New-York tribune., 1920-10-16
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otner nations to prevent future wars
Elsewhere he said:
II repeat now that I will do nothing
without consulting the American peo-
pie and their representatives. Our OBJ
ponents are presenting an impossible
program which they could not put into
existence even though thew were in
power"
When Senator Harding stepped out
on the platform the crowds squeezed
INTO every aisle and corner gave him
an ovation approaching that at Kansas
Clty. AS he began to speak man in
the gallery shouted: "Hurrah for Cox!''
Prevents Man Being Thrown Out
Instantly there went up cry of
Throw him QUIT" Senator HARDING
raised restraining hand, Don't throw
hlm out!" the Senator pleaded "This
isn't campaign of throwing anybody
out This is campaign of appeal to
reason. The only people we are going
to put out is the Administration at
Washington.
There has been much made of the
incident at Baltimore where man was
arrested. 1t was through no fault of
the republican party or the candidate
~ was police force in sympathy with
the Democratic party that removed the
man from the hall. | am happy to have
our Democratic friend come to our
meeting"
Senator Harding declared he was
against compulsory military training in
peace time, though not in time of war.
HIS thrust was provoked by speech
OF William Gibbs McAdoo at Cleveland
charging the Senator with favorirr con-
scription.
1t has become increasingly apparent
with to-night's utterances that Senator
true guide to his policy as regards
the League of Nations. 1t was in that
speech that he first spoke Of amending
or revising the Versailles covenant.
Leaving Louisville shortly after 9
O'Clock this morning the candidates
special train crossed the Ohio River
INTO INDIANA, passing from a state in
which Harding and Cox are rackoned
to have equal chances into a state
tnat is sure of giving Harding a gem
erous maiority. He had made several
rear-piatform speaking trips across
northern Indiana during this campaig ign,
but to-day was his first appearance
IN the southern and central pon
tions of the state.
Travelling with him were MANY nrom-
lnent Indiana men, including Senator
Harry New. Charles w. Jewett, Mayor
of Indianapolis, and Joseph B. Healing,
national committeeman from the
state.
There was an automobile parade
through the principal downtown streets
of Indianapolis when the candidate ar
rived this afternoon Then he was
taken back to the Hotel SEVERN, where,
with Mrs. Harding, he shook hands
with thousands of persons who stood
in long line that wound through the
lobby of the hotel and for more than a
block down the street.
Great Crowds Greet Candidate
After his speech to the crowd that
packed the limited space Of Tominson
Hall Senator Harding was taken 20
Monument Circle, in the heart of H.
dianapolis, and there addressed an over
flow meeting many times the size Of MS
regular audience. Searchlghts placed
on the roofs of nearby buildings flooded
the candidates vast open audience with
silvery light
Senator Harry New was the per
manent chairman of the Tomlinson
dent of the Indianapolis Harding Club,
presided at the Monument Place meet
ing.
Leaving here shortly before II
o'clock tomorrow morning, Senator
Harding will start for St. Louis, where
he will deliver speech tomorrow
night after making rear platform talks
to crowds at Greencastle, Brazil and
Terre Haute, Ind, and Casey, Grcenup
EfIinghan, Vandalia. Greenville and
East St. Louis, Ill. These Illinois
speeches were added to the schedule
upon receipt of the news from Chicago
that Lieutenant Governor John Ogles-
by had withdrawn from the hotly con-
tested primary struggle in favor OF
Len Small, the candidate backed fol-
the Governorship by William Hale
Thompson, Mayor of Chicago.
Greetings Are Returned
Three thousand persons were at the
station when Senator Hardng's train
reached Jeffersonvlle, Ind, to-day
Repre- sentative Dunbar introduced him
and the yell of greeting was welcomed
by Senator Harding with broad smile
Senator Harding, appealing for the re.
election of Senator jim Watson anc
Representative Dunbar. said:
81 do not want Republican Con.
gress to do my will | want Repub
lican House and Senate to do youl
will. We have been living more or less
under onemau government for q mum
ber of years and it will be wholesome
and heartening to get back to popular
rule under the good old American Con.
stitution. Indiana has never failed the
country in crisis like this. Indiana
will not fail us this year"
Makes Many Short Speeches
Senator and Mrs. Harding were
driven in an automobile to the market
place when their train stopped at New
Albany, Ind. The square was dense
mass of people and this crowd fairly
undulatcd with excitement when Sena
tor Harding told them how the United
States Senate had thwarted the viii
! Of ".he autocratic President"
Senator Harding made other short
| speeches to cheering crowds at Speeds
Scottsburg, Seymour, Columbus anc
Franklin, Indiana.
In his speech in Tomlinson Hall Sena
tor Harding said
eve have come, believe, to the
threshold of a new era. ask yor
and I ask all Americans to look for
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