The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-18
G. O.. P. FOR HONEST
GOVERNMENT, SAYS
HAYS IN ADDRESS
Republican Leaders Want To See the
Taxes Cut = Says Women Have
Same Right as Men in
Party.

Roanoke, Va, March 49, - Declar-
ing that the Republican party stands
first for "the honest, efficient, and eco
nomical business administration OF the
country's affairs" viii H. Hays, chair
man of the Republican National Com
mittee, in an address before the state
Republican convention here, pleaded
for patriotism in peace as we'll as
war;" and asserted that, the country
has Slipped along unoer this Demo-
cratic administration, without any ade-
quate thought of the problems that
would confront us until the shock of
war was here, just as we did before we
entered the war"
Outlining the principal things for
which his party stands, Mr.. Hays said:
'I suggest that above all things the
Republican party stands first for hon
est, efficient, and economical business
administration of the countrS's affairs.
1t was formerly said that Honesty is
the best policy as matter of busi-
ness. Honesty is the best policy as a
matter Of morals. In like manner there
is but one kind of successful politics,
of faithful, efficient, honest, and eco
nomical administration. The only sue
cessful politics in the situation today
is to find out what is best for the coun-
try and do it first. We want more men
in politics for what they can give and
not what they can get.
81 suggest the Republican party
stands for the development and execu-
ton Of plan for the reduction of
taxes. with the repeal of taxes which
kill initiative, and the spreading of
war debt over a large number of years.
81 believe there shall be developed
a better relation between labor and
capital, with Justice to both and with
justice to the public the third side of
the triangle which must not be forgot
ten
1--WE feel that there shall be an ad-
ministration of law and order every=
where in the nation.
1.-THE party shall measure its steps
forward by the new needs of the ma
tion with eyes always ahead, but with
its feet always on solid ground
Asserting that there are two natural
inquiries form women now in politics,
What does the Republican party Of
fer the women? and What does the Re-
publican party stand for?" Mr.. Hays
declared:
"The Republican party offers the
women everything we offer the men.
"The only just rule for political
party" he added, "is that the rights of
participation in the management of the
party's affairs must be and remain
equally sacred and sacredly equal. The
| Republican women in the country con-
stitute one-half of the party's mem
bership. In many states this has long
been so. In the presidential campaign
of 1920 it is my very earnest hope and
well-founded Judgment that it shall be
so everywhere.
"There is to be no separate women's S
organization created within the party,
except, and only in those cases where
such an arrangement may be needed
temporarily as an efficient aid in the
complete amalgamation which is our
objective.
"To the women and to men alike the
party offers the right of a political
self-determination, and that is the an
swer to the second query, What does
the party stand for?"