Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-06-14
SCAN
.HARD|NC'S RECORD
AND DECLARE It 0. K.
REFER TO SENATORS SPEECHES
BEFORE UPPER HOUSE-NOMi.
NEE SAYS WORLD NEEDS RE
TURN OF GOOD OLD NORMAL
TIMES.

Chicago, June Ia While Senator
Warren G. Harding has left the city
politicians are scanning his record on
the big issues OF the day in order to
feel out the strength and Weaknesses
Of the coming campaign.
As 70 the league of Nations, Send
tor Harding is said to have tossed a
coin to determine whether he would
90 with the "irreconcilables or the
Lodge rcservationists. He finally
joined the later group. In an address
on Amcricanism before the Ohio Sc
ciety of New York Senator Harding
had this to say:
MANY have thought the ratinca-
ton Of the peace treaty and its league
of nations would make us normal, but
that is plea of the patent medicine
faker, whose one remedy marvellous
ly will cure every ILL., Undoubtedly
formal peace will help, and | will
gladly speed the day if we sacrifice
nothing vitality American. Yet, as a
matter of fact actual peace prevails
and commerce has resumed its won't
ed way.
Normal thinking will help more.
The world does deeply need to get
normal, and liberal doses of normal
science freely mixed with resolution
will help nightly. do not mean the
old order will be restored. 1t will
never come again. But there is a
sane normally due under the new
conditions. TO be reached in delibera-
ton and understanding And all men
must understand and join in reaching
it.
Certain fundamentals are un-
changeable and everlasting, Life
without toll never was and never eau
be There can be no excellence with
OUT great labor. Lowered cost of liv-
ing and increased cost of production
are an economic fraud.
Capital makes possible while la
hioved without the other. and both of
them together never wrought sue
cess without genius and management,
No one Of them, through the power
of great wealth. the force of know
ledge. or the might of great numbers,
is above the law, and no one OF them
dominate free people.
As to the Reds he says:
"The insiStent problem of the day.
magnificd in the madness of war and
revealed in the extreme reaction from
hateful and destroyed autocracy to
misapplied and bolsheyist dcmocra-
cy. like the pathos Of impotcnt Rus
STA. is the preservation OF civil lid
erty and it's guarantees. Let Russia
experiment in her fatuous folly until
the world is warned anew by her co
Iossal tragedy. And let every clam
orous advocate of the Red regime go
to Russia and revcl in its crimsoned
reign
1--WE have been hearing lately of the
sclfshness of nationality, and 1t has
been urged that we must abandon 1t
in order to perform our full duty to
humanity and civilization We do
not mean to hold aloof; We choose
no isolation. we shun no duty. But /
have a confidence in our America
that requires no council Of foreign
powers to point the way to American
duty.
we wish to counsel, cooperate and
contribute, but we arrogate to our
selves the keeping Of the American
conscience and every concept or oar
normal obligations. j is fine to ideal
ize, but it is very practical to make
sure our own house is in perfect or
der before we attempt the miricle OF
old world stabilization."
In his reply to questions put by
r. j. Miller, secretary OF the Bait
more and Ohio local federation OF
Newark, O., he said.
81 do not believe in any class dom
nation. and the long fight to remove
the domination of capital, now fairly
won is los' if labor domination Is
submitted in its stead"
He said on the Cummins bill;
''If the government, representing al
the people. cannot guarantee trans
portation service under any and al
conditions, il fails utterly. II the
same government cannot provide just
consideration of the workmen operat
ing the transportation system il fails
again. 1t ought and must do both
Harding at His Desk.
Washington. June 14-SenatOl
Warren G. Harding of Ohio, Repub
lican presidential nominee, was bach
at his desk in his Office at the capita
today. Accompanied by Mrs. Hard
ing, his secretary George Chustiar
and a small group Of senators, he Var
rived here "A few minutes after mid
night ana went directly to his homo
on Wyoming avenue, While a Boy
Scout band sounded a noisy welcom,
the senator and his party made thei
way through the cheering Grove
around the station, pausing just Ions
enough for two tlashlight photo
graphs.
Senator Harding told the hssociat
ed Press he would remain in Wash
ington about a week. He expected Il
be busy for a day or two clearing NJ
his business as senator but the com