The Washington times., 1920-06-14
HARDING $3.50
.ONPROH|B|T|0N
Nominee Voted for Eighteenth
Amendment and voIstead
Law in Senate.

The nomination of Senator War
rem G. Harding as the Republican
standard bearer means there will be
an immediate close scrutiny of the
votes he has cast in the Senate dur
ing the past five years. says Theo-
dore Tiller. in Washington dis
patch to the Baltimore Sun.
TO EXAMINE RECORD.
An examination of that record to-
day-in advance OF the more minute
inspection the Democratic party will
give it-reveals the following high
lights:
Senator Harding has cast several
votes against labor, and is already on
Mr.. Gompers' blacklist. This was
further evidenced by Gompers' state
ment in Montreal
Harding voted for the Cummins-
Esch railroad bill with the Senate's
anti-strike clause in it. When attack
ed by labor for this he declared that
IL capital is to be regulated labor
should be regulated.
III the Government representing all
the people" said Harding, cannot
guarantee transportation under any
and all conditions ii fails utterly. II
that same Government cannot provide
just consideration for the workmen
operating the transportation systems
1t fails again. 1t ought to do and
must do both"
RECORD ON PROHIBITION.
On prohibition Senator Harding has
sort of $3.50 record. He voted
against prohibition for the District of
Columbia, favored the constitutional
prohibition amendment, voted to sus-
tain the chair when IL declared out
of order the wartime prohibition rider
on the agricultural bill, voted mo"
on the Sheppard amendment to ex-
tend the Reed bone dry provision to
the District OF Columbia and voted to
override the Presidents veto of the
Volstead enforcement act. There was
no record on the Volstead act itself.
Senator Harding was paired when
there came a vote on Senator Phelans
motion to lift the wartime prohibition
ban so far as light wines and beer
were concerned. On the motion to
table the Phelan proposal Senator
Harding said IL at liberty to vote
he would vote "aye".
The Ohio nominee supported wom-
an suffrage on the several occasions
ing or being paired in it's favor.
Except on comparatively minor
measures, Senator Harding's record
on war legislation was one of consist
ent support of all measures necessary
to carry on the war. Beginning with
his vote for the severance of diplo-
matte relations with Germany in Feb
uary. 1917. Senator Harding approved
the war program. Since the armis-
tice. however, he has been a critic
of continued war control over indus
try.
In the treaty fght Senator Harding
stood squarely with the Lodge reserv-
atlonists. He voted for each one OF
the fourteen Lodge reservations and
against the Hitchcock substitutes.
There are many members of the
Senate who talk more than Senator
Harding. He has not been steady
debater, but when the Republican
organization needed the vote, the
Ohio Senator could be counted upon.
SUMMARY OF HIS VOTES.
Here is a summary of the more inn
portant votes cast by the Republican
nominee since he entered the Senate
on March 4, 1915.
Voted against possage of District of
Columbia prohibition bill and for I'm
derwood amendment for n referendum
on District prohibition.
Voted for the immigration bill. with
its literscy test, and for motion to
pass bill over the Presidents veto.
Not voting on Reed "bone-dry"
amendment and rider on postofficc
appropriation bill.
Supported resolution severins dip
lomstic relations with Germany.
Voted against amendment to place q
prohibitory tax on oleomarearfne.
Opposed Norris amendment to as
fSnntiro.a ou H,~s Coluvn1 A.