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Woman Voter
Sees Peril in
False Pledges
Inders Are Cautioned That
They Must Build Platform
Only of Such Planks as
Will Endure Great Strain
Bestem Is Denounced
Hen Who Will Keep Their
Pre ? Election Promises
Needed to Guide Nation
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Never in the history of the ?
rrjted State, has there been greater !
need of impressing upon our represent- '
Suns, from thp President downward ;
?he fact that they are not free |
?<*nts or elected to carry out their ;
nwn ideals and policies regardless of
me wishes of those they represent. |
Bossism and the utter contempt with |
w. ?oh"platform pledges have been dis- j
rerarded after election have done much ;
J make the' people lose faith in pre?
election promises. Were it not for the
voting voter, whose platforms are
pream. of the perfect state, the custom
of adopting one would have long since !
been mainiy a farce.
This year we have not only the ?
voung mate voter, full of fair . and :
trust, but there is that host of women '
voters who will cast their maiden vote. \
Keep all of these from the slough of :
despor.d that comes with mistrust from ,
loss of faith ;.* i lisappointed hopes.
Let the Republican party consider ?
these voters, as well as those who have
little or tio belief in our present form '
of government, and erect a platform
jn simple and direct, so concise and
clear,that its p.onuses ean be fulfilled.
Make negative the claim that "Politics
art retten" by pledging just nul need?
ful laws, and then enforcing them in
a ba.inesslike way, by sincere and
honest effort, R? store the lost faith in
party ?ledges and true Americanism
will follow.
In their platform let there be in?
serted a plank stating that a party's
platform is a contract with those who
vote to sustain it, and as such is bind?
ing upon all parties.
MARTHA LEMON SCHNEIDER.
Republican County Committee, 23d
District
-?-_
Many Government Evils
Face Republican Party
Reconstruction Program Must
Embody Remedies for
Existing Conditions *
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The Republican party must
?gain pledge itself to the work, of re?
construction. .
It must again put a stop to the tre
mendou-* waste which has prevailed,
place the business of the government
on a sound economic basis, readjust,
equalize arid reduce taxation and pay
the national debt.
It mus: provide means for bringing
dowttthe :.:_*:? cost of living.
It must j * ( ' labor and capital in ]
all theit ju: * rights, and at the same
time emphasize the fact that the inno?
cent public also b.a.s rights which both
?.-.bor and capita] must recognize and
respect.
It must foster a thorough and un?
adulterated Americanism and insist on
a loyal respect for our Constitution and
Itmust deal justly but firmly with
Mexico, und everywhere protect the
lh.s and property of our citizens.
The Rei * can party to-day has
men v;ho an as patriotic, as wise and
as capable as those of former days.
The "gra:. I i Id party" may still be
trusted * <; i de well the affairs of
state. A:;? surely a change is neces?
sary. ERNEST C. JOHNSON.
32 Churc Str< * *. New Haven, Conn.
Friendly Foreign Relations,
No Entanglements, Favored
Tojhe Ed tor of The Tribune.
Sir: Let our foreign relations be
friendly to :' nations that deserve our ?
friendship, but not closely allied with '
any one nation. Let our home policy
be one of proceeding along the path
?aid out by our forefathers, correct?
ing faults but not intoxicating our?
selves by crusading for world heavcnly
r.ess. We are not a nation of cru
Faders. but a nation to befriend and
repatriate the peoples of other nations
ts Americans. Let us welcome those
'?'ho believe in us and would be on% of
us, but let ua not go out to set up
our beliefs the world over. Strong
in our might and right of justice,
-rm in the principles that founded
these United States, may we pause.
retread the path of autocratic rufe
and, turning our faces in the direction
01 the rule of the peoplo by true rep?
r?sentation, proceed" along the paths of
Washington, Lincoln and Roosevelt.
RALPH HOWARD NESMITH,
<06Farmington Avenue, Hartford, Conn.
Conditions of the
Platform Contest
The Tribune invites you to write
Planks for a Republican platform
and to write letters about planks
proposed by other readers through
its columns.
For the beat plank? and letters
The Tribune offers those prizes:
For the best plank.$500.00
For the second best plank.. 250.00
For each of the eight next
??eat plank?. 100.00
For the beet letter a dally
Prie? of. 10.00
For the best letter in the
whole competition . 100.00
The Tribune will make tip a plat?
form of ten planks to be determined ,
?y your rotes. The ten issues re?
wiring the most rotes will be the j
Planks. The ten planks that best j
?*??? the chosen issues will b?
?^?cted for tue prtse award?.
Bach plank is limited to 100 wards.
?* two planks or letters of equal
"??rit the shorter will be chosen.
?k5Very Pl*nk an<i letUr ma,t boar
,*Mi tame and address of the sender,
although a nom de plume will be
Published if the writer desires.
The contest will close at midnight,
April 80, 1920. Manuscripts will not
?? muraed.
**? Judges of the contest -will be
**?* of The Tribune's editors. They .
*i u?aM their decialon8 on sound
?"w*?C and brevity, clearness and
,*"???* of statement
ican rarty Wa
To-Dav's Prize Letter
To tho Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: A few thousand years ago
the civilized people of the world made
images of stone, wood or metals, and
then, ignoring the fact that they
themselves had created these images,
bowed down to them in worship. To?
day civilized people no longer do such
things. Tho second commandment is
no longer applicable, save in a figura?
tive sense.
More than a hundred years ago,
we, the people-of the United States,
made a Constitution to help us estab?
lish ? nation governed by its people.
To-day thei*e seems to bo a marked
tendency to worship this Constitution.
This is illustrated by some of the
letters on your platform page. Gov?
ernment by the people is the supreme
principle of this nation. The Consti?
tution is a means to attain that end.
tVe created it and we con change it.
It was made for .our use, not for our
worship. It is our servant, not our
master.
When the Constitution was written
we were living under different condi?
tions than wo are now. The tele?
graph, the railroad and tho dally
newspaper were not in existence. It
is natural that the Constitution should
not be entirely adequate to our pres?
ent needs. If wo had a piece of com?
plicated machinery, old but still use?
ful, we would not hesitate to' repair
it, to add new devices, and bring it up
to date. Neither, should we hositato
about changing tho Constitution.
There are a number of reforms
needed in this country that can be
brought about best by constitutional
amendments. Those who urge that *e
go slowly in such changes are putting
a stumbling block in tho way of prog?
ress.
To arouse public sentiment until it
i_ strong enough to pass the neces
saVy changes to bring it up to date
is a work the Republican party, if
- it would be truly progressive, should
not hesitate about.
ARETAS A. SAUNDERS.
21 Edlie Ave., South Norwalk, Conn.
Some Suggested Planks
Among the mass of suggestions for planks in the Republican
platform are the following:
Uphold Living Standard
We have the best market, the
h if best paid labor, the greatest pur?
chasing power and the most elevated
standard of living in the world. We
should protect labor and industry and
preserve our markets and standard of
living by import duties that will not
only equalize the co.t of production
here and abroad but serve to con?
tribute a substantial measure "of? rev?
enue and thereby materially reduce
taxation.? F. C, Philadelphia.
Honorable World Peace
We favor the establishment of
world peace by honorable means. We
cannot approve of any treaty not
thoroughly protecting the Consti?
tution, government and interests of
the United States. We are unwilling
to yield any further than the treaty
with the Lodge reservations. We do
not favor confirmation of any treaty
of peace with the idea of later Amer?
icanizing it, but rather favor fight?
ing to the end. with no quarter, and
unless the United States is fully
protected we favor rejection of the
Versailles Treaty.?F. A. V., Sche
nectady, N. Y.
Army Training for Aliens
We advocate that all foreign -born
men coming into this country under
twenty-one years of age should be re?
quired to participate in universal mil?
itary training and go through the six
months' instruction between the ages
of eighteen and twenty-one. And also
that all men between the ages of
twenty-one and thirty-five who arrive
in the United States should be re?
quired to take an equal amount of
training in the armories or training
camps. Both of these requisites
should be necessary in qualifying
aliens for naturalization.?C N.
No Or.e-Man Government
The reaction from Czarism pro?
duced Bolshevism. One-man govern?
ment will achieve a similar result.
It will, therefore, be the purpose of
the Republican party to insure safety
from Bolshevism, and only through
educational methods but ..by full guar?
antee., of complete legislative par?
ticipation and social justice for the
individual.?Louis E. Collier, 511 West
169th Street, New York City'.
More Stable Prices
To make every effort to correct the
inflated condition of the markets for
all sorts of necessaries, and place
prices on a more stable basis, and to
enter into no entangling alliances.
??. M. Miller, 516 Court Street,
Reading, Pa.
Conservation Policy
We will adopt a conservation pol?
icy which will not only preserve for
the nation our natural resources
now in the public domain, but also
will afford their practical utiliza?
tion; and we recommend that private
initiative be permitted to develop
such resources under restrictions cer?
tain to protect public interests.?D.
F. IL, Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
Boost Pan-American Trade
The Republican party reaffirms its
loyalty and pledges its support to the
principles and foreign policies of
the illustrious Washington, more
firmly established by President Mon?
roe, December 2, 1823.
It pledges its support to the es?
tablishment of closer commercial,
educational and social relations with
Latin America, a league compact and
' a Latin-American Chamber of Com?
merce for the expansion and better?
ment of our Spanish-American rela?
tions.?Frank Avery Skilton, 84 Ham?
ilton Avenue, Auburn, N. Y.
Federal Industrial Court
We favor the establishment of a
Federal ?court of industrial relations
t^ settle industrial disputes of na?
tional importance, and the incorpo?
ration of all labor unions. We favor
further the protection of the prin?
ciple of collective bargaining and
the open shop, for these are neces?
sary to progress, and take this op?
portunity to denounce any class, body
or organization which uses coe#ion
on legislators.?Louis Lengyel, .27
Cedar Street, Saranac Lake, N. Y.
Legislation Recommended
To Increase Production
To the Editor of the Tribune.
Sir: The shipping of American prod?
ucts to "foreign lands when they are
needed at homo can result only in in?
creasingly .higher prices to American
citizens, and if over-exportation is to
continue, the only remedy is in in?
creased production from American
mines, farms, factories and shops, and
this should be the object of wise legis?
lation by the Congress, for labor will
be encouraged to dissatisfaction unless
production shall reach a sufficient vol?
ume to assure prices so reasonable that
the wages of American laborers are
thus made adequate to meet the phys?
ical needs of those who toil.
C. A. LEMMERS.
State House, Denver.
?
President Servant to All
The Republican party should in?
clude the following planks in its
platform:
Honesty, purity and integrity.
For Roosevelt's \ ideals of honor,
love and truth and a square deal for
every man, woman and child.
For rigid economy, and for inves?
tigations that 'will investigato to a
finish.
For justice, law and order and
upright legislation.
For equal treatment for employers
and employees.
For a President that will be a
servant for all the people all the
time, and who will work in harmony
with both branches of Congress.
JOHN McKEAN.
when you had to pay for
home wiring as soon as
the work was done. But
that time passed to mem?
ory when we inaugurated
our partial payment plan.
/or you?house wiring on partial payments/
Phone Stuyoesant 4QS0 or write for details
of how we will finance such improvements
through your local electrical contractor.
fShe United Electric
Ltaht ?"<* Power Co*
150 East 15th St,
Sherman Creek
Generating Station
West 20 i st Street
and Harlem River
District Offices and
Show Rooms
89th Street and Broadway
146th Street and Broadway
rned to
Wilson Regime
Prophesied in
Lincoln Speech
Emancipator Foresaw Com?
ing of Man Who Would
'Gain Distinction and Then
Start About Pulling Down'
'New Freedom' Wrecked
Attitude of President in
Defying Senate Authority
Ending of 'Good Career'
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: This latest attitude of Presi?
dent Wilson in defying the authority of
the Senate to adviso upon the league of
natipns and peace treaty and in practi?
cally denying the. Senate's constitu?
tional right to refuse to ratify the same
"unless modified marks the ending of a
career that commenced with the bugle
notes of a promised "new freedom" in
industry, and that now closes with the
deep tones of a steam foghorn calling
us to trust him where' we do not ap?
prove and to sink our objections
"without trace." '
In an address on the perpetuation of
our political institutions, delivered in
1837, Mr. Lincoln said: "Towering
genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks
regions hitherto unexplored. . . . It j
thirsts and burns for distinction. . . .
Is it unreasonable, then, to expect that1
some man possessed of the loftiest
Bewar
genius, coupled with ambition suf?
ficient to push it to its utmost stretch,
will at some timo spring up among: us?
And when such a one does it will re?
quire the people to bo united with each
other, attached to the government and
laws and generally intelligent, to suc?
cessfully frustrate his designs. ?
"Distinction will be his paramount
object, and although he would as will?
ingly? Perhaps more bo, acquire it by
doing good as harm, yet that oppor?
tunity being past, and nothing left to
be dono in the way of building up, he
would set boldly to tho task of pulling
down."
People who once thought Wilson the
greatest man since Lirtcoln aro now
divided into two classes?those who
have a clearer insight into the am?
bitious internationalism of Woodrow
Wilson and those who havo acquired a
fuller knowledge of the farsighted
Americanism of Abraham Lincoln.
EDWARD R. MASON.
119 State Street, Binghamton, N. Y.
Tariff Revision Is Urged
To Increase Production
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Tariff schedules should be so
arranged as to effectively increase the
prospects for profitable home manu?
facture and insure the widest possible
world commerce, keeping constantly in
mind the needs of stricken nations
across the seas, for that "we all go up
or we all go down together" is pe?
culiarly true since the conclusion of
the World War.
The carrying of American products
in American bottoms should bo the
object of encouraging national legis?
lations.
Deep waterways for relieving con?
gested rails and for providing better
facilities for commerce should be as?
sured by cooperation of the Federal
and state governments.
Denver, Col. C. A. LEMMERS.
e of Br
Republicans Urged
To Indorse Open
Covenant Policy
Fullest Publicity in Affairs
With the Other Nations
Advocated That Public
May Be Kept Advised
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Let the Republican party com?
mit itself and the government to the
avowed but abandoned Wilson pro
nunciamcnto of open covenants openly
arrived at in all this nation's dealings
with foreign government*, with re?
spect to treaties or other arrangements
affecting, or in the line of the foreign
policy of the United States, or with
regard to commercial or other alli?
ances. The Wilson Administration
has persistently refused to take the
Senate into its confidence, let alone
the citizenry of this Republic while,
at all times, flaunting its purpose to
take the treaty issue to the country.
The President essayed an appeal to
the electorate, but at no time, nor upon
any occasion did he give so much as
a hint of 'what passed behind the
scenes in Paris, or of what transpired
in the councils that sat behind closed
doors; nor did he, at any time, sin
cerly insist while attending the Paris
conference upon a recognition of his
avowed "open covenant" policy.
Senator Lodge has challenged Mr
Wilson repeatedly to explain or ever
excuse his refusal to tell the Senat?
or the people of the causes which
urged his backdown on a majority oJ
his "Fourteen Points," or his renuncia
oken Pi
tion gf the principles ha proclaimed
in hi? address at Motmt Vernon when
he sought to categorize his many counts
in the indictment of Prussianism tin?
der the head of "this thing."
The people of the Upited States are
entitled to a candid elucidation of the
facts which have caused the holding
up of the treaty. As Abraham Lincoln
said: "Youl can fool all of the people
! part of the time and part of the people
! all of the time, but you can't fool
all the people all of the time." Has
I Mr. Wilson an idea that the great ma*
I jority, I feel sure, of the American
5
romises
people bave forgotten, or overlooked.
his "open covenant" policy?
The Republican party doubtless will
be returned to power at the coming
election by a sweeping vote, but it will
not enjoy the fruits of its victory un?
less it makes an alliance with the
people of the United States upon the
basis of the fullest publicity concern?
ing all the official acts of the peoples'
servants at Washington and their dip?
lomatic representatives abroad in all
matters affecting the relations of the
United States with other nations.
H. R. B. ?
FOUNDED 1856
Q)JJSINESS before pleasure "
It may be termed "good business**
for men who indulge in the pleas?
ures of Golf and Tennis, to provide
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for exercise afield.
We are displaying a comprehensive
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and cricket cloth?-also sport suits
with knickerbockers.
Men's and boys' Spring dress re?
quirements?from head to foot.
A fitting range of sizes.
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