New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-05

tragedy some one has pointed out that
the World War might have been avoid
ed if United Germany had adopted that
feature Of our Constitution which gives
Congress the right to declare war.
Many advocates Of pacifism think our
safeguards arc not enough, that there
should be referendum to tho people
before war. The other extreme is
found among those who seriously pro-
pose that a council Of foreign powers
shall summon the sons of this Republic
to war anywhere in the world en-
phatically agree that no authority
other than Congress may call our boys
to battle. Accepting this truth. why
make covenant which violates the
good faith Of nations?
Both Safety and Honor
Suppose that under the military al
lance and the supcr-authority of Ar
tlcc X program Of armed force is
agreed upon and the Congress of the
United States declines to respond. The
Executive would be called upon to carry
on war without constitutional author
ty or we should prove our compact no
more than scrap of paper. We are
on the side CT both safety and honor
to hold for ourselves the decision of
our obligation to the world. We have
ever played a becoming part in human
progress; we will not fail to play it in
that freedom of conscience and action
which BELTS a confident republic Men
prate about violated obligations to the
nations Of the earth. Tho solemn truth
is that our part in the World War was
al. obligation to ourselves, performed
in sympathy with associated. not al
he'd, powers, and our splendid part in
helping to win the war was the armed
manifestation of American conscience.
not the fuliIlmcnt of written obliga-
| ton.
Once more, Judge Taggart, want
to revert to your reference to your
community as a community of homes.
Such is the ideal community. The
pioneers whom | was recalling wrought
| their homes out of the wilderness. The
| possession of homes was their inspira-
ton. In these modern days homes
are wrought through industry and
thrift. We have progressed to the mod
err standards, outside the great cities
where home owning is the first step
toward competence and wholesome con
tcntment. The American system, with
its equality Of opportunity, has opened
the way, and the American constitu-
ton, with its guaranty of civil liberty,
makes possession secure. A home own
1 !,
goal Of the Republic, because at every
tiresidc centers all of hope, all of am
bition, all of education, all of aspira
ton. The big thing in our land is this
offering of opportunity, and the Re
publican party means to maintain a
government and make secure condi
! tons which will guarantee fair
chance to every citizen and bid him
drink of our freedom and know its re-
wards.
Again to Stability
at is impossible definitely to fix our
course amid the usual conditions in
the wake of war. The world has to
steady down. We have been talking
doesn't mean the old order; that
doesn't mean looking Backward 1t is
the short and easy way of saying again
to stability once more TO regularity
There hasn't been a backward look in
America for three hundred years, but
the man who faces the future with
highest assurance is he who has noted
the paths which made his progress Sc
cure. We Republicans hold that the
inherited plans of constitutional, rep
i rcsentative popular government, with
( the inspirations of nationality and a
fair chance for every man, have en-
abled men to write the supreme story
OF human and national advancement in
all the world and we mean to hold the
Inheritance secure and go confidently
on to greater and grander achieve
ment."
No Tour Before October
Senator Harding let it be known to-
day that under no circumstances would
he leave Marion for a speaking tour
before October /. There have been
indications recently that his speaking
tours would start soon after Septem-
Der
The decision to stay close to the
front porch until the latter date prob
ably was reached definitely yesterday
at a conference between Senator Har-
ding and Harry Daugherty, his pre-
convention manager, who has gone to
New York to attend meeting of mem
bers of the executive board of the
national committee. The Senator's de-
cision probably will be told to the cam
paign leaders by Mr.. Daugherty
Senator Sutherland came at the head
of a delegation of nine that included
Judge E. f. Morgan Republican nomi-
nee for Governor of West VIRGINIA. and
other candidates for state Offices, &c in