The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-24
A DELIGHTFUL ASSURANCE.

In his reply to the suffrage leaders Senate
Harding managed to convey TO the country a
large n delightful reaHs,rance OF his phllosoph!
OF government Addressing the committee o
iadcH who had called to urge him to use his In
fluence TO force hesltating siates to ratify tn,
Anthony amendment so that women might par.
tcipato fully In the fall elections tho candidate
said;
II need not tell yodi OF my interest In the
contamination OF woman's suffrage I voted
for II In tho senate. and a vote reoord's a
senator's purpose quite as faithfully Az any
thing ne may do,
Nothing would please me moro than TO
have ratification made effective to give
American womanhood fun participation In
the elections OF next November This desire
sincerely spoken, does not conflict with my
determination that 1 could not with pro-
priety attempt to force any state executive
to hasten action In violation OF his own
l sense OF duty.
4 There Is n point at which full executive
authority may approach trespass on the
rishts OF states and l should not want to
ttrespass II I bore the commission of au-
tzthority, and realize full we'll that. so far,
- am only n party nominee. In the latter
bstlcve mo inclined TO trespass or to assume
" WELD a club. IL any state executive
should ask my opinion about extraordinary
efforts to consummste suffrage, I frankly
Will commend tho thing you desire but
uannot impose n demand. though l person
ally hope to see woman's suffrage and
Woman's full participation established at an
carly date"
xIyk Aon frnt tNn
rogance TO which tho country has been sub
jccted for seven years. Here In the very genesis
OF the campaign Is that fine recognition OF the
checks and balances OF our governmental scheme
that the nation hungers for. There is a point"
said tho senator, Eat which fun executive
thority may approach u trospass on the rights
of the states" Fine, But that point" has
been without recognition for many. many years.
no far as the executive was concerned. "And
1 should not want to trespass II bore the COM
mission Of authority" continued the senator
Such assurance Ia stimulatingl
And again; 'I could not with propriety at
tempt to force any state executive TO hasten ac-
ton in violation OF his own sense OF duty" What
strange doctrine Ia this, from the tituar head
OF party that refuses 10 consider himself the
supreme judgment and conscience and righttul
dictator to the states. the people and the ma
tions OF the world!
The states then, have some rights that even
the federal executive is bound to respcct2 And
other men, serving under the identical oath OF
office. answerabe only to their God their con-
stituency and their conscience may not with
propriety be subjected TO executive duress and
browbeaten by official patronagc9 Isn't that
fine7
And above ALL there has at last como among
us man who refuses to tawn supinely in the
face OF factional threats, After this any one
imagine Harding, as chief magistrate OF the
ton bowling humbiy to the demands of the labor
oiigarchy or any other special interest click.
Such a man would never have forced the Adam.
son law on the nation and thus invited a reign
of radicalism that later threatened the life OF
the republic
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