Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-25
HARDING DEMANDS
DEMOCRATS REPLY
T0G. 0.P. CHARGES
Seldom in History Have Can
didates So Avoided Duty,
! He Says.
By the Associated Press.

! He Says.
BY the Associated Press.
MARION. Ohio. October 25.-Accus-
ing tie democratic party of failure to
place its policies clearly before the
people, Senator Harding asked in
statement last night, that his soppo-
nents make answer to, numerous
charges he has brought against them
during the campaign.
AT the same. time, the republican
nominee restated his own position on
various issue1. and declared that in
his public utterances he had proposed
a definite constructive policy Ito
bring our people out of the jungle of
mismanagement.
Extravagance' unpreparedness Tor
both war and peace, overcentraliza-
ton of power. unnecessary taxation.
unSound industrial policies and gro
tesQue inefficiency" were among the
accusations which Mr.. Harding said
had not yet been answered by the DEM
ocrats. AS to the league. he said. he
was wholly against the democratic
program. but believed there was full
expectation of becoming member of
a wise association of nations"
a ITO the American People"
The senator's statement. addressed
ITO the American people," follows in
full:
'Itbelieve that the men and women
of this country are entitled to receive
from any political party seeking
their. support a clear answer upon the
predominant issues which affect the
future course of America.
Seldom in the history Of our coun-
try has there been such an avoidance
of this duty upon the part of any can
dfdates as has been evident among our
opponents. 80. 49, =-9 4.
THE American people arc satisfied
that The conduct of our domestic at
fairs has been grossly Inisna naged
They hunger for constructive Ameri-
can policy. 1t has been my sense OF
obligation to treat with clarity and
! definition the republican plan for put
ting our house in order.
81 cab upon the democratic party to
answer the charge that it's manage
ment of domestic affairs had brought
us to the brink of an industrial crisis
in 1914 from which only world war
saved US, and is even now leading US
toward another precipice.
There has been no answer to the
we'll known fact that they have cost
America untold billions of dollars and
the precious lives of our sons by I'M
political expediency.
They have made no ansYerto the
charge that they were equally unpre-
pared for peace and reeonstructiaa.-
EMO Answer to Charses.-
They have made no answer to the
Ege that their experiment with the
American railways. their industrial
policy and their maintaining in the
federal government hundreds of thou
nj of ynln hoe
cost the taxpayers of this country a
fearful financial burden which our
men and women, and even their chill
dren. will have to pay.
They have made no answer to the
charge that their rule has been. one
Of grotesque inefficiency.
They have made no answer to the
charge that during the control. which
they now seek to perpetuate they have
perverted the form of government of
poses oflour Constitution by maintain-
ing. extreme and undemocratic CEN
traHzation Of executive power which
would have been an offense to ThomaS
Jefferson and to Grover Cleveland as
much as it would have been to Wash
ington, Lincoln and Roosevelt.
have spent this campaign in set
ting forth constructive republican
policy. 1 have demanded the restora-
ton OF the constitutional government
of a representative democracy, which
shall represent the will of the people
flowing up from the people, rather
than the will of one-man government
descending toward the people.
Demands n Reorganization.
II have stood for more business in
government and less government in
business. I have demanded a reor-
ganiZation of administrative govern
ment So that it shall become a source
of pride to the American spirit of
efficiency and will remove the drain
from the taxpayers.
i have set forth plan for the
conservation Of our human resources
and one for the development of our
material resources. I have suggested
means for the protection of mother
hood and childhood and for the allie
walton Of human suffering at home,
here in America. I have discussed in
detail q policy OF reclamation. irri-
cation and development of natural re-
sources and I have stated clearly a
plan for the wholesome expansion
of our foreign trade and for the pro-
lection Of our industries and for the
upbuilding and Safeguarding of our
agriculture and for merchant
marine. -7:t 81,
las 10 our foreign policy and Amer
fca's full expectation of becoming a
member; of a wise association Of ma
tions with the preservation of our
own independence and national spirit,
have given conscientious and prac-
teal proposal.
4 His Definite Policy.
II have stated that / am wholly
against the proposal to approve our
membership in the league of nations
as our opponents insist that it shall
be written. Even in the hands of
our opponents that program is impos-
sible. Even were our opponents to be
elected it would result in a hopeless
blockade as sequel to the one which
the President Of the United States
has carried on since the peace treaty
was submitted to the representatives
of the people for approval.
Il have endeavored to serve in Dhis
campaign, not merely to be elected,
but to set before the American people,
sincerely and clearly, a definite policy
for the administration of the United
States to bring our people out of the
jungle of mismanagementa and into the
light Of a stable good fortune 1 have
endeavored to serve by doing what !
could to harmonize public opinion and
unite America behind foreign policy
which shall be wise. generous and hui
name, though it refuses to mortgage
America to the old world.
I'VE do not know what our oppo-
nents stand for; stand for a united
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