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& S. FIRST,' HARDING URGES IN ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
NOMINEE'S PROGRAM
BASED ON NA TIONAL
NOT WORLD IDEALS
Republican Candidate for
etidum on League and Invites Resolution Declar
ing Peace Praises
DECLARES PROHIBITION MUST BE ENFORCED;
SEEKS INDUSTRIAL AMITY FOR COMMON WEAL
By the Associated Press
Marlon, O., July 22. The following to the text of Senator Warren
G. Harding's speech today in formally accepting the Republican nom
ination for the Presidency:
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Chairman Lodg. member of the
notification committee, member of the
national committee, ladles and gontle
tatm The mesdage which joii hare formnu
conveyed brlng to me n renlization of
responsibility whieh is not tindcrcsti-
'mated. It 1 a mpreme task to interpret iivkrcl tJic sons of this republic to de
the covennnt of a groat political party. ( frml our national rlghtn, as I believe
the activities of whieh nre so woven, up ,j,f or to purge the old world of
luto the history of this republic, and tho accumulated UN of rivalry -and
j,verr sacred and sopmn undertaking Krwl. The paerlficcs will be In vain
to utter the faith and apirations of the if wo cannot acclaim a new order, with
many millions who adhere to that part. added security to civilization and peace
The party platform has charted the maintained.
',V,J...J'? .8?Th0- V ''Tt rmU One may readily sense the conscience
rrCr-itha nt"Prt'tntin "1,I,h v, of our America. I am sure I under
h th "f noniinees who mut a iiiih s,Hm ,b() r Be of thc (iomil,ant
speciuc tasKs. R.0lp ))f ,10 S(11IltCi Wp were not
Believes In Tarty Goemmcnt seeking to defeat a world nsplrntion,
Let me be understood clearly from we were revived to safeguard America.
the very becinninc. I believe in rmrt.v i " were resolved then, even as.wu arc
sponsorship in government. I believe
In party government as distinguished
trom personal government, individual,
dictatorial, autocrntic or what not.
In a citizenship of more thnn 100.
0(10,000 it is impossible to reach
agreement upon all questions. Parties
are formed by those who reach a con
sensus of opinion. It was the intent of
the founding fathers to give to this re
public a dependable aDd enduring popu
lar government rcprecntative in form,
and it was designed to make political
parties not only the preserving sponsors
but also thc effective ageneio through
which hopes and aspirations and convic
tions and conscience mny he translated
Into public performance.
Ponular Government has been an in
tplration of liberty since thc dawn of
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uviiiHuuu. u-i""'' ", """",', the rongress, I promi"." you formal ana
alien, and a transit on from party to'cffective e s ck, ns n nepllb.
personal government has preceded m en lirnn Congress can nass its declara
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the.' constitution we have the charted
way to security and pcrpetult.
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I.V pi.iiiiij ami n.if.iuii,M mi
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' People's Will Supreme
We know it gave to us the safe path
to a developing eminence which no
people in the world ever rivaled. It has
guaranteed the rule of intelligent, de
liberate public opinion expressed through
parties. Under this plan a masterful
leadership becomingly may manifest its
influence, but a people's will still re
mains the supreme authority.
The American achievement under the
plan of the fathers is nowhere disputed.
' On the contrary the American example
has been thc model of every renublic
.ytyhlph glorifies the progress of liberty.
Kj-ana is everywhere tno leaven or repre
V?5;sntatlve democracy which has expanded
human freedom. It has beeu wrought
through party government.
IS'o man is big enough to run this
treat republic. There never has beeu
one. Such domination was neer in
tended. Tranquillity, stability, depend
ability sit are assured in party spon
sorship, and wp mean to reuew the as
surances which were rended in the cata
clysmal war.
Autocracy During War
It was not surprising that we went
far afield from safe and prescribed
paths amid the war anxietl. There
was the unfortunate tendency before :
there was the surrender of f'ougrcs to
the growing assumption of the executive
before tho world war imperiled all tnr
practices we had learned to believe iu ;
and In the war emergency cery safe
guard was swept away.
In the name of democracy we estab
lished autocracy. We ure not com
plaining at this extraordinary bestowal
or assumption in war, it seemed tem
porarily necessary : our alarm is over
the failure to restore thc constitutional
methods When the war emergency ended.
Our first committal is the restora
tion of representative popular govern
ment, under the constitution, through
the agency of the Republican party. Our
vision includes more thnn a chief exec
utive. We believe in a cabinet of high
est capacity, equal to the responsibili
ties which our system contemplates, in
whose councils the Vice I're-ident. sic
ond official of the republic, shall be
asked to participate.
Holds Senate Saved l.'nlted Mates
The tame, usinu lucludes cordial
unaersiatifiing aim co -onnnateii a'liw-
ties with a House of Concress fresh
irom me peopie. oicmg the conviction
which members bring from dire i con
tact with the electorate, anil cordial co
operation along with the restmed func
tions of the Scuato. lit to be the greate-t
deliberative both of the world
Its members nre the designated en
tlnels on the towers of constitutional
government. The resumption of the
enatc's duthonty saved to this repub
lic its independent nationality when
autocracy misinterpreted the dream of u
world experiment to he (lie vision of n
world ideal.
It is not difficult. Chairman Lodge,
to make ouisehc, clear on the question
of International relationship. We Rp
publicans of the Senate, conscious of
our solemn onuis ami mincjiui ot our
constitutional obligations, when we saw i
the structure of a world supergovern
ment taking wsiouarj form. Joined m a
becoming warning of our devotion to
this republic. If the torch of const!- i
tutlonallsm had not been dimmed, the
delayed peace of the world nnd the
tragedy of disappointment nnd Europe's
misunderstanding of America easily
might have been aoidcd.
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Halted Hatter of Independence
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Vine itepiiDiieiins 01 uie ncnnie imite.j
the barter of independent American
eminence and influence, which it wns
proposed to exchange for nn obscure
and unequal place in the merged gov
ernment of the world. Our party means
to hold the heritage of American na
tionality unimpaired and unsurrendered.
The world will not misconstrue We
do not mean to hold aloof. We do uot
mean to shun a single responsibility of
this republic to world civilization.
There is no hate in the Americnn
heart We have nn envy, no suspicion.
no aversion for nny people In the world.
We hole) to our rights and means to
defend; aye, we mean to sustain tho
fights of this nation and our citizens
sllke everywhere under the shining sun
U,, Tet there Is the concord of amity and
tympatiiy ami iraternny in every reso
Kytloii, Thero is u genuine aspiration
IfcWerv American breast for a tran-
rienamni) wun uu inn worm.
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k s JltK tiviHiaBaiiiitililn oanMnns 1
$!cj Vonvlctonn nnd tie aa-
President Welcomes Refer-
Action of Senate
plrlng conscience of humankind mut
commit the nations of the earth to n
neu and better relationship.
Tl lined tint, bf, c1Uchhci1 now ubflt
motives plunged the world into war;
It nerd not be inquired whether wc
t'unv and will be tomorrow, to pre
serve thh free and independent re
public. Welcomes Treaty Referendum
Let those now responsible, or seek
ing responsibility, propose the surren
der, whether with interprctationa, npol
ogies or reluctant reservations from
which our rights nre to be omitted wo
welcome the referendum to the Ameri
can people on the preservation of Amer
ica, nnd thc Republican party pledges
its defense of the preserved Inheritance
of national freedom.
In the call of the conscience of Amer
ica is peace, peace that closes the
gaping wound of world war nnd silences
the impassioned voices of international
envy and distrust. Heeding this call
t tii A tunnel f ls i(
'" nepublican executive to sign.
i nei, we may turn io our rrutijubi.
tnent at home and proceed deliberately
aud reflectively to that hoped-for world
relationship which shall satisfy both
conscience nnd aspirations and still bold
us free from menacing involvement.
I can hear in the call of conscience
an insistent voice for the largely re
duced armnments thoroughoiit the
world, with attending reduction of bur
dens upon peace-loving humanity. We
wish to give of American influence and
example : we must give of American
leadership to that iuvulunblc accom
plishment. Wants Association of Nations
I can speak unreservedly of the
American aspiration and4 the Repub
lican committal for an association of
nations, co-operating in sublime ac
cord, to attain and preserve peace
through justice rather than force, de
termined to add to security through
international law , so clarified that no
mUcon'truetiou can be possible without
affronting world honor.
This republic can never be unmind
ful of its power, and must never for
get thc force of its example. Possessor
of might thut admltK no fear, America
must stand fo'emost for the right. If
the mistaken voice of America, spoken
in unheeding huste, led Europe, in the
hour of deepest un.viety. into a military
nlliancc which menaces peace and
threatens all freedom, instead of adding
to their security, then we must &peak
the truth for America and express our
hope for the fraternized conscience of
nation".
It will avail nothing to discuss in
detnil the league covenant, which wus
roueened fur world siipergoverninent,
negotiated in misunderstanding, and in
tolerantly urged and demanded by Its
administiation sponsors, who resisted
eery effort to safeguard America, and
who finally rejected when such safe
guards were inserted.
Resistance to Entanglements
If the supreme blunder has left Eu
ropean relationships Inextricably Intcr
woen in the league compact, our sym
path for Europe only magnifies our
own good fortune In resisting involve
ment If is better to be the free nnd
disinterested agent of international jus
ticc and advancing civilization, with
the covenant of conscience, than be
-hackled by n written compact vvnicii
surrenders our freedom of action aud
pup., in n mllitnrr nlllnce the rtirlif
to proclaim America's duty
world.
to the
No surrender of rights to a world
,.n,.ll ifo mllltiirv nlllnneo .
sumed mandatory, however appealing.
ever sall summon tnc sons or this
republic to war. Their supreme snen
flee shall only be asked for America
nnd its coll of honor. There is n
sanctity in that right we will not dele
gate When the compnet was being written.
I do not know whether Europe asked
or ambition insistently bestowed. Tt
was so good to rejoice in thp world h
confidence in our unselfishness that I
can believe our evident disinterested
ness inspired Europe s wish for our as
sociation. quite as much as the selfish
thought of enlisting American power
nnd resources.
Ready to hene Humanity
.
Ours is an outstanding, influential
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! pomple tn the world, whether wo
rl it in spoken modesty or magnify
it in exaltation. e want to help ;
' we mean to help; but we hold to our
I own interpretation of the American
conscience oV thc very soul of our
. nationality.
Disposed as we nre, the way is very , ,;ay jo not chargeable wholly to the tin
simple Let the failure attending ns- . settled and fevered Vnnditions caused by
sumption, obstinacy, impracticability th,, unr. The manifest weakness in
nnd delay be recognized, and let us find nnmilnr eovcrnment lies in the temnta-
the big, prartical, unselfish way to do
our part, neither covetous because of
ninniiiou uur iicsiiuui uuongii tear, out
renciy io serve ouincircn, nuinuaity ana
Uod
With a Senate advising as the con
stitution contemplates, I would hope
fully npproach the nations of Europe
and of the earth, proposing that under
standing which makes us u willing par
ticipant in the consecration of nations
to a new relationship, to commit the
moral forces of the world, America in
cluded, to peace nnd international
justice, still leaving America free, in
dependent and self reliant, but offering
friendship to all the world.
Tf men call for more Bnecific details.
T remind them that moral committals
arc broiU nil all Inclusive, and we are
contpwpratffiljpcpplcs in the, concord ot
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EVENING PUBLIC
humanity's advancement. From our
own viewpoint thc program is specifi
cally American, and we mean to be
Americans first, to all tho world.
Restoration of Constitution
Appraising preserved nationality as
thc first essential to the continued prog
ress of the republic, there is linked with
it the supreme necessity of tho restora
tionlet us say tho re-revealmcnt of
the constitution, nnd our reconstruction
as an Industrial nation. Here Is thc
transcending task. It concerns our com
mon weal at home aud will decide our
future eminence in the world.
More than these, this republic, under
constitutional liberties, has given to
mankind thc most fortunate conditions
for human activity and attainment the
world has ever noted, nnd we are today
thc world's reserve force In the great
contest tor nocriy inrough security and
maintained equnllty of opportunity and
its righteous rewards.
It is folly to close our eyes to out
standing facts. Humanity Is restive;
much of the world is in revolution ; thc
agents of discord nnd destruction have
wrought their tragedy In pathetic
Russia, have lighted their torches among
other peoples, and hope to see America
as a part of the great Red conflagration.
Ours Is thc tannic of liberty under the
law. and It is ours to cnll thc sons of
onnortunit.v to its defense. America
must not oniy save nerseu, out ours
must be the appealing voice to sober thc
world.
More than all else the present-day
world needs understanding, Thero can
be no peace save through composed dif
ferences, and the submission of the In
dividual' to the will nnd tveal of the
many. Any other plan means anarchy
and its rule of force.
Toll Makes Advancement
It must he understood that toil alone
makes for accomplishment nnd advance
ment , and righteous possession is thc
reward of toil and its Incentive. .There
is no progress except In tho stimulus of
competition. When competition nat
ural,' fair, impelling competition is
suppressed, whether hy law, compact or
conspiracy, we halt the march of prog
ress, silence thc voice of aspiration,
and pnraljze the will for achievement.
Thee arc but common senso truths of
human development.
The chief trouble today is that thc
world war wrought thc destruction of
healthful competition, left our store
houses cinptj. nnd there is a minimum
production when our need Is maximum.
Maximums, not minlmums, is the call
of Amcricn.
It isn't n tiew story, because war
never fails to leave depleted store
houses ond alwajs impairs the efficiency
cf production. War also establishes
its higher standnrds for wages, and they
abide. I wish the higher wage to abide,
on one oxplicit condition that the
wage-earner will give full return for tho
wnue received. It is the bet assurance
we can hnve for a reduced cost
living.
Acclaims High l'.n Standard
of
Mark you. I am ready to aclalin the
highest standnrd ot pay, out i wuum
be blind to the .responsibilities that
mark this fateful hour if 1 did not cau
tion the wage-earners of America that
mmitiHn" u-Mie.i nnd decreased produc
tion can lead onl to industrial aud
economic ruin.
I u-iint. somehow, to nnnenl to thc
sons and daughters of the republic, to
ei-crr nrmiiiccr. to ioln hand nnd braiu
in production, more production, honest
nrniliictioti. natriotic niodiiction. be
cause patriotic production is no less n
defense Of (Mir liesi riviuznium inuu
that of armed force Profiteering is u
crime of commission, underproduction
is a crime of omission. We must work
our raqst and best, else the destructive
reaction will come.
We must stabilize nnd strive for uor
tnalcy. else the inevitable reaction will
bring its train of sufferings, disappoint
ments and reversals. Wc want to fore
stall such reaction, we want to hold all
advanced ground, and fortify it with
general good fortune.
Let us return for a moment to the
nc"e-sitv for understanding, parllcu-
larh that understanding which con
cerns nursehes at home. I decline to
recognize uu conflict of interest ainoug
the participants in industry. The de
struction of one is the ruin of the other,
the suspicion of rebellion of one uu
ooidttbl involves the other. In con
flict is disaster, in understanding then
Is triumph
Call for Industrial Amity
There i no Issue relating to the
foundation on which industry is build
ed, because industry is bigger than nny
clement in its modern making. Hut the
insistent call is for labor, management
aud capital to rench understanding.
The huimiii clement comes first, and
I waut the employers in industry to un
derstand the aspirations, thc convic
tions the enriilm;s of the millions of
American wage-earners, nnd I want the
wage-earners to understand thc prob
lems, the anxieties, the obligations of
management and capital, and all of
t bein must understand their relation
ship to the people nnd their obligation
to tin republic.
Out of this understanding will come
' thr- unanimous committal to economic
justice, and in economic justice lies mai
social justice which is the highest es
sential to human happiness.
I am speaking ns one who has count
ed the contents of the pay envelope
from the viewpoint of tho earner as
!'H as the employer. No one pretends
I to llpnV tllP inCClUUlitlCS WHICn lire
manifest in modern industrial life.
Conscience Rrlngs Justice
They are less in fact than thev were
betoro organization and grouping on
either side revealed the inequalities, aud
,.Anc,.in..o ima wroimht more Justice
than statutes have compelled, but the
ferment of the world rivets our thoughts
on the necessity of progressive solution,
eKc our generation will sufier the ex
periment which means chaos for our
day to re-establish God's plan for the
great tomorrow.
Knenklna our sympathies, littertn
.. ' ' n,-ipnrp nll the peoples, mind
' fll) of ur rg,t to dwell amid the
B(10( fortunes of rntloual. conscience-
impelled advancement, we hold the
mafestv of rlghtcouu government, with
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an0, n rlttnfl and we call upon every
cxiwn 0 tho republic to hold fast to
tlint wj,icn made us what wo arc, nnd
I wo wjn havo orderly government safe.
a,,nrd the onward mnich to all wc
ought to be.
,. ,nnM tendencv of the nrrscnt
Hon to appeal to grouped citisenship for
political advantage. There Is no greater
peril
No Class or Group
Tho constitution contemplates no
class and recognizes no group. It broad
ly includes all the people, with specific
recognition for none, nnd the highest
consecration we can make today is a
committal of the Republican party to
that saving constitutionalism which con
templates all America as one peopln,
and holds Just government free from
Influence on the one hand nnd unmoved
by intimidation on the other.
It would be thc blindness of folly to
gnore the activities In our owu coun
ry wnicn are aimea 10 uestroy our eco
mmic system, and to commit us to the
colossal tragedy which has both de.
stroyed nll freedom and made Russia
LEDGERr- PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JUlfr 22, 1926
SENATOR HARDING'S POLITICAL
CREED SET FORTH IN ADDRESS
Party government as distinguished from personal government.
America first, with constitutional government based on national rather
than world ideals.
I'nited States Independent, but offering friendship to world.
Welcoming of popular referendum on League of Nations.
Increased production to cut high cost of living.
Obliteration of sectional nnd chisa strife.
Industrial peace Inspired by common weal.
No evasion In enforcement of prohibition laws.
Ratification of suffrage amendment. t
Collective bargaining for farmsrs.
Federal aid in restoring railroads.
Intelligent deflntion of currency.
Increased federal help In reclamation.
Ample navy nnd small army, but best in world.
Rnllwny employes to be best paid in world.
Development of Inland waterways.
Ouarautee of upkept highways.
Free use ot Panama canal by American shipping.
impotent. This movement Is not to be
halted in throttled liberties.
We must not abridge tho freedom of
speech, the freedom of press or the
freedom of assembly, because there is
no promise in repression. These lib
erties arc as sacred ns the freedom of
religious belief, ns inviolable as the
rights of life nnd the pursuit of hnppl
ness. We do hold to the right to crush
sedition, to stifle n menacing contempt
for law, to stamp out a peril to the
safety of the republic or its people,
when emergency calls, because security
nnd the majesty of the law are the first
essentials of liberty.
He who threatens destruction of the
government by force or flaunts his con
tempt for lawful authority ceases io oe
a loyal citizen nnd forfeits his rights to
the frqedom of the rcpuhllc.
Upholds Minority Rights
Let It be said to all of Amerlcn that
our plan of popular government contem
plates sucn orderly ennnges ao tij-
talllzed Intelligence of the majority of
our people think best. There can be no
modification of this nnneriing nne, um.
no majority shall abridge thc rights of a
minority.
Men have n right to question our sjs
tern in fullest freedom, but they must
always remember that the right of
freedom impose the obligations which
maintain it. Our policy is not of re
pression, but wo make appeal today to
American intelligence and patriotism,
when thc republic Is menaced from
within, just ns we trusted American
patriotism when our rights were threat
ened from without.
AVc cnll on nil America for steadi
ness, so that wo may proceed deliber
ate! v to the readjustment which con
cerns nil the people. Our pnrty plat
form fnirly expresses the conscience of
Republicans on industrial relations. No
party is indifferent to the welfare of
the wage-earner. To us his good for
tune Is of deepest concern, nnd we peek
to make that good fortune permanent.
Approves Collective Bargaining
Wc do not oppose but approve col
lective bargaining, becnusc that is an
outstanding right, but wo are unalter
ably insistent thnt its exercise must
not destroy the equally snered right of
the indivldunl in his necessary pursuit
of livelihood. Anr American has thc
right to ouit his employment. So has
every American tho right to seek em
ployment. The group must not endanger the
iudividtinl. nnd wo must discourage
groups preying upon one another, and
nono shall be allowed to forget that
government's obligations arc alike to all
the people.
I hope we may do more than merely
discourage the losses nnd sufferings at
tending industrial conflict. The strike
against the government is properly de
nied, for government service involves
none of the elements of profit which
relate to competitive enterprise. There
ih progress In the establishment of of
ficial revcalment of issues nnd condi
tions which lead to conflict, so that un
erring public sentiment may speed the
adjustment, but I hope for that concord
of purpose, not forced but Inspired by
the common weal, which will give n reg
ulated public service the fullest guar
anty of conrinuitj
I am thinking of the railroads. In
modern life they are the very base of
all our activities ami Interchanges. For
nubile protection we have enacted laws
providing for a regulation of the, charge
for service, a limitation on tho capital
invested nnd a limitation on capitals
earnings. There remains only compe
tition of service on which to base our
hopes for an efficiency nnd expansion
which meet our modern requirements.
Good Pay for Rail Workers
Thc railway workmen ought to be the
best paid and know the best working
conditions in thc world. Theirs is nn
exceptional responsibility. They are not
only essential to the life and health and
all productive activities of the people,
but they are directly responsible for the
safety of traveling millions.
Tho government, which has assumed
so much authority for thc public good,
might well stamp railway employment
with the sanctity of public servlco nnd
guarantee to the railway employes that
justice wnicn voices the Americnn con
ception of righteousness on thc ono
hand, and assure continuity of service
on tho other.
The importance of the railway re
habilitation is so obvious that reference
seems uncalled for. We are so con
fident that much of the present-day in
sufficiency nnd inefficiency of transpor
tation nre due tn the withering hand of
government operation that wo empha
size anew our opposition to coveruraent
ownership. We want to expedite tho
reparation and make sure the mlstaxc is
not repented
It is little use to recite tho story of
development, exploitation, government
experiment and its neglect, government
operatlou and its failures. The Inade
quacy of trackage and terminal facili
ties, the insufficiency of eoulnmcnt nnd
the inefficiency of operation all near
the blighting stamp of governmental In
capacity during federal operation.
Rehabilitation of Railroads
The work of rehabilitation under tho
restoration of private ownership do
serves our best encouragement, nil
lions are needed in now equipment, not
alone to meet the growing demand for
service, but to restore the extraordinary
depreciation due to the strained service
of war. With restricted earnings and
with speculative profits removed, rail
way activities have come to tho realm
of conservative and constructive service,
and the government which impaired
must play its part in restoration.
Manifestly the returns must be so
gauged that necessary capital may be
enlisted, and we must foster as well as
restrain.
We have no more pressing problem.
A stnte of Inadequate transportation fa
cilities, mainly chargeable to the fail
ure of governmental experiment, is los
ing millions to agriculture, it Is hinder
ing industry, it is menacing- the Amer
ican people with a fuel shortage little
less than a peril. It emphasizes the
present-day problem and suggests that
spirit of encouragement and nssistoucc
which commits all America to relieve
such an emergency.
Tho one compensation mni nucuumg
anxieties is our new and'efded reall-
tatlon of th vtl .jartUransportatlon
plays in the r-oawliB.- V modern
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life. We nre not to think of rails
alone, but highways from farm to mar
ket, from railway to farm, arteries of
life-blood to present-day life, the quick
ened ways to conrmunicatlon nnd ex
change, the answer of our people to thc
motor age.
Guarantee of Upkept Highways
Wc believe in generous federal co
operation in construction, linked with
assurances of maintenance that will put
an end to criminal waste of public funds
on tho one hand nnd rive n guaranty
of upkept highways on the other."
Water transportation is inseparably
linked with adequacy of facilities, and
we favor American eminence on the
seas, tho practical development of in
land waterwnys. thc upbuilding and co
ordination of nil to make them equal to
and ready for every call of developing
nnd widening American commerce. I
like that recommittal to thoughts of
America first which pledges thc Panama
canal, an American creation, to the
free use of American shipping. It will
add to thc American reawakening.
One cannot speak of industry nnd
commerce and the transportation on
which they are dependent without nn
earnest thought of the abnormal cost
of living and the problems in its wake.
It is easy to inveigh, but that avails
nothing. And it is far tno serious to
dismiss with flaming but futilo promise.
Eight yenrs ago, in times of peace,
thc Democratic party made it an Issue,
and when clothed with power that party
came near to its accomplishment by
destroying thc people's capacity to buy.
But that was a cure worse than the
ailment. It Is easy to understand the
real causes, after which the patient
must help to effect bis own cure.
Gross expansion of currency and
credit have depreciated thc dollar just
as expansion unci inflation have dis
credited thc coins of thc world. We
inflated in haste, we must deflate In
deliberation. Wo debased the dollar In
reckless finance, wc must restore in
honesty.
Deflation ou the one hand and restor
ation of the 100-ccnt dollar ou thc
other ought to have begun on the day
after tho armistice, but plans were
lacking or cournge failed. The unpre
paredness for peace was little less costly
thnn unprcpnredncss for war.
Deflation of Currency
We can promise no one remedy which
will cure nn ill of such wide propor
tions, but we do pledge that earnest nnd
consistent nttacK which tne party plat
form covenants. Wc will attempt in
telligent and courageous deflation, and
strike nt government borrowing whieh
enlarges the evil, and we will attack
high cost of government with every en
ergy and facility which attend Repub
lican capacity.
We promise that relief which will
attend the hnltlng of waste nnd extrava
gance, and thc renewal of tho practice
of public economy not alone because
it will relieve tax burdens but because
It will be nn example to stimulate thrift
and economy in private life.
I have already alluded to the neces
sity for the fullness of production nnd
we need the fullness of service which
attends the exchange of products. Let
us speak the irrefutable truth. High
wages and reduced cost of living are
in utter contradiction unless wc have
tho height of efficiency for wages re
ceived. In nll sincerity we promise the pre
vention of unreasonable profits. Wc
challenge profiteering with all thc moral
force nnd the legal powers of govern
ment nnd the people, but it is fair,
aye, it is timel, to give reminder that
law is not thc sole corrective of our
economic ills.
Calls for Thrift and Economy
Let us call to all the people for thrift
nnd economy, for denial uud sacrifice
if need be, for a nation-wide drive
against extravagnnce and luxury, to n
recommittal to simplicity of living, to
that prudent nnd normal plan of life
which is the health of tho .republic.
There hasn't been a recovery from the
waste aud abnormalities of war since
thc story of mankind was first wrltteu
except through work nnd saving,
through industry and denial, while
needless spending and heedless extrava
gance have marked every decay in the
nistory 01 nations.
Give the assurance of that rugged
simplicity of American life which mark
ed the first century of amazing develop
ment aud this generation may under
write n second century of surpusslng
accomplishment.
The Republican party wns founded
by farmers, with the sensitive con
science born of their freedom and their
simple lives. These founders sprang
from the farms of thc; then Middle
West. Our party him never fniled In
its renlizatlou that agriculture is
essentially the foundation of our very
existence, and it has ever been 0111
policy, purpose and performance to pro
tect uud promote that essential Indus
try. New conditions, which attend amaz
ing growth nnd extraordinary industrial
development, call for a new and for-wnrd-looking
program. The Ameri
can farmer had VJO.OOO.OOO to feed in
the home market mid heard tho cry
of the world for food and nnswered
it. though he faced an nnnnlllnc tcinU
amid handicaps never encountered bo-
lore.
In the rise of price levels therp Vimm
come increased appraisals to his acres
wiinoui aiming to their value in fact,
but which do add to his taxes and ex
penses without enhancing his returns.
His helpers hnve yielded to the lure of
bhop and city until, almost alone, he
has met and borne the burden of tho
only insistent attempts to force down
prices.
Would Permit Farmers to Unite
It challenges both the wisdom nnd the
justice of artificial drives on prices to
recall that they were effective almost
solely against his products In the bands
of the producer nnd never effectlvo
ngnlnst the snme producta in passing to
the consumer Contemplating tho do
fcuselessness of thc individual farmer to
meet the organized buyers of his prod
ucts nnd tho distributors of the things
the farmer buys, I hold that farmers
should not only be permitted but en
couraged to Join1 In co-operative asso
ciation to reap the just mcasurq of re
ward merited by their, arduous loll.
Lot u facilitate co-operation to In
sure against the risks attending agri
culture, which too urban world bo little
r , . c
understands, and a like co-operation to
market their products as directly ns
possible with the consumer, in tho In
terests of all, Upon such association
and co-operntlon should be laid only
such restrictions as will prevent arbi
trary control of our food supply and
the fixing ot extortionate price upon it.
Our platform Is an earnest pledge of
renewed concern for this most essential
and elemental industry, and in both ap
preciation and interest wo plcdgo effec
tive expression in law and practice. We
will ball that co-operation which again
will make profitable and deslrablo tho
ownership and operation of compara
tively small farms, intensively cultivat
ed, nnd which will facilitate the curing
for the products ot farm and orchard
without the lamentable waste under
present conditions.
America would look with anxiety on
thc discouragement of forming activity
cither through tho government's neglect
or its paralysis by socialistic practices.
A Republican administration will be
committed to renewed regard for agri
culture, and seek tho participation ot
farmers In curing the Ills justly com
plained of nnd aim to place tho Ameri
can farm where it ought to be highly
ranked iu American activities nnd fully
sharing tho highest good fortunes of
American life.
Irrigation and Reclamation
Recomingly associated with this sub
ject aro thc policies of irrigation and
reclamation, so essential to agricultur
al expansion and the continued develop
ment of the great and wonderful West.
It is our purpose to continue nnd en
large federal aid. not in sectional par
tiality, but for the good of all America.
We hold to thnt hnrmonv of relation
ship between conservation nnd develop
ment which fittingly apprniscs our
natural resources ond makes them
available to developing America of to
day, and still holds to the conserving
thought for the America of the morrow.
The federal government's relation to
reclamation and development is too im
portant to admit of ample discussion to
day. Alaska, alone, Is rich in re
sources hornnct nll (maeinntion. and
needs only closer linking, through the
lines of transportation and a govern
mental pollcv thnt both safeguards nnd
encourages development, to speed It to
n foremost position ns a commonwealth,
rugged in citizenship nnd rich In ma
terialized resources.
These things 1 can only mention.
Within becoming limits one cannot say
more. Indeed, for the present many
questions of vnst importance must be
hastily passed, reserving a fuller dis
cussion to suitable occasion as thc cam
paign advances.
I believe the budget system will effect
a necessary, helpful reformation, aud
reveal business methods to government
business.
I believe federal departments should
bo made more businesslike nnd send hack
to productive effort thousands of fed
eral employes, who are cither duplicat
ing work or not essential at all.
Believes In Protcctlvo Tariff
T believe in thc protective, tariff
policy and know we will be calling for
its saving Americanism again.
I believe iu a great merchaut marine
I would have this republic thc leading
maritime nation of the. world.
I believe in u uavy ample to protect
it. aud able to assure us dependable de
fense. I believe in n small army, but the best
In tho world, with a mindfulness for
preparedness which will avoid the un
utterable cost of our previous neglect.
I believe in our eminence in trade
abroad, which thc government should
aid in cxpnuding, both in revealing
markets nnd speeding cargoes.
I helieve in establishing standnrds for
Immigration which aro concerned with
the future citizenship of the republic,
not with mere innnpower in industry.
I believe that every mau who dons
the garb of American citizenship nud
wulks in thc light of American oppor
tunity must become Amciicnu in heart
and soul.
I believe in holding fast to every for
ward step in unshnckling child labor
and elevating conditions of woman's
cmplpyment.
I believe the federal government
should stamp out l.vnchlng and remove
that stain from the fair name of
America.
I bclievo the federal government
should give its effective aid In solving
thc problem of nmpln and becoming
housing of its citizenship.
I bclievo this government should make
its Liberty and Victory llonds worth
all thnt its patriotic citizens paid in
purchasing them.
Relief From Tax Burdens
I believe thc tax burdens imposed for
the war emergency must bo revised to
the needs of peace and In the interest
of equity in distribution of the bur
den. I believe tho negro citizens of Amer
ica should be guaranteed the enjoyment
of nil their rights; that they have earned
the full measure of citizenship bestowed ;
that their sacrifices in blood on the
battlefields of tho republic have entitled
them to oil of freedom and opportunity,
all of sympathy and aid that the Amer
ican spirit of fairness and judtico de
mands. I bclievo there is an easy nnd open
path to righteous relationship with
Mexico. It has seemed to me that our
undeveloped, uncertain and infirm policy
has made i a culpable party to the
governmental misfortunes 111 that lnnd.
Our relations ought to be both friendly
nnd sympathetic; wo would like to ac
claim a stable government there, und
offer n neighborly hand In pointing the
way to greater progress.
It will he simple to have a plain
nnd neighborly understanding, merely
un understanding about respecting our
borders, about protecting the lives and
possessions of American citizens law
fully within the Mexican dominions.
There must be that understanding, else
there can be no recognition, and then
the understanding must be faithfully
kept.
Many of these declarations deserve a
fuller expression, with some sugges
tions of plans to emphasize the faith.
Such expression will follow, in due time,
I promise j oil.
Must Enforce Dry Laws
I helieve in law enforcement. If
elected I menu to be a constitutional
President, and it is impossible to ignore
the constitution, unthinkable to evade
thc law, when our every committal is to
orderly government. People ever will
differ about thc wisdom of the enact
ment of a law thero is divided opinion
respecting tho eighteenth amendment
and the laws enacted to moke it on.
crative hut there can bo no difference
of opinion nbout honest law enforce
ment. Neither government nor party can
nfford to cheat the American people. Th
lunn 111 vuiiKiipa iiiuoi. uuMuvuittj viin
the constitution, else they soori are ad
judged to be void; Congress enacts the
laws, ami the executive branch of gov
ernment is charged with enforcement.
Wo cannot nullify because of divided
opinion ; wo cannot Jeopardize orderly
government with contempt for law en
forcement. Modification or repeal is the right of
a free people, whenever the deliberate
nnd intelligent public sentiment com
mands, but perversion and evasion mark
the paths to the failure of government
Itself.
Though not in any partisan sense,
I must speak of tho services ot the
men and women who rallied tq th,e
colors of the republic ln,tbe world .war,
America, realizes, nnd appreclatejtehg
PARTY GOVERNMENT
UNDER CONSTITUTION,
PLEDGE OF CANDIDATE
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G. 0. P. Standard-Bearer Opposes Individual Rule,
Proposing "Restoration' of People's Will as
Supreme Authority in America
WANTS SUFFRAGE RATIFICATION COMPLETED;
ADVOCATES SMALL 4RMY, BUT BEST ON EARTH
services rendered, tho sacrifices made
and the sufferings endured. There shall
be no distinction between those who
knew the perils nnd glories of the battle,
front or the dangers of the sea, nnd
those who were compelled to serve be
hind tho lines, or those who constitute
thc great reserve of a grand nrmy which
awaited the call In camps at home.
All were brave, all were sacrificing,
nll were sharers of those Ideals which
sent our boys thrlcc-armed to' war.
Worthy sons nnd daughters, these fit
successors to those who christened our
banners In the Immortnl beginning,
worthy sons of thoso who saved the
Union and nationality when civic war
wiped the ambiguity from tho constitu
tion, ready sons of those who drew the
sword for humanity's sake the first
time in thc world, In 1808.
Aid for Disabled Servlco Men
The four million defenders on land
aud sea were worthy of the best tradi
tions of a people never warlike in
peace and never pacifist In war. They
commanded our pride, they have our
gratitude, which must have genuine ex
pression. It is not only a duty, It is a
privilege to see thnt the sacrifices made
shall be requited, and thnt those still
suffering from casualties and disabilities
shall be abundantly aided and restored
to the highest capabilities of citizenship
and its enjoyment.
Tho womanhood of America, always
its glory, its Inspiration and the potent,
uplifting force In Its social and spiritual
devcldpmcnt, is about to bo enfran
chised. In so far as Congress cango, thc
fact is already accomplished. By party
edict, by ray recorded vote, by personal
conviction I am committed to this meas
ure of Justice. It is my earnest hope,
my sincere desire that the ono needed
state vote be quickly recorded in tho af
firmation of the right of equal suffrage
and that the vote of every citizen shnll
be cost and counted in thc approaching
election.
Let us not sbaro thc apprehensions of
many men and women as to the danger
of this momentous extension of the
franchise. Women have never been
without influence in our political life.
No Danger In Suffrage
Enfranchisement will bring to tho
polls the votes of Citizens who nave been
born upon our soil, or who have sought
in faith and assuraucc the freedom and
opportunities of our land. It will bring
thc women educated In our schools,
trained in our customs and habits of
thought, and sharers of our problems. It
will bring the uiert mind, the awakened
conscience, thc sure intuition, tho ab
horrence of tyranny or oppression, tne
wide nnd tender sympathy that dis
tinguish the women of America. Surely
there can bo no danger there.
And to the great number of noble
women who have opposed in conviction
this tremendous change in the ancient
rolation of the sexes as applied to gov
ernment, I venture to plead that they
will accept the full responsibility of en
larged citizenship nnd give to thc best
in thc republic their suffrage and sup
port. Much has been said of late about
world ideals, but I prefer to think of
the Ideal for America. I like to think
there Is something more than the pa
triotism nnd practical wisdom of the
foiindlnz fathers. It is good to believe
that maybe dcstluy held this new-world
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republic to be the supreme example n
representative democracy and nrderit
liberty by which humanity Is Inspired to
nigncr achievement, it is inie to think
we havo attained perfection, but thei-u
Is thc satisfying knowledge that we hn
ordorly processes for making our gov.
ernment reflect the heart and mind nf
tho republic. Oups Is not only n for
tunate people, but n very common -uenl-eal
people, with vision high, hut their
feet on the earth, with belief lb them
selves nnd faith In God.
"America Will G6 On"
Whether enemies threaten from
without or menaces arise from within,
there is some indefinable voice sayior,
"Havo confidence in the republic'
America will go on!"
Here h n tcmplo of liberty no stotmn
may shake ; here arc thc altars of free;,
dom no passions shnll destroy. Tt wns
Americnn in conception, American in
its building, It shall be American in th
fulfillment. Sectional once, we nre all
Americnn now, nnd wo mean to be oil
Americans to thc world.
Mr. Chairman, members of the com
mittee, my countrymen nll : I would not
be my natural self If I did not utter my
consciousness of my limited ability '0
meet your full expectations, or to realize
tho nsplrations within my own breast,
but I will gladly givo all that is In me,
nil of heart, soul and mind nnd abiding
love of country, to 6ervico in our com
mon cause. I can only pray to the Om
nipotent God thnt I may bo as worthv
in service as I know myself to be faith
ful in thought and purpose.
One cannot give more. Mindful ot
thc vnst responsibilities I must b
frankly humble, but I have that confl
dence in tho consideration and support
of nil true Americans which makes me
wholly unafraid. With an unalterable
faith nnd in n hopeful Spirit, with a.
hymn of service In my heart, I pledge
fidelity to our country and to God, nnd
accept tho nomination of the. Republican
party for tho presidency of tho United
States.
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