The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-08-06
DANGER LIES IN
A CLASS APPEAL
If You Cannot Have InternatiOn-
al Peace, Take Industrial
For America.
IS HARDING'S Sane view
Says League Is Extreme and Has too
Much Executive Authority-No
Authority but Congress Should
Men to the COlOrs,

While Senator Harding's front
porch campaign goes forward his
managers and advisers are counsel
ing over several proposals for speak,
ing trips away from Marion.
One plan suggested would include
speeches in a half dozen of the larger
eastern and middle western cities and
another would carry him to the Pa
cific and Atlantic coast and as far to
the south as Tennessee.
1t was said at his headquarters
that nothing definite had been deter
mined and that there probably would
be no decision until after conference
Of leaders in New York on Thursday.
It also was said by those in charge
Of plans that acceptance of invitations
for the candidates to speak in other
places would not result in a suspen-
sion of his front porch addresses to
visiting delegations.
The second of the delegations to
take part in the front porch cam paign,
trainload Of republicans from Wayne
county, O., came to Marion Wednes-
day and marched to the Harding res
idence whooping it up for Harding
and Coolidge.
He asserted it would be unwise for
this country to permit "our activities
in seeking for peace in the old world
to blind US to the essentials Of peace
at home" and added that, "if America
can be made to forget the attempted
barter of nationality, well and good"
but that "when nationality is surrend-
cred to Internationally, little else mat
ters, and all appeal is vain"
Taking up the league of nations,
Senator Harding declared it to be the
other extreme to a referendum on a
proposed declaration of war. 81 en-
phatically agree" he said. "that no
authority other than congress may call
our boys to battle. Accepting this
truth, why make a covenant which vi
olates the good faith of nations"
Suppose, he continued, "that under
article X program of armed force is
agreed upon, and the congress of the
United States declines to respond. The
executive would be called upon to car
ry on war without constitutional
authority or we could prove our COM
pact no more than scrap of paper.
We are on the side of both safety and
honor for ourselves the decision of our
obligations to the world.
Governor Coolidge spoke the other
day of the rescue of America from the
reactions of war. We also need to re-
frain from the visionary and fruitless
pursuit of peace through supergovern-
ment l do not want Americans of
foreign birth making their party align
ments on what we mean to do for
some nation of the old world. We
want them to be republicans because
of what we mean to do for the Unit
ed States of America. Our call is
for unison, not rivalling sympathies;
our need is concord, not the antip-
athies of long inheritance.
"There is another thought relating
to concord so essential to continued
advancement. 1t was said the other
day that the democratic party meant
especially to appeal to the farmers
and wage earners and let America
forget the failure of the world ex-
pertinent. If America can be made
to forget the attempted barter of ma
tionality, we'll and good. 1t would be
better if we could forget. But when
nationality is surrendered to inter-
nationality little else matters, and
all appeal is in vain. There is only
one other menace so threatening to
our tranquility. That menace is the
appeal to class in determining what
our government is to be. l would
hold myself unworthy of your conf
dence if l spoke an appeal to either
farmers or wage earners because of
their larger numbers. We wish the
confidence of all.
"In these modern days homes are
wrought through industry and thrift.
We have progressed to the modern
standards, outside the great cities,
where homecoming is the first step
toward competence and wholesome
contentment. The American system,
with it's equality of opportunity has
opened the war; and the American
constitution with it's guaranty of civil
liberty makes possession secure. A
home owning people might we'll be the
great goal of the republic, because at
every fireside centers all hope, all of
ambition, all of education, all of as
piration. The big thing in our land
is this offering of opportunity and
the republican party means to MAIN
tain az government and make sure
candidates will guarantee fair chance
to every citizen and bid him drink Of
our freedom and know its rewards"