The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-27
NATION ILL
FROM WAR
COOLIDGE
Must Rescue u. S. From
Reaction" He Says, Ac-
cepting COP. Honor.

Northampton, Mass, July H.
Rescue from the reactions Of war
was described as the transcendent
need of the nation in the address
which Governor Coolidge delivered
here today on accepting formally
the Republican nomination for vice
president.
THE chief task that lies before
u.s., he said, lis to repossess the
people of their government and
their property"
Governor Coolidge found another
source Of gravest public concern to
be the reactionary tendency to
substitute private will for the pub
lie will"
He said there had been a dispo-
sition on the part of individuals
and Of groups to inquire whether
they liked the law, and if not, to
disregard it and prevent it's execu-
ton by the method of direct action.
"The observance Of the law" he
said,r "is the greatest solvent Of
public ills" He deplored attempts
to create class distinctions.
Governor Coolidge heard from
Governor Edwin P. Morrow of
Kentucky the formal announce
ment of his nomination by the
spontaneous wish" of the party.
/ National Economy Needed.
Discussing economic relations.
Governor Coolidge declared the ex-
itravagant standards of government
lexpendituret bred of recent years
must be eliminated, and revision
OF taxation be accompanied by a
reduction of private extravaganza.
He urged a different public atti-
tude toward industry, a larger COM
prehension of the inter-dependence
!, of capital, management and labor,
and better facilities for the prompt
and reasonable adjustment Of in
dustrial disputes. The need Of the
farmers, he said, is an enlarged
power of organization whereby the
original producer may profit to a
larger degree by the high prices
paid for his produce by the ulti-
mate consumer and at the same
| time decrease the cost Of food.
! Must Put Curb on League.
1.-The proposed League of Nations
without reservations as submitted
by the president to the senate met
lwith deserved opposition from Re
publican senator's" said Governor
Coolidge. Our party approves the
principle of agreement among ma,
tions to preserve peace and pledges
itself to the making Of such an
agreement, preserving American
independence and rights, as will
meet every duty America owes te
humanity. This language is, pur.
poseiy broad, not exclusive but in
elusive.
Lauds Harding.
Your presence tells me-" sale
Governor Coolidge in opening his
address, "of a leader and a cause
A leader in Warren G. Harding, tht
united choice Of a united party,
statesman Of ability, seasoned b!
experience, and in all things stal
wart American; sthe cause of oul
common country, as declared in th'
platform of the Republican party
the defense Of our institutions from
every assault, the restoration O
constitutional government, tn
maintenance of law and order, tn
Relief of economic distress, the en-
couragement Of industry and agri
culture, the enactment of humani
tartan laws, the defense OF tn
rights Of our citizens everywhere
the rehabilitation OF this nation il
the estimation Of all peoples, unde
an agreement. meeting our ever,
duty. to preserve the peace Of tn
world, always with unyieldin
Americanism. under such a leader
such a cause. l serve"