Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-19
HARDING |NVOKES
GLORIOUS ERA.|N
NEW SOUTHLAND
Would See Dixie Aaame
With Diversified
Industries.
PRESIDENT.ELECT is OFF
FOR VOYAGE TO PANAMA
Addresses Thousands From
Elks' Home in New
Orleans.
WON'T TOUCH VERA CRUZ
Future Executive Declines tn In
convenience Fcliow-Voyagers
by Delaying Trip Further.
PRESIDENT.ELECT is OFF
FOR VOYAGE TO PANAMA
WON'T TOUCH VERA Cru
Future Executive Declines tD In
convenience Fciiow-Voyagers
by Delaying Trip Further.
lBy Associated Press

lBy Associated Press.l
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 1S.--presi.
'icnt-Elect Warren C. Harding and
lis party sailed from here at $40 u.
VI. today on the steamship Par!smiaa
Tor Panama.
Any possibility eaat tho vessel
would touch ut a Mexican port on her
way down, IN response to an invita-
Ion extended 10 Mr. Harding by the
Mexican government disappeared
when tho steamship company no.i-
lied tho President elect that such n
stop would carry tho parismina three
days out OF her course. Siie already
.,ad delayed her sailing one day to
wait for the presidential! party. and
- she Carries number OF regular
pass.nsera. AIR Harding would no.
approve further change "a plans.
BESIDES Mrs. Harding and his sec
tctary. George -. Christian. Jr.. the
HresidcDt-elect IS accompanied By :,
number OF personal friends. Including
Senator's Hale. OF Maine. and Frcl-
nghuyser. OF Sca Jersey. The party
will remain in the Canal Zone about
J, week and VIII land on tho return
trip at Norfolk. Va. on December 4.
IN route to bedford. Va. where he
Wiii deliver the address on the oc-
,asion OF tho Elks' Memorial on De-
cember j.
Sober thinking and abiding faith In
no republic during tho critical pc
rod Of war reconstruction were asiicd
us tho American people today by
PRESIDENT Harding IN an ad-
dress delivered here just before no
sliicd Cor three weeks vacation
.yoynge 10 the Canal Zonc.
somo rererses and diaappoinimcn,s
10 declared. must come as the after
alath Of the world conflict. hut he
predicted confidently that all OF them
would pass away again II the people
only kept their heads" and held fast
20 the old-t!mc virtues OF thrift.
honesty and common sense.
Quiet md Earnest.
Making his second formal speech
since his election, Mr. is riding spoke
IN steady tones and quiet cLrncstncss
betokeninK full realization OF the
responsibilities ahead of him. Bu,
ringing through his address WAS n
predom!natins note or confidence and
unfaltering faith.
"A confident America" buttresscd
ty resources never cpualed before
by any people and governed b. 4
trcc representative government. was
tae ideal which the President -elcc.
declared must be kept forever in view
through the time OF transition. lie
sIid no one desired that the old or
dcr should return. but he maintained
IA; In building for the new order
mere mnst DC no acceptance of
strange curc-Rils aud fancy theories
Tie address was delivered AT q
tincheon OF the New Orleans Assoc!a-
ton OF Commerce and was the
CENTRAL feature OF program OF on
lcrtainmcnt by which tho city sought
II, show the pres!dcnt-clect that the
craftsmanship or the campaign al
ready had been forgotten. Great
slrec. crowds cheered Air. Harding
everywhere during his short stay.
and TO q gathering of thousands In
front OF tho City Hall he expressed
ais gratitude for the hospitality ex-
tended him through the South.
lie said In part: II believe the
american people have come to real
!ae that wo must face momentous
problems. and must face them with
:esolutc courage and practical wis
dom and patriotic determination.
There must bo no reason for pause
nor excuse for despair. nor place for
pessimism. II we are effective in
solving our problems at home we shall
hc tho better able to help solve those
III the world as bcflts our part in mod
crn civilization.
Labor IN Essential.
Tho big thing for all America to
rnalize now and always Is the dignity
oc productive labor. No matter how
humble. the producers arc the makers
of the essentials OF civilization and
VIC must, each and all of us, accept
and discharge our duty of producing
for tho world or OF ministering to
the needs of comfort or progress OF
|! mankind.
There arc certain fundamentals
which arc everlasting. Neither our
own nor the worlds salvation is to
be worked out through any. patent
nostrum, through any miracle of
statesmanship. through any govern
nent panacea. Government is but the
agency to administer, collective, or
sanized public service. Tho greater
task is that of tho American. people
themselves. 1t Is for them, under
governmental leadership. to meet the
great test. t,5',
Ours are millions OF broad aeres
eager to respond to mans cultivating
touch. Wo have an empire and mil
lone more are awaiting reclamation.
We have not half revealed our mines
nor measured our waterpower. We
arc unmatched in genius and sunex-
celied In industry. We are progress
siye In education. We arc free in
religion and mean to stay free: and
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