Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-04
CONSTITUTION
OR COVENANT?
ASKS HARDING
Republican Nominee Does
Not Want Europe to
Rule u. s. Army.
PEACE AT HOME
NATIONS HOPE
pleads With Voters to Save Country
From Super Government Set up in
White House-We Want Il Free
America Again - DepIores Demo
cratic Plea to Glasses For Support
Of Party Platform and Nominees.

america Again - OePiores DeHo'
cratic Plea to Glasses For Support
Of Party Platform and Nominees.
BY Associated Press.
Marion, O., Aug. 4.-Decry'ng ap-
peals to classes as q menace second
! only to surrender Of nationality to
Internationally, Senator Harding, In
his second front porch presidential
campaign speech. today declared that
/ il he could choose but one, h,s 'wauld
rather have Industrial and social
peace at home than command the
International peace Of all the world.
He asserted it would be unwise for
this country to permit our activlt-
les in seeking for peace In the Old
world to blind US to the essentials
of peace at home" and aided that
ST America can be made to forget
the attempted barter of nationality,
we'll and good" but that when ma
tionality is surrendered to interna-
tionality, little else matters and ali
appeal is vain"
The address was delivered to
delegation Of Wayne County. Ohio,
republicans.
Constitution or Covenant?
Taking up the league of nations,
Senator Harding declared 1t to be
the other extreme to a referendum on
a proposed declaration Of war.
ernphatically agree" he said, that
no other authority other than con-
gress may call our boys to battle.
Accepting this truth, why make
covenant which violates the good
faith Of nations T.
Suppose" he continued, that un-
der Article x q program OF armed
force is agreed upon, and the cor
gress Of the United States declines
to respond. The executive would be
called upon to carry on Q. war with
out constitutional authority, or we
should prove our compact no more
than q scrap Of paper. We are on
( the side Of both safety and honor TO
hold for ourselves the decision OF our
obligations of the world.
Nationality Still Rules.
Senator Hardings address In part
.>fo,1ows.
.when sat on the senate COM.
,,,,+taa IN foreign relations and lis
+anod To- American delegations ap-
naa1,pp IN hehalf of knsman or old
home Folks across the seas, I caught
the aanirations Of nationality and a
4 ~ kI,xvr
kindred in this republic. But little
realized then. how we, might rend
the concord OF American citizenship
in our seeking to solve old world
nroblcms.
..,rbara hove come ,to me the ex-
49,, I s,,,..,<, <.,.,,,, . anx4.+y ~ Americans. for
.s,e-n horn who are aulStng our coun-
+,,,,. f,+,,ra attitude nm Territorial
awards In the adiugt,nent Of peace.
Thev are Americans. all. but they
have q nroner and natural interest in
tha fortunes OF kinsft,lk and native
lands One can not blame them. It
ia folly "a think of blending Greek
and Bulgarian. Italian and sloyak.
or. making any Of them rejoicingly
American when the land Of adoption
sits in Judgment OH the land from
which they came.
Save Us From Sup0r. Government.
Governor Coolidge spoke the 9th
er day of the rescue Of America from
the reactions Of war We also need
to be rescued from the visionary and
fruttless pursuit Of peace thru super
government. do hot want Amer
leans OF foreign birth making their
party, aifgnments on what we mean
to do Tor some nation OF the old
,worid.s We want them to be repub-
ncans because OF '"nat we mean to
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