flag. FORT FACILITIES. The urgent demands of the war for adequate transportation of war material as well as for domestic need, revealed the fact that our port facilities and rate adjustments were such as to seriously affect the whole country In times of peace, as well as war. We pledge our party to stand for equality of rates, both Import and export, for the ports of the country, to the end that there may be adequate and fair facilities and rates for the mobilization of the products of the country offered for shipment. INLAND WATERWAYS. We call attention to the failure of the republican national convention to recognize In any way the rapid development of barge transportation on our inland waterways, which development Is the result of the constructive policies of the democratic administration. We pledge ourselves to the further development of adequate transportation facilities on onr rivers and for the further Improvement of our Inland waterways aud we recognize the Importance of connecting the “Great Lakes with the sea by way of the ' Mississippi river and Its tributaries, as well as by the St. Lawrence river." We favor an enterprising foreign trade policy with all nations, and In this connection we favor the full utilixatlon of all Atlantic, gulf and Fueiflc ports, and an equitable distribution of shipping facilities between the various port*. Transportation remains an increasingly vital problem in the continued development and prosperity of the natjon. Our present facilities for distribution by railroad are Inadequate and the promotion of transportation by water Is Imperative. We, therefore, favor a liberal and comprehensive policy for the development ■and utilization of our harbors and Interior waterways. FLOOD CONTROL. We commend the democratic congress for the redemption of the pledge contained In our last platform by the pnssi age of the flood control act of March 1, 1 1917, and point to the successful con--1 trol of the floods of the Mississippi river 1 and the Sacramento river in California | under the policy of that law, for Its ! complete justification. We favor the extension of this policy to other flood I control problems, wherever the federal ' Interest Involved justifies the expenditure ; required. RECLAMATION. By wise legislation and progressive administration, we have transformed the governmtnt reclamation project*, repre- ! seating an investment of SI00,00*').000, from a condition of lmpendlug failure and losses of confidence In the ability 1 of the government to carry through such large enterprises, to a condition of demj onstrated success, whereby formerly arid and wholly unproductive land* now sustain 40,000 prosperous families and have an uanual crop production of over $70.000,000, not including the crops grown on a million acres outside the projects supplied with storage water from government works We favor ample appropriations for the continuation and extension of this great work of home building and internal improvement along the same general lines, to the end that all practical projects shall be made to provide homes and add to the food supply, power reservoirs aud taxable property, with the government ultimately reimbursed for the entire outlay. THE TRADE COMMISSION. The democratic party heartily Indorses the creation aud work of the federal trade commission In eatsbUsblng a fair field for competitive business, free from restraint* of trade and monopoly and recommend* amplification of the statute* governing Its activities so ss to grant It authority to prevent the unfair uss of patents In restraint of trade. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. For th# purpose of insuring just treatment in the great Interstate live stock market and thus Instilling confidence .In growers through which production will be stimulated and she price of meat* to the consumer be ultimately reduced, we favor th# enactment of legislation for the supervision of such markets by the national government. MET ICO. The United State* is the neighbor and friend of the nations of the three Americas. In very special sense, our international relation* in this hemisphere should be characterised by good will and free from any possible suspicion as to onr national purpose. The administration, remembering always that Mexico la an Independent na tlou and that permanent stability In h* r government and her Institutions could com only from the consent of her own poople to s government of their own making, has been unwilling either to profit by the misfortunes or the people of Mexico or to enfeeble their future l>y Imposing from tho outside a rule upou thdlr temporarily distracted councils. A condition of order Is gradually reappearing In Mexico: at no time In many year* have American lives and Interest* been so safe ss they now are; peace reigns slong th# border and Industry Is resuming. When tho new government of Mexico shall have given ample proof of Its abll Ity. permanently, to maintain law and order, signified its willingness to meet Its International obligations, nnd written upon Us statute hooks Just law*, under which foreign Investors shall have rights ns well as duties, that government should receive our recognition and sympathetic assistance. Until these proper expectation* have bean mel, Mexico must realize the propriety of a policy that asserts the right or the United State* to demand full protection far It* citizens. PETROLEUM. Tho domoernfin psrtv recognizes the importance of the acquisition by Americans of additional sources of supply of petroleum and other minerals and ’declares that such acquisition, both at home and ahrond, should be fostered and encouraged. We urge such action, legislative and executive, as mav secure to American citizens, the same rights in the acquirement of mining rights in foreign countries as are enjoyed by the citizens or subjects of any other nation. NEW NATIONS. The democratic party expresses its active sympathy with the people of China, Czechoslovakia. Finland. Poland, Persia and others who have recently established representative government, and who are itrlving to develop the institutions of true democracy. IRELAND. The great principle of national seltrtetermlnation lias received constant reiteration as one of the chief objectives for which this country entered the war and victory es ablished this principle. j Within the limitations of international j comity nnd usage, this convention repeats the several previous expressions of the sympathy of tho democratic party of the United States for the aspirations of Ireland for self-government. ARMENIA. We express our deep and earnest sympathy for the unfortunate people of Armenia and we believe that our gov- i ernment consistent with its constitution and principles should render every pos sible and proper aid to them in their cf- | forts to establish and maintain a government of their own. THE PHILIPPINES. We favor the granting of independence | without unnecessary delay to the 10,500,000 inhabitants of the Philippine Islands. HAWAII. We favor a liberal policy of homesteading public lands In Hawaii to promote a larger middle-ckiss citizen population with equal rights to all citizens. The Importance of Howall as an outpoat on the western frontier of the United States, demand# adequate appro- i prlatlons by congress for the development of our harbors and highways there. PORTO ItICO. W# favor granting to th# people of Porto Rico th# traditional territorial

form of government, with a view to ultimate statehood, accorded to all territories of the United States since the beginning of our government and we believe that the officials appointed to administer the government of such territories should be qualified by previous bona fide residence therein. ALASKA. We commend the democratic administration for Inaugurating anew policy ns to Alaska, as evidenced by the construction of the Alaska railroad aud opening of the coal and oil fields. We declare for the modification of the existing coal land law, to promote development without disturbing the features Intended to prevent monopoly. For such changes in the policy of forest}- control as will permit the immediate initiation of the paper pulp industry. For relieving the trying evils of longdistance government by arbitrary and Interlocking bureaucratic regulation, and to that end we urge the speedy passage of a law containing the essential features of the Lane-Curry bill now pending co-ordi-nating and consolidating all feceral control of natural resources under one department to be administered by a nonpartisan board permanently resident in the territory. For the fullest measure of territorial self-government with the view to ultimate statehood with jurisdiction over all matters not of purely federal concern, including fisheries and game, and for an Intelligent administration of federal conirol we believe that all officials appointed should be qualified by previous bona fide residence in the territory. For n comprehensive system of road construction with increased appropriations and the full extension of the federal road aid act to Alaska. For the extension to Alaska of the federal farm loan act. ASIATIC IMMIGRANTS. The policy of the United States with reference to the non-admission of Asiatic Immigrants is a true expression of the judgment of our people, and to the several states, whose geographical situation or Internal conditions make this policy and the enforcement of the laws enacted pursuant thereto, of particular concern, we pledge our support. THE POSTAL SERVICE. The efficiency of the postoffice department haa been vindicated against a majiclous and designing assault, by the efficiency of it* operation. Its record refutes Its assallnnt*. Their voices are silenced and their charges have collapsed. We commend the work of the Joint commission on the reclassification of salaries of postal employes, recently coni eluded, which commission was crealed bv a democratic administration. The democratic party has always favored and will continue to favor the fair and Just treatment of all government employes. FREE SPEECH AND PRESS. *'W# resent the unfounded reproaches directed agaiust the democratic administration for alleged inte-ference wlrh the freedom of the press and freedom of apeech. No utterance from any quarter has been assailed and no publication has been repressed, which has not been animated by treasonable purposes and directed agaiaat the nation'* peace, order and security In time of war. We reaffirm our respect for the great principles of free speech and a free press, but assert os an indisputable proposition that they afford no toleration of enemy propaganda or the advocacy f the overthrow of the government of the state or nation by force or violence. REPUBLICAN CORRUPTION. The shocking disclosure of the lavish use of money by aspirant# for tho re-

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organization of the senate with a republican majority was made possible. CONCLUSION. Believing that we kept the democratic faith, and resting our claims to the confidence of the people not upon grandiose promises, but upon the solid performances of our party, we submit our record to the nation's consideration, and ask that the pledges of this platform be appraised In the light of that record. Has $790; Charged With Child Desertior KOKOMO, Ind., July 2.—WliUam Adams of LongaJisport la under arrest here at the requeat of Logansport authorities, charged with child desertion. He has five children and when searched at the county Jail he was found to have $790 in cash in his pockets.

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