Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-06-17

pation for fh<, vics-prcsidency Of Cover
nor Calvin Coolidge Of massachusetts,.
ana. wo aro proud TO cay, also Of Yer
most nativity and sympaIhiAs. This state
men. Is Supported BY the handsome way
In which man from various States sup
ported him for first place through thick
and thin 1t is also borne out ~ tho
way in which the delegates evidently
turned in rolief from tho necessity Of
standing hv advance pledges or state aHi'-
iations AMI voting their real preference
for second place on the national ticket.
The longer that ticket is beforc the
peopte Of the United states tho stronger
will Il Become. eve arc aware that tho
rev York Times and other strong Denno.
cra.sc newspapers hail tn. ticket as weak.
but that was to DO expected. The party
leaders who engineered the nomination
OF Harding, as told IN another column,
sat out With the para amount idea Of &C.
!scifng a man who could win next No
~vnnoer. We do not believe their COM
biacd jidviocn, ana lons cxpericnce in
lsofftirs erred. Harding's record was
Rsaruhcd with a fine-tooth comb by both
r,vals Ana soarchers for winner. ami
= ;asro Asa been Q FERROUS Jaw It would
su1.$S have bsen brought 20 the front
n chic4n
Senator t&nnst76 as chairman OF the
fUnosO saxsnal cuuvent1pn OF 1SlE made
. ru1neng spsech that ssuiA have made
hun "a. eaud1hats n Ont year. II It
hao :iOe osan fopeopdatned thae cAaxfes
z. Hughes ~ to b the stanAxs6 bsas.
er. lie looked and acted the part Of
statesman as we'll rs Of an able and abso-
lutely fair presiding offcer in That great
party council. in which the bourbon lead
ers were seeking IN every possible way %
overcome the popular demand iur Hughes
and shunt the nomination to some man
of their own choice.
A glance at the career cf Harding viii
account for his political 5trength in his
own State and elsewhere. He is an edi-
tor. who worked himself up to his pres
ent commanding position from the humble
part of printers devil in a country news.
paper printing office. When he is not
in Washington it is his wont to spend
most Of his time in the once of the Marion
Star. his daily newspaper. Having
been in continual touch with printers
and being a practical printer himself. II
lis his proud boast that he has neve,
had trouble with his employees. That i.
why he is sure to be strong with tn,
| labor vote Of the country, no matter wha
| Gompers or others may try to say abou
the Republican platform and in favo
of the wilsonization of the American Fed
GRAFTON Of Labor.
During the war Senator Harding warm
~ supported the Wilson administration
in war measures. At the end Of the grea
conflict he was an advocate Of promp
peace-making. and of some legitimate co
operation among the nations for tn
purpose Of promoting peace. In speakin'
Of this issue in the Senate in the Unite,
States Senate last September, Senate
Harding said:
international arbitration and a worl
court for justiciable disputes appeal t
all who think justice is sustained in rea
son rather than in armed disputes. TIL
establishment of an agency for the revel
alton of the moral judgment Of the worl
can never be aIniss. These things Nigh
well have come out of the combined cor
sciences of the nations awakened to ne'
ideas amid the sufferings Of war. an
they will yet come But it does not re
quire super government to effect ther
, nor the surrender Of nationality and in
dependence of action to sanction them.
Turning to the charge of being "Qui,
I'VE finished in triumph An arrogan
, offending military Germany is no NOR
That job was we'll done. But. after
, was done. having no concern for Ell
ropes affairs, seeking nothing Of teri
, tory. nothing Of reparation-and gettin
nothing. let it be said-the sons of II
Republic wanted TO come home, and ii
people of the United States wanted the,
, home, and 1t was in the great heart
= the Republic to turn to the restoration
re establish our normal pursuits ar
make the earliest recovery possible fro
the ravages and cxtravagances AZ
wastes and sorrows Of war.
'rhat is not 4 CUTTERS program. th
is distinctly and becomingly the Amer
can policy. the wish OF tho highest Anne
Jean devotion. To call in Information
council to destroy the American spil
would end the life Of the Republic"
There is :sanator Harding's record
the two most bothcrsons national iss1
for many people 1t the present time.
bor and the league. Having been IN new
paper ~supk NJ we'll as IT, politics al
life. It WA Inevitable that ~ shoe
b a many sicnd man. 1t rs characters
that no ;arsonaliy interviewed Senat
johnson while heated bailoting was
proxress at Chicago and secured asst
anccs OF thc Californfan's support In ca
no were nominated. a man who can
- that Is a horn diplomat. As to his bro
. MA :emansihfp ard lbs humorous e'
70 dencss. we shall! have more to say !a'