New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-14
Corruption Had More to Do
With Russian Revolution
Than All Cruelty of
Autocracy, He Asserts
Old Standards Wanted
Press Must Overcome Mora!
Degeneracy of Wars At
termath, Delegation Told

delegation of ESQ editors of Ohio
Republican newspapers who came to
his front porch to-day that the great
duty confronting the American press is
.,srco,ae the moral daro,or. *
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America heeos Baptism IN right
ecusness. the nominee told these men.
whose problems of news catherine
o;r,,le+;o,
nc" ''''' asa ao-
vertis'hs rates are ms problems. 1t
was sermon rather than a political
speech. and the editors listened with
-, o+to,,ion
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ps''e' '''s ''''1' h'"es'y Is the pest
policy constitutes reaction. Senator
Harding pleaded guilty to the charge
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wy 80 o' NON
es'y' ne stoNe Oh 'he broken ooAgatlons
and betrayed trusts that have COM
pelled bonding companies 10 rewrite
tbe;r schedules for fde1i4v no,;c;oo
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Senator h&rdlng SAG, the security
companies have never been called rpon
to meet so many and such heavv
losses in all the history of 1ha+ 49,;
ness"
<us uu. p,
s'p's' "e Days
Inc failure OF salary scales 10 meet
the nigh cost OF living probably is
responsible. ne SAID. for many of the
betrayalS OF trust, certainly for the
smaller empezzlements. But the many
instances where the sums stolen were
beyond ali limits which might attend
living costs the nominee blamed on
the weakening OF moral fiber resulting
from the war. Prescribing a remedy,
he sald
II l could call for but one dis
tinction, would like ours to be known
as an homes. people. We need the
stamp Of common, everyday honesty.
everywhere. We need it in businass
we need it in labor we need il in no.
LESSONS, in pulpits. in editorial roon,s
in circulation count A wa ,eod :,
In politics, in government. in orr dai}v
lives Dishonesty and corruption had
more to DO with the Russian revolution
tnah al the cruelty OF autOcracy.
When Senator Harding complained
Of the high cost of newsprirt his audi
ence knew he voiced protest against
condition that affects him quite as
seriously as it does them. The prob
lem, he said, was too big for inmedi
ate relief. Permanent and ample relief
must come from forest conservation.
John Hopley, editor of The Bucyrus.
Evening Telegraph" and who FOR many
years has exchanged editorial "ioshes"
with the editor OF The Marion Dailv
Star introduced the delegation Mr.
Hoplev is growing old and his +hin
frame shakes with palsy. There wcre
times when some one STANDING behind
him on the porch had to STEADY the
hand that held his sneech hat Mr.
Houley's ewes never v,avered whom he
looked at senator HARDING and said.
eve. YOUR colleagues Who have
known Won <, intjmatelv far an noar\,
r resr You na l''i +bs+ i4 b 50 i may
position vou will be called 1non 70 An
you viii be found equal to every
emergency in the future as YOU have
been in the past"
DELEGATION Js F,te-4a;ned
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senator hardins' IN whlte trousers
,'u que coaI' oo"eo MS mead WhIie
MI. DC continued:
:. ~ io9c some OF nose present mere
sy-uas' ana 'he la'hers VI many oIhels
who are present, visited another of
s Vh1os great sons, the beloved William
neNiliey, a. canton ana on .ha1 coca
s,vn my iather' on pehai Oh the re
.s, EDITORS Oh Ohlo. tendefeu
W eonsiaI uia'io's ara Lest "lsHes.
a quarter OF : century has passed
S Snu sI.U-y mat veteran eo'Vor son,
- @;HiosS veteran, on peAa4l
oods 49, SIiie@ uea' IS mere ~ "'Sn gu
c co0taS, 'I'n su0Ssss IN INC coinins
Vii g., a'.u WEI SoNe, moe coIies We
h.a nnq, as we ala IN 1880 that ONO
49, a0 @Iueu anoenef Star 70 her flesi-
a n;n la constellation, and that new star
ron r ua.5 Atiemu anu eo1ieas "c a
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snear;n Ie-'''-o1 iiai uI'ls nag "nisHeo
yis;tors N NJ. s'o "a n@iuS WIN an rs
him m Nv -' 80 80 ulls SOU Deslue
porcb % a,S I'i e. -'"es1 step Oh lhe iroHe
Of them carried children in their arms
Inc wives of many were there. The
clothes they wore marked them for
small town people, but there probably
wasn't man who shook hands with
the nominee who did not think in some
form: There, but for the grace Of
Sod' go IL But if Senator Harding
mad any thought of a difference in sta
.on 1t was not revealed in his greet
ihgs:
az, hl, Elmer!" he shouted to one.
How's the Sentinel Sam ," to an
. vsaer' He knew them all, had known
he