Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-16
AXE ! BEST OF \
E|!LEACUE, SAYS
Sen. HARDING
Offers Constructive
And Progressive Pro-
] gram" He States

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A#I indianapolis, Oct. 6.-Asserting
that America must do everything she
5SSss1 can" to prevent future wars, Senator
Harding renewed here last night his !
declaration of SIX weeks ago that in
organizing the sentiment of the world
ssssl Tor peace ne favors taking all that
is good in The Versailles League Of
I'M Nations.
~ Quoting from his league speech Of
August %, the Republican nominee
pointed out that he declared on that
occasion that the, League might be
amended or revised if its preserva-
{ ton were found necessary to the peace
ri of Europe.
u when elected" he said tonight. II
ll'win Immediately summon the best
Us minds of America to consult and adj
wise as to Americas relationship to
y the present association of nations TO-
Il notifications of it or substitutes for
" 1t. The >anate and our party have
y recognized much good in a new world
insistently reject all hat menace
America. We must separate the wheat
from the chaff."
Will Speak Enroute to St. Louis.
The senator's speech here conclud-
~ Acd a day of hard campaigning
through the southern half of Indiana.
After his train crossed from Kentucky
in the morning he spoke at jefferson
Vile, New Albany, Speeds, Cottsburg,
Crothersville, Seymour, Columbus, Ed
lnhurg and. Franklin. before his arriv-
al here, n he will renew his plea
to the Indiana voters tomorrow as he
travels westward for a night meeting
at st. Louis.
Arriving here late in the afternoon,
NJ he was cheered through crowded
{ streets during an automobile parade.
, and later shook lands with several
Z hundred at a public. reception at his
a hotel. He. will leave for St. Louis to-
morrow morning.
Besides the League of Nations, Sen
ator Harding touched in his night
speech here many of the other issues
IL of the campaign. and declared it was
a the Republican. party which now Of
fered "a constructive and progressive
program" to readjust American af-
4 fairs. Democratic neglect, ineffi-
cheney. waste and wild extravaganza"
he denounced in an arrangement of
the administration by which he de-
clared the nation was "being led to-
ward another crisis of stagnacy and
unemployment" He predicted that the
people would not permit any one to
write a third chapter of the Demo-
cratic book of destruction
American People Rejected 1t
The reason a Democratic president
could do nothing toward putting into
effect our membership in the League
of Nations, just as it stands he said.
lis that, behind the representatives
at Washington, the American people
have rejected membership of that
kind. They rejected it long ago, they
will continue their refusal to enter
" the Paris League as it stands. The
proposal of our opponents that the
American people shall accept it as it
stands, without changes. is an addi-
tiona effrontery, and the American
people are justified in asking:
HOY many times must we say
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summon the best minds of America
to consult and advise as * Americas
relationship to the present Associa-
ton of Nations. to notifications Of it.
or substitutes for it. I am committed
to a policy Of America doing every
thing that she can, acting either. in
~dependently or with other nations, to
prevent future wars. l place only two
qualifications upon her contribution.
First. her contribution shall actually
be something to prevent war. Second,
America must retain the right to exer-
else her own conscience"
For Corporations of Nations
Il am for cooperation among ma
tions,"n he continued. W. are not
unmindful Of the new order and we
have never failed humanity nor turn
ed our back on real progress. The
' senate and our party have recognized
much good in a new world fellowship
and cooperation, but we insistently
reject all that menace America. Arti-
Gle Ten is a menace and super-govern-
ment is repugnant to every American
ideal. To be practical we must sep
arate the wheat from the chaff More
than that, I say that the American
people already have done SO, n that
the chafi insisted upon by the Demo-
cratic candidate has long g blown
down the wind to oblivion.
w Arc Against the League
There is no issue drawn between
the presidents League n no League
or association. There never has been
But we are against the League which
was negotiated and interviewer with
the peace treaty in defiance of friend.
ly American warning. Few people
in America are opposed to a new rel
lationship for nations. In the senate
we went a long way toward accepting
the presidents league by safeguarding
the interests and freedom of America
But the president elected the coven.
Sant after our own republic had beer
~safeguarded. hat did not raise the
issue of the league or no association
but it did raise the issue between
super-governrncnt and free America
''The first task is to reject the i'm.
practical plan. The most progressive
- step must not be one persons crea
ton, insistently urged. We have wit.
messed tina sort Of a failure, though
a happy one for America.
The nominee reiterated that tn,
nation could not specify q plan nov
because the. worlds affairs are in {
state Of AUX, and a detailed plar
today may become useless tomorrow
and embarrass those who have com
mitted themselves TO carry it OUT
'ss RAINS DO DAMAGE.
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