Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-22
HARDING RETURNS
FROM n. Y. TOUR
Senator Confident of Election,
! Speeches in Buffalo and
! Roc aster Indicate
AGAIN REJECTS ARTICLE X

Marion, o.. Oct. 22.-With his re.
furn to Marion today from his short
campaign excursion into New York
state, Senator Harding had before him
four days of freedom from speech max
ing before beginning the swing around
the circle of his own state that will wind
mp his campaign.
The speech at Buffalo last night com.
'pleted the nominees list Of cngngempnts
outside Ohio. His front porch pro-
gram also Is virtually at an end. md
the only speaking dates now definitely
70 be filled are the four next week
In Cleveland, Akron. Cincinnati and
Columbus.
Inc certainty with which the senator
views the outcome of the November cleo
non was indicated yesterday in his
speeches at Rochester and Buffalo. A
sober sense of responsibility. not alto.
gether made manifest heretofore, seemed
to influence his every utterance and
particularly his discussion Of the League
OF Nations issue. He spoke as n man
about to be invested with the great
office to which he aspircs and therefore
could not afford to speak imprudentIv
or without perfect measure of sin
cerity.
Perhaps IL was the enthusiasm and
thorough going Republicanism of the up
New York communities that appeared
10 lift Senator Harding beyond the mere
role Of presidential candidate and lend
. color of authority to his words. Feel
ingly and deliberately he spoke of what
he termed the duty already imposed
upon him and his restatement Of his
position on the league carried the i'm
Mi tnnf NhaN L..
frequent Democratic charges Of pussy
footing"
Cannot Afford to Give League Plans
mo man in my position. with any
conscience whatever or any sense OF
responsibility. asserted Senator Hard
ing, could have the effrontery or the
lack Of craftsmanship which would al
low him to present a plan which might
have to be revised because of the hap
penings in the rapid flow of events or
because the public opinion OF America
had not been consulted sufficiently. II
might be easy enough for a candidate
who is going to lose to say almost any,
thing about the League of Nations or
any future plan for America. That man
will not have the task of consulting
American opinion or uniting America
for a new world relationship. He can
say much because he is not going to be
called TO assume the responsibility.
The elaboration of his league stand
given to 5000 persons in Convention
Hall in Rochester and again last night
to like number in the Broadway Audi
torium in Buffalo. was carefully pre-
pared and squared with his FORMER ut
terances. Only once did he discuss the
league extemporaneously and with more
than ordinary heat. A communication
handed to him just as he stepped on to
the platform at Rochester proved to be
n letter urging him to say where he
stood on the league issue and mot to
pussyfoot any more.
VIII Never Submit Article X
81 want you to listen carefully"
shouted Senator Harding, while I
answer this man who gives his name
as Fuller. II | am elected President
i give my pledge never to present to the
SNnate of the United States any league
with Article Y and it's obligations in it.
Now l want to know il that is pussy
footing | hope I am understood. for
j have been trying hard to make my
position clear, and that position is that
j am for rejection and not revision Of
the obligation of Article y of the GOV
enant of Versailles.
, Senator Harding also accused the
Democrats of putting forward the league
issue in desperate desire to turn the
attention OF the public away from the
hopeless failure OF the present govern
ment to deal efficiently with domestic
problems.
"I realize the marked difference
which exists between my position anc
that of my Democratic opponent wher
either of us deals with the League oi
Nations" said Senator Harding al
Buffalo tonight. My opponent is in
sisting upon the adoption of the un.
changed Paris League of Nations.
insist that that adoption not only would
be fatal to our nationality, to th'
preservation of our constitution, tc
freedom of our conscience and to the
sanctity Of our flag, but that it would
mean not an association based upon
Justice. bur an association whose very
soul is miitarism.''