The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-06
Harding Joins ROOSe=
yelt In an Appeal For
Honest Hen.

II tCihclnnGti Enoulrer.)
+ Marion, Ohio, September g.
! Warren c. Harding, Republican
{. candidate fer governor, in a
/: striking editorial in his paper
.. tonight on "RooseveIt's preach
\ ing of needed honesty" declares
Z honesty is nonpoiilicaI, and
+ adds:
i "And we don't need honesty
. In pclitics any more than we
I, need it in business, in social life,
z or in religion. Honesty, like
I crime, is individual. We can
q never hope to properly raise the
+ pubIic standard until we elevate
i the individual standard.
!. "The main thing is honest
I: vlen. If we can have honest
: men dominating business, busi-
(. ness will he honest A man gen.
+ timely honest is fair to his feI-
& lows. The thing is very farreach-
! ing. Honesty requires conscience
3 and consideration. Honesty will
J. still a sianderous tongue as it
{: stays a robbinq hand.
+ Honesty will impeI an en-
& pIoyer, corporate or Individual,
+ to pay an honest wage, and in
Z turn will inspire an honest days
+ work for that wage, Honest men
{. will make honest corporations,
+ public or private, and honesty
I. will accord them fair treatment.
! Honesty will stop the black
4 mailer and silence the 6ema-
+ goeue.
{. Honesty will bar aGulteration
+ and pIundering. 1t will drive
/. out cheats and swind,ers, high
Z and low. There is no end to
!. the reformation it will work. 1t
z exaIts men and commands con-
!. fidence.
+ "CoIoncI Roosevelt is himself
l. fine example. The American
3 worship of Colonel Roosevelt is
]. founded on the popuIarE1eIief in
= his absolute honesty.
! "We have the conviction that
4 ample honesty will cure the
! most of the ills that are nova
6. days complained of. II all iegis-
! Iative elections we're honest,
{. there would be little clamur for
+ popular elections cf United
!: States senators. And unless
T popular elections are honest
s. there will be no reform accom-
+ pIished.
ave shout our heads off about
+ our faulty municipal systems. If
z abidingt% honest men were eV-
Z erywhere in charge, there would
{. be no cause for complaint. We
+ srowI unendingIy about the tax
:. burdens and inequalities.
Z "If there were honest returns
! and honest assessments and ev-
Z erIastngIy honest appropriations
!. and expenditures there would be
& little or no complaint.
!. "And while we write all this
Z sincerely, it a fair to say that
! we are not seriously less honest
= than the staIwart fathers who
! founded the republic. We are
5. not Ies6 honest than in the best
J. civilization the world has so far
1. recorded Not whit less.
!. 1--WE have simply come 10 de-
4. mand higher standards. We
! know more about public service
{. and business undertakings, we
j know more about one another,
3 The world never knew such pub
+ icity as now. Errors and crime
8. and faiehiessness are no greater,
! but nearly every human bIunder
K is pIacarded to the world. We
+ are shocked more because we
!. see more and know more.
i at is the wider knowledge and
I. the greater attainment that urge
+ us to higher standards. The
+ measly two-cent cheat is as Of
i fensive as the thousand-dolIar
i robber, only we htar less Of
! robber, only we hear less of
i. him. He attracts less notice. The
j same honesty will Danish them
! both.
Z "If awakened conscience and
i the exalted ideals will make US
Z a really honest people, every
body, Individually and collective
e Iy, we shall have an ideal life,
!! an ideal government and an en-
4. during republic"