New-York tribune., 1920-09-29

speak here tomorrow night Wheeling
apparently is making no effort to con-
serve enthusiasm.
1t was about $3.50 this morning when
platform Of his car by the cheering of
a big crowd at Grafton. Howard Holt,
editor of The Grafton Sentinel, board
ed the car at the head Of reception
committee and then introduced the
nominee. Paraphras!ng President Will
son, he said:
"For the last few months ], too. have
heard voices in the air and for the last
few weeks in such thunderous tones as
leave no one in doubt as to what the
American people intend to do on No
vember next"
Many in the gathering were railroad
workers and the Senator spoke to them
about the Cummins- Esch law, praising
it as a great piece Of legislation. Turn
ing to Mr.. Holt he asked:
''Is this a coal mining town."
eyes, sir" replied Holt.
"The Cummins-Esch law, In dealing
with the coal situation, made one pro-
vision that if the Administration were
now carrying it out, as it ought to be
doing, would bring about an infinitely
better situation throughout the coal
mines Of this country.
Charges Wilson Is Remiss
"Let me tell you what that provision
is. Whenever there is a shortage Of
cars in the country then the distri-
button Of cars to the coal mines must
not be left to the whim of the rail-
roads, must not be at the whim of a
favored coal operator, but the cars
shall be distributed pro rata among the
mines Of our country. In this way the
workmen of one mine shall have their
proportion Of cars just as the workmen
in another mine will have their pro-
portion. That, my friends, is one pro-
vision Of the Cummins-Esch law, but,
I am sorry to say, it is not being car
ried out by the present Administra-
ton. That is one reason, my country
men, why I am preaching the gospel Of
q change in administration"
When the train pulled into the sta
tion some man with a deep bass voice
of Nations!" and this declaration had
been applauded uproariously by the
crowd. Referring to this, Senator Har-
ding said:
"Somebody suggested that he looked
to me for assurance that we do not in
tend to so into the Wilson League of
Nations. He is right about it. The
covenant negotiated at Paris was not
the will of the American people; it
was the will of one man assuming to
speak for the American people.
"When the Republican party comes
into power we are going to take our
and do our full part, not under the
dictates of one man assuming to speak
for America, but under the dictates of
American conscience expressed by your
representatives in the Congress as we'll
as by your President"
Attacks on League Popular
Every criticism of the Versailles
covenant that Senator Harding has
made in all the places in which he
has spoken has been cheered. At Fair
mont he discussed the tariff
The applause won by this argument
came from men employed in glass fac
tories and potteries, in mines and on
farms. 1t also came from their en-
ployers.
The Harding special is to remain here
until $3.50 a.. m. tomorrow, when it will
start for Ashland, KY, where the SEN
ator will deliver an address and then
go back to Marion for few days.
cenator Harding's' Wheeling speech
follows:
10 pUllIlCdI ana nOC
business agency, but it does a good
deal of business, nevertheless. The
business of our own government is
enormous in extent and is constantly
growing greater and more complex. 1t
rs carried on, however, by methods so
crude, so wanting in plan and system,
that if it were a. private business of
equal magnitude with fixed resources,
instead Of public business with we'll
nigh unlimited resources, we should
have gone into liquidation and closed
our doors long ago.
"No private business can possibly
survive without keeping its expendi-
lures within the limits of it's income,
but the government goes on, year after
year, with no real effort to maintain
the balance between income and outgo
"No business can be carried on sue
cesssfully without strict application
Of business methods, and government
business presents no exception to the
rule. Hence it is that this govern
ment of ours, in its financial and busi-
ness operations, would long ago have