Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-02-23
Senator Harding Enmner-
ates Number Of I Ihings
the Republican Platform
Should Contain at Meet
ing Of His Home State
Republicans Today. .3

Columbus. Ohio. Feb. 23.-The -
publican party will welcome the rE-
sponsibility Of Americ2niziIile " thu;
peace treaty. United States Senatoes
Warren G. Harding told 2 rally Of hin:
home state Republicans here todaY.Si
He held President Wilson solely r.:
sponsible for the senate's delay. -
rat4fying the treaty. 3.is55
Essentially alone he negotiated the
surrender Of American nationality and
still essentially alone, one in hun
dred million, he blocks its Anal dts-ss
position" Harding said. "a,
While Democratic senators frosn
the south generally have supporter 4
the president in his stand, HARDING
protecting Americas rights.
Plot Failed. Z,
T. Following Jefferson, who opposed = 4
strong federal power, Senator Harding
declared Ibis most eminent successor
and his followers OF the present day
have sought tnsistently, almost OBJ
stinately. TO rend our nationality and 1
emerge us as a compliant or suppliant
state IN super-Eovernment OF the
world" But the plot failed, the sena-
tor said, through the action OF the
people in 1918 ignoring ..the Whits
House edict." Had the people obeyed
day be democratic subjects Of the
autocratic council of nine, with II the
old world passing on.the obligations
of this republic" Senator Harding
enumerated a number OF things which
he declared the. Republican, platform
should contain. Chief among these
were: ,es Il 4 8 8'
Perfected Americanisatton to be
held "Rejoicingly American here
after" ss 8
Adequate national defense with an
ample navy as a first line OF defense,
world leadership in aviation, stronger
army than heretofore and voluntary
military training for young men.
Repeal OF every extraordinary war
statute. S. S!
End of bureaucracy Crowned with
autocracy."
Opposition to government owner.
ship and naturalization OF industry.
Curbing of government extrava-
gance and "get to thinking again / in
millions instead Of incomprehensible
billions @ IN y'i
Government subsidy for the mer-
chant marine.
Commenting upon military training.
Senator Harding II declared himself
against 1t tSbeing made com plllsory. He
said It .shouldsbe supported by. the
government III camp, In the national
eua1NS ana III the SCHOOLS ana colleges
and made go popular and so helpful
that it would be sought as privilege
rather than accepted as duty. 4 .4
Business, the farmer and che
working man all must be committed,
ne said, but dominated by none. The
u question of the wage Garner. he. de-
clared to be the most pressing, how
seyar, because there is the attempted
development of class consciousness.
which is always a peril to popular
government"
Return is Opposed.
Declaring elevated scales OF life ana
higher rewards for workmen TO be the
surest index to advancing civilization,
he said there must be no return to the
old pre-war basis. Estssz
1T is just as certain as anything
can be that new proposition has
come in the division Of the profits OF
production and labor,s share will
never grow less,' he declared He
said he did not know whether the war
scale Of wages will abide, but insisted
wages in themselves do not constitute
the true measure OF compensation.
IF wages are doubled and the cost
Of living is more than doubled, labor
has lost rather than gained"