Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-25
for peace and reconstrurtion.

ed for peace and reconstruction.
 They have made no answer to- the charge that their experiment with the American railways, the industrial poli- cv, and their maintaining in the federal government hundreds of thousands of un- necessary employees has cost the tax-pay- CTS of this country a fearful financial burden which our men and women, and even their children, will have to pay. They have made no answer to the charge that their rule has been one of grotesque inefficiency
 They have made no answer to the charge that during the control, which they now seek to perpetuate, they have perverted the form of government of our republic and over-ridden the purposes of our constitution by maintaining ex- treme and undemocratic standardization of executive power which would have been an offense to Thomas Jefferson and to l Grover, Cleveland as much as it would I have been, to Washington, Lincoln and Roosevelt
 T have spent this campaign In setting ! forth constructive republican policy. have defnandedFs the restoration of the | constitutional government of a represen-
 tative democracy witch shall represent the will of tthet people flowing up from the people. rather than the will of one
 man government descending toward the lpeople.
 1 T have stood flor more business in : government and less government in busi-
 ness. I have demanded B reorganiza- tion of administrative government so that | 1t shall become source of pride to the
 American spirit of efficiency and will
 remove he.edr1in from the tax-payers. T have set forth a plan for the con l servation of our human resources and one for the development of our material resources. I have suggested means for the protection of motherhood and child hood and for the salleyiation of human l suffering at home, here in America.
 have discussed in detail a policy of re- ;clamation, irrigation and development oi natural resources, and I have stated
 clearly plan for the wholesome expan
 sion of our foreign trade and for the pro
 tection four industries and for the up
 building. and safeguarding of our agri
 culture and fof merchant marine,
 As to our fokeigr policy and Amer
 ica's fuilS expectation of becoming ' member of afwise assoeia ton Of nations
 with the preservation of eour own fnde
 peTidence and national spirit. have giv
 en a conscientious and practical proposal
 T have stated that am wholly agains the proposal to approve our membership
 in the league of nations, as our oppon ents insist that it shall be written Evel | in the hands of zonr opponents that pro
 gramme is impossible. Even were ou
 opponents Sto, be elected it would resul
 in a hopeless blockade as a sequel to tn
 one which the. president of the Unite States has carried on since the peac
 treaty was submitted to the representa- ) tives of the people for approval T have endeayored to serve in thi } campaign, not merely to be elected, bu , to set bfeore the American people, since : rely and clearly. definite policy for tn l administration of the United States |
 bring our people out of the jungle of mis l management and into the light of stabl : good fortune. have endeavored t l serve by doing what I could to harmon 5 ike public, opinion and unite Americ D behind foreign policy which shall I I | wise, generous and humane, though s refuses to mortgage America to the ol : world.
 e We do not know what our opponen . stand for; I staid for United Americ . a humane America, an efficient Americ
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