The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-08
HARMON FAVORS
4 RETURN VISIT
Believes Visit of Western
Governors Will Eliminate
Sectional Lines.

New York, Jan. Ex-Governor JUDD
son Harmon of Ohio, was the guest OF
honor ut II dinner of the Lotus club
tonight. In his address he took the
recent visit of the western governors
in eastern cities as the basis of argu.
ment for wiping out all sectional lines
He urged that it would be Il good
thing for the eastern governors tc
return the visit.
1he address made no reference tC
the political situation. Previously
however, Harmon had expressed sur
prise that coincidcntally with his visi,
here his friends were reported to he
arranging to open headquarters in
this city in the support of him as a
candidate for the democratic nominal
ton for president. The governor de-
without political significance and de-
cllncd to express himself in me
ton with the democratic nomination
In pra!SinS the guest of the even
ing for what he had done as governor
OF Ohio and declaring that it was as
governor that he was being honored
tonight, ST. Clair Mckelway. editor OF
the Brooklyn Eagle. said that the oc-
casinn wa neither Il nominating con-
ventlon or Il ratification meeting.
Harmon spoke in part as follows:
The line between the north and
the south has long since disappeared
and cursed be the mind that con
ceiveS and the hand that attempts tC
draw Il line between the east and tn,
west Yet there arc still ome he
added. who, from selfish motives
would light and fan the flame of dis.
cord between them; but he predicted
that the demagoguc of both regions
will fail.
n governor told how the expenses
of the trip had been borne by trade
and commercial organizations in tho
west, and noted that this fact, to-
gethcr with the high official and per
sonal character of the members Of
the party took it out of the class of
iunketing expeditions at public OK
pense" and assured the governors a
hearty welcome everywhere. He
traced briefly the development of the
United States and continued:
Now the union is numerically COM
plete. But while this is an element
Of strength it is also Il ource of dam
ger. Each of the states manages its
W affairs according to the habits,
tastes and conditions of its people.
Each of them must always do so. But
the more numerous and distant they
are the greater the risk of misunder-
standing and ~disagrceing about the
matters OF common concern which
they intrust to the general govern
ment. with an unequal voice save in
one branch of congress. If the poo
pie OF states far separated should not
know each other. the danger would
be grave. Quick and easy commune
cation of all kinds is u great safe
guard. When we all know md under
stand each other our motives will be
generous, u differences easy to roc
oncile or pass by with mutual for
bearance. Vet there arc still those
who from selfish motives would light
and fan the flames OF discord, just
now between the east and the west.
Mutual Understanding.
Surely. whether they (the COVER
nors) realized it when they started or
not, their mission was more thar
commercial. more than industrial. Ii
was IN which will do much to insure
mutual understanding and good will.