Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-10
HOOVER TAKES STUMP
FOR THE REPUBLICANS
Tells Indianians That Harding, In Re-
lection of the League, Pledges
Solution of Peace.

, issue in the present campaign. MI
Hoover declared.
The major issue to-day and for the
future of our country Mr.. A''Ne'
said, lis party reSp0nsihilitN.
AS ours is Il government that must
he based on. p.rtics.' he said. 1t IS
Fundamental that when Il party liiIS
in craftsmanship. or falls TO carry on :
its promises, il must ACCEPT ihs ne"at-
ties of that failure; It should De re-
tired that it's leadership may be re-
formed.
This is the real issue. and is i'm
mensely more deeply seated than su-
perficial partiSanShlp.
4 believe that since tho armlStlCd
the present administration has made
a failure by all the tests that we can
apply. No man would be so narrow
as 10 condemn the patriotism of one
half of his countrymeu.
But II we are to maintain and sus-
tam party government, if We are TO
hold through this our only means OF
expression of the will of the majority.
any party that fails as a party should
and must be retired from Office
Mr.. Hoover reviewed the support
given by the republican party to VIM
ming the war.
But with victory accomplished. the
leaders Of the democratic party. dis
regarding this cooperation, decided
to ignore one-half of the people of
I
alone. Here, / believe. lies the begin
ming of its failure in craftsmanship.
We have simply drifted in the last
two years. In political leadership this
party has. at least for the present.
ceased to function"
Discusses Treaty Disagreements.
Regarding -interparty disagreement
over settling treaty questions ''in which
enters only the principle of the preser-
nv NY-cpc mi int ar q
tional action" he said:
1.-THE dispute has not been one of
principle, for the republican party has
supported and does support the princi-
pie. The contention has been over
methods. and on methods men must di-
vide and good craftsmanship will COM
promise.
1.-THE most important thing in the con-
summation of our relation to this great
world aspiration is to have the good
will of the majority of our people, for
without such general support any league
will fail
TO have obstinately held UP the
peace of the world for eighteen months:
to have rejected the opportunity of am
icahe adjustment of differences as to
methods; to have projected the issue
into the presidential election, is the
greatest failure of American statesman
shin since the civil war.
Real regard for the welfare of our
accepted the treaty with reservations,
and then. if they thought it SO vital
a matter, have gone to the country
on the political issue of correcting
the reservations. The solemn refer
endum is not on the league. it is on
the failure of the democratic party.
THE responsibilities of government
should, in my view. be transferred
The republican party has the skill
and constructive ability in its mem
bership to meet them. If it fails to
provide peace on terms that estab-
fish organized international associa-
ton to prevent war; if it fails to at
tain it by methods which secure the
good will of the entire world: if it
fails to provide these great measures
of internal progress and recons.ruc-
ton that We require in the next four
Wars. it should, and must pay TO
public opinion the same penalty for
that failure which we demand should
be- paid by The tleiEecratie party.
Mr. Hoover advocated establish
ment of trunk power lines to carry
electrical energy through the great
poWer-consuming districts of the
. Atlantic seaboard and Improvement
of the st. Law rence river. opening the
great lakes TO ocean-soing shipping.