The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-08
KEEPS Up ATTACK
Harding Renews War on League
of Nations Today.
Wouldn't Mortgage Children to
European Power.
MUST END ONE-MAN POWER
Pleas for Representative Gov
ernment in st. Joe Talk.
"We Should Pay More Attention
to United States"

Auditorium, st. Joe, Mo, Oct. s.
Pleading for "a return of popular,
peating his appeal that the nation stay
out of the Versailles League of Ma
tions, Senator Harding declared in a
speech here today that usurpation of
power had caused the nations chief
trouble at home and abroad.
The nominee spoke to a crowd of
several thousand in the st. Joe audi
torium and his thrusts at the Wilson
administration were received with ap-
plause.
Before the speech Senator Harding
rode thru the streets of st. Joe in an
him along the way and when he ap-
peared on the auditorium stage the
audience got to its feet and roared a
welcome. Mrs. Harding also was in
troduced by the chairman and was
given ChautauQua salute.
Senator arding began his speech by
saying that he credited his applause to
the fact "as a presidential candidate 1
came before you thinking of America
first" He noted the large number of
women in the crowd and expressed his
thankfulness that women now had a
voice in the government. Only one
thing could ever make him regret the
and that was for women to segregate
themselves into party of their own.
End to One-Man Power.
In a plea for party government, the
nominee promised that with the re-
turn and the Republican party to
power there would be an end to one
man domination" and added that he
hoped the people would elect Repub-
lican senate as well as a Republican
congress Senator Spencer, he de-
clared, ought to be reelected.
TyN.c HTuoI,
'"The trouble with America today"
said Senator Harding, is that the ad-
ministrative part of the government
has been thinking too much of the af-
fairs of the old world to the neglect
of affairs at home. We've been vast
ing our attention on a dream of world
domination with which the United
States has no business"
When the nominee first mentioned
the league of nations, some one in the
crowd yelled league of notions" and
the senator laughingly replied:
Il accept the amendment" \
He added that he wanted to be fair
and that he did not oppose President
Wilson's trip to Europe, but only OBJ
Jected because he did not take anyone
with him.
"I want to turn back" he con-
tinued. "and note the word back
which is synonymous with 'again'-I
want to turn back to constitutional
government. There used to be con-
siderable criticism of the senate. 1t
used to be called a rich mans club.
But know that today it is representa-
tive of the intelligent thought of the
country. Why, the senate preserved
to you your United States of America"
Wouldn't Mortgage Children.
Craig, Mo. Oct. S.-Renewing his
attack on the League of Nations to-
day, Sen. Warren G. Harding declared
he does, not want Americans boys and
girls mortgaged to serve the interests
of some ambitious power in Europe.
At Hamburg, Ia a group of small
boys were circled around the platform
Of Harding's car and he used them
as his text.
81 do not want to mortgage these
| boys and girls to the service of some
Republican candidate said.
Harding made numerous rear end
stops going thru Iowa today. He add
ed short speech at South st. Joseph,
Mo. to his schedule for today
Harding stirred a big Omaha audi
ence last night when. he announced he
was opposed to the covenant as it
stands. He declared in his Omaha
speech that he is not completely in
, accord with Senator Borah. He ex-
planned that he favored some form of
an international association, which the
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