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Show REPUBLICANS ADOPT HATIONALPLATFORM ADMINISTRATION HELD RESPONSIBLE RESPON-SIBLE FOR NEGLECT OF VITAL NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE. Indorses Republican Senator's Action In Regard to Treaty and Reaffirms Foreign Policies of Washington, Jefferson and Monroe. Chicago. The platform adopted by the delegates to the Id-publicim na-tioniil na-tioniil convention at Chicago on .Tune 10 declares that the ltepublican party reaffirms Its undying devotion to the constitution of the United States and to the guarantees of civil, political and religious liberty therein contained. It will resist all attempts to overthrow the foundations of the government or to weaken the force of its controlling principles and ideals, whether these ; attempts he made in the form of in- ; ternational policy or of domestic agi tation. For seven years the national government gov-ernment has been controlled by the Democratic party. During tlint period a war of unparalleled magnitude has ; shaken the foundations of civilization, decimated the population of Kurope j and left in Its train economic misery ; and suffering second only to war itself. The outstanding features of the j Democratic administration have been I complete nnpreparedness for war and : complete nnpreparedness for peace. I Never has our nation been cnn- ; fronted with graver problems. The people are entitled to know in defi-J defi-J nite terms how the parlies purpose solving these problems. To that, end, I the Republican party declares its t policies and program to be as fol- I lows : j We undertake to end executive j autocracy and to restore to the peo- pie their constitutional government, j The policies herein declared will be I' carried out by the federal and state I governments, each actjng within its 1 constitutional powers. I Despite the unconstitutional and j dictatorial course of the president ! . and partisan obstruction of the Demo- i cratic congressional minority, the Re- publican majority has enacted a pro- j gram of constructive legislation, which In great part, however, has been nullified nulli-fied by the vindictive vetoes of the I president. The Republican congress has met I the problem presented by the admlnis- I tratlon's unpreparedness for peace. It I has repealed the greater part of the ; vexatious, war legislation. It hits en- ! acted a transportation act making possible the rehabilitation of the rail-I rail-I road systems of the country, the opera- ! tlon of which, under the present Demo- i cratle administration, has been waste- I ful, extravagant and inefficient in the highest degree. The transportation act made provision for the peaceful , settlement of wage disputes, partially ! nullified, however, by the president's delay In appointing the wage board i created by the act. This delay pre- cipitated the outlaw railroad strike. We stopped the flood of public treasure, recklessly poured into the lap of an inept shipping hoard, and ! laid the foundations for the creation of a great merchant marine; we took j from the incompetent Democratic ad- ! manistration the administration of the telegraph and telephone lines of the country and returned them to private ! ownership; we reduced the cost of postage and Increased the pay of the i postal employees the poorest paid of i all public servants; we provided pen- i sions for superannuated and retired civil servants and for an increase in pay of soldiers and sailors. We re-i re-i organized the army on a peace foot- ! ing and provided for the maintenance ! of a powerful and efficient navy. i Aided Suffrage. 1 The Republican congress establish ed by law a permanent woman's ; bureau In the department of labor; we submitted to the country the constitutional constitu-tional amendment for woman suffrage, and furnished twenty-nine of the , thirty-five legislatures which have , ratified it to (late. ; Legislation for the relief of the ! consumers of print paper, for the ex tension of the powers of the govern- ment under the food control act, for broadening the scope of the war risk i insurance act, better provision for the dwindling number of aged veterans of . the Civil war, and for the better sup- port of the maimed and injured of the j great war, and for making practical i the vocational rehabilitation act has been enacted by the Republican con-! con-! gress. ! We pnssisl an oil leasing and water power hill to unlock for the public j gootl the great pent up resources of ! the country; we have sought to check : the profligacy of the administration, i to realize upon the assets of the gnv- eminent and to husband the revenues derived from taxation. The Republicans Republi-cans in congress have been responsible i for cuts in t lie estimates for govern- 1 nient expenditure of nearly three bil lion dollars since the signing of the armistice. We enacted a national executive budget law; we strcngihened the fed-; fed-; oral reserve act to permit banks to ! lend needed assistance to farmers; we ' authorized financial incorporations to develop export trade. Agriculture. The fanner is the bac kbone of the nation. National greatness and economic eco-nomic independence demand a population popula-tion distributed between industry and . the farm, and sharing on npial terms the prosperity which is wholly dependent de-pendent on the efforts of both. Neither can prosper at the expense ot the other without inviting joint disaster. dis-aster. The crux of the present agricultural conditions lies in prices, labor ami credit. The Republican party believes that this ,,,.' ' can be improved by pra. '; '!', irate fcr a rcpre- I sentatlon in the appointment of governmental gov-ernmental officials and commissions; tne right to form cooperative associations as-sociations for marketing their products, pro-ducts, and protection against discrimination; discrim-ination; the scientific study of agricultural agri-cultural prices and farm product costs at home and abroad, with a view to reducing the frequency of abnormal fluctuations; the uncensored publication publica-tion of such reports; the authorization authoriza-tion of associations for the extension of personal credit; a national inquiry of tiie coordination of rail, water and motor transportation with adequate facilities for receiving, handling and marketing food : the encouragement of our export trade; an end to unnecessary unneces-sary price-fixing and ill-considered efforts arbitrarily to reduce prices of farm products which invariably result to the disadvantage both of producer and consumer; and the encouragement of the production and importation of fertilizing material and of its extensive exten-sive use. Industrial Relations. There are two different conceptions of the relations of capital and labor. The one is contractual, and emphasizes empha-sizes the diversity of interests of employer and employee. The other is that of copartnership in a common task. We recognize the justice of collective collec-tive bargaining as a means of promoting pro-moting good will, establishing closer and more harmonious relations between be-tween employer and employees and realizing the true end of industrial Justice. The strike or the lockout as a means of settling industrial disputes inflicts such loss and suffering on the community com-munity as to justify government initiative in-itiative to reduce its frequency and limit its consequences. We deny the right to strike against the government; but the rights and interests in-terests of all government employees must be safeguarded by impartial laws and tribttnity. We demand the exclusion from inter-state commerce of the products of convict labor. We pledge ourselves to a carefully planned readjustment to a peacetime basis and to a policy of rigid economy, to the better coordination of departmental depart-mental activities, to the elimination of unnecessary officials and employees, em-ployees, and to the raising of the standard of the individual efficiency-Simplified efficiency-Simplified Form of Income Returns. We advocate the issuance of a simplified sim-plified form of income returns ; authorizing au-thorizing the treasury department to make changes in regulations effective only from the date of their approval ; empowering the commission of internal inter-nal revenue, with the consent of the taxpayer, to make final and conclusive conclu-sive settlements of tax claims and assessments, as-sessments, barring fraud, and the creation cre-ation of a tax board consisting of at least three representatives of the tax-paying tax-paying public and the heads of the principal divisions of the bureau of internal revenue to act as a standing committee on the simplification of forms, procedure and law, and to make recommendations to the congress. The High Cost of Living. The prime cause of the "high cost of living" lias been, first and foremost, a 50 per cent depreciation in the purchasing pur-chasing power of the dollar, due to a gross expansion of our currency and credit. Reduced production, burdensome burden-some taxation, swollen profits and the increased demand for goods arising from a fictitious but enlarged buying power, have been contributing causes in a greater or less degree. We- condemn the Democratic administration ad-ministration for failure Impartially to enforce the antiprofiteering laws enacted en-acted by the Republican congress. Railroads. We are opposed to government ownership and operation or employee operation of the railroads. In view of the conditions prevailing in the country, coun-try, the expenditures of the last two years and the conclusions which may be fairly drawn from an observation of the transportation systems of other countries, it is clear that adequate transportation service, both for the present and future, can be furnished more certainly, economically and efficiently ef-ficiently through private ownership and operation under proper regulation and control. We endorse the transportation act of lil'JO enacted by the Republican congress con-gress as a most conservative legislative legisla-tive achievement. Regulation of Industry. We approve In general the existing federal legislation against monopoly and combinations In restraint of trade, but since t lie known certuinly 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. International Trade. The uncertain and unsettled conditions condi-tions of international balances, the abnormal ab-normal economic and trade situation of the world, and the impossibility of forecasting accurately even the near future, preclude the formulation of a definite program to meet conditions a year hence. Rut the Republican party reaffirms its belief in the protective principle, and pledges itself to a revision re-vision of the tariff as soon as conditions condi-tions shall make It necessary for the preservation of the home market for American labor, agriculture and industry. in-dustry. Merchant Marine. The national defense and our foreign commerce require a merchant marine of the host type of modern ship flying the American flat:, manned by American seamen, owned by private pri-vate capital and operated by private energy. Immigration. The immigration policy of the United States should he such as to insure in-sure that the number of forei-ni rs in the country at any one time shall not exceed that which can be aiinihi:cd wi;h reasonable rapidity, and to favor iiiiue-rants whose standards are similar simi-lar to ours. The eis:rg policy of the Uni'ed i States f..r the practicaly cvP:!on .f Asiatic immigrants is sound and should lie maintained. There is urgent need of improvement improve-ment in our naturalization laws. No alien should become a citizen until be has become genuinely American, and tests for determining the alien's fitness for American citizenship should be provided for by law. Free Speech and Alien Agitators. We demand that every American citizen shall enjoy 1he 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 overthrow over-throw of the government. Public Roads and Highways. We favor liberal appropriations in cooperation with the states for the construction of highways which will bring about a reduction in transportation transporta-tion costs, better marketing of farm products, Improvement in rural postal delivery, as well as meet the needs of military defense. , Reclamation. We favor a fixed and comprehensive policy of reclamation to increase national na-tional 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. na-tion. We commend to congress a policy to reclaim lands and t lie establishment of a fixed national policy of development develop-ment of natural resources in relation to reclamation through the now designated desig-nated government, agencies. The Service Men. We hold In imperishable remembrance remem-brance the valor and the patriotism of t lie soldiers and sailors of America who fought in the great, war for human liberty, and we pledge ourselves to discharge dis-charge 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. Civil Service. We renew our repeated declaration that the civil service law shall be thoroughly and honestly enforced and extended wherever practicable. Postal Service. AVe condemn the present administration adminis-tration for its destruction of the efficiency effi-ciency of the, postal service, and the telegraph and telephone service when controlled by the government, and for its failure to properly compensate employees em-ployees whose expert knowledge is essential to the proper conduct of the affairs of the postal system. We commend com-mend the Republican congress for the enactment of legislation increasing the pay of postal employees, who, up to that time, were the poorest paid in the government service. Woman Suffrage. We welcome women into full participation parti-cipation in the affairs of government and 'the activities of the Republican party. We earnestly hope that He-publican He-publican legislatures in states which have not yet. acted upon the suffrage amendment will ratify the amendment, to the end that all of t lie women of the nation of voting age may participate partici-pate in the election of 1!)'J0, which is so important to the welfare of our country. Educational and Health. We indorse the principle of federal aid to the states for the purpose of vocational and agricultural training. The public health activities of the federal government are scattered through numerous' departments and bureaus, resulting In Inefficiency, duplication dup-lication and extravagance. We advocate advo-cate a greater centralization of the federal functions, and, in addition, urge the better coordination of the work of I he federal, state and local health agencies. The Republican party stands for a federal child labor law and for its rigid enforcement. If the present law be found unconstitutional or ineffec tive, we shall seek other means to enable congress to prevent the evils of child labor. Women have special problems of employment which make necessary special study. We commend congress for tiie permanent establishment of the women's bureau in the United States dopurl tnont of labor to serve as a source of information to the slates ami to congress. The principle of equal pay for etpial service should be applied throughout all branches of the federal government govern-ment in which women are employed. Mexican Policy. AVe should not recognize any Mexican Mex-ican government unless it. be a responsible re-sponsible government, willing and aide to give sufficient guarantees that, the lives and property of American citizens cit-izens are respected and protected, that wrongs will be promptly corrected cor-rected and just compensat ion will lie made for Injury sustained. The Ro-puhliean Ro-puhliean party pledges itself to a consistent, con-sistent, firm and effective policy towards to-wards Mexico that shall enforce respect re-spect for the American flag and that shall protect the rights of American citizens lawfully In Mexico to security of life ami enjoyment of property in accordance witli established international interna-tional law and our treaty rights. Armenian Mandate. We condemn President 'Wilson for asking congress to empower him to accept a mandate for Armenia. The acceptance of such mandate would throw the United States into tiie very maelstrom of European quarrels. We deeply sympathize with the people peo-ple of Armenia and stand ready to help them in ail prepcr ways, bur the Republican party will oppose now and hereaf:er tiie acceptance of a mandate man-date for any country in Kurnpo or Asia. League of Nations. A scrupulous observance of our international in-ternational r.L'a L'enien's v. ben la v. fu! -: ly assumed, is r-ni:;;il to our own : honor and self-re-j r and the r !: 'of other nations. Subect to a 'lie-regard 'lie-regard for our ins.ri::ii'nsil ob !.-., I tiot.s. we should leave o:ir .! j t"'-ee ;,i (!evc:,.;i i's el v . 1 ; , ! ' on :.;-l:.: ! The line inosr conducive to :l:e !u;,;.;- I Dcss and welfare of the I j.V, an.; to cast its influence on Ihe side of justice jus-tice and right should occasion require. The Republican party stands for agreement among the nations to preserve pre-serve the peace of the world. We believe be-lieve that such an international association asso-ciation must be based upon international interna-tional justice, and must provide methods meth-ods which shall maintain liie rule of public right by development of law and the decision of impartial courts, and which shall secure instant and general international conference whenever when-ever 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 influ-ence and power for the prevention of war. We believe that all this can be done without the compromise of national na-tional Independence, without depriving the people of the United States in advance ad-vance of the right to determine for themselves what Is just and fair when the occasion arises, and without involving in-volving them as participants and not as peacemakers in a multitude of quarrels, the merits of which they are unable to judge. The covenant signed by the president presi-dent at I'aris failed signally to accomplish accom-plish this purpose, and contained stipulations stip-ulations not only intolerable for an independent people, hut certain to produce pro-duce the injustice, hostility and controversy con-troversy .among nations which it proposed pro-posed to prevent. That covenant repudiated to a degree de-gree wholly unnecessary and unjustifiable unjusti-fiable the time-honored policy in favor of peace declared by Washington and Jefferson and Monroe, and pursued by all American administrators for more than a century, and it ignored the universal settlements nf America for generations past in favor of international inter-national law and arbitration and it rested the hope of the future upon mere expediency and negotiation. The unfortunate insistence of the president upon having his' own way without, any change, and without any regard to 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, modifi-cation, created a situation in which senators were required to vote upon their consciences and their oaths according ac-cording to their judgment upon the trealy as it was presented, or submit to the commands of a .dictator in a matter where the authority under the constitution was theirs and not his. The senators performed their duty faithfully. 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 civ-ilization 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. |
