The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-07-29
HARDlNG'S SPEECH

Marion, Ohio Especially, Warren G..
Harding was officially notified here
OF his nomination as the Republican
candidate for the presidency. His
speech OF acceptance is, In part, as
follows:
Chairman Lodge. members of notif.
cation committee, members Of Nation.
al committee, ladies and gentlemen,
the message which you have formally
conveyed brings to me a realization of
responsibility which is not underesti.
mated. II Is a supreme task to inter.
pret the covenent OF a great political
party, the activities of which are 90
woven into the history of this republic
and very sacred and solemn under.
taking to utter the faith and aspira,
tions OF the many millions who adhere
TO that party. The party platform has
charted the way, yet, somehow, we
have come to expect that interpreta
tion which voices the faith Of nom.
mees who must assume specific tasks
Let me be understood clearly from
the very beginning. believe in party
sponsorship in government. I believe
In party government as distinguished
from personal government, individual,
dictatorial, autocratic or what not.
No man is big enough to run this
great republic. There never has been
one, such domination was never in.
tended. Tranquility, stability, depen.
dability-all are assured in party
sponsorship, and we mean to renew
the assurances which were rended In
the cataclysmal war.
Our first committal is the restora
ticn OF representative popular govern.
ment, under the constitution. through
the ageEoy- Of the Republican party.
Our vision includes more than chief
executive, we believe IN a cabinet of
highest capacity. equal to the respon.
sibilities which our system contem.
plates, "a whose councils the vice pres.
ide1t, second official of the Republic
shall be asked to participate. The
same vision includes a cordial under.
standing and coordinated activities
with House Of Congress, fresh from
the people, voicing the convictions
which members bring from direct con-
tact with the electorate, and cordial
cooperation along with the restored
functions Of the Senate, fit to be the
greatest deliberative body of the world.
1t Is not difficult, Chairman Lodge.
TO make ourselves clear on the cues.
tion OF international relationship. We
Republicans OF the Senate, conscious OF
our solemn oaths and mindful of our
constitutional obligations, when we
saw the structure of world super
government taking visionary form.
Joined In becoming warning of our
devotion to this Republic. II the torch
OF constitutionalism had not been dim.
med. the delayed peace of the world
and the tragedy Of disappointment and
Europes Misunderstanding Of America
easily might have been avoided. The
Republicans Of the Senate halted the
barter OF independent American emin.
ence and influence. which it was pro-
posed to exchange for an obscure and
unequal place In the merged govern.
ment Of the world. Our party means
TO hold the heritage In American ma
tionality unimpaired and unsurrender.
ed.
The world will not misconstrue. We
do not mean to hold aloof. We do not
mean to shun a single responsibility of
this Republic. to world civilization.
There Is no hate in the American
heart We have no envy, no suspicion.
no aversion for any people in the
world. We hold to our rights and
mean to defend. aye. we mean to sus-
tain the rights of this nation and our
citizens alike everywhere under the
shining sun. Yet there is the concord
Of amity and sympathy and fratern-
Ity In every resolution. There is q
genuine aspiration In every American
breast for tranquil friendship With
M the world.
One may readily sense the CON-
Icience Of our America. I am sure