The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-10-28
Sen. HARDING AND THE
LEAGUE
Summary of His Views Given
to End Observation-Disclosures
Wilson Plan.

More buncombe has been uttered il
the campaign and evidently more con
fusion still exists in the public mint
as to just what Senator Harding real
ly intends to do regarding the Leagu.
of Nations or some world peace set
tlement than over any other phase Of
the election contest. Recognition
that this is the case is apparent thru
the care taken by the Republican can
didate to issue promptly on his re-
turn to Marion the statement defin-
ing once more his attitude on this
major issue of the campaign.
Yet to those who have followed
carefully the speeches and public ut
terances Of Senator Harding upon the
league, the course he viii pursue is
fairly well outlined. The specific de-
tails of just what world peace plan
will be involved out of this course he
has staked out necessarily is uncer-
tain because it is delving into the
field of prophecy and as such is not
subject to single bill of particulars,
as lawyer would say.
In plain language, Senator Hard
ing has said what he won't do; he has
specified how he is going about to OBJ
tain world settlement that will meet
American ideals; he has outlined the
general principles he hopes to see sat-
isfed in that settlement and there he
stops. 1t is safe to say, no matter
how much fubdub his Democratic OPP
ponent raises on the subject, or how
concentrated the fire on his attitude,
he will not before November go a
step further.
From political standpoint, the wis
dom or at least expediency Of such
course is so apparent it hardly needs
pointing out 1t is evident Senator
Harding conceives it as his primary
task to hold the Republican party to-
gether on the league question until
after election To define in specific
detail the plan or any plan he person
ally would like to see supplant the
Wilson league-granted of course
that Harding had such specific plan
and he says he hasn't-would be i'm I
mediately to divide the Republican
party and the nation third time
over the issue And it might, pro-
vided the voters see in the league an
issue of such controlling Importance,
bring about victory for the Wilson
league which is represented by Gov
ernor Cox, even though it be minor
ity victory. Hence, entertaining the
view that majority Of the Ameri-
can people are against the Wilson i,
league, Harding stands primarily for
opposition to it and leaves specifica- f,
tons for the future to be fitted to the /
then. He would have the
solemn referendum November on 9
the Wilson league-not on what he I
expects to do in the future. 8
AS the writer sees it, Harding will I
maintain this position to the end }
All of which will mean, in event the t
present general. belief that Harding \
will be the next president is not up p
set by Cox, that the real league or p
peace fight will open November 81 $
The morning after election when the b
attempt to reconcile all the conflict t
ng groups of American sentiment s
begins. Pre-supposing Harding's h
election, his task as he conceives it .
and as he attempts to define it to the +
American people in his speeches, viii il
,e primarily that Of harmonizer. v
1t is apparent, especially with b
of the type of man Hard 8
ng is and how he works, what he Y
will do. He will get into conference +
III shades and hues of American o
riews on the subject from the ultra h
wilson treaty viewpoint to the ultra
sentiment typifed in Of
Reed, Borah and johnson. He even N
PROMISES to bring women leaders in VI
o the question. He will have the
enate in itr-not out Of it. And then a
will start the effort to harmonic ort OF
f all the viewpoints an American Al
rogram, which while it cannot be al
oped, or expected to satisfy every fe
ody, at least in its conclusions Ell
hould represent what big majority VI
f America would approve heartily. at
The essential difference between the a.
wilson method and the mechanics Of p'
Harding lies in the fact that Wilson "a "a
voIved and laid down specific bill "a
{ particulars and said it must be /,