The Washington herald., 1920-07-06

II not exclusively yours, sven if /
have guessed correctly.
you view the great instttution
|of FedsraI government from afar.
in that reverence which u the chief
security Of the Republic. God help
us to rfvet that reverence more
firmly! It viii not destroy II, It
will only clarity that reverence, and
add to your confidence II tell you.
after close-range- observation. that
government 10 not OF supetmen.
Let me say II to you friends and
neighbors-aye, let me say II to any
who may be noting our exchange Of
greetings today-if / believed In
one-man government, II / believed
the superman were necessary to ap-
peal to the sober sense Of the re-
public and ask our People to get
their feet In secure and forward
paths once more. / would not be
here In the capacity which has in
spired your greeting.
Normal men and back to nor
malcy will steady a civilization
which has been favored by the SUI
preme upheaval of all the world.
This wonderful land of ours IL
but the aggregation Of communities,
the sum total of cities. villages and
farms, and the mutualfty of interest
necessary harmony of pur-
pose, IL We are to go on, must lie
in the wisdom OF plural leadership,
in the never-failing Righteousness of
Intelligent public opinion. not In the
glory of the superman.
But did not mean to drift to
things which have the SAVIOR of
politics or the seriousness of gov
ernmental problems. Let US forget
candidates and political problems.
and drink only of the grateful
waters of home fellowship. and re-
new the intimacies of acquaintance
which nve years of practically con-
Itinuous public service have very
much impaired. We are to be
neighbors in fact once more, not
with all the old-time friends. alas!
but let US cling to the naturalness
which bespeaks reality.
The day, the occasion. the pres
ence of the republics defenders in
the world war, aye. and of vet
Grams Of the Spanish-American
war. and the war for union and
nationality-au combine to remind
me you have been observing the
anniversary Of the republics inde-
pendence. Let us pledge ourselves
anew one and all, that this heritage
handed to us through the heroism
and sacrifices of the founding
fathers shall be held sacred, un-
abridged and undimmed. and Amer
lean nationality shall be the in
spiration of the myriads Of Ameri-
cans Of the future even as 1t stirs
our hearts today
wood to Meet Harding.
Gen. Leonard Wood will confer ~
Marion with Senator Harding within
two weeks. His conference with
Senator Harding during the five
hour ride to Marion from GAINESVILLE
covered a broader field of campaign
plans than those connected, with the
notification.
Senator Harding stated that he
had no knowledge of the correctness
tablished q super-campaign COM
mittee. consisting of John W.
Weeks, OF Massachusetts,; A. r
Herb, of Kentucky: Charles d.
Hilles. of New York. and Harry NJ.
Daugherty Of Ohio.
Frankly such a super-committee
was considered" said Senator Hard
ing. 1T was not to be established
without National Chairman Hays as
a member. There is no division, no
lack of harmony" he explained Tho
small committee was considered
advisable because of the difficulty In
getting together promptly the TWEEN
ty-one members OF the executive
committee which was authorized.
The small committee could make de-
cisions on important matters about
which there should be no delay"