The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-09-23
SAYS u. s. HAS
MEDDLED TOO
MUCH ABROAD
Harding, Talking on Irish
Question, Declares Private
Sympathy is Distinct from
Government Action.
SAYS HE WON'T RESIGN

| MARION, o., Sept. 23-Declaring
that the Irish problem is not a cues
tion for official America to settle, Sen
ator Harding declared today that in his
opinion the Irish problem would be
under the league of nations, a subject
! entirely domestic.
Without directly referring to the
| Democratic promises to bring the Irish
| question to the notice OF the league
the Republican candidate declared that
| America already had meddled abroad
| excessively without invitation and
said that official consideration by the
government was quite another thing
| from an expression Of sympathy
| Discusses Question Directly.
| The statement in which the Repub-
lican nominee discussed the Irish ques-
| tion directly for the first time. since his
| nomination, follows:
| There are two phases Of the So
| called Irish question in America. In
| cividual sentiment is one thing and it
is recognized that there is a wide
spread sympathy here for the cause
of Irish autonomy.
| I'VE voted on expression Of that
| sympathy in the senate at the time the
neace delegates were comforting in
Paris.
Official consideration is quite an
other question. 1t is not a thing for
| official America. America has already
meddled abroad excessively without
! invitation
| Universal realization that material
and humane progress must go hand
| in hand was asserted by Senator
Harding today to be necessary if the
nation is to attain an ideal state OF
social welfare.
Betterment Should be Universal
| Speaking to a gathering composed
of Republicans from Crawford county
| Ohio, and of representatives OF the
Ohio Dental association, the Republi-
can nominee declared that neither So
cial reformers nor industrial chief
tains should view the problems Of So
cial betterment from their own stand
point.
| 1--WE must awaken the conscience
of the ignorant and the misguided"
J he said, ito the fact that the best So
cial welfare work in the world is the
man or woman who does an honest
days work.
/
to recognize that American business
is not a monster, but an expression
Of God-given impulse to create, and
the saviour and guardian of our hap
piness, our homes, and OF equal oppor-
tunity for all in America.
| "Wha tever we do for honest. hu-
name American business, we do in
the name of social welfare. But il is
equally true that we must awaken the
conscience Of American business to
new interest in the welfare of Amer-
can human beings.
Must be Honest Humane
at is not enough for America that
her business and commerce shall be
honest; they must also be humane.
Men, women and children of America
are not commodities.
American business cannot flourish
nor the material prosperity of Amer-
ca be built upon a firm foundation
until by protection of health, by edu.
cation, by the preservation Of whole
some American motherhood and Wig
orous and happy American childhood.
we insure the welfare of our human
resources.
I'VE cannot have the fullness OF
America until all of us turn again to
| love of toll and love of production, to
respect for honest organization OF ef
| fort and to a willingness to put all Our
shoulders to the wheel.
Wants Love to Rule
| But we cannot have all that love,
and all that respect, and all that will
ingness, until throughout the organ
ization of our industry and commerce
there runs the flow of love of man"
| OF hot y ,ioh
resign his place in the senate the SEN
ator said that he had no intention of
resigning as long as the present Demo
cratic state executive remained in
power.
The present incumbent, Governor
Cox, retires from office early in Jan
uary, to be replaced by governor to
| be named at the coming elections.
! SAGINAW, Mich, Sept. 23.-There
never was campaign of such import
! ance upon the results of which hung
! so many vital issues as the one now
being conducted. United States Sen
ator Charles E. Townsend of Michigan
| declared in an address opening the
! state Republican convention here to-
| day
The senator assailed the Democratic
ernor Cox's campaign and the league
; of nations covenant.
Senator Townsend paid a warm
tribute to Senator Harding and Gov
| ernor Coolidge.
He's Not Real Reactionary.
"The claim has been made" he said.
that Senator Harding is a reaction
ary He may be slower than some to
adopt new or revolutionary idea;
he may be more orthodox on constitu-
tioal observances; he may be reac-
tionary when convinced that the new
is wrong, and that the tried is better
than the proposed, but he is always
and uncompromisingly for the genuine
| good"
The Republican standard bearers.
he said, stand for real Americanism."
In urging the necessity for return to
power of the Republican party, SEN
ator Townsend declared that political
and business morality never before