Evening journal., 1920-09-22
JOHNSON OUT
FOR HARDING
Says Senator, Happily for
America, Scrapped the
League
WILSON POLICIES
ARE ASSAlLED

gan his tour in behalf OF senator
Warron @. Harding here yesterday. !
vhcn in am Address before the Repuh- /
ncan Stale Convention he declared /
that Mr.. Harding. happily for MINI /
self and FOR America has scrapped tne /
league Senator Johnson assailcd i
ihe Wilson Administration and CON /
graduated the convention upon the !
outlook for Republican success.
senator Johnson will speak several |
times In California In the Interest OF |
Senator Harding's candidacy. HE |
speech follows IN full.
II congratulate YOU upon the out |
look for Republican success. 50 Wide !
spread Is the dissatisfaction with ihe !
present administration, so great the
hostility Co many OF the acts of the
President and SO acute the iustlahle
fear Of the meiam0rphOsis OF our for
fign policy that apparently nothing
can prevent overwhelming Republican
success in the November election.
THE indictment brought against
Nr. Wilson's government is severe,
out warranted by the facts. For the
irst time in our lives The Democratic
Administration taught what repres-
sion and suppression were. This Ad-
ninisiration not only curiailed me
constitutional privilege of citizens at
1oms. bui end ay0rcd 20 drive us niO
oerilOus paths abroad. Free speech
has been threatened not in the In
.crcst OF patriotism but FOR existing
1oWer A free press has been en-
iangGrod A rigid censorship either
diluted the news and facts 90 which
an were entitled, or else forlnd pub
licailon while government pr0pa nda
c0l0red and often distorted the TO-
formation pcsniited 90 come Co the
people These assaults inscnsibly bred
Intolerance the ancient foe 0f frc
dom The necessary restrictions oi
wartime have been ineNcusahly pro
longed In peace. and 0ur government
has siraycd far from those fundam 'n-
i1l principle upon which for more
than a century aud quarter ine lte-
public has s0 securely rested
'Noi only have these things trans
pired domcsiically, but while our in
icllfcis were numhed with The an
rulsh 0f war and free fNnrrSsEli was
fonirollcd ihr pres nt Democratic Ad-
ninisiraiion sought 10 revOluiiOnize
The llme-honOrcd foreign policy oil
very distant Guarrel and controversy
and OF every mae mlliarisiic adNen-
iure. Under ih0 specious guisc of a
Leagq OF Naions o-pgomote peace
and nreNpnf War Nf were ln De mex
iricabiy bound hereafter 30 every M
lure world Waf When FIRST In soft
md honeyod phrases the subject was
preached W. had become go accus-
i0mcd 10 ready assent 10 every word
ard tcl of auloCratc power that our
1Cop'c enthusiastically acclaimed the
cagla without knowledge Of It's de-
.aii or uudorsiandlns OF IFS injurious
possibilities
The long and arluous debate in me
senate finally Illuminated The subject
Md what was originally accepted as
humaul,ys greatest boon Was nnall,
seen a. the mosl ncrllous proicc
which had ever been attempted ~ ih'
rtpublc Tho LeaUle oi Nations no
alone viii irr yocahly change on
foreign policy and involve ms In ihl
luarrais and controversies In whicl
Ne have no concern and from which
ave have ever held aloof, but VIII also
seriously affccl us in our domestic re-
lailons. 70 becomes, therefore, as both
candidates assert and as The President
mself has desired. the dominant IS
sre In this campaign.
Men like ourselves who have
fought the good lght for the last yeai
and a half enthusiastically welcom,
this issue and In The election IN No
Nmhcr we will repudiaie beyond re-
dempion the Wilson Lcague which
has been presented 90 us and reanlrn
arain the llme-hOnOred policies o.
Washington, jefferson. Monroe an,
ihc whole galaxy OF American Inn
MORALS.
-Tpon the League Of Nations The Is
sae m clean-cut There ara some gen
fl,mtn who seem by "a shlfly con
sciruciiol or words 90 obscure 10. ID
not object 90 these gentlemen and Shell
newspaper prOtagOnisis saving thei
faces SO long as they DO not save thei
league But the LANGUAGE OF the tWl
candidates Is plain and unambigIous
the one SAYS be VIII 60 into ihl
league. and I am proud 30 say iha ou
candidate SAYS that De viii stay on
0f the league
Every normal man desires 90 pro
u0ie peace and prevent war. Ever,
private citizen and every indiNldua
- Official position will do their ut
most In ihe endeaNor To promote
peace and preveni war. 70 Is possible
that this m7y b. done in one way Ol
another in the future without .nv0lv
ing use % esirangema or Tn i'm
periallstIc politics or European O
Aeiatc schemes Of aggression or am
billions.
"That he viii strive TO ind a way {,
prevent war goes without saying Du
TIE present issue Is The League 0f Ma.
iions. This has been the issue since
the return OF Mr.. Wilson from Eu'
rope. During an the bitter yindicaivi
months This has been the night I
finally eliminates now in solemn ref.
erendum 90 the people
Mr.. Cox says II be- Is successful ht
VIII 90 ia. our candidate says he viii
stay out Mr. Harding happily f0i
himself and for america has scrappeC
the league. On August % De said
We know now That the league con
stiiuted at Versailles is utterly imp0.
tent es a preventive OF wars. 10 Is 81
obviously impotent that 10 has mo-
even been tried. 70 could not survive
slnSle test. The original reagie un
miseakeniy conceived and unreasol
aply insisted upon has undoubtedly
lasse1 beyond the possibility OF ne
aaohi rested upon the pOwe
N might, not OF right And In ihi
Mr.. Harding is cternaNv rieht ~
"On Saturday lasi Senator Hsra,r
again stated. The issue Is fhn ~,
siituti0n or the covenant. that is II
paramount ISSUE The two are irT
concllable. We cannot be govei
cd from both Geneva and Washingti
We cannot follow our present On
MAGISTRATE without forsaking
Father OF our Country
Here is an issue. my frlen
which arouses not only our great
enthusiasm. but our lOftiest patrl
ism and which can carry US 10
highest pitch of endeavOr. lt Is
ropean and Aslatic Imperialism
eynical diplomacy on the one h,
and our time hOnOred policy upOn