parties. The difference between the demands lay in the means to be

employed. The Democratic platform declared for State control of this

question as well as that relating to the conservation of our natural

resources. The Republicans took the stand that both questions should be

solved by the Federal Government.

In treating the problem of the alien races the Republican document

referred to the negro race by name, demanded equal justice for all men,

and condemned the devices used by some States for disfranchising the

negro. Nothing was said concerning Chinese and Japanese immigration. The

Democratic platform was silent on the negro question and declared