The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-29
HARDING SEES NEED
FOR G. O.P. CONGRESS
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llcan party back TO service In the nation.
The American people have always turned
TO the Republican party in their hour OF
anxiety and distress, and are turning to
It this year for relief at Washington and
throughout our Governmental institu-
tons
Il have a very strong conviction that
you are going TO elect a Republican as
President OF the United States. But
warn you, don't do It unless you intend
to put the Republican party in power in
the Congress as well as In the Executive
office.
There is very unusual situation In
the world. Humanity is trying 10 hnd
Itself once more. Civilization has been
in a state of hux. and no man or woman
knows yet what the capitalization ia
going to be on the morrow. II we are to
have preserved civilization, II the
world Is going to fee about on the
right forward track again, there is O.
great responsibility on our Republic,
where we have proven representative
democracy, to point a safe and sane way
for aspiring mankind.
II would not want to be your Presi-
dent unless you are going to give US a
Republican Congress to translate Re-
publican promises into legislative enact
ments. II I am going to serve you
want the Government to have the ma
/ chinery with which TO serve, and I
| promise you that under Republican adj
ninistration the Congress ia going to
resume Its constitutional functions II
Is very important to have q majority in
the United States Senate. and you ought
always to think OF the Senate as saving
| tc you your American liberty. Don't
| be distressed about the SO called Sena-
! torial oligarchy. There isn't any.
| think we would have succeeded this
year In harmonizing the Senate into a
| completely useful agent II II Tad not
been for the interference OF the Chief
Executive, who was not satisfied with
running his own end OF Pennsylvania
avenue.
1--WE ought TO have been thinking
more OF the Constitution and less of tn ?
covenant. We ought to have been con-
cerned with American nationality not
paralyzing Internationally. We ought
to have been concerned with Americas
policy for America and not a European
policy for, the United States of America
| We ought to have been giving atten-
ton to our problems at home, to putting
| the American house in order. instead of
| trying to build temple of super
government across the sea.
stand Never Changed.
ooh they say, you cannot tell
| where Harding stands on the league.
| Well. let me see If can tell you where
I stand. am at least entitled to speak
for myself l have been speaking since
the 22d of last July. and challenge any
Democrat in America. high or low, to
| find n contradiction in anything have
! said
I'VE do deeply and sincerely sym
| pathize, but when we came TO look into
the situatlon--and / speak officially. be-
cause 1t was my fortune to be the chair
man OF the committee that held hearings
on the subjective found that accept
ance OF AN American mandate for Ar
menia would require from 10000 "a
100000 American boys, to be planted
! nearly 5000 miles away, in the very
gateway between Occident and Orient
In the pathway of all the wars since
recorded civilization began; planted
over there to involve America in all the
conflicts OF envy and jealousy and rfv'
| airy and centuries old hatreds OF the
Old World. tell you, my countrymen
we are not going 10 do st.
"Then. there was Article X, which IL
very simple thing. they say-pro
claimed The Heart of the League
know II Is the heart OF the league--th'
steel heart. hidden beneath n coat o.
mail. Article X. creates world gov
eminent, puts America In alliance witf
four great Powers TO rule the world b,
force Of arms and commits America q
give her sons for all the battle fieldi
of the Old World. 1t says member ma
tons undertake 10 respect the territorial
integrity Of each other and to preserv'
that territorial integrity from OUTSIDE
aggression. and II further provides tina
the council OF the league shall advise n
to how this compact shall be carried opt
I have not quoted the words literally
. but nobody viii challenge my expires
sion OF the meaning OF Article y.
''Some people say: Mr.. Harding. yo
are wrong American armies cannot
sent abroad without the authority o
Congress- ! agree that that Is fac
If we live under the Constitution. Blu
, we have sent them--we sent them int
Russia without a declaration OF wal
, But the covenant would become the basi
: contract OF America. We would pligf
our faith with the Old World. Suppos
} the Council OF the league were to max
I 4 cafl and we failed to respond2 Tn
. republic would be stained with nations
dishonor and do not want a contras
4 for America that we do not intend
) keep. / want to save American boy
and American honor ar the same time.