Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-24
HARDING PROMISES
IMMEDIATE PEACE
IF He IS ELECTED
Declares His First Task Will
Be the Restoration of Con-
stitutionaI Popular Govern
nent

MARION, Ohio, July 22.-1mme
date declaration of peace and a new
effort to form an association of al
nations, based on justice rather thar
force. was promised by Warren 6
Harding in formally accepting tn
Republican presidential nomination
here today.
Scoring the League of Nations
covenant as the supreme blunder,
he lauded the senators who opposed
it's unqualified ratification as "sentl
nels on the towers of constitutional
government" The nominee said h
welcomed a referendum.
Senator Harding opened his ad
dress with broadside at personal
dictatorial and autocratic govern
ment." He said mo man is big enough
to run this great republic
Our first committal," he contin
ued, "is the restoration of represen
tative popular government under the
constitution through the agency o
the Republican party"
The speech delivered at Garfield
park here dealt with a multitude o.
questions. Preserved nationality will
America retaining her independence
although not holding aloof from the
rest of the world, should be the guild
ing policy, Senator Harding de
clared.
The candidate stressed the neceS.
sity of return to party government
and pledged himself to cooperate
cordially with congress and to select
cabinet of highest capacity" ir
which the vice president should sit
LAS to prohibition, there is divided
opinion and the recourse to repea
not nullify because of divided opin.
ion," he said, ''and the law must be
enforced"
I'VE must have a plain and neigh.
borly understanding with Mexico re-
garding American rights, but our re-
lations should be friendly and SYM
pathetic" he said.
Touching on unrest, he said the
remedy does not lie in repression and
rights of assembly must be pre-.
served
High wages should continue, but
with them full value for the wage
received, he said. Collective bargain
ing was Endorsed.
Senator Harding then pledged q
ing.
Reaffirming his opposition to gov
ernmentship of railroads, he de-
clared the present transportation diff
iculties are due partly to "the with
ering hand of government operation, %
and urged that the government do
its part in repairing the damage. He
1ndorsed the budget plan, merchant
marine, ample naval preparedness
and a small army, abundant aid for
ex-service men and woman suffrage.
AS to formal peace, Senator Hard
ing said:
II promise you formal and Sfec-
tive peace so quickly as Republican
congress can pass it's declaration for
a Republican executive to sign"
Text of Speech
Chairman Lodge, members Of tho
notification committee, members o1
the national committee, ladies and
gentlemen: The message which you
have formally conveyed brings to me
realization Of responsibility which
is not underestimate. It is a SUI
preme task to interpret the covenant
of great political party the activ-
tiles of which are so woven into the
history of this republic. and a very
sacred and solemn undertaking to
utter the faith and aspirations OF
the many millions who adhere to
that party The party platform has
charted the way, yet, somehow, we
have come to expect that interpreta-
tion which voices the faith of nomi.
nees who must assume specific
tasks.
Let me be understood clearly from
the very beginning. 1 believe In
party sponsorship in government.
believe in party government as dis.
tinguished from personal govern.
ment, individual, dictatorial, auto.
cratic or what not. In a citizenship
of more than a hundred millions il
is impossible to reach agreement
upon all questions. Parties are
formed by those who reach a con.
sensus of opinion. 1t was the intent
of the founding fathers to give tc
this republic a dependable and en-.
during popular government, repre-
sentative in form, and it was de-
signed to make political parties not
only the preserving sponsors but also
the effective agencies through which
hopes and aspirations and convlc-
tons and conscience may be trans.
lated into public performance.
Popular government has been ar
inspiration of liberty since. the dawr
of civilization. Republics have risef
and fallen, and a transition from
party to personal government has
preceded every failure since the
world began. Under the constitution
and perpetuity. We know it gave
to US the safe path to developing
eminencce which no people in the
world s7er rivaied. 1t has guaran'
tecd the rule Of intelligent. de.
Iiherate public opinion expressed
masterful leadership becomingly
may manifest it's influence. but
peoples will still remains the SUI
preme authority.
The American achievement under
the plan of the fathers is nowhere
! disputed On the contrary the Ameri
can example has been the mode
of every republic which glorifes the
q progress of liberty, and is every
where the leaven OF representative
democracy which has expanded hu
4 man freedom. 1t has been wrought
through party government.
Representative Government
No man is big enough to run this
great republic. There never has beer
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