Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-26
HARDING PLEDGES
7. HIS FRIENDSHIP TO
j. s. BUSINESS MEN
Policy to Stabilize Financial
Conditions Proclaimed
on Porch.
BY the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press.
| MARION, Ohio. September 25.-An
| administrative policy to stabilize f1nan-
cial conditions and make American gov
ernment the friend and partner Of Amer
lean business" was proclaimed by
lSenator Harding today in a front
porch speech to a delegation of trav-
cling statesmen.
| Charging that the present admins
itration had invited industrial chaos
by meddling and experimentation, the
Republican nominee declared he want
led ut explicitly understood that my
| election to the executive office means
a complete change from the one-man
policy which has characterized our our
national government during the past
!seven years"
He also reiterated his accusations
Iof democratic extravaganza and mis-
management in the expenditure Of
public funds and asserted his purpose
Ito reorganize many departments OF
| the federal government on an efficient
land economical basis. In that task.
he added. he would summon the coun-
Icil of the ablest administrators of the
country.
. Crowds of Travellers.
One of the largest crowds-of the
L
commercial travellers from many
|cities, heard the speech and cheered
the nominee many times as he con-
those of the Wilson administration.
Arriving on several special trains,
the delegation marched to the Hard
ing residence, bowling a tumultous
greeting to the nominee and with the
aid of the Columbus, Republican Glee
fyUn ho Nd
leaders. serenaded him for half an
hour with campaign songs and pa
triotic airs
Standards bearing the names of
more than a score Of cities were in
the parade and there. were many
the notices referred to. Gov. Cox's
alleged attitude toward business and
travelling statesmen. one Of the
largest reading: Travelling mem
Jimmie Cox's misunderstanding
business ambassadors"
A delegation Of republicans from
Franklin county. Ohio. headed by a
negro band. arrived in the midst of
the serenade and made a noisy. con-
tribution to the demonstration.
Confers with Leaders.
J. H. Kazar of Bloomington. ILL.,
was the spokesman for the statesmen,
Harding and Coolidge, Travelling
Mems League. In short address to
Senator Harding he declared the
league would bend it's efforts every
where toward republican victory. He
also suggested that a representative
of the travelling statesmen should
hold membership on the Interstate
Commerce Commission, and in reply
the senator said the statesmen Ought
to be represented" in the federal gov
eminent because they are an impor-
tant factor in industrial life.
Most of the senator's day was
given over to receiving the sales
mems delegation and to conferences
with it's leaders, but he also had
short talks with Senator Hale Of
Maine, Representative Kahn of CALI
fornia and Maurice Connolly, a for
mer democratic representative from
Iowa. Senator Hale, who was one
of the mild reservation group in the
Senate, issued statement saying the
people of his state had shown in the
recent state election that "they will
never stand for the covenant OF the
league of nations in its present form
or in any other form that does not
adequately and completely safeguard
the rights and sovereignty of this
country"
Mr. kahn, who is chairman Of the
House military committee. said he
had only stopped over a few minutes
on his way east to make campaign
speeches for Harding and Coolidge.
He predicted that California would
go republican by 100000.