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-r-*~--!-'-.-?-. -, <?-?-??amamaaamamaa?maaammaam?mmm?-mm?~---~---??----_,. , _ Full Jext of Platform Adopted by State Republicans Fair Wages for Teachers, Private-Owned Merchant Marine and. Law* to Curb "RedV' Advocated Against the Plumb Plan ?Government Ownership of Railroads Also Opposed; Small Standing Army following is the platform of the Republican party of the State of yew York as aehpted yesterday in convention a' Carnegie Hall: The Republican parly of the State of Now York, assembled in repre? sentative convention, r?affirma its unyielding devotion to the Constitu? tion of the United State? and to the guarantees of civil, political arid re iicious liberty therein contained. It seul resist all attempt-* to overthrow the foundations of the government or to weaken the force of its con? trol! ng principles and ideals, whether these attempts be made in the form of international policy or of domestic agitation. It insists upon a government of laws, not of men. Individuais and minorities, irre? spective of race or creed, are entitled to the rights assured them by the Constitution. The safety of our in? stitutions demands the maintenance. of order, ami to all form.*? of violence and revolutionary agitation wo op? pose as the best national safeguard an unyielding and impartial justice. Immediate Ratification Of the Peace Treaty TREATY OF PEACE AND LEAGUE OF NATIONS: We favor '.he imm?diate ratification of the pend lng treaty of peace, with such distinct reservations and declarations as = '*s!i make it clear to all the world \thal the United States retains its un conditioned right to withdraw from the league of nations on proper no? tice: that the United States assumes no Obligation, either legal or mora!, to send American soldiers or sailors for service abroad unless the Congress, in the exercise of its constitutional power, shall so authorize and direct: that the Monroe Doctrine is protected both in letter and in spirit: that no foreign power or council of foreign powers snail have any control what? soever over the domestic policies of the United States; and that the ?rovernmi nt urn! the people of the United States shall not he drawn. * the operation of Part XIII of the treaty, the so-called labor clauses. into the net spread by international socialism. Article X of the covenant for a 'eague of nations, in its original form, cannot and should not be rat *'ed by the Senate or accepted by the people of the United States. To do -o would not only contract away con 'rol by the American people of their rwn policies and acts, but would cer? tainly embroil the country in an end ess succession of wars, great and small. We believe that the proposed venar.! for a league of nations is gravely defective, in that it attempts substitute discussion instead of the rule of law for force in the settlement of international diff?r? ences. We declare it to be the pol? icy o: the Republican party, when the v of peace is ratified promptly tak9 steps for the institution of .*:* international high court of jus nee to hear and decide, in accord -.;?(? with the principles of lav; and ;u.?.;.*, disputes that are justiciable n character arising between nations, ind for an international conference, meeting at stated intervals, to declare ind to revise the rules of interna tional law and conduct; and to urge upon the civilized nations, as a long step forward in promoting perma .? nt peace, their assent to such a code of law defining the rights and duties of nations such as was adopted by the American Institute of International Law at Havana, Re? public of Cuba, on January 23, 1917, known as the Recommendations of Havana. Civilized Nations As Co-Operating Agencies Hie civilized nations are to be re? garded not only as competitors in 'rade and commerce, but as cooperat? ing agencies in the advancement of lization and in the promotion and extension of ideal-* of liberty and astici . BOLSHEVISM VS. DEMOCRACY: The chief enemy of democracy, based upon universal suffrage and majority rule, is no longer the arbitrary gov? ernment of a monarch or of a heredi? tary aristocracy, but the cruel and relentless domination of a class bent no: upon protecting liberty and equality of opport .nity, but upon exploiting all who are not of their own kind and group. We support and urge the most vigorous measures to prevent by lu ? in the spread in this country the doctrines of this dangerous and undemocratic movement. WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE AMEND? MENT: We repeat the declaration made at Saratoga on July 19, 1918, relative to the equal participation of women in the activities of the Re? publican party and in the public life of the nation. We earnestly urge upon the l?gislatures of those states that have not yet acted on the pend ing amendment to the Constitution ?f the United States that it be promptly ratified in order thai * generally may participate in the elections to be held in N'ovembei next fur President and Vice-Presi? dent, for one-third of the Senate and '"'* an entire House of Representa? tives. Strike a Weapon Of Indu.trial War INDUSTRIAL PROBLEM: Tin prosperity of modern society rests ?pen productive industry. Produc '?u'c industry depends in turn upor the satisfaction and willing co? operation of those who engage to gether to carry it forward. The wage earner is entitled, as a human being ,0 a proper wage, reasonable hour.' ?nd healthful conditions of labor anc *?<> a share in determining the cir ''timstances under which his per sonal cooperation shall be given. The strike is a weapon of indus tr'al war, and should be made in ?reasingly unnecessary and infre C-en? by the better organization o! "dustry and by tho establishment i'' a commission or commissions or ?f'dustrial relations' to hear, and ir tj-e public interest to pass upon 'hose matters of industrial difference Rnd of trade disputes which threatei !,'e public safety, the public con "Pnience or the stopping Of pro dUction. -?"?uch commissions should also b< '"'Powered to deal with matter. ?"ecting the welfare of industry ant 10 cate for the progressive improve ? ! i ment of industry as an integral part j of the nation's prosperity. : The government may properly take , the initiative in establishing this administrative machinery, but to ?Hay industrial unrest, to establish harmonious relations between em? ployer and employed, and to bring ??bout an increasing recognition of the solidarity of their interests, re? course must bo had to private ini? tiative and to the patriotism and commonsenso of both employers and employed, who arc first of ?n Amer? ican citizens. To them must be assigned the sol? emn duty of removing the causes of industrial warfare and of jointly es? tablishing cooperation and truly/ democratic principles in the organ-' ?at ion and conduct of industry. Immediate Revision Of Taxation System THE HIGH COST OF LIVING: The high cost of living presses upon every individual and every home. In? creased production, stimulation of eiiterpri.se, cheeking of private ex? travagance and waste and the reduc? tion of public, expenditures are a na? tional necessity. In this every citi? zen and every household can help. Our system of taxation and of busi ness regulation should be immedi? ately revised, with the definite pur? pose to promote rather than to pre? vent enterprise and production. In the making of our laws we need more knowledge and understanding of tho actual processes of business, as well as an honest purpose to raise revenue and fairlv to distribute the burden of government, instead of a purpose to punish or penalize some group or section. Espionago over private industry and 1he country's business should be at once abolished. All emergency war legislation, so far as it relates to business and en? terprise, should be repealed. A form of control which is bearable in war becomes tyranny in peace. The in elustries of the country are still ham? pered and cramped and the cost of living advanced as the effect of emergency wartime legislation. High Price? Result Of Inflation of Values An underlying cause of rising prices, far triore important than all other causes combined, is the exist? ing inflation of currency and bank credits. Every additional bank loan that, is granted without any corre? sponding increase in the existing goods that may be purchased cre? ates a fresh competitive demand for goods, and thus raises prices. Rising prices resulting from infla? tion have cut in two the purchas? ing value of every savings bank ac? count, have halved the protection In every insurance policy, and have re? duced the value of the income that thrifty people have received on every investment or contract which cal's for the pavment of money. NATIONAL BUDGET AND BUSI? NESS ADMINISTRATION OF GOV? ERNMENT: We urge the prompt passage of legislation to authorize a national budget. The Congress will then become the constructive critic of the President's policies and the people will be able to hold both the President and the Congress re? sponsible for their action or failure to act. The only practical method of retrenchment is not to appropri? ate public moneys. A proper budget will enable both the Congress and tho people to un? derstand clearly for what purposes the public moneys arc being spent and at what point retrenchment is either necessary or practicable. The inordinate extravagance of the pres? ent Administration calls for most emphatic rebuke. Principle of Protection As National Policy FOREIGN TRADE: The United States has become a creditor nation and a large exporter of manufactured goods. P'or a considerable period oi years it must be paid for its loans and its exports wholly in goods. Un? der the.se circumstances exclusior of imports necessarily means the limitation or discontinuance of ex ports. While this fact may lead to som< temporary modification of our tarif policy, pending the restoration of ? normal balance of trade, the prin ciple of protection must be retaine? as a national policy not only fo use in maintaining American stand ards of labor and industry when pr?s ent conditions change, but in order t> insure the nation's economic inelepend once and its capacity to produce with in its own limits those supplies whicl the war has shown to be necessar; both for the subsistence and for th defense of the people. RAILROADS: We are absolute!; opposed to government ownership o the railroads and to the so-calle Piumb plan for their managemen' The transportation of the countr should be privately owned and pri vately managed under strict govern nient regulation that will insure th lowest possible rates to passengei ! and to shippers, while affording to the owners of the railways a fair re , turn upon their investment. The returns must he sufficient to ! attract the large amounts of capital ! needed for further construction and j development in oreier that tho needs ! of the public mav fee met. Above all \ else, the public interest demands u ' stable, consistent and constructive ! policy toward the transportation sys? tems, on which the country's pros | peritv so largely depends, rather than* a policy <"f restriction and ! starvation. (Merchant Marine Run By Private Capital MERCHANT MARINE: We be? lieve that botjli the national defense and proper care for our foreign com inerce. require a merchant marine of the best type of modern ship flying the American flag, manned by Amer? ican seamen, owned by private capi? tal and operated by private energy. We believe it to ho sound public policy that government aid be given to promote the establishment of per? manent overseas service on specified routes that will make satisfactory provision for carrying the Unit,cd States mails. SOCIAL ADVANCE: We recog? nize that health, housing and educa? tion are essential to that satisfac? tion upon which free government rests. We urge that prompt study be given to ways and means of pro? tecting and promoting the health of the people, of providing better and more adequate housing, particularly in large centers of population and for families with children; of en? couraging land settlement through cooperative effort, and of improving the schools of the land, with refer? ence to providing thoroughly trained and properly paid teachers. We invite attention to the neces? sity of giving careful study to the question of clearly establishing the respective jurisdictions of state and Federal governments in all that re? lates to labor laws, public health measures, the construction of public works and the promotion of educa? tion. In this study consideration must be given to the benefit to be derived from national uniformity on the one hand and to the danger which necessarily arises from overcentral ization and bureaucracy on the other. Trade Persecuted By Federal Commission FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION: We charge that the Federal Trade Commission as at present constituted has deliberately prostituted its proper function. It has persecuted trade instead of promoting fade. The large industrial units should be under the administrative supervision of the Federal Trade Commission, properly constituted, and should be told in definite terms what business practices are and what are *iot per? missible. It is essential to the prosperity and employment of the people that the country's business, both national and international, be promoted and developed. That this can be accom? plished with effective control in the public interest is evidenced by the history of the national banking sys? tem. MILITARY POLICY: We are op? posed to a large army of professional soldiers. We favor the democratic policy of a small standing army, with a trained citizen reserve, subject to call for service only in case of dec? laration of war by Congress. The training of citizen soldiers should be under national supervision and its control shared by citizens who are not officers in the regular army. The purpose of this training should be not only to provide a trained citizen reserve, upon which the nation may depend for defense in time of need, but to promote the health of the youth of the land, as well as to instruct them in good citizenship and in useful habits o? industry. This would be a return to one of the basic principles upon which this government was founded as declared by law during Washington's od?nin istration?namely, a universal obliga? tion to serve in time of war and a universal obligation to be fit to serve. It is the direct opposite of militarism. Shocking Administration Of Immigration Laws IMMIGRATION: The recent ad? ministration of laws relating to im? migration has been shocking in the extreme. More important than new legislation is correct enforcement of the law that now exists by able, industrious and conscientious of ?icials. who fully understand its significance and purpose. The ad? ministrative staff should be adequate and thoroughly competent. Congress should at once make available for the use of immigra? tion authorities the evidence in re? lation to criminals to be found in the police and court records of the. localities from which they come. Tho general physical reeiuirements for males coming to America to per? form manual labor should be raised and made more definite. All aliens should hereafter be re Store hours, 9 A. M. to 3:30 P. M. est & Co. Fifth Avenue at 35th Street Established iSjQ 1,000 pairs of MEN'S SHOES Reduced 8.65 10.65 (t?*7c) Regular 9.00 to 16.00 grades \ great many styles but -^"^ not all sizes in each style, so we've collected the lot of them and cut prices con? siderably. GUN METAL. TAN OR BROWN CALFSKIN CORDOVAN You ?Sever Pay More fit Best*s\ quired to- register once a vear, at designated offices, while they remain it. the country without becoming citizens. The question of immigra? tion is largely a question of good Administration that will lead to the exclusion of undesirable, persons and promote the proper distribution and quick assimilation of those able-boelied and clean-minded men and women who come to America to seek new opportunity for usefulness, with a determination to be loyal to the government and institutions of the United States. Party Stands Firm On Its War Record REPUBLICAN PARTY AND TUE WAR: The Republican party may take the greatest satisfaction in its record during the war. While we should have welcomed action by tho President which would have elimi? nated all questions of party policy in the conduct of the war and in the conclusion of the terms of peace, nevertheless we. gavn willing and patriotic, cooperation in every effort to carry on the war to triumphant success. The Republicans in Congress made the winning of the war possible by providing both the leadership and the necessary votes to pass the original selective draft act, and its supplementary legislation. Without this act, which was vigorously op? posed by the Speaker, the majority leader and the chairman of the Com? mittee on Military Affairs of the Democratic House of Representatives, we could not have raised, trained and landpd in France the great armies which finally assured victory over the German Empire and its allies. No appropriations, however extrav? agant, and no schemes of taxation, however novel and burdensome to industry anel enterprise, have been opposed by Republicans when urged hy the President as necessary to win the wgr. Wo have given patriotic and unstinted support, tinder every possible discouragement from an au? tocratic, narrow-minded and purely partisan Administration. Tho United States alone, of all the countries at war, presented the spec? tacle of an opposition party having the support, of at least one-half of the electorate, deprived of all share in the conduct of the war and in for? mulating the terms of peace. Democratic Majority In Senate Overturned When, on October 24, 101S, the President appealed to the country tc return a Democratic majority te both thcu Senate and the House of Representatives, he assured the peo? ple that he was their servant anc would accept their judgment without cavil. He insisted that conditions made it imperatively necessary for the na tion to give its undivided support te the government under a unifi?e leadership, which was his own. In response to this appeal th' people, by an immense majority o the popular vote, returned a larg? Republican majority to the House o Representatives and overturned th? Democratic majority in the Senate Still the President persisted in hi: partisan course. Both in his eondue of the peace negotiations abroad an? in his advocacy here at home of tlv ratification by the Senate of his owi individual work, he has assumed : purely persona! and partisan attitude He has forced the Republican part; to take an attitude of sharp opposi tion to his recommendations In orde to protect the independence anel t promote the highest interests of th people of the United State?, as we! as to open the way to the adoptio of a real, instead of an illusory, p?a for securing the per.ee of the work We shall appeal to the people t support a policy of liberal and co:: structive progress both at home an abroad, one which wiil secure i: ternational cooperation for the pre vention of war and the reduction r armaments without sacrificing lov of country and American ideals to false and harmful form of intern; tionalism. Republicans of State Announce 1920 Platform Continued from page 1 ative democracy. The Republican party 18 the one party lit for the task. No longer do we want national government by subordinate officials, but govern? ment by the elected representatives of the people. "We want an end put to personal government. We want executives who i will consult with the constitutional advisers. We want executives who will take counsel. We want an executive | who will hold no secrets from the I American people. The public is en i titled to the confidence and not the | electorship of its representatives. i "We. are not unmindful," continued | lie, "of the strange notions of alien i power that have misen in our land. We are the party of Lincoln and Roose ! voit, and we will face the problem.'' Roosevelt's Name Cheered The mention of the name of Roose? velt provoked applause. Mr. O'Brian, who was the chief government investi? gator under the espionage act, min? imized the disloyalty in this country. He said that of the 4,000,000 aliens in this country it was necessary to intern only -',500. Less than live immigrants in a million have been convicted of dis? loyalty, he said. *' "These are facts that the American people should keep in mind in times of perplexity," said he. In concluding: his remarks ho said : "Our covenant to the American peo? ple as a party will be that we will clarify the processes of government and bring back sanity." Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, chair? man of the committee on resolutions and a Presidential aspirant, was heart? ily applauded as he was called upon to lead the plc.tform following Mr O'Brian's address. While the nominating committee of the convention was in conference at the state committee headquarters pre? ceding the convention. Deputy State Comptroller William Boardman eulo? gized State Chairman Glynn and sug? gested that he be made a dclegate-at large. Mr. Glynn said that he was grateful for the compliment, but he was content to e;o as a plain delegate. County Chairman Samuel S. Koenig submitted the names of the "Big Four" delegates-at-large and alternates chosen by the committee on nomina? tions, to be submitted to the voters at the April primary. "Big Four" Cheered As the names of Messrs. Wadsworth, ('aider. Miller and Thompson were read, one by one. the delegates greeted them with applause, rising when the two Senators were named. Miss Mary Garrett Hay, the suffrage leader and opponent of Senator Wadsworth, re? mained sealed when the name of Mr. Wadsworth was read, but she rose and joined in the applause when that of Mr. ('aider was presented. The alterhates-at-large, as their names were read, also received kindly greeting, that of Mrs. Arthur L. Liver more getting the most notice, the dele? gates rising as a tribute to the hard? working* organizer of the women voters of the state. Following adjournment of the con? vention. Miss Hay issued the follow? ing statement: "Months ago my name was men? tioned by Congressman Snell in the press as one of the 'Big Four.' This was done without asking permission to use my name in that way. All newspapers have carried stories stat? ing I was a candidate and working for the position.. 1 never have asked any one to vote for me for that position or stated in any way I was a candi? date. "It ha? always been customary for United States Senators to go as dele? gates. I never have objected to this courtesy in any way. Women Wanted Delegate "After I arinounced my opposition to the renomination of Senator Wads? worth word was sent to me that if I persisted in that opposition it would be impossib'o for me to go to Chicago as a delegate at large. "Being ??'. new voter I cannot see how TROTWOOD Now comes TROTWOOD, another -"wood" collar. Yon can tell by its name that this new favorite is as fashionable and well-made as SPARKWOOD, ZELWOOD, BUCKWOOD or any other popular Earl & Wilson style. ii im ?iiBBSizsaBgriiiii i The Inside Story of The Strangest Market A peek at the machinery of trading which runs into millions of dollars between sellers and buyers who never see each other ?on the financial pages of NEXT MOIS DAY'S New York Tribune '? my opposition to the candidacy or elec? tion of a United States Senator can have anything to do with being a delegate to the Republican National Convention. "I am In no way opposed to Mrs. ? Livcrmore going as an alternate at [ large. She has always been an active 1 suffrage worker and is now on the ! National Suffrage Association board. She will have my hearty support for I that or any other position she desires. j "it is, 1 know, a disappointment to ; thousands of women that the Empire ' State has not seen fit to recognize the j new electorate by sending some woman ' ! as delegate and not merely an alter- | i nate." I Laet Horse Usually Win? When asked about the Senatorship ! situation and the plans of the anti- ? , Wadsworth people, Miss Hay said: "There will be a candidate against j 1 Senator Wadsworth in the primaries. ' Our plans are not matured, as I have ; just returned from a ten-day conven- ' ' tion of the women voters at Chicago. Cheering such as we heard in the con? vention here to-day does not necessarily mean votes. I prefer to have all the steam blown off now. It has been my observation that the hors? that enters i the race last usually wins." Asked last night why she had re? mained seated during Senator Wads worth's ovation, Miss Hay replied: "I did not notice at first that the people were all rising. I bad a heavy coat in my lap, and it took me a min? ute or two to arrange it. I should never be guilty of deliberat-ely refus? ing to pay an ordinary courtesy to a speaker. I voted for the report. I have no quarrel with Senator Wads? worth on any point save his record as a Senator." Thaddeus C. Sweet, Speaker of the ' Assembly, said of the convention pro? ceedings: "The reporl of the committee on res? olutions presented by its chairman. Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, adopted by , the convention, bic?rnea the platform of the Republican party. It is a clean cut declaration of the present day aims and purposes of the party. It is both retrospective and prospective. It points ou! (he existing dangers and suggests the remedy. "It, proposes to restore a republican form of government and put an end to autocracy and dictatorship. It points the way to the readjustment of eco? nomic and industrial activities and nor? mal function of the government. It bristles with loyal Americanism. The message which il conveys will be under? stood by all, and, being so understood, is bound to be approved by the Ameri? can people." Ex-Senator Elihu Root, when asked about the leadership of the New York delegation in the Chicago convention, the name of Senator Wadsworth having been placed at the top of the list, he said that it was customary for the delegates to elect their own chairman after reaching the convention city. Twenty Wcmcn Honored Twenty women, including Mrs. Flor? ence E. C. Knapp, of Syracuse, who was a candidate for delegate-at-!arge until former Judge Miller, also a resi? dent of Syracuse, was made a member of the "Big Four," when Mr. Root de? clined to serve, were named as hon? orary vice-chairmen. On motion of Representative Snell, the convention committee on petitions will have power to fill any vacancy in the d?sign?es for delegates and nlter nntes-at-large prior to the primaries. William H. Anderson, state superin ? tendent of the Anti-Saloon League, is? sued the following comment on the convention's work: "There's many a slip twixt the framed convention and the election. While the general attitude of the old guard lead? ers again in the saddle and riding , beyond the speed limit and the "wet' proclivities of the man they selectee: in pace of Mr. Root indicates theii sullen, desperate intention to crush oui all r?cognition of the orohibition con? victions of the overwneim?ng majority of the rank and file of the Republican party, still the outcome betrays their fear that they have bitten off more than can be masticated comfortably or safely. Mr. R"ot, who never has been ac? cused of lacking .discretion, showed that he is wiser in his day and gen? eration than the Barnes-Brown-Wads? worth part of the outfit in declining to run the gauntlet of the state-wide pri? mary where the up-state folks would have a chance on delegate-at-large to the national convention. Before snow flies next fall Mr. Wadsworth will wish that he had also gotten out while the getting was good." m Johnson Opposes Root Plan to Make Treaty An Issue in Campaign WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. Direct dis? agreement with Klihu Root's opinion of the peace treaty as a political issue, as expressed yesterday in a speech to the unofficial state convention of New York Republicans, was voiced to-night by Senator Hiram Johnson of Cali? fornia, a candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination. In a formal statement Senator John? son declared it would be "neither fair to the other members of the league nor to the people of the United States" to enter the league, as Mr. Root sug? gested, and then have the President inaugurated in March, 1921, take steps to reform the league covenant. "I cannot subscribe to any such doc trine," the statement continued, "if the league establishes a rule of ex? pediency, rather than a rule of public right, as Mr. Root says it does, then it is neither wise nor statesmanlike for the United States to become a party t<? the present covenant for the orief space, of a few month?." ThilipTMarm I J BOND STREET CIGARETTES ? J i Vou can make it sterong That s the beauty of it! Make your steam - I ing cup of Tetley's Orange Pekoe Tea as strong as you like. You'll find it full-flavored but not bitter! Every drop contains a smile and a comfortable glow. , \ Tetleys tea j Makes Good Tea a Certainty It's the blending that does it. We've been doing it for a hundred years, and we've got it down fine. 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