The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-17
HARDING OPENS
The CAMP pAICN
Candidate For Governor Dodges
No Issues In His Specs.
REPUBLICANS FOR PROGRESS

rrinclples TINS FaII-State and Ma
tional Issues Taken Up and Dis.
eussed at kenton.
kenton, o.. Sept. 17.--At the open.
ing OF the Republican state campaign
here today, Warren G. Harding, can.
didate for governor, spoke as follows
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Surely the world has never wit
Messed, certainly history has never vet
related, such forward strides In ma
terial achievement and attending hu.
man advancement as this wonderful
land has made in three OF four dec
adee, and 1t stirs the Republican
heart TO know that this surprising
progress has come largely through
Republican policies, and chiefly un.
der Republican administrator. In
deliberatve and appreciative retro.
spection and gratifying contempla.
tion, the American who fails to see
progressive Republican party is
blind to the irresistible onward move
ment and deaf to the triumphant
shouts OF the all.conquerng Ameri-
can people. Why, my countrymen. il
Is no disparagement of the best in
tent of any political party to say that
the Republican party in 1910 reflects
the best conscience Of the best civi.
lzation the world has ever witnessed
Our party represents that conscience
because we are the political sponsors
for the things accomplished. The
Republican party has not dreamed. It
haa l,.
1t has constructed. II has not pre-
tended. It has performed. 1t nas not
defended, It has commended Il has
not halted or faltered, it has at.
tanned and sustained. II has pride
in things done-the highest 'eward
OF worthy endeavor. 1t mas faith in
the present, founded on works, that
sustains very rational hope Of the
future
We have heard a great deal lately
about various kinds of Republicans.
Speaking for myself. | do not care
for classifying or descriptive terms. |
Before conventions are held and plat |
forms are made and tickets named, |
there Is no serious objection TO varied |
and specific appellations Out of agi- |
plans and proposals must come the |
threads which the party weavas into
the fabric of expressed Republican
faith then We all become iuss plain
and loyal Republicans, with oom in
our ranks for every citizen who be- |
lieVes in our expression of faith. And |
II always must be so. If we arc TO
preserve this best and sancst OF all
popular governments through poit-
fcal parties. There is no other way.
Party enunciation is the harmGnized
will OF the majority. When that
ceases to be a safe and acceptable
plan. popular government will totter
10 It's ultimate ruin.
The point | am aiming at Is to
strike out misleading descriptive
terms. however apt they may be in
The development OF ideas, and invite
not only all hopeful loyal Republi-
cans to enlist for the onward march
under our glorious party nag, but in
Vite the enlistment OF every citizen
who believes that constructive Re
publicanisn offers the most ana does
the best for the state and nation.
Party Does Not Stand Pat
Ours is progressive political
army, planting new standards OF vic
torious progress every year, every
where Old Glory Is unfurled. No
body is standing pat" If that means
standing still. Nobody Is standing
pat" II that means bluff or prstense.
standing pat" is contradicted by
every glorious chapter OF fifty years
u marvellous American history At
the same time, the rightfully applaud
ed American progression Is Republ-
can, just as the country's rescue from
blight and distress by william Nc.
Kinley was Republican; lust as the
wholesome awakening OF the restored
country by Theodore Roosevelt was
Republican; just as the honest con
tinuation and conservation OF Will
liam II. Taft is Republican. Party
responsibility is stamped upon every
policy consequential or otherwise
that concerns the American people
And party sponsorship will blaze
every path for our continued Ameri-
can progress.
AS a Republican candidate | want
20 be abreast with the best progress
sive spirit of the state and nation,
because ! believe our party the best
responsible exponent of that progress
sion. Somehow, l.pbody ever asso-
siates the Democratic party with this
question Of progress. Nothing seems
90 be expected of the Democratic
party.
Democracy has always been down
east In deploration, and has never
thought about advancing II ha6 been
Erieving about privilege, whtGh in
reality Is opportunity, and growing
$bout fayoritism, which is meant to !
be encouragement, and in the gloom
n neNT looked TO the beacon lights
ahead. IL is still talking about the
traditions OF Jefferson, and Jackson,
who administered TO nation that
was the merest tallow dip to the I
noontide sun OF the glorious now.
and frettlng about the palladium OF ,