Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-18
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CAMPAIGN SPEAKERS FINALLY
SUCCEED IN ARouslNG IN
TEREsT AMONG VOTERS.
NATIONS LEAGUE ISSUE
FORCED BY DEMOCRATS
Senator Harding Shows That Demo
{ scrat President Would Not Be Able
to Put Over Wilson Lesgue #
EIected-could Not Bind Ameri-
can People

| Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Oct. 1S.-Whether
anything else has been accomplished
by the political campaign in recent
weeks or. not it is apparent that
General Apathy. has been routed.
There is now plenty; Of evidence IN
every community that interest in the
campaign is keen which above all
else forecasts a heavy vote. An
aroused interest in public affairs is
also recognized as healthful sign
in popular government.
The DEMOCRATS continue to hammer
away on the. league of nations issue.
Speakers for the national ticket IN
Iowa talk practically nothing but the
league of nations, and those an
nounced for this week are here to
discuss this. ssnbjeet. Defiect!ons
from the republican ticket to the
democratic, thus far heard from are
on this issue alone.
News from Indiana, where Senator
Harding hasS been campaigning,
shows that this is a big issue in that
state. Dispatches from there quote
Harding as pointing out that If Cox
should be elected there would be
another deadlock just as there was
during the last session and the coun-
try would get nowhere on this cues
ton.
"WeN may as well be utterly frank"
Senator Harding said in his Indian
apolis speech and say that demo-
cratic president, even If he We're
elected. would not be able to bind the
American people nor mortgage their
conscience and their honor under
Article X for the simple reason that
he could not summon sufficient votes
in congress to support his program.
His attempt would result in another
stalenate, and an unwilling America
would find herself just where she
has been ever since the bungled me-
gotiations at Paris.
1.-THE covenant as negotiated and
insisted upon by the president 1and
accepted, approved and defended by
the democratic candidate. is impos-
sible and we will not have it. The
extreme menace in it is now recog-
nized in Europe and denounced by
the leading advocates Of world peace
in America. When we have COM
.pleted the solemn referendum, we
shah continues t o. harmonic. Ameri-
can sentiment and unite America so
that we may all support becoming
program"
In the senatorial campaign as be-
4 AZ,
aCummins Esch bill is the subject OF
debate. Cummins followers continue
to point out that this was no par
tisan legislation that it Is not con1z
pleted and furthermore they point
out what the democratic platform
says on the Cummins- Esch bill
which is as follows.
THE presidents recommendation
to return to private ownership gave
the republican majority full year
in which to enact the necessary
Legislation. The house took six
months to formulate its ideas and
another six months was consumed by
the republican senate In equally
vague debate..3s..sis 81.
AS consequence, the Cummins-
Esch bill went to the president in
the closing hours of the time limit
prescribed and he was forced to a
choice between the chaos Of a veto
and acquiescence in the measure
submitted however grave may have
been the objections to it.
There should be a fair and COM
plete test of the law and until care
full and mature, action by congress
may cure it's defects and insure q
thoroughly effective transportation
system under private ownership
without government subsidy at the
expense OF the tax payers of the
country"