Arizona republican., 1920-09-03
Anti-Administration Vote Is Increasing, Says Knox in Conference with c. O. P. Nominee at Marion
CHICAGO CUBS GREET
 REPUBLICAN LEADER
Harding Refuses to Accede To Request of Teachers For Endorsement of Smith Towner Education al Bill
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 MARION, Ohio. Sept. 2.-Senator Harding today made two front porch speeches, held several conferences on political issues and campaign man agement and then attended a baseball game played here as a special compli- ment to his enthusiasm as a fan. The Chicago Cubs, brought here by their owners to give the nominee his first ,<-4mpse this season of a major league club, defeated an improvised Marion team in an exhibition game by the score of to 1. Senator Harding pitched the first three balls across the plate and during the game he and Mrs. Harding rooted with several thou sands of their neighbors for their home team.
 One of the nominees speeches was to the Cub team. which marched to his front porch and presented it's compli ments through President Veeck. In a reply Senator Harding declared his nope in the campaign was to develop team work among the people so that the nation still would fly proudly the pennant won at home and held re- spected throughout the world
 The other address was to a delega- tion of teachers organizations and was in advocacy of better compensation for the teaching profession. He declined, however, to accede to Q request made by his callers that he endorse the Smith Towner bill providing for a fed eral department of education and larger federal participation in school financing.
 Senator Knox at Marion
 Senator Philander c. Knox of Penn sylvania, a leader among the irrecon- cilables of the senate during the treaty fight, was one of those with whom the nominee conferred. The country's s foreign policy and the proposal of Sen- atnr HardinC Or a aS<nriafior1 nf nations was discussed.
 In statement tonight Senator Knox declared his conviction that the for eign policy of the Wilson administra- tfon would be repudiated at the No- vember election and that Senator Hardings stand would commend itself to the voters.
 The one great thing to be hoped for in the campaign he said, lis an ade- quate appreciation of it's opportunities for the Republicans of all sections to record the protest against the malad- ministration of national affairs during the last eight years.
 Senator Harding has made it clear that we are not independent if we sur render any of our functions of govern ment to an alien council and but one thing can excuse such surrender and that is our conscious willingness to dc it. Only an avowal of lethargy and indifference to the highest duties of en- frightened government can justify trans ferring their discharge to strangers.
 Will Consider Proposed Bill
 ssYou can not conduct a political campaign on specific foreign policy But you can on the question as tC whether our foreign policies shall bt submitted to foreign control
 The delegation of teachers included representatives of the National Edu- cation association, the American Fed eration of Teachers and several othel organizations. In reply to the reques for an endorsement of the Smith Towner measure, the nominee said h. had been unable to study it closely enough to express an opinion.
 Ut is rather a curious indication O the trend toward federal control" h' continued, that at this moment no les: than four or five new cabinet officers are being proposed. I am not a miracb of human intelligence and cannot pre- tend to say to you today what ough to be done in each instance.
 ssI am not a student of the Smith Towner bill and I could not be so un fair as glibly to pledge to you any spe cific action. But 1 do pledge you thu most sympathetic concern and de termination if responsibility come 7,non me to call the atten tion of the congress to the pendin: crisis in American education and t' urge the best thought of the countr. to it's early solution
 At the baseball game the Cub roaned the locals battery, Martin ant Bailey working in the pitchers bo' and Daily behind the bat. Alexande nitched two innings for the Cubs an' vas replaced by Jaeger.