The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-10-08
HARDING GOES
TO MISSOURI
WITH GOSPEL
Republican Nominee Bearing
Standard of Republicanism,
Heads Into Political Border
land to Preach His Faith.
FACES HARD STRAIN
(By Associated Press)


ON BOARD SENATOR HARDING'S
SPECIAL TRAIN, Oct S.-Bearing the
standard of Republicanism again
along the political borderland, Sem
ator Harding headed into Missouri
today to preach his gospel of repre-
sentative party government and a
foreign policy free from embarrassing
entanglements.
An afternoon meeting at st. Joseph
and night address in the Kansas
City convention hall we're the high
spots OF the days program. Besides
there were a number of short stops
scheduled at smaller cities along the
way.
Voice Shows Strain.
The nominees voice showed today
the strain Of yesterdays vigorous CAM
paiening, when he made sixteen
speeches in Iowa, and Nebraska. Aside
from the hoarseness, however. he
seemed in fine trim and declares he
was ready to meet as many audiences
as could be reached by fast train
schedule.
With Mrs. Harding and the other
members of his party the presidential!
nominee spent the night at Omaha
UOltl, ItllllIS dlitI HIS
speech there last night and resting
until later than his usual rising hour
ir the morning. Leaving Omaha
shortly after nine o'clock, his train
was due at st. Joseph at 2:45 p. M,
and Kansas City at $50 p. M.
In sixteen speeches during Thurs
cay. hit also restated his position on
various other issues of campaign and
during his address here devoted a half
hour to a plea for enforcement of law
without terrorism" or oppression.
Thousands Cheer.
In both Des Moines and Omaha,
thousands cheered the nominee
through the streets and thousands
more turned out to see him during the
day as his train crossed Iowa. He left
his private car to make prepared ad-
dresses only in the Iowa capital and
here.
Senator Albert Cummins, candidate
for reelection, accompanied the presi-
Dental nominee through the state and
in each Of his speeches the latter
asked for Mr.. Cummins's election In
several of them he praised the Cum
mins-Esch railway law as an accom-
plishment unequaled in progressive
legislation for decade.
At the Des Moines meeting the
nominee carried on a colloquy with
several men in the crowd who asked
him questions about international
policies. In the course of the discus
sion, which kept the big hall for a
time in confusion. he outlined his
position on the Irish question, declared
American soldiers in Germany should
be brought homo as quickly as pos
sible. reasserted his belief that no
separate peace with Germany would
be necessary and declared the nation
would be guilty of "the grossest dis
honesty" if it assumed the obliga-
tions of the league and then refused
to furnish troops at the leagues call.
ENROUTE WITH GOV. COX, Oct.
8-On his way to Louisville where to-
night he will wind up his two-day
speaking campaign in Kentucky and
Tennessee, Governor Cox today ad-
dressed crowds that gathered at a
number of way stations to greet him.
1t was expected that he would make
his principal talk during the day at
Paducah and that the league of ma
tions would be the main theme Of his
address there as well as the feature
of his Louisville speech