Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-31

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and the other was to an overflow that
blocked the street outside. 10 potli
audiences he restated his position on
the league but declared the first con
sideration of the republican must pe
''to put our own house in order
Predicted HardinE's Election.
Representative S. D. Fess. who made
a short speech at the meeting IN the
hall, predicted Senator Harding's cleo
ton by an overwhelming vote. ana oe-
clared the American people We're ready
TO demonstrate that they never VIII
excuse any attempt to besmlrch the
good name of any man or woman Tor
the sake of getting votes
In his speech in the Sprlngheld
Memorial Hall, the senator repeated
his declaration that his party had en-
ploved only honest political methods in
the campaign. and added:
az rejoice that 1 can look you in the
face and tell you this, and no matter
what happens next Tuesday stu can
look you in the face ana tell you
Of it,
Says Dignity Is Due.
In his night speech here Senator Hard
Ing declared a presidential candidate
owes it to the people to conduct
himself with dignity and with exact
truth and sincerity. He reiterated
that he was an uncontrolled candi-
date. who had made no promises ex-
cent to the people themselves, and re-
newad his challenge to show wherein
he had changed his position on the
league issue since he accepted the
nomination. ...,.
he said, will fall upon the Presldent
Of the United States, but l nave
thought from the beginning of this
campaign that great responsibilities
rest also on the candidate for that
high office. l think a man owes it
to the American people. to conduct
himself with dignity and with exact
truth and sincerity. I think it should
he his endeayor to put his whole mind
upon the careful presentation OF "a
wise program for our future. think
he should put his whole heart into
an attempt to unite Americans rather
than to divide them. I think he
should put his whole soul into the
hope that whether he is to be elected
as expect to be-or not, his cam
paisn should serve to raise the minds
and hearts and souls of his country
men to nobler thoughts and higher
purpose and finer conscience.
Need More Understandings.
I'VE need more understanding in
the world Men are not the enemies
Of men; men are the brothers and
helpers of men. America can only
be strong when we pull together.
America cannot be strong if we pull
apart.
Il would scorn to come tonight
with a personal campaign. ] have
been more or less in the public serv-
ice of Ohio for twenty years, anu
there is a record of it which includes
no betrayals, which calls for no
apologies.
81 have been your neighbor living
only forty miles away, engaged as 4
newspaper publisher. and | have never
apologized for the newspaper nor my
part in it's making. | rejoice to have
a part in the free press of America.
And | have that faith in America and
the intelligence of the American
people that no campaign will succeed
in this republic which cannot be car
ried in the American press.
zone thing rather personal / can
not resist. Ohio knows, as the coun-
Ohio knows how free I am. Ohio
knows. as the country knows, that
no group, no interests, no sections
brought about my nomination. 1
haven't a pre- convention pledge to
anybody in America. l didn't make a
promise to anybody. inside or out
side the convention, during its sit
ting, and I haven't made promise
since the convention, except to the
American people.
Cried Against Class.
with still greater pride and with
some fitness for exalted office | have
made no appeal to group or class or sec
ton in America. ! cried against
class; l have proclaimed banishing
sectionalism; l have pressed common
interest and mutually of purpose.
And there is another report | want
| to make. l accepted my commission
| as a party standard bearer last July
%. and assumed the burden with con
| fidence utterly unafras1 I am clos
! repeat the speech of acceptance anG
refer to every utterance since anC
guarantee harmony with our plat
form, and unvarying consistency III