Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-01

at Carnegie hall last night accepting
the republican nomination for presi-
dent:
Senator Harding. members of the
notification committee, and fellow citi-
zens: This occasion is more than a
mere ceremony of notification. We are
not here to indulge in formal express
sions We come to state in plain
and direct manner our faith, our pur-
pose and our pledge. This representa-
tive gathering is happy augury. II
means the strength of reunion. 1t
means that the party of Lincoln is re-
stored, alert, effective. 1t means that
we are neither deceived nor benumbed
by abnormal conditions. We kno"
that we are in critical period
perhaps more critical than any period
since the civil war. We need a DOM
inant sense Of national unity; the ex-
ercise of our best constructive powers;
the yigor and resourcefulness OF a
ouickened America. We desire that
the republican party as a great
liberal party shall be the agency OF
national achievement, the organ of the
effective expression of dominant Am
ericanism.
aWhat do 7 mean by that? I mean
America conscious of power, awake TO
obligations erect in selfreSpect, pre-
pared for every emergency, devoted 10
the ideals of peace. instinct with the
spirit of human brotherhood, sale
uardit,s. both individual opportunity
and the public interest, maintaining
well ordered constitutional system
adapted to local self government with
ont the sacrifice of. essential national
authority, approaching the necessity
of stability, expert knowledge ana
thoroIigh organization as the indIs-
oensable conditions Of security and
progress; a country loved by its citi-
zens with a patriotic fervor permitting
no division in their allegiance and no
rivals in their affectien--1 mean Am
erica first and America efficient. Il
is in this spirit that I respond 70 your
summons.
Foreign Relations.
-"Our foreign relations have assumed
grave Importance in the past three
years. The conduct of diplomatic in
tercourse is in the keeping Of the
executive. 1t rests, chiefly with him
whether we shall show competence or
honor shall be maintained; whether
our prestige and influence shall De
lowered or advanced.
What is the record Of the admins
tration? The first duty Of the execu-
tive was to command the respect Of
the world by the personnel of our state
department and representation abroad.
No party exigency could excuse the
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ton. Still, after making every allow
ance for certain commendable appoint
ments, II is apparent that this obliga-
ton was not performed. At the very
beginning o8 the present adrninistra-
ton. where IN the direction Of diplo-
matte intercourse there should have
been conspicuous strength and expert
ness, we had weakness and inexpert-
ness Instead Of assuring respect, we
invited distrust OF our competence and
speculation as to our capacity for
2 firrnness and decision, thus entailing
many difficulties which otherwise
easily could have been escaped.
Then, in numerous instances, no.
tabiy In Latin-America, where such a
course was particularly reprehensible,
and where we desire TO encourage the
IlOSt lElcuUIy TeldIIOlls, lilciI vi IOI!S
diplomatic experience whose knowl-
edge and training were OF especial
value to the country were retired from
the service apparently for no other
reason than to meet partisan demands
in the appointment Of inexperienced
persons: where, as in Santo Domingo,
we had assumed an important special
trust in the interest of its people, that
to satisfy deserving democrats
The record showing the admins
trations disregard Of its responsible
ties with respect to our representation
in diplomacy is an open book and the
specifications may easily be had. 1t is
a record revealing professions belied.
1t is a dismal record to those who be-
ieve in Americanisn1.
Take, for example. the withdrawal
Of Ambassador Herrick from France.
There ne stood, in thu midst OF alarms.
the very embodiment Of courage, Of
poise. Of executive capacity universal
~ trusted and beloved No diplomat
ever won more completely the affec-
tons Of a foreign people. and there
was no better fortune for this country
than to have at the capital of any one
Of the belligerent nations a representa-
tive thus esteemed Yet the admins
tration permitted itself to supersede
him. The point is not that the man
was Am 5assa dor Herrck or that the
nation was France but that we invited
the attention of the world to the in
excusable yielding of national inter-
est to partisan expediency 1t was a
lamentabe sacrifice Of international
repute. If we would have the esteem
of foreign nations we must deserve
it. We must show our regard for spe-
cial knowledge and experience. I pro-
pose that we shall make the agencies
nation, worthy of the American name
Relations With Mexico.
The dealings of the administration
with Mexico constitute a confused
chapter Of blunders We have not
helped Mexico. She lies PROSTATE, i'm
povershed. famine-stricken, over
whelmed with the woes and outrages
Of internecine strife, the helpless vic
tim of condition of anarchy which
the course Of the administration only
served to promote. For ourselves, we
have witnessed the murder of our citi-
zens and the destruction of their prop
erty. We have made enemies, not
friends. Instead of commanding re-
spect and deserving good will by sin
cerity firmness and consistency. we
provoked misrepresentation and deep
resentment. In the light of the con-
duct of the administration no one
could understand its professions De-