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MONDAY, JULY 12, 1920
REPUBLICAN TICKET
For President—
WARREN G. HARDING.
For Vice President—
CALVIN COOLIDGE.
For Delegate to Congress—
DAN SUTHERLAND.
For Attorney General—
JOHN RUSTGARD
For Senator—
E. E. CHAMBERLAIN.
For Representatives—
A. E. LATHROP
JOS. H. MURRAY
R. E. ELSNER
A. H. FRAME.
For Road Commissioner—
GUST JOHNSON
ON THE JOB AGAIN
“Delivering labor” to the Democra
tic party is the regular biennial job
of Samuel Gompers and the coterie
of fellow Democrats now have man
aged to get control of the machinery
of the American Federation of Labor.
Being a strong partisan Democrat,
with a son on the administration pay
roll and having been the beneficiary
of all sorts of political and personal
favors at the hands of the adminis
tration, being, besides, an alien-born
advocate of the un-Americanized cove
nant of the League of Nations, it is
not surprising to note that Mr. Gom
pers is rather more enthusiastic than
usual this year in his efforts to hand
over the “labor vote” to his fellow
Democratic politicians, doubtless
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ment of the New York World, Demo
cratic organ, that no matter what
happens at San Francisco Mr. Gom
pers and his coterie will be against
the Republican ticket in this cam
paign as they have in all previous
campaigns, no matter what the can
didates or the issues. But it is pret
ty clear that when Mr. Gompcrs has
made his usual partisan fight for the
Democratic ticket, and has been lick
ed along with all the rest of the ad
ministration shouters, he will be of
afcout as much value to labor as a
Washington lobbyist as a last year’s
bird’s nest. It is high time that Re
publican labor unionists, of whom
there is a vast number, should begin
to make 'trouble for Mr. Gompers
in his attempt to use the power and
influence committed to him for an
other purpose for the furtherance of
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his own partisan and personal ends.
A SUCCESSFUL GENERAL
By the way, Senator Harding’s
campaign manager proved himself
“no slouch” in the big game. Avoid
ing unnecessary conflicts and antag
onisms, fighting all the time for his
candidate and against no other aspir
ant, following the policy of “friend
ship for all and entangling alliances
with none,” the Ohio leader kept his
candidate in a position to take advan
tage of the deadlock which arose at
Chicago, and which he had predicted
all through the preconvention cam
paign. That Mr. Dougherty is and
will continue to he one of the direct
ing generals of Republican harmon
izing and unifying and recongnizing
all elements of Republicanism with
in and without the state of Ohio will
he continued. It was William Mc
Kinley who said: “It does not pay to
keep books in politics.” The Harding
ledger account with all Republicans
starts even, and the credits and debits
upon it will depend upon the future
service of individuals and elements
to the party and country.
WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH
MEXICO
V. Blasco Ibanez, the famouse Span
ish novelist says that what is the
matter with Mexico is chiefly a brand
of militarism based on disorder and
thriving on loot. He makes clear that
this is what has ailed Mexico for a
long time. And in this country par
tisans of the administration have pic
tured the Carranza government as a
noble movement for the uplift of the
masses; they have declared that all
those who would not believe this were
tools of the exploiters of Mexico. To
people of common sense it has been
clear for a long time that what Mex
ico needs is, as Ibanez puts it, “a
public opinion that will end the rule
of the gun.” There are alleged states
men in this country who want the
United States to aid, abet and foster
what has been going on in Mexico,
and yet cross the seas and the conti
nent of Europe in order to undertake
! a mandate in Armenia in the interests
of suffering humanity.
SENTENCE SUMMARY OF THE
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM
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The Republican national platform is
one of the strongest party utterances
ever put forth by a national conven
tion. It is a thoughtful review of
existing political and economic condi
tions, and a comprehensive outline of
remedial measures. The following
sentence summary of the platform
covers the high spots in the docu
ment:
Devotion to representative Repub
lican government and constitutional
liberty affirmed.
The party and administration' in
power condemned for unpreparedness
for war and for peace.
The administration arraigned for
inefficiency, autocracy, extravagance
and waste.
Restoration of constitutional gov
ernment and ending of executive
usurpation pledged.
Tribunals for voluntary settlement
of labor disputes and the principle of
co-operation and arbitration in indus
try favored.
Congress commended for construc
tive legislation including the railway
act, budget bill, return of telegraph
and telephone lines to private owner
ship and curtailment of federal ex
penditures.
Improvement proposed of the sta
tus of the great national interest of
agriculture by legislative and admin
istrative co-operation in its behalf.
Readjustment of government ac
tivities to a peace time basis and
economy in public expenditures
pledged.
Budget system advocated and pres
ident’s veto of budget system con
demned.
Thorough organization of govern
ment departments on business basis
proposed.
Withdrawal of president’s Avar time
poAvers advocated.
Reduction and more equitable re
adqustment of tax burdens promised.
Unsound fiscal policies of the ad
ministration accompanied by burden
some taxation, decreased production
and swollen profits denounced, and
remedial measures promised, though
declaration made that much of the
injury inflicted is for the present ir
reparable.
Failure of the administration to en
force antiprofiteering acts condemned.
Political ownership and operation
of railways opposed; private opera
tion and public supervision proposed.
Clarification of anti-monopoly laAvs,
enabling business men to knoAV what
they may legally do unde# them, sug
gested.
Belief in the protective tariff prin
ciples reaffirmed, with a pledge for.
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its restoration when alien importa
tions again endanger American enter
prise and employment.
Fostering of privately owned nation
al merchant marine favored; free tolls
through Panama Canal of American
coastwise vessels promised.
Selective process in admission of
immigrants, with continuance of Asia
tic exclusion policy, proposed.
More rigid tests for naturalization
of aliens advocated.
Free speech, free press and free
assembly advocated, but no man may
advocate resistance to law or over
throw of American institutions; de
portation processes should be safe
guarded by law.
synching condemned as a blot on
American civilization.
Obedience to law and maintenance
of order advocated.
Liberal appropriations for road im
provements, national conservation
policy and comprehensive reclama
tion system advocated.
Tribute paid to American service
men, and liberal legislation for the
relief of soldiers of all wars advo
cated.
Maintenance and extension of civil
service laws advocated.
Inefficiency of postal service, "and
mistreatment of postal employes con
demned; rehabilitation of postal sys
tem pledged.
Woman suffrage endorsed.
Social and industrial justice mea
sures, state and national, favored.
Federal aid for education and health
pledged.
Laws on behalf of children and wom
en in industry advocated.
Encouragement of national home
owning ^j|licy endorsed.
Mexican policy of the national ad
ministration strongly condemned, and
protection of American lives, rights
and self respect in Mexico pledged.
Help for Armenia favored, but
Armenian mandate opposed.
Abandonment of the traditional
foreign policy of the United States
by the administration condemned.
Friendship for all foreign nations,
entangling alliances with none, fav
ored as the policy of the American
government
An international association for
peace among nations, based on jus
tice, settling the differences among
nations by equity rather than by force,
favored.
Any sacrifice of American national
independence opposed.
The covenant signed at Paris con
demned as sacrificial of American
rights, interests and ideals.
The Americanization of the coven
ant by the Senate approved.
In conclusion the platform declares.
“Pointing to the history and relying
upon its fundamental principles we
declare that the Republican party
has the generous courage and con
structive ability to end executive
usurpation and restore constitutional
government; to fulfill our world ob
ligations without sacrificing our
national independence; to raise the
national standard of education, health
and general welfare; to re-establish
a peace time administration and to
substitute economy and efficiency for
extravagance and chaos; to restore
and maintain the national credit; to
reform unequal, burdensome taxes; to
free business from arbitrary and un
necessary official control; to suppress
disloyalty without denial of justice;
to repeal the arrogant challenge of
any class; and to maintain a govern
ment of all the people as contrasted
with government for some of the peo
ple, and finally, to allay unrest, sus
picion and strife, and to secure the
co-operation and unity of all citizens
in the solution of the complex prob
lems of the day, to the end^ that our
country, happy and prosperous, proud
of its past, sure of itself and its in
stitutions, may look forward with con
fidence to the future.”
VOICE OF THE ALASKA PRESS
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Valdez can show' more money per
capita than any town of like size
in the world. With a population of
but 466 persons, the First Bank of
Valdez in its quarterly statement,
gives deposits of $265,433.28, or $5,
695,90 per resident, a showing made
by no other bank in the territory, we
believe. The bank has forged steadily
ahead, in spite of dull times, and has
a cash reserve of $102,754,00.—Val
dez Miner.
The jewelers are protesting against
the $10 bonus on gold. We are at a
loss to understand w-hy. They do not
stand to lose anything by it, but rath
er gain; they will tack at least a
tw'enty-dollar raise on every ounce
of manufactured gold they sell to cov
er the $10 raise.—Douglas News.
“TURN OF THE WHEEL”
AT EMPRESS TONIGHT
AND BIG FEATURE NEXT
Geraldine Farrar, America’s most
famous and popular native artiste,
makes her debute as Goldwyn star in
a superbly staged play “The Turn of
the Wheel,” a modern picture, a
story of today, tffording her a role
filled with splendid dramatic oppor
tunities.
Her role is that of a beautiful wom
an of today, risking her all to estab
lish the innocence of a man condem
ned to death for a mysterious mur
der. She is supported by a cast that
can well be billed “All-star.”
Miss Farrar knows her Monte Car
lo well. Several times she has sung
in the gorgeous gold theatre in the
famous Casino building, as guest of
Prince Albert of Monaco, and some
of her happiest operatic memories
are connected with the tiny princi
pality on the shores of the Mediter
ranean. For the first scenes in “The
Turn of the Wheel” the broad ex
panse of the terrace has been simu
lated, and one of the notorious roul
ette rooms has been exactly dupli
cated, so that even Miss Farrar’s most
critical inspection was satisfied.
In “The Turn of the Wheel” her
role is that of a beautiful woman of
today, risking l^er all to establish
the innocence of a man condemned to
death for a mysterious murder. The
production stands for all that is won
derful and magnificent in the silent
drama.
On Wednesday and Thursday nights
wall be shown the first Devid Wark
Griffith production to be released
under the banner of the United Art
ists Corporation, “Broken Blossoms,”
It is his supreme achievement, a
drama of profound emotion, equisite
delicacy and overwhelming force.
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