The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-10-26
OPPORTUNITY
EQUAL FOR ALL
Program Contemplated By
Republican Party, Says
Harding
IN FINAL APPEAL
TO THE PEOPLE
Republican Party Pur-
poses An Association of
Nations, He Says

pubic here last night, declared TIN
Republican party goes to the peopl
assured that they will recognize it
superiority as an instrumentality o
administration and that in the election
now impending they will give it th,
certificate of their confidence anc
trust"
The Republican presidential nomine,
criticized Democratic administration Of
governmental affairs, declaring 'the
nation is determined to be done will
democracy, under the mere guise OF
Democratic forms" The Republican
party, he asserted, "has proposed in
Its platform and developed in the ut.
terances of its leaders, program
which contemplates equal opportunity
Tor for all and recognizes the vices
OF exploitation and profiteering.
As to the league of nations issue,
Senator Harding summarized his
party's position as follows:
The Republican party purposes =
such an association of nations as will
most effectively further the aspira
tion for worldwide and permanent
peace without sacrificing any part of
the Independence of the American ma
ton. 1t believes America can and
must bear its full part in the respon-
sibilities of the world, but il always
believes that America alone must de-
eide what that part shall be-"
Senator Harding's statement fol
lows:
In asking the suffrage of the Amer.
ican electorate this year, the Republi-
can party has in mind both the record
OF service from its beginning, whereof
1t is very proud, and the vision of op
portunity for service in the future,
which its spokesman have presented
during this campaign. We are asking
that great responsibility be imposed
upon us. 1t is a responsibility that
must be measured by both the gravity
of the crisis that confronts the world
and the incapacity with which the
present administration has met the
problems of the last few wears. Oner-
Gus as is the responsibility we seek,
our party has no thought of evading. |
for it never has been guilty of that |
Democratic economic and admins |
tratiye policies had brought this coun. |
try to the danger of disaster before
The outbreak of the war in Europe.
The vast expansion of our export trade
md demands upon our producing fa-
.ilities, which came with the war.
saved us from immediate precipita-
ion of that disaster. But that phase
las now passed and nothing but a re-
urn to those constructive and pro-
yressive policies which have always
characterized the Republican admins-
ration can save us from early realiza-
ion of the danger that confronted us
II the middle of 1914
From the beginning of the war in
europe. the Democratic administration
teadfastly refused to prepare for the
lational defense in case we should be
involved. In 1916, when it was appar-
mt to most people that our country
vas in imminent danger of being
rawn into the struggle, the Democrat
C party made its campaign on the
'oast that it had kept us ont of war.
nd the promise to continue keeping
IS ont. Thus. when we found ourselves
{ last in the struggle we ware ut
erly unready for it, and our partici-
alton cost MS immeasurably more
han it should have cost.
An administration that. when all
be world was in conhagration. refused
0 realize the Importance Of prepared
ess, Of course could not be expected
alfvn ts-hf1o 4 |
ecessity of preparing for peace. So
q entered into peace quite as unready
u ii as we had been for war Our
were disorganized. our debts
1ormou1 our foreign commerce de-
oted largely to supplying the neces.
tries of war
Instead of setting itself TO remedy
g these conditions, the administra-
on has devoted itself from the dav
the armistice to promoting a project
world reorganization in which
merica should bear the largest re-
possibilities of guaranteeing new
heme OF things. Instead of making
gal peace as soon as actual peace
I'd been won, the American people 4
one of all the warning nations. were
MED by their government the priv
'ge Of return to the legal status
peace and 10 the enjoyment Of those
ghts which they had temporarily sur
ndered under the circums stances Of
ar
SO long as war was on, Republicans
held the hands Of the administra-
IN. forgetting party considerations,
d gave their vote in support Of war
assures far more generously than
] their political opponents. Yet an
tocratic administration repaid this
galty with the demand. in the cam
IGN Of 1918, that Republicans be re-
wed from every position of influence
d power. That demand the country
ected. II was the first time in the
tory Of this nation that an admins
ition had been defeated in the midst
a foreign war. That defeat would
ve been ample admonition TO anv
not entirely absorbed
its own peculiar policies and pur-
IS But II apparently was unheed-
By the powers az Washington Ne
citing the acute domestic situation.
: administration suddenly conceived
interest in foreign affairs that con
sted impressively with it, lack Of
lcern for them in the period before
were drawn into the war
80. while immediate and practical
.ccrms were being neglected.. while
construct ion and organization II
oun country were forgotten. the
Ilusstratlou was dtv0ting itself 90
saimaTa ni 4 world reorganization.
2 Rep-3i-ear Congress. that had
81 slstte1 in the autumn 81 1915. at
ls.s 60 tn. ard I'D initiate nr-rr5r-,ss