Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-01
HARDING SUMS Up
CAMPAIGN ISSUES
His Final Statement Prior to
Election Emphasizes
"America First"

1 cldreu tomorrow election would turn
on two clearly drawn issues-the
J Paris league of nations and a con-
structive domestic policy. The league
| issue as presented by the democrats
| said the republican nominee. could
| be summed up simply in this ques-
| ton:
! shall we enter the Paris league OF
nations, assuming among other obi
! cations the obligation of article *?
| To this query. he said. the demo-
Gratis answered yes" and the repub-
| licanS answered no"
/ Alleges Democratic Deception.
| The republican candidate asserted
that the country had answered no
! and that in consequence the demo-
| Gratis had sought to deceive" the
people as to the real nature Of the
, league issue by making it appear that
the republicans were opposed to an.
international association at all.
| In domestic affairs. he declared
| there was a clean-cut issue between
the 'follies'' of the Wilson policie.
and a definite constructive policy
proposed in detail by the republicans
| Coincident with issuance of the sen
ators statement he made public also
a telegram to all republican nominees
| for the Senate, saying that the PEG
pie everywhere must understand thai
choice Of republican Senate will
be contribution to a united America
ready to go forward to new con-
| fidence and new achievements"
The candidate has made his last
| speech before election. and his state
! ment to the people last night was
| of the campaign.
| Text of Harding Statement.
| Its text follows in full:
! Two issues are made by the voters
in this campaign. One of them is
the foreign policy of the United
| States. The other is the domestic
policy of the United States.
| Between our democratic opponents
and the American people who are
! supporting the republican party these
| issues are clearly drawn.
| There has been steady attempt to
deceive the people as to the issue of
our foreign policy. There has been
an attempt by the democratic leaders
TO make the American people believe
| that the republican policy is against
America entering into a fraternity of
| rations to prevent war and to coop
crate for peace. This is a deceit, and
of course. is an attempt to blind the
people to the league of nations issue
as it was framed by the democratic
F.!
| form
The issue as presented by the dem
ocratic administration and it's repre-
sentatives in this campaign is simply
the question: Shall we enter the
Paris league of nations, assuming,
among. other obligations, the obIiga-
ton of article X?'
The answer of the democratic
group is yes The answer of the re-
publican party and it's candidate is
| reason for Answering "No.-
The reason for answering mo- to
! the question drawn by our opponents
! is that America is not ready to mort
gage her conscience to the old world
! or engage to send her boys to war to
carry on an old European controversy
or place her resources at the beck and
cal! of a group of shrewd diplomats
acting for an armed alliance masked
under the benevolent title of the
| league of nations.
america has already given her an
! swer to the proposal to give up our
nationality and our flag. That answer
is no.. and mo- is the answer of the
| republican party.
! MY democratic opponent, hearing
| change the issue. They have pre-
scented and make an issue on the cues
ton of what our party will do about a
|
| Il have told them what 7 would do
l have told them 1 would do my best
to unite America behind a plan for an
ASSOCIATION of nations which we may
Join with safety, honor and good con
SCIENCE. but without selling our birth
l have said from first to last in this
campaign that I would consult the
Senate and consult the people because
am deeply impressed with the utter
!aliure and waste of an executive pol-
ICY OF Iaprlcatlng a league of nations
nrst and consulting America after
ward
would Consult America F'frsr.
! Il want to consult America first. anf
take course which will INIT
! America and make it possible to joir
world fraternity of nations, rather
| than a course which will divid.
! America and make it impossible TO,
US to do anything. A democratic vic
tory means continued deadlock will
the Senate. which has been so fruitless
and will be fruitless forever.
i Our opponents have asked the
american people to approve thei,
draft of a league. The American peo.
pie have said mo- This means that
the man who is elected President
must set his face toward a construc.
| i've plan. / have pointed the way.
| ne other issue in this campaign
! arises from the need of a definite con.
! structive policy for putting our own
| mouse IN order and attending to the
| repairs and reconstruction which
! eight years of democratic misman.
asement have made necessary. A lit
Tie more of this mismanagement and
! OF its wastes. follies. spendthrif,
poilcy and Facilitating conduct would
! put our industry. business and agri-
! culture on the rocks
! Speaks of Constructive Program.
| The next administration will have
| all II can do to make these REPAIRS
! Certainly every ones attitude TOWARD
Americas future and Americas exam.
! pie to the world requires thought of
a constructive program 1t would be
! madness for us to go on as we have
/ been going. For that reason l have
| stated the program of the republican
F., party.
| Il have said we must restore consti-
tutional government so that the will
! OF the people rather than the will OF
one-man government should control
I nave said that we must gather the
best abilities among Americans To
help. I have said we must unite
Americans in harmony and in pa
| triotic, industrious willingness to
: PLAY our parts.
II have said we must protect our
/ industry from unfair foreign COM
petition. that we must restore our
agricultural prosperity, that we must
build and maintain our merchant
marine and expand our foreign trade
nave said that we must make our
government efficient and cut our taxes
by saving in the cost of government
= We must stop the wild wastes which
are still going on.