Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-30

attention 10 domestic issues and charging that tho democratic party had sought to cover up mistakes a; home by emphasiz- ing speculative propositions with refer c-ee to our foreign relations"
 Democratic slogans and promises of forr and eiEh; years ago were brought back before the voters by the republican nominee In his enumeration of short cominrs laid at the door of the Wilson administration. In 1912. he said. the democrats won on a promise to reduce The cost of living, and in 1916 they used The slogan "TIe kept us out of wal" although the administration knew def rits'v aboslute.y. that our entry into the war was inevitable"
 Fxi-avarancA waste. unpreparedness for war and For peace, and bugiing in dustrial policy were among the "failu- u-es" which the candidate declared had characterized eight years of democratic rule All of these he promised to remedy under an administration dedicated first of an Co putting our own house in ord er-
 The candidates speech at Music Hall followed a series Of local demonstrations In which thousands welcomed and &C., claimed him. Arriving here late in the afternoon from Akron. he was cheered th-au-b fhe streets 10 his hotel and later he rode ,o the hall at the head of a pa- radr in which many marching clubs par ticipafed .-..a On his way from Akron he made short speeches al six towns reiterating his posi- ton on the laCue and arguing for con rtitutiouai government. At Dayton. the horne town of Governor Cox. no speech had been arranged. but during a short stop there the nominee and Mrs. Hard ing alirhted from their train and shook hand with sveral scores of men and women.
 A gospel Of understanding" that should insure domestic tranquility and honest po,itcsand honest politics was preached hy Mir Harding at Urbana and when some one In ihc crowd passed up to him d broom made at an Urbana factory. he -a.d he was pleased at the gift because ft syn1boiized the political house clean Ing" Co be accomplished or November 2 In his speech in Musical Hall the senator gave major attention 70 domestic aues- tons but also restafed his position or the league and asserted that only bl giving proper example to the world coulC the nation fulfu it's mission and pay it debt io civilization.
 Lincoln once said that our natioi could not endure half slave and hai free" he said And by the same tokeI and In Inc same sense the economi world cannot iong endure half bankrup and haf so.vent. half subject and hal free. This is obvious 10 all who conside Che subject z.atus of hundreds of mil lions of peup,e under the fixed and prac ticaily uHa terab.e conditions of the Yer sli'ts C7r9su-. dominated by the credito nations of the world
 Here are tle seeds of future wars the only release from intolerable condi tons. This we like 10 think. is a pro Eress'nE world developing civilization Universal peace must come not iron fixed boundariss and unchanging restric tons not from leagued and armed force but from enlightened and expanded hu man nature. broadened acquaintance am understanding.
 Let us do cur part in the world frs by giving the world fitting example O Ecif-government competently conduu eC Before we reach for the stars, let u sweep the hearth.
 While thera has been a great des said in this campaign about the heart c thc world. surely something Is due to b said about the heart of America. Fror the beginning of this campaign there ha been a persistent effort upon the part our opponents to divert attention froI he most important issues of the can paiEn. to concentrate the interest of th voters upon speculative propositions wit reference to cur foreign relations. s, VIC do not propose that they shall evat Inc discussion of ignore their responsibi Ky for the conditions which confront u
 We have, for the past eight year .rad an administration which has bes more concerned with theory than vii performance. more interested .n intern; tionality than in nationality. We ha' had an administration always abroad home. and never at home abroad. IT administration placed in power by q democratic party in 1912 has again rnnke a report ot It's stewardship.
 -ln 1913 the dmocratic party went i co power with promise 10 reduce wh was then considered the high cost of Ii Ing. They made that the paramou promise. What Of the fulhIlment? Tn lowered the barriers of trade. threw op fhc world to unfair world con1petitio an drought 10 the verge of industri pa auaiysis
 They went into office with a pledge establish governmental economy al they broke faith with an exhibition of { most prohigate and inexcusable waste public funds which the world has ey known. ! ds not refer to the expen, lures necessitated by the war. But 1t fact that from the very moment { present administration took the reins power the cost of government began increase by leaps and bounds In 1s under a republican administration { expenditures Of the government totall sssfooo.ooo. In i916 they had risen f7f2.oo0.oo0. Now two years after { arnistice In a time of practical if T ttchnical peace. we find this administl ton asking for appropriations for { current year of s5.2s4. .o0o. .0o0.
 -rn 1912 they demanded in their pi. form a reduction in the number of gc ernment office holders The new pal government found 2so.o0o civil serv employees on the rolls of the governme There vas a continuous addition and 1 lzfst estimate of the civil service co mission indicates that the number Is { a~oximateiy t57.00o. Of course ,c ror,d war machine created the need norc help in nearly all the departner ,ut since the war the civil list has I shrunk even approximately to a pc: basis
 Take up the question of governm, ln any phase and we find upon the p or this administration the same incapa ty or ineptitude. the same want of fo sight. th same lack of practical conn hension of business as applied to g rrnment
 -Four years ago the pubic dtscoma