Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-07-23
PEACE FIRST, SAYS HARDING; LEAGUE
 SUBSTITUTE LATER
Republican Nominee Speaks Vaguely of Association
 of Nations
TH0I1SANDS ATTEND
 FINAL NOTIFICATION
Time Come to Recognize Failure At tending Assumption, Obstinacy,
 Impracticability and Delay in Presidents Course

Marion, O., July 22.-Peace by res olution of congress and after that an |effort to form an association of na- lions that would not impair American |sovereignty were promised today by fWarren G. Harding in his speech ac- |cepting the republican nomination for |the presidency.
 He declared the time had come to recognize "the failure attending as- Sumption, obstinacy, impracticability hnd delay" in President Wilson's at tempt to form a league of nations. Ind that new pathway must be found Eo peace and world concert.
 In receiving formally his party's mandate the nominee outlined stand For government by party rather than bv individuals, declared railway em- bloyes might we'll be accorded stat of public servants, endorsed CO., lucrative marketing for farmers, and bronounced increased production the ey to a lower cost of living.
 The address, constituting the can- idate's personal platform in the cam aign, was delivered at the climax if day of celebration which brought Marion a notable company of party hiefs and a crowd of many thou ands. Their plaudits and serenading ept the nominee the center of a even hour reception as delegations rom many states paraded past the [arding residence in clamoring cay lcade.
 Soon after sun up the march of the rst delegations brought the senator } his front doorstep and after that here scarcely vas let up until he Eft the notification ceremonies on be outskirts of the city at 2 o'clock. Id friends from nearby counties mix with the representatives of power bl republican clubs of distant cit Is in the procession.
 At the chautauqua pavilion where e notification took place seats had len provided for 4,000 and many mes that number surged about the lrk and surrounding fields unable get within ear shot of the speakers. he announcements of the nominee ere received with a tumult of ap- ause and he was cheered back to Is home through crowded strets a led but smiling man.
 Will H. Hays, the national chais hn, presided at the ceremonies an' nator Lodge of Massachusetts, wh s chairman of the Chicago conven- n, formally notified the candidate his nomination in a speech attack President Wilson's league of na- ms and praising the part Senator rding had taken in preventing it's reserved acceptance.
 Indefinite on League.
 ppeaking slowly and with char |eristic gravity, the nominee deliv- Id his declaration of policy in a ar, full voice that penetrated far the crowded outskirts of the pa ion. Points he wished to drive ne with particular force he empha- ed by aggressive gestures, and eral times he got the crowd on it's [, cheering, as he hammered with ched fist to land his blows where y would tell.
 ls thrusts at the league of na- IS were answered by repeated nder claps of cheering, but the sage the crowd seemed to like best le almost at the end of the hour half of speaking, when he ;ed his humility in the presence the responsibilities of the presi- cy and then, squaring his broad uiders, added that his confidence me support of his fellow citizens, ie him wholly unafraid."
 ms discussion of the league he e no direct recommendation for Fctlon Of the peace treaty and did take up in detail the league GOV nt. Contenting himself with the aratlon that the league as con ed by the president was unthink- ne passed on to state his own
 or what should be done.
 n the call of the conscience of srlca IS peace" he said, "peace that es the gaping wound of world
 and silences the impassioned Es or international envy and dis
 needing as I do this call and wihg as l do the disposition of .ress promise you formal and eff we peace so quickly as a repub-
 congress can pass it's declara-
 ior a republican executive to
 ,,sposed as we are, the way is 'le. Let the failure, attending
 mption, obstinacy, impracticabil- nd ,,d delay be recognized, and let
 aa the big, practical, unselfish
 U ao our part. .. with a sen. a,uslslng as the constitution con.
 -"ses' l would approach the na.
 oi Europe and of the earth
 os'ng that understanding which
 us a willing participant in tho
 .aelon S:on of nations to a new rela.
 mp to commit the moral forces
 Y world. America included, ts
 ana international justice, stil
 a sa,e america free, independent
 n reliant, but offering friend
 10 all the world"