Arizona republican., 1920-10-25
REPUBLICAN NOMINEE ASKS COX TO AN SWER CHARGES BROUGHT AGAINST DEMOCRATS AND PLACE POLICIES CLEARLY BEFORE PEOPLE.
DECLARES DEMOCRATS
 AVOIDING REAL ISSUES
REPUBLICAN, CHIEF DECLARES FOR CONSTRUC- TIVE POLICY AND RESTORATION OF CONSTI- TUTIONAL GOVERNMENT REPRESENTING WILL OF PEOPLE; CHARGES WILSON WASTED AMERICAN BILLIONS

MARION, Ohio, Oct. 24- Accusing the Democratic party of failure to place it's policies clearly before the people, Senator Harding asked in a statement tonight that his opponents answer numerous charges he has brought against them.
 At the same time he re- e-stated his position on various issues, and declared that in his public. utterances he hao proposed definite constructive policy .'to bring our people out of the jungle of mismanagement."
 Extravagance, unprepare&ness for both war and peace, over -centraliza- ton of power, unnecessary taxation, unsound industrial policies and "ero- tesque ineffieiency" were among the accusations Mir. Harding said had not been answered by the Democrats.
 As to the league, he said he was wholly against the Democratic program but believed there was full expecta- ton of becoming a member of wise association of nations.'
 Senator's Statement
 The senator's statement, addressed 'to the American people" follows: l I believe men and women of this ] country are entitled to receive from any political party seeking their sup | dominant issues which affect the fu- ture course of America.
 Seldom in the history of our coun- try has there been such an avoidance of this duty upon the part of any can didates as has been evident among oui opponents.
 The American people are satisfied the conduct of our domestic affair: have been grossly mismanaged. They hunger for a constructive American policy. It has been my sense of obi. gation to treat with clarity and defini. ton the Republican plan for putting our house in order.
 I call upon the Democratic party ts answer the charges it's management o , domestic affairs had brought us to tn brink of industrial crisis in 1914 iron which only the world war saved u :. and is even now leading us toward an ! other precipice.
 There has been no answer to tn, well known fact that they have cos America untold billions of dollars ant the precious lives of soldiers becaus, of unpreparedness for war persisted fl for political expediency.
 They have made no answer to tn, charge they were equally unprepareS for peace and reconstruction.
 Government Mismanaged
 They have made no answer to tn, charge their experiment with tn, American railways, their industria policy, and their maintaing in the fed eral government hundreds of thou sands of unnecessary employees ha cost the taxpayers a fearful financia burden which our men and women, an, even their children. will have to pay.
 "They have made no answer to tn [ charge that their rule has been one O grotesque inefficiency
 ! They have made no answer to tn cnarge that during the control, whic 5 they now seek to perpetuate, they hay perverted the form of government Q our republic and overridden the pur l. pose of our constitution by maintain ing extreme and undemocratic central ? ization of executive power which Noul have been an offense to Thomas lief ferson and to Grover Cleveland a much as it would have been to Wash ington, Lincoln and Roosevelt. ' T have spent this campaign in set ting forth a constructive Republica 2 policy. I have demanded restoration ( the constitutional government of a rer resentative democracy. which shall rer