The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-14
ROOSEVELT TAXES RAP AT ATTITUDE
 OF REPUBLICANS
On a Swing Through the Northwest, Making Sever al Speeches During the
 Day and at Night
By Associated Press

St. Paul, Minn., August 1&-Declaring the republican attitude on suffrage and the League of Nations lis clear as mud Franklin D. Roosevelt, democratic vice presidential nominee, tonight expressed wonder as how the republican attitude on every other public question can po- sibly maintain business confidence&
 His address tonight at the Auditorium here followed noon address in Min neapolis, when he declared Senator liar ding will be trying to syndicate the presidency a condition under which he said tonight "a few of the old guarl crowd would get in on the ground flood"
 Referring to divergent interpretations two great republican dailies' placed on Mir. Harding league, Mr. Roosevelt said. Apparently the republican offer take your choice.
 If that attitude is carried out in re- gard to our foreign relations, We shall still be at war for years hence. > MT. Roosevelt left tonight for Sioux Falls, $. D., where he speaks tomorrow. He will also talk at Mitchell and Salen, $. D., returning here Sunday and going to Fargo, N. D., for an address Monday.
 In his address tonight MT. Roosevelt spoke in part as follows:
 Il am pleased with the hews that came this evening of the ratification or the woman suffrage amendment by the Tennessee senate.
 This seems peculiarly a moment to call attention to the record of the re- publican nominee for the presidency. l. is typical of his record on almost every other important piece of legislation Ill his whole public career.
 Tn his reply to the declaration of suffrage made on June 24. 1915, he gave this answer: Believing, as 1 do, in government through political par ties, I had much rather that the party to which l belong should make declaration than to assume leader ship or take an individual position on the question:
 "A few months later he again told the suffragettes that it would be pre- sumptious for him to dictate to his party. In 1917 he said: I shall do the thing, when the final test comes, which best answers my convictions of the righteous attitude.
 In April, 1918, Senator Harding said that he had given his pledge to vote as Ohio decided, and that as Ohio had
  that he should also do so, but he quail fed this statement by adding: feel that many things have changed since the vote was cast
 It must be remembered that at this time the House of Representatives had already passed the suffrage amend lnent. Things went on this way untll in 1918. He was absent and did not vote except through pair when an
 Ia fara ha Q | xant to emphasize that it was not until tho final successful ballot was taken iu the Senate on June 4, 19l9 that senator Harding finally climbed on the band wagon and voted yes"
 A record of this kind speaks for it. self. All-the rest of his record while in the Senate follows this example The distinguished senator from Ohio is party careful to wait until the last moment before committing himself ty, any definite policy. This is borne out hy his stand on the League of Ns tions question during the past year and half. He was supposed to be in favor of mild reservations. He was then supposed to be in favor of the Lodge reservations. He was later sup posed to be in favor of the republican l.latform as adopted at Chicago, but no one knew what this meant until his SlpeCh that speech is shown by the absolute divergence of opinion as to what he r,esnt by republicans and others all over the country.
 "An effort is being made to persuade husiness men that Senator Harding IS safe and sane, and will restore something known as normal conditions l wonder very much how an attitude of mind as exemplified in his past record on snt- frase and League of Nations and every other public question can possibly mann tain business confidence" After referring to pay of school teach- CTS MT. Roosevelt continued:
 q want to emphasize the real danger before the country before the influx or population from farm to city. Unless the nation is to suffer from higher prices and d curtaied production of food sup plies, definite assistance must be gwen by the federal government to restore the balance between the farm and city life.
 i.As Secretary Lane has so sably put it. the slogan shall be not Back to the Farm but Toward to the Land.