Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-07
Judson Harmon Discusses
Tour of Governors.
MARKS START OF NEW ERA
Much Done to Insure Mutual Under.
standing and Good Will.
NO SECTIONAL LINES FOUND
Address Delivered by the Executive
of Ohio Before the Lotos Club
of New York.

NEW YORK. January 6-Judson Har-
mon. Governor OF Ohio. addressing a gath
er1ng at the Lotos Club I'm New York
tonight. reviewed the recent tour OF
northwestern governors to the east, and
voiced the hope that the governors OF the
east will return the visit
The line between the north and the
south has long since disappeared, said
GOV Harmon. "and cursed be the mind
mat conceives and the hand that at
tempts TO draw a line between the east
ana the west. Yet there are still some
he added. who from selfish motives
would light and fan the flame of discord
between them" But he predicted that
the demagogue of both regions will fail.
The governor told how the expenses o.
the trip had been borne by trade and
commercial organizations in the west. and
noted that this fact. together with tho
high official and personal character OF the
members of the party. took II out Of the
class of junketing expeditions at public
expense and assured the governors
hearty welcome everywhere. He traced
briefly the developmnt of the United
States and continued:
Mutual Understanding Important.
Now the Union is numerically COM
plete But while this is an element Of
strength. il is also a source of danger.
Each of the states manages its own az
fairs according to the habits. tastes and
conditions OF its people. Each OF them
must always do SO. But the more nu-
merous and distant they are the greater
the risk OF misunderstanding and dis
agreement about the matters OF common
concern which they intrust to the general
government. with an unequal voice save
in one branch of Congress. II the peo-
pie of states far separated should not
know each other the DANCE rwould be
g. ave. Quick and easy communication
of all kinds is n great safeguard. When
we all know and understand each other
our motives will be generous. our DIFF
with mutual forbearance. Yet there are
still those who from selfish motives
would light and fan the flames OF dis
cord just now between the east and west.
Good Will Insured.
Surely. whether they lthe governorsD
realized it when they started or not,
their mission was moro than COM
mercial. more than industrial. II was
one which will do much to insure
mutual understanding and good will.
They cannot hope for accessions I'm
citizenship and capital If the idea IL to
be entertained that fair treatment. equal
justice and a hearty welcome to lawful
enterprise are not to be found among
their people. And citizens of the older
states cannot hope to find markets for
their manufactured products i'm these
newer states if by unlawful or unfair
methods they seek to impose on GUS
toners inferior or adulterated articles
or excessive prices. Nor can they ex-
pect to get what they need in return
products if by manipulation OF the
markets or otherwise there Is unjust
treatment of the producers. ] know We
all found these specimens or manhood
and citizenship to our liking, and that
they will give a good report of us. So
that the demagogue in both regions will
find his methods unfruitful
No Sectional Lines Found.
long since disappeared, and cursed be
the mind that conceives and the hand
that attempts TO draw line between
the east and the west These governors
admit they could find none as they came
or as they went. And when the eastern
governors return the visit, as we all hope.
they will find none either Nobody who
met and heard these typical specimens
can be made to believe that the inno-
vations and experiments In government
which they are making there indicate
hostility to American Ideals and inst-
tutions And on the report our visitors
will make after the close view they have
had of conditions existing in the older
and less homogeneous commonwealt this.
their people will not attribute to a de-
sire to retain or restore Acknowledged
evils an inclination to wait to be shown
that a proposed innovation would really
be an Improvement
Everywhere they went the governors
met the men who do things rather than
the men who say things. They even
ventured into Wall street and sat at
meat with representatives of the money
power. but one of them lost nothing but
his voice, he said, and the others not
even that And they did not find the
Goddess of Liberty displaced by the Gold
en- Calf.
The Return Visit.
when we return the visit We shall
meet the men of earnestness and energy
who are working such wonders of de-
yelopment with the noiseless implements
of industry. and shall judge our Iusts-
Young commonwealth by them and what
they have accomplished i'm good govern
ment. instead of by loud and intolerane
defamation
Il believe the visit of the governors
will be remembered as the opening Of =
new era of hearty good will and
earnest cooperation among good citizens
throughout the land. And ] shall always
Ohio when they came and went"